 "Amazon to buy back $5 bln of shares
| Reuters")
Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O), the world’s largest e-commerce company, said on Wednesday its board authorized a $5 billion share buyback programme.
The buyback replaces the $2 billion repurchase programme approved in 2010. The company had $763 million remaining under the previous plan.
The company’s shares rose 1.5 percent to $498 in after-hours trading.
(Reporting by Kshitiz Goliya in Bengaluru; Editing by Anil D’Silva)
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