Loose-leaf Fundamentals of Corporate Finance with Connect Access Card
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Author: Stephen A. Ross Franco Modigliani Professor of Financial Economics Professor, Randolph W Westerfield Robert R. Dockson Deans Chair in Bus. Admin., Bradford D Jordan Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 17, Problem 10CRCT
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Stock repurchase is also termed as buyback of shares, where the company repurchases its own shares, which are outstanding. The extra cash can be used in paying the debts; the cash dividend is the distribution of company’s earnings to the shareholders.
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