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COVID-19 stimulus proposals revive stock buyback debate

by Amy Scott

Mar 20, 2020

The big U.S. airlines spent almost all of their free cash flow buying back their own shares in the last decade. Now they want government aid.

Sen. Chuck Schumer said U.S. airlines are short on cash because "they spent billions on stock buybacks."

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