Howard Silverblatt
Howard Silverblatt
Howard Da Silvawas an American actor, director and musical performer on stage, film, television and radio. He was cast in dozens of productions on the New York stage, appeared in more than two dozen television programs, and acted in more than fifty feature films. Adept at both drama and musicals on the stage, he appeared in the original 1943 run of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Oklahoma!, and also portrayed the prosecuting attorney in the 1957 stage production of Compulsion...
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These shares have not been retired. They sit in the corporate treasury, where, subject to regulator timing, they can be reissued at the discretion of the company.
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The Street was surprised with the strength of the earnings in both quarters.
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Companies are finding it increasingly difficult to post record earnings.
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Companies were shy, ... they are definitely doing more.
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Investors want it; institutions want it, and companies are starting to react.
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The cost of oil will likely still be pretty high, consumer spending is slowing down, and it'll be tax time.
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In the first quarter, people made the mistake of looking at how a few groups did as indicative of the whole sector, ... For this period, you really can't do that.
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The bottom line is that the problem has definitely gotten worse. If this goes on much longer, it's not going to be just an investor concern, it's going to be a retiree concern.
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The bulge in cash is permitting companies to simultaneously finance record levels of stock buybacks and dividends,
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It makes a difference when you look at a company with 14 percent growth as opposed to 8 percent growth.
It's going to be controversial because it introduces a lot of volatility.
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It's still very good growth, considering. And again, there's nothing wrong with repurchases.
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They're starting to spend some of the money,
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You don't want to pay for 13 percent growth when you're only getting 8 percent.