Microsoft Corp. said Friday it was switching tactics in its 18 billion Lrb Euro11 .65 billion Rrb stock buyback program after only 6.5 billion Lrb Euro2 .59 billion Rrb worth of shares were tendered in a Dutch auction "that expired Thursday, well below the 13 billion Lrb Euro57 .57 billion Rrb it had been prepared to spend.
Microsoft switches buyback tactics after lukewarm response to Dutch auction.