Results for buyback: 155

Microsoft announced Monday that it was planning to buy back an additional $40 billion worth of shares and fellow tech giant HP followed with a proposal to repurchase $8 billion worth of stock...

* Has capacity to return billions in share buyback * Would want certainty on Rio iron ore jv before a buyback * Europe still seen as key hurdle to iron ore joint venture * Cash...

* Authorizes share buyback of $12 bln, up from $4 bln * EPS ex-item $1.14, rev $30.8 bln; matches prelim results * Says China, services profit margin bolstered earnings * Says strength of recovery next...

* Authorizes raises share buyback to $12 bln from $4 bln * EPS ex-item $1.14, rev $30.8 bln; matches prelim results * Says China, services profit margin bolstered earnings * Says strength of recovery next...

* CEO says "unusually good year" has slashed debt levels * Buyback possible but dividend, investment, debt priority * Deals focused on collaboration, not big acquisitions * AstraZeneca to defend Crestor patents very aggressively (Adds...

NEW YORK, Nov 10 - AstraZeneca Plc's board will consider in January whether to reintroduce share buybacks after "an unusually good year" in 2009, during which it has slashed debt, the drugmaker's chief executive said...

* Board approval brings total buyback plan to $9.2 bln * IBM plans to request board approval for more next year * J.P. Morgan reiterates "overweight" in stock * Analysts say buybacks do not preclude...

* Ups 2009 share buyback to 7 bln Sfr from 4 bln * No comment on acquisition talk, but says open to buys * 9-month organic growth meets forecasts * 2009 outlook maintained, sees volume...

* Ups 2009 share buyback to 7 bln Sfr from 4 bln * 9-mths organic growth of 3.6 percent meets consensus * Q3 organic growth 3.8 pct, Q3 real internal growth 2 pct * 2009...

TOKYO, Aug 21 - Fujitsu Ltd unloaded some of its shareholdings in industrial robot maker Fanuc Ltd, participating in Fanuc's 89.5 billion yen ($950 million) share buyback programme on Friday to gather funds to shore...