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Salesforce's fiscal second-quarter revenue rose 10% to $10.2 billion and it added $20 billion to its buyback, but a soft third-quarter outlook sent the stock down 4% after hours.

International revenue jumped 33% while the Americas slipped 2%; Lululemon raised its full-year outlook and added $1.0 billion to its buyback, and the shares rose more than 9% the next day.

On 6 January 2026 AB InBev said it was exercising its right to reacquire the 49.9% stake in its US metal container plants from an Apollo-led consortium for about US$3 billion; it completed the purchase on 30 January for about US$2.9 billion.

Verizon's board authorised up to $25 billion of share repurchases and raised the quarterly dividend 2.5 percent to $0.7075, part of a plan to return about $55 billion to shareholders through 2028.

On 12 February 2026 AB InBev reported full-year 2025 revenue of US$59.3 billion, underlying EPS up 6% and free cash flow of US$11.3 billion, and proposed a final dividend of 1.00 euro per share.

Salesforce closed fiscal 2026 with $41.5 billion of revenue, up 10%, authorised a new $50 billion buyback, lifted its dividend 5.8% to $0.44 and raised its FY2030 target to $63 billion.

Berkshire told the SEC it began repurchasing its own shares on Wednesday 4 March 2026, and CEO Greg Abel disclosed he put his whole take-home pay into Berkshire stock.

Aramco's board approved buying back up to 350 million of its shares, worth at most SAR 11.3 billion ($3 billion), within 18 months of 9 March 2026, to hold in treasury for its employee share plan. It is the company's first buyback; until now it returned cash only through dividends.

Aramco's 2025 net profit fell 12% to SAR 348 billion on lower oil prices, yet it raised its quarterly base dividend 3.5% to $21.89 billion and announced its first-ever share buyback, of up to $3 billion. No performance-linked dividend was declared for 2025.

Salesforce sold $25 billion of senior notes in eight tranches maturing from 2028 to 2066, to pay for a $25 billion accelerated share repurchase agreed the same evening.

Salesforce prepaid $25 billion to five banks and took delivery of about 103 million of its own shares, roughly 80% of the total, in what it called the largest accelerated share repurchase in history.

Qualcomm's board lifted the quarterly dividend from $0.89 to $0.92 a share and approved a new $20 billion stock repurchase authorization with no expiry date.

On 24 March 2026 Robinhood's board approved a new US$1.5 billion share repurchase program, and its brokerage unit signed a US$3.25 billion revolving credit facility four days earlier.

Salesforce's fiscal 2027 opened with $11.1 billion of revenue, up 13%, non-GAAP EPS up 50% to $3.88 as its $25 billion buyback cut the share count, and Agentforce ARR above $1 billion.

On 22 June 2026 Robinhood priced US$2.0 billion of 0.00% convertible senior notes due 2029; the initial purchasers took up their US$200 million option and the US$2.2 billion offering closed on 25 June.

B&W's board authorised buying back up to $50 million of its common stock, starting after its second-quarter 10-Q, with no expiry date and subject to its lenders. The same day it called its last $61.4 million of 2026 notes for redemption.

On 14 July 2026 Citigroup reported second-quarter net income of US$5.8 billion, up 45%, on revenue of US$24.8 billion, up 14%, and said it would raise its planned dividend by 12% and launch a US$30 billion buyback.

On 30 July 2026 Intercontinental Exchange reported second-quarter net revenues of US$2.7 billion (up 5%), net income of US$958 million and adjusted EPS of US$1.90, with record open interest across its exchanges and a larger buyback authorization.

On 8 August 2026 Berkshire Hathaway reported second-quarter operating earnings of US$12.98 billion, bought back about US$4.5 billion of its shares and saw its cash fall to US$365.5 billion.

Revenue rose 130% to $319.7 million, $100.7 million of it from the Base Electron data-centre power project, and B&W swung to a $14.3 million net profit. It raised the top of its 2026 adjusted EBITDA target range to $105 million.

Tesla is buying back 15 Canadian-market Model 3 and Model Y cars that were imported into the US without the knee airbag and other protections US safety standards require, after wrongly certifying them as compliant; owner letters were due 5 September 2026.

At its Investor Day during Dreamforce 2026, Salesforce held to more than $63 billion of revenue by fiscal 2030, above analysts' $59.2 billion, and said it had returned 190% of this year's free cash flow through its record buyback.

Final settlement of Salesforce's record $25 billion accelerated share repurchase, when the banks deliver the last of the shares beyond the 103 million received up front in March.