Bid & Ask

摘要

① Microsoft, PepsiCo, and Hewlett-Packard are among a host of U.S. companies taking advantage of record-low interest rates by borrowing money to buy their own shares. American companies have announced nearly $258 billion in buybacks this year, compared with $125 billion in all of 2009.rn② Brazil's central bank spent $5.9 billion in the first 12 business days of September buying dollars in an effort to fight appreciation of the real. Brazil's currency has gained 34 percent since the beginning of 2009 as investors have grown bullish about the country's economic prospects.