Buyback

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Japanese stocks rose on Wednesday, thanks to a positive lead from Wall Street plus a softer yen, outperforming the rest of Asia which anxiously seeks clarity on the Federal Reserve's next policy step. Major currencies were mostly...

(Reuters) - Amgen Inc , the world's largest biotechnology company, has plenty of room to grow despite a 43 percent jump in its share price over the past year, thanks to cost cuts, newer drugs and hefty share buybacks, Barron's said. Share gains for the...

Firearm maker Smith & Wesson Holding Corp. said its fiscal fourth-quarter results may exceed Wall Street expectations as Americans continued to buy weapons amid a countrywide debate over gun control. Preliminary data for the three months ended April...

ST. LOUIS - On June 6 Monsanto Company announced that its Board of Directors has approved a new three-year share repurchase program and declared a quarterly dividend. Monsanto's board authorized a new share repurchase program, effective July 1, 2013,...

TORONTO (Reuters) - Empire Co Ltd , the operator of Canadian grocery chain Sobeys, said it is acquiring Safeway Inc's assets in Canada for $5.7 billion, in a move that will nearly double its reach in the country's western provinces. The C$5.8 billion...

DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors Co on Wednesday said it is targeting an investment grade credit rating "within the year" as the automaker works to distance itself from the stigma of its 2009 bankruptcy. GM disclosed the goal in slides posted online...

Billionaire David H. Murdock has made an unsolicited buyout offer for the 60% chunk of Dole Food Co. that he doesn't already own, valuing the Westlake Village company at nearly $1.1 billion. The bid of $12 a share marks the latest step in Dole's dance...

NEW YORK, June 11 (Reuters) - Royalty Pharma, pursuing a hostile $8 billion takeover of Irish drugmaker Elan Corp Plc, moved on Tuesday to make sure it is not blocked by a potential $200 million share buyback and drug spinoff at the target company. Elan,...

By Soyoung Kim and Jessica Toonkel NEW YORK, June 10 (Reuters) - For Elan Corp Plc's stockholders, a proposed share buyback may not be as friendly as it appears. The Irish drugmaker, in the middle of an increasingly bitter and complicated fight against...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The dollar on Friday recouped sharp losses posted the previous session after a government report showed reasonably healthy U.S. job creation in May, renewing expectations the Federal Reserve might scale back its massive asset...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei share average sank into bear territory on Friday before recouping some of its losses on expectations that the country's $1 trillion public pension fund would ramp up its buying of equities. After the markets closed, the...

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark., June 7 (Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc said on Friday its board approved a new $15 billion stock repurchase program, the first in two years. As of June 6, Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer, had about $712 million remaining...