Sentence examples for on buyback from inspiring English sources

Last week, Hoover's and TheStreet.com soared 47% on buyback announcements.

McDonald's, for one, spent $2.95 billion on buybacks each year, on average, over the past decade, representing 67% of net income.

Which sector spent most on buybacks last year?

During the year, it spent £290m on buybacks, with a further £135m paid out in dividends.

(US banks spent $25 billion a year on buybacks in 2005-2007; betheyey wish they had hung on to that money).

Citigroup, which gratefully accepted an equity injection of $7.5bn from Abu Dhabi, spent more than that on buybacks in 2006-7.

Shouldn't the price of a slice of Cisco increase if it is spending so much on buybacks?

"It does indicate they will be more aggressive going forward on buybacks," said a Jefferies analyst, John Lau.

And in the first three quarters of 2003, cash from operations totaled $280 million while $240 million was spent on buybacks.

In the twelve-month period that ended in October, companies in the S. & P. 500 spent $556.6 billion on buybacks, according to the research firm FactSet.

Even if the money were largely spent on buybacks and dividends and a large portion were kept abroad, it would still be reasonable to expect $300 billion to $600 billion to be repatriated.