Re:Speed, scale and reliability: 25 years of Google datacent...
by lovich on Monday November 04, 2024 @01:20AM
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When the agents employed by investors would be harmed by releasing capital back, which is guaranteed since so many people’s compensation is in the form of stock and returning capital leads to decreasing stock value, why would those agents ever return the capital voluntarily?
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Re:Speed, scale and reliability: 25 years of Google datacent...
by eru on Monday November 04, 2024 @03:27AM
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Have you heard of stock buybacks?
Re:Speed, scale and reliability: 25 years of Google datacent...
by HDThoreaun on Monday November 04, 2024 @02:26PM
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Buybacks increase stock price. Nvidia has a tiny dividend but most shareholder returns are in the form of buybacks.