The companies with five biggest paper losses:
- IBM: - $9.8 billion
-Qualcomm: -$7.4 billion -aha, here we are!
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American Express: -$4.1 billion
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Exxon Mobil: -$3.9 billion
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Hess: -$2.9 billion
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Chevron: -$2.8 billion
Interesting anecdote is that stalwarts jumped thru the hoop to cut 1.4B by trimming 15% of the workforce just to lose whopping $7.4 billion in buybacks. And isn't from the borrowed money? Wow!
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