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Finance Assignment

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Article: Short Apple: Buybacks Won't Save This Stock.

Below is a article to information that may prove helpful as a source to answer/contredict/support the answers to some of the questions in the assigment above. Take a look and if you are incline, please search for one or two article to add as citations.

Article: Rising Payouts Plus Buybacks Often (But Not Always) Equal Happy Investors by JONATHAN HELLER.

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Collaborative Research Assignment

For this assignment, you are a Subject Matter Expert (SME) for Stock Buybacks. You will research this important subject and provide technical information to a flogger. The Blogger's assignment is to write a concise and accurate article that identifies "good buybacks" as compared to "bad buybacks".

Your research should answer the questions listed below in "bullet" format. Your concern is to provide accurate and relevant information so an expert writer can prepare an informative blog. Provide citations and real world examples.

Submissions will be reviewed and forwarded to the writers who may have follow-up questions. Required:

1. Define stock buyback.
2. Why does a corporation buyback stock?
3. How does buying back shares impact net earnings, earnings per share, shares outstanding and stock price?
4. When a buyback or share repurchase a "good one" or a "bad one"?
5. Why are buybacks controversial?
6. Include information about a recent buyback.

Resources:

Consider the following:

1. Google News. On the net, go to news.google.com. WWW is not used. Search this cite for current news stories discussing the impact and circumstances of buybacks.

2. Centenary's Taylor Library. Go to the Home Page. Hit Quick Links and search Periodicals in Print. Sources include The Wall Street Journal at the bottom of the page. Use reputable sources you feel are appropriate.