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Re:Microsoft announces quarterly dividend increase and share... by chris_mahan on Tuesday September 17, 2013 @07:36PM (#6402571)
Or the company is bought out for cash, as in the case of Dell, or bought by another company for cash and/or shares.
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Re:Microsoft announces quarterly dividend increase and share... by Mikeb85 on Tuesday September 17, 2013 @08:46PM (#6402799)
No company goes public with the intention of being bought out.

And the entity that's buying the company does so with the intention of distributing the profits (to themselves).

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Re:Microsoft announces quarterly dividend increase and share... by loumf on Wednesday September 18, 2013 @11:48AM (#6405953)
The difference between a company and a Ponzi scheme is that the company is actually creating some value. It is converting capital into resources, priorities and processes that generate more capital than it gets. At some point it can't convert capital into more capital, so it's better to pay a dividend -- but even if it never does this, it's not a Ponzi scheme if value is being created.

A Ponzi scheme never generates more cash than it gets -- it only simulates profits.

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