Taking a line from their recent ad campaign for Windows 10, I still wonder about this recent move by the Redmond Crew. Granted, buying back stock (as many of you remember from your initial Finance class) does help to keep the price of the remaining public stock high. Increasing a dividend has been positively received by investors and academicians as well. But here's the troubling idea that I just can't shake: https://plus.google.com/u/0/103040637929934537692

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