China: Company Plans Share Buyback
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The online game operator Giant Interactive Group said that it would buy back up to $200 million worth of American depositary shares. The company plans to fund the repurchases from available working capital, it said in a statement.
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Telecommunications giant Telstra Corp. on Monday revealed details of a 750 million Australian dollar (US$532 million) share buyback that is part of a three-year plan to increase the value of its stock.
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Chinese online trading firm, Alibaba.com, was Monday set to give retail investors details of its Hong Kong listing, in what is expected to be the largest Internet IPO ever by a mainland firm.
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Hong Kong property firm Chinese Estates Holdings Ltd.  is in talks with investors on a possible buyout of the firm, valued at more than US$4 billion, sending its shares up as much as 30 percent to a record high.
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More than 30 Chinese companies are preparing to list shares on the Frankfurt stock exchange beginning from next year, a state press report has said.
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Aug. 18 (Bloomberg) -- BHP Billiton, the world&#39;s biggest mining company, more than doubled second-half profit as Chinese demand boosted commodity prices and said it may return as much as $2 billion to investors, including through share buybacks.
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These companies want to buy back their shares, which just might boost their earnings per share.
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BHP Billiton Limited (BHP) announced today that it would undertake an off-market share buyback of between $1 billion and $1.5 billion.
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Telstra Corporation has announced details of its plan to invite all shareholders to participate in a $750 milion off-market share buy-back.
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Hewlett-Packard Co. Monday said it bought back $1.3 billion in stock and announced a plan to buy back another $3 billion in shares over the next several months.
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Dividends combined with share buybacks can be an effective strategy.
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China Power International Development Ltd., a unit of the nation&#39;s fifth-biggest utility, may buy assets from its parent as early as mid-2005 as part of plans to triple capacity in five years, Chief Executive Li Xiaolin said.
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Finnish-Swedish telecommunications group TeliaSonera revealed on Wednesday a plan to buy back 1.1 billion euros worth of shares.
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These companies are buying back their shares. Should you join them?
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[World News]: Moscow, Dec 30 : China&#39;s CNPC oil and gas corporation would be offered up to 20 per cent stake in Yuganskneftegaz, earlier acquired by Russia&#39;s state-owned Rosneft oil major ahead of its merger with Gazprom gas monopoly.
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Companies are in the stock market every trading day of every week, using spare cash to buy back their own shares. Buyback activity has become so common it's become standard operating procedure for big public companies.
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The business-integration-software vendor also revealed plans to buy back as much as $50 million of its stock over the next two years.