The $30 billion stock repurchase Microsoft started in 2004 will soon end, and angry shareholders have started to air their complaints that Microsoft should buy even more stock.
If it takes the addition of billions in debt, Microsoft should repurchase about 2 billion shares of stock and bolster its value in the market place. Doing so would cost Microsoft its $35 billion cash pile plus some $25 billion in debt.
The company's stock price has been mostly flat for several years, trading at press time for $23.12. A Bloomberg Del.icio.us") | Yahoo! My Web |
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