When one has nothing profitable to sell, one resorts to financial engineering to pay the bills. Think of it as a transfer from shareholders to executives. It ends when one cannot play games with the stock any more. Regardless, the direction has been clear for a long time. The financial games merely accelerate the decay process.
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