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Companies that have piled up cash over the past few years are finding one good use for it: Repurchasing their own shares. January alone saw $57 billion in buybacks, compared with $357 billion for all of 2010. While buybacks don’t add value, they do give investors more options.

Continue reading What’s Behind the Share-Buyback Binge?

What’s Behind the Share-Buyback Binge? originally appeared on DailyFinance on Fri, 11 Feb 2011 11:00:00.

Filed Under: Investing, Intel, Pfizer, Time Warner, Investing Basics, Stocks in the News

Last month, 96 CEO changes were announced by U.S. based companies, reports job-services firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas, among them the heads of Google and Advanced Micro Devices. The number is down 9% from December, but 8% higher than January 2010, when 89 CEOs left their corner offices behind.

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CEO Departures: In January, 96 Top Bosses Moved Out originally appeared on DailyFinance on Wed, 09 Feb 2011 12:15:00.

Filed Under: Retirement, Company News, Technology, People, Google , Intel, Apple, AMD

Samsung is offering full refunds for its computers affected by the faulty Intel chip, code-named Cougar Point. Intel has promised to reimburse computer makers for any related expenses.

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Samsung to Offer Refunds on PCs With Flawed Intel Chip originally appeared on DailyFinance on Tue, 01 Feb 2011 09:15:00.

Filed Under: Technology, Intel, Samsung

The Obama administration is launching a “private sector alliance” to help entrepreneurs.

Startup America Partnership will bring together entrepreneurs, start-up financiers, CEOs and others to help companies start or grow, the group said in a statement.

Steve Case, co-founder of AOL (AOL), will chair the group. AOL is DailyFinance’s parent company.

“America’s story has been forged in large part by…

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Obama Administration Launches Entrepreneur Group originally appeared on DailyFinance on Tue, 01 Feb 2011 08:16:00.

Filed Under: Company News, Technology, People, Intel, Facebook, AOL

Intel has discovered a design flaw in its recently released Intel 6 Series chipset, code-named Cougar Point, and has halted shipments of the support chip.

Continue reading Intel Halts Shipments of Chip Over Design Flaw and Revises Its Outlook

Intel Halts Shipments of Chip Over Design Flaw and Revises Its Outlook originally appeared on DailyFinance on Mon, 31 Jan 2011 12:45:00.

Filed Under: Technology, Intel, AMD