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  2. What are stock buybacks and why do companies use them? - AOL

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    A stock buyback, or share repurchase, is when a company repurchases its own stock, reducing the total number of shares outstanding. In effect, buybacks “re-slice the pie” of profits into fewer ...

  3. Share repurchase - Wikipedia

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    The most common share repurchase method in the United States is the open-market stock repurchase, representing almost 95% of all repurchases. A firm will announce that it will repurchase some shares in the open market from time to time as market conditions dictate and maintains the option of deciding whether, when, and how much to repurchase.

  4. Accelerated share repurchase - Wikipedia

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    Accelerated share repurchase (ASR) refers to a method that publicly traded companies may use to buy back shares of its capital stock from the market. [1]The ASR method involves the company buying its shares from an investment bank (who in turn borrowed them from their clients), and paying cash to the investment bank while entering into a forward contract.

  5. Treasury stock - Wikipedia

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    In an efficient market, a company buying back its stock should have no effect on its price per share valuation. [citation needed] If the market fairly prices a company's shares at $50/share, and the company buys back 100 shares for $5,000, it now has $5,000 less cash but there are 100 fewer shares outstanding; the net effect should be that the underlying value of each share is unchanged.

  6. Why Share Repurchases Aren't Always Good for Investors - AOL

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    Investors count on earnings per share, or EPS, to measure earnings, not stock repurchases. Meanwhile, some companies are going into debt in order to continue their stock buyback programs. M.H ...

  7. Meta CTO explains why it was important for Mark ... - AOL

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    The company has faced scrutiny for over $50 billion in losses from its metaverse efforts since 2019. Meta's CTO explained why it was important to show what the investment led to — even if you ...

  8. Talk:Share repurchase - Wikipedia

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    Share repurchases have been critically evaluated since the 1970's but after 1982, the Securities and Exchange Commission largely condoned them. At that time, the agency already ascertained "that a large volume of stock buybacks would manipulate the market".

  9. The Harvard students who added AI facial recognition to Meta ...

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    The two Harvard students who put facial recognition AI in Meta's Ray-Ban glasses have big ideas. The duo, AnhPhu Nguyen and Caine Ardayfio, are known for their innovative tech projects.