The third largest U.S. railroad operator CSX announced Wednesday it would boost its quarterly dividend by 8%, from 24 cents to 26 cents, returning more of its earnings to shareholders.
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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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McDonald’s (MCD) declared a quarterly cash dividend of 61 cents a share, an 11% increase over the previous quarterly dividend.
This brings the fourth quarter dividend payout to about $650 million, McDonald’s said in a statement.
“With today’s announced dividend increase, we expect the 2010 total cash returned to shareholders to be approximately $5 billion, split between dividends…
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McDonald’s Raises Dividend to 61 Cents a Share originally appeared on DailyFinance on Thu, 23 Sep 2010 07:54:00.
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While a new report from Goldman Sachs says health care is in a state of flux that most of the sector’s companies haven’t adjusted to yet, it also pinpoints four that have plenty of cash that could be put to good use for investo…
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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