This year many cash-rich companies have been repurchasing their own shares ahead of the possible end of the Bush-era tax cuts.
These blue chips are hoping to score advertising gold at the Games in London.
Some of the company's largest partners are selling some shares. Is it a bad sign?
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A spate of companies such as Visa and Vodafone are jumping in, leaving Google Wallet behind.
Recent decreases might be sending investors fleeing for the exits.
Nah. In fact, it won't even crack the top 10.
Declines in defaults and delinquencies and the rise of mobile payments offset losses from Dodd-Frank fee caps.
The world's biggest payment network benefits mightily from the rise of a global cashless economy.
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