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Microsoft raises dividend, sets new $40 billion share buyback

Microsoft Corp raised its quarterly dividend to 28 cents per share and authorized a new share buyback program on Tuesday, two days before investors quiz the software giant on its next chief executive and a bold foray into mobile devices. The 5-cent increase in the dividend, worth about $400 million […]

Japan to raise $10 billion through Japan Tobacco share sale

Japan’s government will sell around a third of its stake in Japan Tobacco Inc the world’s No.3 tobacco company, to raise about $10.4 billion for reconstruction of areas devastated by a 2011 earthquake and tsunami. The Ministry of Finance, which owns just over 50 percent of the $62 billion former […]