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Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida indicated he could consider writing guidance for companies on share buybacks, triggering a dip in the nations stock market thats been boosted by such repurchases in recent years.

SoftBank Group plans to spend up to 500 billion yen ($4.8 billion) buying back as much as 7% of its shares, taking a step advocated by activist investor Elliott Management Corp. to boost stockholder value.

BHP will issue a special dividend for shareholders after selling its US shale assets, the miner said Monday as it completed a US$7.3 billion stock buyback.

Facebook said Friday it would add $9 billion to its stock buyback program, which could scoop up shares pummeled over the past few months by privacy scandals and a slump on Wall Street.