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Clinton’s Proposals on Stock Buybacks Don’t Go Far Enough

Harvard Business Review

But that will not in any way deter hedge-fund activists from demanding that companies do stock buybacks so that they can time their stock sales to take advantage of short-term, buyback-induced, stock-price boosts. Capital markets work best when information is promptly and widely available to all.

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?Numbers Show Apple Shareholders Have Already Gotten Plenty

Harvard Business Review

9, armed with about 1% of Apple’s outstanding stock, the hedge-fund activist published an open letter to Apple CEO Tim Cook, urging him to accelerate the company’s stock repurchases by making a tender offer. Carl Icahn is at it again. All of this adds up to profits without prosperity in the United States.