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The Motley Fool October 28, 2008 Rich Duprey	Don't Buy the Buyback Hype Are share buybacks little more than a tool for management to massage earnings? As for the benefit to individual shareholders, is it all it's cracked up to be?
The Motley Fool February 8, 2005	Why Share Buybacks Matter Should you think favorably of a company buying back shares of its own stock? In many cases, yes.
The Motley Fool April 29, 2008 Brian Lawler	Sciele's Blue-Moon Buyback The specialty pharmaceutical surprisingly renews its share repurchase plan.
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The Motley Fool June 2, 2005 Chris Cather	The Buyback Cash Cow Companies are flush with cash on their balance sheets, and stock buybacks are increasing.
The Motley Fool July 24, 2006 Rich Duprey	Black & Decker Buys Back Profit Though recent share repurchases have come at a premium, the power tool maker has had a history of being a good shepherd with shareholder money. Will its recent buyback announcement be just as good?
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The Motley Fool August 19, 2005 Nathan Parmelee	Dividends or Share Repurchases? Share repurchases can be beneficial, but dividends reward shareholders in every environment.
The Motley Fool March 4, 2008 Timothy M. Otte	Share Repurchase: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Share repurchases rarely signal an undervalued stock price.
The Motley Fool May 13, 2010 Rich Greifner	Is Your CFO Sleeping Around? "Stock buybacks are like hooking up," Stern School of Business professor Aswath Damodaran says. "Dividends are like getting married."
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The Motley Fool June 30, 2011 Morgan Housel	Dividends or Buybacks? The Story of How to Waste Shareholder Money Buybacks are beneficial if done when shares are cheap. If they're done when pricey, well, it's scarcely different from when you or I overpay for stocks: you don't get your money's worth.
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The Motley Fool September 21, 2011 Alex Dumortier	Dell: Compounding or Destroying Value? Dell's share buyback program looks like a good use of shareholder capital. In fact, I think it's worth adding Dell to your watchlist.
The Motley Fool June 7, 2004 Chris Mallon	Shareholder Dilution Delusions Using shareholder cash to stem stock option dilution is a deceptive, wealth-destroying practice.
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