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And in a third, prosecutors have alleged that he promoted regulatory decisions favourable to the controlling shareholder of an Israeli telecoms company in exchange for positive coverage by a news website.

In “Wall Street,” the most famous moment is when Michael Douglas’s Gordon Gekko tells a shareholder meeting, “Greed, for lack of a better word, is good. Greed is right, greed works.”

Companies often brag about “returning capital” to their shareholders when they repurchase stock.

Companies often brag about “returning capital” to their shareholders when they repurchase stock.

“Hugely wealthy parents should leave their children enough so they can do anything but not enough that they can do nothing,” Berkshire Hathaway’s Warren Buffett wrote in a letter to shareholders.