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  "id": 7628837,
  "title": "Microsoft Pays Out More in Dividends Than It Spends Buying Back Stock. Here's What That Does for Investors.",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/microsoft-pays-out-more-in-dividends-than-it-spends-buying-back-stock",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-15T20:23:01.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://www.fool.com/investing/2026/09/15/microsoft-pays-out-more-in-dividends-than-it-spends-buying-back-stock-here-s-what-that-has-done-to-the-share-count/?source=iedfolrf0000001"
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  "summary": "The buyback is now the smaller half of the capital return -- and all that buying moved the share count just 0.1% last fiscal year.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Nasdaq Markets",
        "title": "Microsoft Pays Out More in Dividends Than It Spends Buying Back Stock. Here's What That Does for Investors.",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/microsoft-pays-out-more-in-dividends-than-it-spends-buying-back-stock-7637455",
        "published": "2026-09-15T20:43:01.000Z"
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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."
}