Microsoft (MSFT) said to plan debt sale in order to pay dividends, repurchase shares -Bloomberg
Bloomberg reporting: Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) said to plan debt sale in order to pay dividends, repurchase shares.... more
St. James's Place: Dividend Declaration
St. James’s Place plc (“SJP plc”) Scrip Dividend: Interim Dividend SJP plc announces that pursuant to the scrip dividend mandate scheme that was renewed at the Annual General Meeting held on 13 May 2010, the scrip dividend alternative in respect of the interim dividend for the year ending 31 December 2010 was accepted in respect of 6,385,231 shares, representing approximately 1.32% of SJP plc’s issued share capital on the interim dividend record date of 6 August 2010. Application will shortly be made to the UK Listing Authority and the London Stock Exchange for 46,436 additional ordinary shares of 15p each to be admitted to the Official List and to trading. It is expected that such listing will become effective and that dealings in the additional shares will commence on 15... more
Henderson Financial Opportunities: Dividend Declaration
HENDERSON FINANCIAL OPPORTUNITIES LIMITED 13 September 2010 Third Interim Dividend for the Year-Ending 30 November 2010 The Directors have declared a third interim dividend for the year ending 30 November 2010 of 0.75p per share payable on 22 October 2010 to holders on the register on 24 September 2010. The ex-dividend date is 22 September 2010. Enquiries Sara Bourne BNP Paribas Fund Services (Guernsey) Limited Company Secretary Tel: 01481 750858... more
Two Harbors (TWO) Declares $0.39 Quarterly Dividend; 1.8% Yield
Two Harbors Investment Corp. (AMEX: TWO) today declared a quarterly dividend of $0.39 per share of common stock, $1.56 annualized. This dividend is payable October 21, 2010 to common stockholders of record at the close of business on September 30, 2010. The ex-dividend date is September 28, 2010. Yield on the dividend is 1.8%.... more
CDC Corp. (CHIND) to Receive 8c/Share Special Dividend Payment from China.com
CDC Corporation (Nasdaq: CHIND) today announced that it will receive a $6.5 million dividend payment, or $0.08 per common share, from China.com. CDC currently owns approximately 79% of China.com.... more
Medtronic: Dividend Stock Analysis
This article originally appeared on The DIV-Net September 6, 2010. Linked here is a detailed quantitative analysis of Medtronic Inc. (MDT). Below are some highlights from the above linked analysis:... more
Ringing Up Verizon Dividends
Over the past several months, the Telecom sector has been a market leader. A primary driver has been investor attraction to juicy dividend yields. Verizon (VZ) is one of the sector dividend leaders, sporting a hefty 6.3 percent yield; even after a significant share price run-up of late. The board of directors just announced a dividend increase, too. Verizon has jacked up the dividend each year since 2005. In addition, the Frontier spinoff yielded additional cash to investors.Recently, the company has been cutting staff through attrition, early retirement, and in conjuction with landline divestitures.... more
Seven Dividend Stocks Raising Dividends and Returns
Investors could earn money in the stock market either through capital gains or through dividends. Dividends are the direct link between a company’s financial strength and investor’s return. Capital gains on the other hand are an indirect way for shareholders to profit from an enterprise. In addition to that companies cannot control their stock price, but they can control the level of the dividend payment. This is why an announcement of a dividend increase is a bullish sign for the company that has announced it.Seven companies raised distributions to shareholders over the past week:... more
Increase in Muni Bond CEF Dividends
One of the best investment areas over the last few months has been municipal bond closed-end funds. There are several reasons for this: These funds often use low cost leverage to boost returns. The funds borrow at an average cost of only 0.52% and invest the proceeds in municipal bonds paying over 4%. This allows some of these funds to have distribution yields of well over 6%., The low leverage costs are expected to last for at least another year. As regulated investment companies, muni closed-end funds must distribute at least 90% of income to shareholders. Many funds have had to raise their dividends to keep up with the increasing net earnings.. Here are recent monthly dividend increases for some of the Blackrock leveraged muni bond closed-end funds:... more
BHP Billiton PLC : Notice of Dividend Currency E
Company Secretariat 13 September 2010 To: Australian Securities Exchange cc: New York Stock Exchange London Stock Exchange JSE Limited Notice of Dividend Currency Exchange Rates - 2010 Final Dividend Name of entities BHP Billiton Limited BHP Billiton Plc ABN 49 004 028 077 REG NO 3196209 On 25 August 2010 we announced a final dividend for the year ended 30 June 2010 of 45 US cents. Included in the announcement was the advice that the currency conversion for Australian cents, British pence and New Zealand cents would be based on the foreign currency exchange rates on the Record Date, 10 September 2010, and for South African cents the last date to trade on the JSE Limited, being 3 September 2010(1). The following table details the currency exchange rates applicable for the dividend:... more