Santa Fe Southern Pacific will buy back stock.
The railroad company’s directors authorized a plan to repurchase 30 million shares of its common stock, in addition to a 20-million-share buy-back begun last year. The repurchase, which may not be completed until 1986, will be funded partly from the future sale of assets that don’t fit the company’s development plan, Chairman John J. Schmidt said.
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