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To: pater tenebrarum who wrote (44723)12/6/2000 6:44:58 PM
From: robnhood  Read Replies (1) of 436258
 
<< used mostly to
buy back stock and thereby artificially inflate per share numbers>>

I would hazard a guess that a lot of buyback money is used to take insiders out of their optioned positions on large prints. Yup, that's what I would surmise.
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