Microsoft Corp. will sell more than $4.7 billion worth of bonds to fund share buybacks and dividend payments for shareholders of the world’s largest software maker.
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Microsoft (MSFT) announced Tuesday that it was hiking its quarterly dividend to 16 cents a share from 13 cents a share — a 23% increase.
The new dividend represents an annual dividend yield of 2.5%, TheStreet reported. Microsoft had not raised its dividend in two years.
“This higher dividend, combined with our ongoing share repurchase program, reflects our commitment to returning…
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Microsoft Ups Dividend, Plans to Sell Debt originally appeared on DailyFinance on Wed, 22 Sep 2010 06:50:00.
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The U.K.’s triple-A credit rating is safe, thanks to the government’s austerity measures and a flexible economy, rating agency Moody’s said. The rating agency said the government’s deficit-reduction measures, continued economic growth and the long maturity profile of the country’s debt all support the credit rating, Reuters reported.
Britain’s economy faces obstacles including…
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Moodys: U.K. Credit Rating Is Safe originally appeared on DailyFinance on Mon, 20 Sep 2010 08:26:00.
In a welcome sign of investor confidence in an economic recovery, U.S. interest rates grew for the third day in a row as people moved funds from bonds to stocks. But will higher interest rates slow the housing market?
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It’s no secret that stock investors have suffered through roller-coaster volatility this year for little or no return, while bond investors have been having a ball. The longest-dated Treasury mutual funds have returned nearly 2…