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$4.5 billion in share repurchases is the figure Greg Abel's second quarter as Berkshire Hathaway chief executive turns on, putting a big chunk of the company's cash into buying back its own shares.
The buybacks were the largest disclosed item from a period the company described as serious spending. Abel has been in the role for two quarters. The buyback figure $4.5 billion.
Abel directed that sum toward Berkshire's own stock while also committing capital elsewhere; the amounts and targets of that broader spending were not reported.
The repurchase total is the one hard number the quarter produced.
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