She also writes biographies for Story Terrace. A share repurchase is a reduction in the number of a public company's shares outstanding. It's accomplished by buying a portion of its shares on the ...

but a company can also choose to engage in a share-buyback or share-repurchase program. Both terms have the same meaning: A share repurchase (or stock buyback) happens when a company uses some of ...

Major pharma firms like Eli Lilly, GSK, Merck, Regeneron and Sanofi announce $35B+ in share buybacks since December, ...