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Samsung Electronics to buy back $2 billion in shares

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South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co Ltd had a major announcement to make after investors had been calling for higher returns to serve as the backdrop for the continuously declining profits. The...

Just How Big Was Apple’s $14 Billion Buyback?

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“Whether it is stocks or socks, I like to buy quality merchandise when it is marked down” - Warren Buffett A couple of weeks ago, it was announced that consumer gadget giant Apple (AAPL) bought...

Icahn backs off plan for $50B Apple share buyback

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Activist investor Carl Icahn is backing off his proposal that Apple spend $50 billion buying back its own stock during the current fiscal year that ends in September. Icahn told fellow Apple...

Icahn’s Letter To Apple: The Missing Key Points

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Carl Icahn tweeted on Thursday, January 23, announcing that he had bought another $500 million of Apple’s stock that day ($1 billon over the past week) bringing his total to $3.6 billion and...

IBM Shares are Tempting, But Still Too Pricey

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Earnings season is in full swing, providing new data points for investors to reassess positions.  After a careful review of IBM‘s latest report Tuesday afternoon, I see no reason to buy the...

IBM Shares are Tempting, But Still Too Pricey

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Earnings season is in full swing, providing new data points for investors to reassess positions.  After a careful review of IBM‘s latest report Tuesday afternoon, I see no reason to buy the...

IBM Shares are Tempting, But Still Too Pricey

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Earnings season is in full swing, providing new data points for investors to reassess positions.  After a careful review of IBM‘s latest report Tuesday afternoon, I see no reason to buy the...

Best Investment Ideas 2014: Six Technology Stocks

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Last year was a sizzling year for stocks, and though technology and telecom stocks as a group rose only 18%, their were pockets like Internet stocks that soared. PowerShares Nasdaq Internet Portfolio...
    






Apple Puts Carl Icahn’s $150 Billion Buyback Proposal To Shareholders

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As we know Carl Icahn has been urging Apple's management and Tim Cook to increase the share buyback and dividend distributions that the company makes. There’s a certain amount of sense to the...