Even though profits were lower, the big five companies continue to - TopicsExpress



          

Even though profits were lower, the big five companies continue to enrich their largest shareholders and senior executives by using a large share of profits to buy back their own stock. This past quarter, the combined buybacks of the companies (save ConocoPhillips) were nearly $10 billion, or 43 percent of the four companies’ total profits. In addition, these five companies are sitting on more than $71 billion in cash reserves.
Posted on: Tue, 05 Nov 2013 20:26:15 +0000

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