#Capital Allocation
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Skift Launches Quarterly Brief Charting $39.6B in Travel Deal Activity for H1
A new free report from Skift Research maps 242 deals, three take-privates, and a venture slump, with Asia-Pacific demand...
Berkshire’s Abel puts capital to work: buybacks surge, 14-quarter stock-selling streak ends
Berkshire Hathaway repurchased $7.8bn of its own stock in Q2 and July and became a net buyer of equities for the first t...
Skift Research Debuts Free Quarterly Report on Travel Capital Flows
The new Capital Allocation Brief tracks M&A, venture funding and shifting demand geography across travel, with insights ...
HSBC Beats H1 Profit Forecasts but Buyback Comes Up Short
HSBC's first-half pre-tax profit rose about 23% to $19.5bn, beating forecasts, yet smaller-than-expected buybacks show m...
What 'Cannibal Stocks' Tell Investors About Buybacks — and When to Be Wary
Aggressive share repurchases can lift earnings per share sharply, but they only create value if the stock is genuinely u...
Santander Offers €1.9 Billion to Buy Out Minority Stake in Brazilian Unit
Santander has launched a €1.9bn share-swap offer for the 10% it does not already own of Santander Brasil, offering a 15%...
Greg Abel's First Deal: Berkshire Acquires Taylor Morrison for $8.5bn
Greg Abel’s first acquisition as Berkshire Hathaway CEO is a $8.5 billion cash deal for homebuilder Taylor Morrison, sig...