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  "id": 2334644,
  "title": "Marc Benioff's Salesforce Spent a Record $27 Billion on Stock Buybacks in a Single Quarter to Fight What He Calls the \"SaaSpocalypse.\" Here's Why the Size of That Repurchase Matters.",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/marc-benioffs-salesforce-spent-a-record-27-billion-on-stock-buybacks-2334644",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-21T07:42:00.000Z",
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    "url": "https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/marc-benioffs-salesforce-spent-record-27-billion-stock-buybacks-single-quarter-fight-0"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Key PointsSalesforce issued $25 billion worth of debt to fund stock buybacks.",
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        "title": "Marc Benioff's Salesforce Spent a Record $27 Billion on Stock Buybacks in a Single Quarter to Fight What He Calls the \"SaaSpocalypse.\" Here's Why the Size of That Repurchase Matters.",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/marc-benioffs-salesforce-spent-a-record-27-billion-on-stock-buybacks",
        "published": "2026-08-21T07:22:00.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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