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4 Big Tech giants have plowed over $1 trillion into stock buybacks in 10 years — more than Tesla or Meta's entire market value::Apple poured over $600 billion into buybacks in the decade to March 31, exceeding Alphabet, Microsoft, and Meta's combined spending.

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[–] carbonari_sandwich@lemm.ee 76 points 2 years ago (31 children)

They were basically illegal until 1982. It was considered, and I believe still is, market manipulation.

[–] Magister@lemmy.world 56 points 2 years ago (17 children)
[–] Cosmonauticus@lemmy.world 35 points 2 years ago (15 children)

You can make a serious argument that Reagan caused more suffering than Hilter if you count the long term effects of his political influence

[–] Luckybuck@ttrpg.network 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] SinningStromgald@lemmy.world 19 points 2 years ago

The truth often is.

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