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Re:Companies Use Borrowed Billions to Buy Back Stock, Not to... by K2L8M11N2 on Sunday August 11, 2019 @05:19AM (#20667242)
Berkshire Hathaway doesn’t pay dividends and most probably never will.
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Re:Companies Use Borrowed Billions to Buy Back Stock, Not to... by mrep on Sunday August 11, 2019 @12:06PM (#20668736)
But they have bought their own stock back and they are even considering a whopping $100 billion dollar buyback [0].

[0]: https://qz.com/1611997/warren-buffett-hints-on-timing-of-big...

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Re:Companies Use Borrowed Billions to Buy Back Stock, Not to... by gridlockd on Sunday August 11, 2019 @10:47AM (#20668396)
Yes, but Berkshire is a holding company, made up of a lot of companies that do pay dividends, are expected to eventually pay dividends, issue buybacks, or are themselves holding companies.
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