Topic: Buybacks

Inflation. Deflation. Rehypothecation. Bad rap lyrics, or the poetry of finance? You can judge for yourself when you finish this first installment ...

In Search of Yield

At a time when investors are clamoring for income, U.S. corporations remain too stingy with dividends. . . The benchmark Standard & Poor's 500 ...
Time Warner Cable Inc. (TWC), the second- largest U.S. cable-television provider, gained the most since April 2009 after reporting quarterly profit...
When companies earn a profit, they have to figure out what to do with their newfound cash. Unfortunately, all too often, the same companies that...
Unlike some other technology companies, Seagate Technology isn't sitting on its cash hoard but is aggressively returning it to shareholders.. . The ...
Symantec (NASDAQ: SYMC)'s stock had its "neutral" rating reiterated by Zacks Investment Research in a note issued to investors on Friday. They...
Don't get caught up in the hype about share buy-backs.. . Usually, the repurchase programs are used to fund the employee options or to artificially...
Reuters)-Chubb Corp. reported a smaller profit for the fourth quarter on higher catastrophe losses and lower investment income, and the property...
Time Warner Cable Inc. (TWC) Thursday posted a jump in fourth-quarter profit to $564 million, or $1.75 per share, from last year's $392 million, or...
Apple ended last quarter and the year with almost $100 billion in cash ($97.6 billion, to be exact—much of that is held overseas for tax purposes)...