United Auto Workers President Dennis Williams, whose union indirectly controls the largest single block of General Motors Co (GM.N) shares, told Reuters an investor group’s proposal that GM buy back $8 billion of its stock is premature, and the amount too high for the company’s long-term health. An investment firm controlled by Harry Wilson, a […]

ExxonMobil reported fourth quarter earnings per share on Monday that were down about 18 percent from the same period a year ago.

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) – Dunkin’ Brands cut its fiscal 2015 earnings per share outlook to a range of $1.83 to $1.87, below the Wall Street consensus of $1.92, according to FactSet. The Dunkin’ Donuts and …

Boeing Co raised its share repurchase authorization to $12 billion from $10 billion and said it would increase its quarterly dividend by 25 percent, a sign of confidence in its cash outlook for the year. …

Yesterday, Carl Icahn sent a letter to Apple CEO Tim Cook asking him to use some of the $133 billion on the company’s balance sheet to buy back more shares of stock. Across the market, share buybacks are already at the highest levels in the past seven years. Peter Schiff, CEO of EuroPacific Capital says […]

German sportswear maker Adidas, facing investor discontent over its underperforming share price, announced on Wednesday plans to return to shareholders as much as 1.5 billion euros ($1.9 billion) over the next three years. Adidas said in a statement the shareholder return program would be financed mainly from the group’s free cash flow, adding share buybacks […]

Apple is doling out more of its cash to shareholders and preparing to split its stock for the first time in nine years in an attempt to win back investors fretting about the iPhone maker’s slowing sales …

Apple CEO Tim Cook just bought himself more time to prove doubters wrong over the company’s growth prospects. Apple reported surging sales of iPhones, with 43.7 million purchased in the fiscal second quarter.

Carl Icahn said he sees no reason to persist with his proposal that Apple Inc buy back $50 billion (30 billion pounds) of its shares, given the recent share repurchases by the iPhone maker.

Jeff Macke takes down Tim Cook’s latest move in corporate financial engineering