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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. Explainer: What are share repurchases? - AOL

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    A share repurchase, or share buyback, is when a company rebuys its own shares and returns money to its investors.

  5. 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.

  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. Capital structure substitution theory - Wikipedia

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    The two main capital structure theories as taught in corporate finance textbooks are the Pecking order theory and the Trade-off theory.The two theories make some contradicting predictions and for example Fama and French conclude: [3] "In sum, we identify one scar on the tradeoff model (the negative relation between leverage and profitability), one deep wound on the pecking order (the large ...

  8. Sports At Any Cost - The Huffington Post

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    Many universities are demanding that their students pay more to support sports at the same time they are raising tuition, forcing many students to take out bigger loans to pay the bill. Student fee increases have sparked campus protests at some institutions, and have drawn criticism from lawmakers in some states. A few elite athletic programs ...

  9. 52 companies that offer student discounts - AOL

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    Technology companies such as Apple, Microsoft, and Dell provide discounts on products and software for students. Clothing stores like J.Crew, Aeropostale, and Levi's offer a percentage off ...