Larry Fink Raises Tough Questions for Buyback Addicts
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In case you missed it, BlackRock Inc.’s Laurence Fink sent a letter yesterday to the chief executive officers of every company in the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index.
The gist of the letter was basically that Fink wants his fellow CEOs to stop succumbing to pressure from activist shareholders looking to make a quick buck by pressuring companies to spend lots of cash on buybacks and fatter dividends.