CPI Corp. (CPY) Declares $0.25 Quarterly Dividend; 4.4% Yield

CPI Corp. (NYSE: CPY) today announced that its Board of Directors declared a third quarter cash dividend of $0.25 per share, $1.00 annualized. The dividend will be paid on August 23, 2010 to shareholders of record as of August 16, 2010. The ex-dividend date is August 12, 2010. Yield on the dividend is 4.4%.... more

Brookfield Asset Management (BAM) Posts Q2 EPS of $0.12, Shy of Views; Declares $0.13 Quarterly Dividend; 2% Yield

Brookfield Asset Management, Inc. (NYSE: BAM) reports Q2 EPS of $0.12, versus the analyst estimate of $0.20. The Board of Directors declared a dividend of $0.13 per Class A Common Share, $0.52 annualized. The dividend is payable on November 30, 2010, to shareholders of record as at the close of business on November 1, 2010. The ex-dividend date is October 28, 2010. Yield on the dividend is 2%.... more

Bunge Limited (BG) Declares $0.23 Quarterly Dividend; 1.7% Yield

Bunge Limited (NYSE: BG) declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.23 per common share, $0.92 annualized. The dividend is payable on December 2, 2010 to shareholders of record on November 18, 2010. The ex-dividend date is November 16, 2010. Yield on the dividend is 1.7%.... more

Cohen & Steers (CNS) Declares $0.10 Quarterly Dividend; 1.8% Yield

Cohen & Steers, Inc. (NYSE: CNS) announced that its Board of Directors declared the company's regular quarterly cash dividend for the third quarter of 2010 in the amount of $0.10 per share of common stock, $0.40 annualized. This dividend will be payable on September 27, 2010 to stockholders of record at the close of business on September 7, 2010. The ex-dividend date is September 3, 2010. Yield on the dividend is 1.8%.... more

NV Energy (NVE) Declares $0.11 Quarterly Dividend; 3.4% Yield

NV Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NVE) announced that its board of directors today declared a cash dividend of $0.11 per share, $0.44 annualized. The dividend is payable on September 22, 2010 Â to shareholders of record on September 7, 2010. The ex-dividend date is September 3, 2010. Yield on the dividend is 3.4%.... more

UniSource Energy (UNS) Declares $0.39 Quarterly Dividend; 4.8% Yield

UniSource Energy Corporation (NYSE: UNS) has declared a third quarter dividend for common shareholders of $0.39 per share, $1.56 annualized. The dividend will be paid on September 2, 2010, to common shareholders of record as of August 19, 2010. The ex-dividend date is August 17, 2010. Yield on the dividend is 4.8%.... more

Ecolab (ECL) Declares $0.155 Quarterly Dividend; 1.3% Yield

Ecolab Inc. (NYSE: ECL) declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.155 per common share, $0.62 annualized. The dividend is to be paid October 15, 2010, to shareholders of record at the close of business on September 21, 2010. The ex-dividend date is September 17, 2010. Yield on the dividend is 1.3%.... more

Superior Uniform (SGC) Declares $0.135 Quarterly Dividend; 5.6% Yield

Superior Uniform Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: SGC), manufacturer of uniforms, career apparel and accessories, today announced that the Board of Directors had declared a quarterly dividend of $0.135 per share, $0.54 annualized. The dividend is payable August 30, 2010, to shareholders of record August 18, 2010. The ex-dividend date is August 16, 2010. Yield on the dividend is 5.6%.... more

Life Partners (LPHI) Declares $0.25 Quarterly Dividend; 5.6% Yield

Life Partners Holdings, Inc. (LPHI) announced today that it would pay a $0.25 per share quarterly dividend, $1.00 annualized. The dividend is payable to shareholders of record as of August 16, 2010, on or about September 15, 2010. The ex-dividend date is September 13, 2010. Yield on the dividend is 5.6%.... more

Buybacks, Dividends and Mergers: A New Era?

It’s a hot topic these days.What are companies to do with the great cash build? Good question — as the data strongly suggests those balances are only going to get larger. The data also suggests it will do so at a more leisurely pace. We begin with a chart showing the cash build for the firms composing the S&P Industrials Index. As seen, cash for the Industrials has been in a steady rise over the past 8 quarters.... more