repurchase
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Spain’s Repsol, which said in February that it would repurchase 350 million euros of shares over the first half of 2026, is also expected to keep the pace of its buyback, he adds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026
Strategy said plans to buy back $1 billion worth of Digital Credit Securities, which refers to its preferred stocks, and to repurchase $1 billion of common stock.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 29, 2026
The company said it could also sell bitcoin to “additionally fund repurchases of Digital Credit Securities or Class A common stock” under repurchase programs that were just announced.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 29, 2026
As an evergreen fund, Spring raises capital monthly while offering existing investors liquidity through quarterly repurchase offers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026
Kabuo pulled into a turnout one rainy afternoon and explained to her in grave tones that he intended to repurchase his parents’ property as soon as the chance arose.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
The company repurchased $2.2 billion in stock during the second quarter and allocated $1.1 billion to dividend payments, having poured $54.6 billion into capital returns since launching its program in 2022.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026
Of the hyperscalers, only Microsoft repurchased stock in the March quarter, and at a roughly equivalent rate to what it had done a year before.
From MarketWatch ● May 10, 2026
The fund, managed by Future Standard and private-equity giant KKR, doesn’t have an active stock-buyback program and hasn’t repurchased shares through one since 2023.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 22, 2026
JPMorgan Chase has repurchased $32 billion in stock over the past four quarters, despite CEO Jamie Dimon’s view that the stock is not cheap.
From Barron's ● Apr. 15, 2026
After she was recaptured, Ellen was sold to slave traders but was later repurchased by abolitionists and taken north.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
Those companies tend to return gobs of cash to shareholders, repurchasing a lot of their shares.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
Google parent Alphabet didn’t buy back any stock in the latest quarter, after repurchasing around $15.1 billion in the same period a year before.
From MarketWatch ● May 10, 2026
BDCs trading at discounts of 10% or more—and especially those at 25%-plus discounts—ought to be repurchasing stock.
From Barron's ● Mar. 20, 2026
That could move the stock and undercut Berkshire’s goal of repurchasing stock as inexpensively as possible.
From Barron's ● Mar. 16, 2026
Her former owner rewarded her by repurchasing her and allowing her to remain on his farm until her death, which occurred at the mature age of seventeen years.
From Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. by Various
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