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		robotresearcher 59 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: No science, no startups: The innovation engine we'... If a buyback gives stockholders the choice of selling or holding, realizing the gain now or later, and a dividend does not, why not prefer the buyback?

triceratops 58 days ago [–]

Why should the company reward shareholders who are selling over shareholders who hold?

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