repurchase
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So companies can overspend on buybacks, continuing to repurchase even when their shares are trading at historically high levels to earnings, cash flow or book value.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2026
The Philippine central bank raised its benchmark overnight reverse repurchase rate by 50 basis points to 5.50%.
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
When companies repurchase their own stock, they reduce the number of shares outstanding, and that can help boost earnings per share.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 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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During the third quarter, Berkshire repurchased $9.6 billion of stock.
From Barron's ● Nov. 10, 2026
Already, GM has repurchased nearly $30 billion in shares in the last five years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
Some of the gold was sold in the U.S. and repurchased in the U.K.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 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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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
The new share buyback program builds on a $470 million repurchasing scheme in fiscal 2026.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
Okta has committed to buying back up to $1 billion in stock, and spent $248 million repurchasing shares during the first quarter.
From MarketWatch ● May 28, 2026
Her former owner rewarded her by repurchasing her and allowing her to remain on his farm until her death, which occurred at the mature age of seventeen years.
From Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. by Various
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