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A comment on Dividends and Buybacks Now Larger Than Total Reported Earnings for Entire S&P500. Parent comment

Re:Dividends and Buybacks Now Larger Than Total Reported Ear... by User23 on Friday May 24, 2019 @02:26PM (#20004060)
Giving money back to shareholders sounds a lot like giving money to venture capitalists to me.
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Re:Dividends and Buybacks Now Larger Than Total Reported Ear... by AnimalMuppet on Friday May 24, 2019 @03:47PM (#20004720)
Could you explain? They sound almost totally different to me, with "giving money" being the only point in common.
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