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Re:What Business is Wall Street In? by btilly on Saturday September 22, 2012 @02:46PM (#4558629)
Companies can and do return money to investors through stock buybacks. To first order, it is the same as a dividend, except that only the investors who want money get it.
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Re:What Business is Wall Street In? by yummyfajitas on Saturday September 22, 2012 @03:02PM (#4558676)
To first order, stock buybacks are equivalent to dividends. To second order, the IRS makes it complicated, as do regulators.
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Re:What Business is Wall Street In? by lifeisstillgood on Saturday September 22, 2012 @04:17PM (#4558873)
What - really double taxed ? Do you mean dividends are paid out of post tax cash, then taxed as income for the stockholder?

Just wondering

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