repurchase
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GE Vernova also doubled its share repurchase authorization this month, with its board approving an increase to $20 billion, up from $10 billion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026
The Bank of Korea on Thursday kept its benchmark seven-day repurchase rate at 3.00% after raising it in July and August.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
GM's new $20 billion shareholder repurchase plan follows the completion of its latest $6 billion plan.
From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026
They could offer to repurchase shares from shareholders monthly rather than quarterly.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026
Kabuo pulled into a turnout one rainy afternoon and explained to her in grave tones that he intended to repurchase his parents’ property as soon as the chance arose.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
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Meta repurchased nearly $150 billion of stock between 2021 and the third quarter of last year, but nothing since then.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
The first operation happened just two weeks ago on Sept. 9, in which only about $5.2 billion worth of Treasurys were repurchased despite market expectations of a larger amount.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026
O’Reilly has repurchased more than half of its shares over a similar span.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
The company repurchased $2.2 billion in stock during the second quarter and allocated $1.1 billion to dividend payments, having poured $54.6 billion into capital returns since launching its program in 2022.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026
After she was recaptured, Ellen was sold to slave traders but was later repurchased by abolitionists and taken north.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
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The process of repurchasing stock reduces the number of shares outstanding, thereby helping boost earnings per share.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026
Yields have continued their climb despite the Treasury Department’s efforts to stem them by repurchasing the government’s own bonds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
The rest of the transfer was carried out by selling the gold in New York, and repurchasing it in London, the bank said, external.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
Google parent Alphabet didn’t buy back any stock in the latest quarter, after repurchasing around $15.1 billion in the same period a year before.
From MarketWatch ● May 10, 2026
And with an eager face Nicholas began to speak of the possibility of repurchasing Otradnoe before long, and added: "Another ten years of life and I shall leave the children... in an excellent position."
From War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy, Count
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