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by oneng 1143 days ago
Google doesn't even respect it's shareholders, only the people who get awarded shares. Most of the share buybacks go to preventing the newly minted shares from dropping the stock price.

Apple does actually respect it's shareholders...probably because it's hard to hoodwink Berkshire Hathaway.

https://www.epsilontheory.com/stock-buybacks-and-the-monetiz...