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Do insider trading rules apply to corporate stock buybacks?

by Janet Nguyen
Sep 23, 2021
Big companies spent nearly $200 billion on share repurchases last quarter. The lack of government oversight has drawn a backlash.
Traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Flush with cash, many big American companies are buying back their own shares, a practice that is relatively unregulated.
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Banks pump up shareholder payouts as Fed ends pandemic limits

by David Brancaccio , Rose Conlon and Meredith Garretson
Jun 30, 2021
Dividend hikes and stock buybacks are on the way.
Wells Fargo, for instance, is doubling its dividend and plans to buy back $18 billion in stock.
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Boeing used to give more money to shareholders than it made. Now it's getting stimulus help.

by David Brancaccio , Rose Conlon and Alex Schroeder
Apr 1, 2020
Washington Post columnist Allan Sloan says Boeing hasn't just parceled out profit to shareholders. The company "sent it out with a fire hose."
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Boeing is in line for a bailout under "too big to fail" theory

by Jon Gordon and Jack Stewart
Mar 20, 2020
The aircraft maker is also a space and defense company, "a huge provider of government services," one expert says.
Boeing directly employs about 150,000 people but relies on the broader aerospace industry with 2.5 million jobs.
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Why stock buybacks soared at the end of 2018

by Marielle Segarra
May 2, 2019
There are several reasons for the frenzy.
Stocks have rallied in November, with the Dow reaching a milestone level Tuesday.
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Why big companies are buying up their own stocks

by Marielle Segarra
Aug 7, 2018
Buybacks among S&P 500 companies are projected to hit $1 trillion this year.
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Stock buybacks are crazy right now. Here’s why.

by Andy Uhler
Apr 18, 2018
Goldman Sachs reported sharply higher profit this week, and yet its shares fell after Goldman said it wouldn’t be buying back stocks in the second quarter. In this respect, Goldman is an outlier. After the corporate tax rate dropped this year, American companies have been using cash to repurchase their own shares in furious fashion. […]
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Explaining stock buybacks

by Paddy Hirsch
Apr 9, 2015
Stock buybacks are popular with some, but others say they're a waste of money.
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Goldman Sachs could lose a financial weapon

by Gigi Douban
Mar 10, 2015
The Federal Reserve might put limits on the bank's buying back of its own stock.
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Who is Carl Icahn and what does he do?

by Stan Alcorn
Oct 9, 2014
A former corporate raider looking to remold companies. His current target? Apple
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