Windstream (WIN) Declares $0.25 Quarterly Dividend; 8.7% Yield

Windstream Corp.'s (Nasdaq: WIN) board of directors today declared regular quarterly dividend of $0.25 on the company's common stock, $1.00 annualized. The dividend is payable October 15, 2010, to stockholders of record as of September 30, 2010. The ex-dividend date is September 26, 2010. Yield on the dividend is 8.7%.... more

Protective Life (PL) Declares $0.14 Quarterly Dividend; 2.3% Yield

Protective Life Corporation (NYSE: PL) declared a quarterly dividend of $0.14 per share, $0.56 annualized. The Corporation’s Board of Directors declared the quarterly dividend to be paid August 30, 2010 to share owners of record at the close of business on August 13, 2010. The ex-dividend date is August 11, 2010. Yield on the dividend is 2.3%.... more

Cardinal Health (CAH) Declares $0.195 Quarterly Dividend; 2.3% Yield

Cardinal Health (NYSE: CAH) today announced that its board of directors has approved a regular quarterly dividend of $0.195 per share, $0.78 annualized. The dividend is payable on October 15 to shareholders of record on Oct. 1, 2010. The ex-dividend date is September 29, 2010. Yield on the dividend is 2.3%.... more

Pennichuck Corp. (PNNW) Declares $0.18 Quarterly Dividend; 3.1% Yield

Pennichuck Corporation (Nasdaq: PNNW) today announced that the Company's Board of Directors declared a quarterly dividend of $0.18 per share, $0.72 annualized. The dividend is payable on September 1, 2010 to shareholders of record as of August 16, 2010. The ex-dividend date is August 12, 2010. Yield on the dividend is 3.1%.... more

Unitrin (UTR) Declares $0.22 Quarterly Dividend; 3.5% Yield

Unitrin, Inc. (NYSE: UTR) announced today that its Board of Directors has declared a quarterly dividend of $0.22 per share, $0.88 annualized. The dividend is payable on August 27, 2010 to its shareholders of record as of August 13, 2010. The ex-dividend date is August 11, 2010. Yield on the dividend is 3.5%.... more

Yamana Gold (AUY) Misses Q2 EPS by 3c; Ups Dividend

Yamana Gold, Inc. (NYSE: AUY) reports Q2 EPS of $0.12, 3 cents below the analyst estimate of $0.15. Revenue for the quarter was $351 million, which compares to the estimate of $405.5 million. Raises annual dividend by 33% to $0.08 per share.... more

Hersha Hospitality (HT) Posts Q2 AFFO of $0.13, In-Line with Views; Declares $0.05 Quarterly Dividend

Hersha Hospitality Trust (NYSE: HT) reports Q2 AFFO of $0.13, even with the analyst estimate of $0.13. Revenue for the quarter was $75.93 million, which compares to the estimate of $67.63 million. For the second quarter of 2010, Hersha Hospitality Trust paid dividends of $0.05 per common share and limited partnership unit. The Company also paid a second quarter cash dividend of $0.50 per Series A Preferred Share.... more

PowerShares Announces Change to High Yield Corporate Bond ETF

Earlier this week, ETF giant PowerShares announced a change in indexes for its popular High Yield Corporate Bond Fund (PHB). The fund will now track the RAFI High Yield Bond Index which measures potential returns of a theoretical portfolio of high yield, U.S. dollar denominated corporate bonds registered for sale in the United States whose issuers are public companies listed on a major U.S. stock exchange. The fund will now go by the name PowerShares Fundamental High Yield Corporate Bond Fund and maintain the same ticker symbol. PHB is now the first fundamentally weighted bond fund by using the increasingly popular RAFI methodology which puts a premium on the ability of a fund to pay back bond interest as opposed to using a cap weighted system which tends to focus on the heaviest issuers... more

TECO Energy (TE) Declares $0.205 Quarterly Dividend; 4.8% Yield

TECO Energy, Inc. (TE) declared a dividend of $0.205 per share, $0.82 annualized. The dividend is payable August 27, 2010, to shareholders of record as of August 16, 2010. The ex-dividend date is August 14, 2010. Yield on the dividend is 4.8%.... more

Leggett & Platt (LEG) Boosts Qtr. Dividend by 3.8% to $0.27, Yielding 5.13%

Leggett & Platt (NYSE: LEG) raises its quarterly dividend by 3.8% from $0.26 to $0.27 per common share, payable on October 15 to shareholders of record on September 15. The ex-dividend date is September 13. The dividend yield moves from 4.94% to 5.13%.... more