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Non-Tech : RSG Republic Services

RSG 212.22

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Jan 9 9:30 AM EST

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From: JakeStraw	12/14/2009 3:29:36 PM
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Garbage hauler Republic Services (RSG) owes plenty and grows only slowly. Yet the company’s cash flow is so predictable that lenders are happy to provide it with attractive interest rates. The result for stockholders is plenty of free cash flow; the company devotes about 40% of it to dividends (current yield: 2.7%), a bit more than 40% to share repurchases and the rest to debt reduction. That’s a good enough deal for one pair of bespectacled billionaire pals. Bill Gates has long been the company’s largest stockholder, mostly through Cascade Investment, his holding company. Warren Buffett bought a 1% stake early this month for Berkshire Hathaway smartmoney.com

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