Buyback

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Walmart to shell out $800 million on Flipkart ESOP buyback
The Hindu Business Line  Sep 20  Comment 
Walmart-backed Flipkart will offer its employees an opportunity to cash in on part of their stockholding in the company at $126-128 per share, accordi
RBS in discussions with BoE over share buyback
Financial Times  Sep 20  Comment 
Bank aims to speed up privatisation
Rio Tinto announces new $3.2 billion share buyback, stock rises
Reuters  Sep 20  Comment 
Global miner Rio Tinto will return $3.2 billion to shareholders from its sale of Australian coal assets this year in addition to existing buyback programmes, it said on Thursday.
Rio Tinto issues details of $3.2bn share buyback
Financial Times  Sep 20  Comment 
Texas Instruments up 2% after boosted dividend and buyback
SeekingAlpha  Sep 20  Comment 
Bank Of America: Dividend Growth And Share Buybacks Make This Stock A Buy
SeekingAlpha  Sep 20  Comment 
KIOCL board to meet for buyback proposal
The Hindu Business Line  Sep 17  Comment 
The board of directors of KIOCL, formerly Kudremukh Iron Ore Company, will meet on Tuesday to consider a proposal for buyback of the company’s fully p
HCL Tech: Buyback offer opens today
The Hindu Business Line  Sep 17  Comment 
Shares of HCL Technologies will remain in focus, as the company’s ₹4,000-crore buyback offer opens on Tuesday. It will close on October 3. The company




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A buyback, also known as a share repurchase, is when a company uses excess capital in the form of cash or debt to purchase its own shares on the public market, thereby reducing the number of shares outstanding. In doing so, the company's management signals to the marketplace that it believes its stock is under-priced and that a buyback is the best way to allocate the company's resources.

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