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Re:Microsoft Shares Soar to Record on Earnings Boost From Cloud by joshcohen on Friday October 21, 2016 @05:18PM (#12764924)
Do you know why share count decreased? I was under the impression that new shares have been continuously issued.
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Re:Microsoft Shares Soar to Record on Earnings Boost From Cloud by Tom1971 on Friday October 21, 2016 @05:44PM (#12765144)
They buy back stock all the time.

Just a few weeks ago they announced a $40B stock buy back program.

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