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At the same time, the company said in a release that its board had authorized a new $1 billion buyback program.

From MarketWatch • May 7, 2026

The minutes showed the board had authorized the CEO to contact venture capitalists to raise $10 million.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

On Tuesday, GM raised its dividend by 20 percent and announced it had authorized $6 billion in new share repurchases.

From Barron's • Jan. 27, 2026

According to a report Edison filed in April, the company did not spend hundreds of millions of dollars on transmission system work that regulators had authorized from 2021 to 2024.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 17, 2025

He was bothered, too, by the noise of the few steam vessels that Burnham, over his repeated objections, had authorized to travel the exposition’s waters alongside the electric launches.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson