Originally Posted by
BenderRodriguez
That is a very juvenile view of the stock buyback. Contrary to what many on here believe, the world does not revolve around us.
And if it goes down, you lose the raise, and for those that want "restoration" it is further away. There are tradeoffs in voting yes, and tradeoffs in voting no. Neither option is a clear winner
Actually, Bloomberg Radio had the exact spot today. IBM, Xerox and Disney have the above mentioned metric for their CEO's. Two analysts discussed the exact earnings per share programs at those companies. Taking money to buy back stock is a conflict of interest, but legal and practiced quite widely. $6 billion of stock is being bought back at Delta. For what reason?