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Microsoft To Buy Back $40bn of Its Shares
phantomflanflinger writes "As you may have heard already, Microsoft have announced their intentions to buy back $40 billion in stock from their investors, in the biggest single buy-back plan in business history.
The announcement has given Microsoft shares a small gain but they still stand significantly below their level in January — before Microsoft's unsolicited bid for Yahoo!. The announcement of the plan has also created new speculation about a now-or-never deal with Yahoo!."
...a mac. right now.
Can we vote on this?
Dewey, what part of this looks like authorities should be involved?
I think Microsoft should buy up all the mortgage-backed securities it can get its hands on.
That way I won't be forced to buy them (with my taxes).
The truth is an offense, but not a sin.------R. N. Marley
Could you rephrase that in a car analogy?
That's fifteen lashes with a wet mouse cord, and a nursing of an orphaned baby-penguin for 6 months. Report to room 2011 down the hall to receive the lashes, and pick up the penguin on your way out by reception.
In Soviet Washington the swamp drains you.
Linux hasn't even captured 10% of the market.
But Linux has only been around for 16 years; I promise you, next year will finally be the year of Linux on the desktop!
This sends a very clear message to Yahoo: Let us buy you, or we will buy ourselves instead!
- RG>
Hey pal, this isn't a pleasantforest, so don't waste my time with pleasantries!
> and a nursing of an orphaned baby-penguin for 6 months.
Man, I hate that. It makes my nipples hurt.
Oliver's law of assumed responsibility: If you're seen fixing it, you will be blamed for breaking it.
so therefore.... they should invest that $40bn in something like Linux, Open Document Format, or Google...
wow.. that chair nearly hit me, where did that come from?
I agree, except that you don't destroy the cars, you just take them out of the market place and keep them in your Treasury. The Treasury cars can then be scrapped for parts and given out to employees as an Employee Scrap Parts Options Program.
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I understand cars and would love to help you out, but, unfortunately, I don't understand analogies. Are they anything like cars?
Oh, yeah, it's not easy to pad these out to 120 characters.
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