As I assumed in my articles Microsoft tries to stay on the top of the best companies list. But as days passed by it will become more difficult than yesterday..

Microsoft To Buy Back $40bn of Its Shares

phantom flan flinger writes “As you may have heard already, Microsoft have announced their intentions to buy back $40 billion in stock from their investors, in the biggest single buy-back plan in business history.
The announcement has given Microsoft shares [1]a small gain but they still stand significantly below their level in January – before Microsoft’s unsolicited bid for Yahoo!. The announcement of the plan has also created new speculation about [2]a now-or-never deal with Yahoo!.”