Repsol has offered to pay YPF's 2011 dividend in stock, and not to repatriate profits.
Shares have also been buoyed by Apple's first issuance of a dividend in nearly two decades.
The world as a whole reaped a demographic dividend in the 40 years to 2010.
Furthermore, the SPY is expected to go ex-dividend in mid-September for approximately 62 cents, which is about 0.5%.
Nokia said that to ensure financial flexibility, the company does not plan to pay a dividend in 2012.
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Verizon is one of many examples of high quality firms trading with a safe dividend in excess of 4%.
Additionally, Comcast initiated their first dividend in 2008 (the light blue shaded area).
Shares of Ford, which reinstated its dividend in December, crept up 0.4%.
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He notes that management has raised the dividend in the fourth quarter of each year in the past two years.
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The Company also plans to offer shareholders the option of receiving payment in the form of shares (dividend in kind).
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The elimination of the dividend in 2008 caused shares to plummet and they have remained below net asset value since then.
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As Milken points out in Barriers to Entrepreneurship in Emerging Domestic Markets, entrepreneurship may yield a double dividend in LMI communities.
Biocon cut its dividend in 2009 and 2010 during the global financial crisis, but Shaw says she maintained her same level of donations.
Currently, the average dividend yield for the stocks that pay a dividend in the DJIA is 2.82%, while 10-year Treasuries are yielding below 2.4%.
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Berkshire Hathaway ( BRK - news - people ) could be handing out a dividend in the next 12 to 18 months.
The company decided to discontinue its dividend in 2012 in order to pay down debt and strengthen its balance sheet, according to RBC Capital Markets.
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Citi will also be barred from issuing a dividend in excess of 1 cent per share per quarter for three years, unless it receives government permission.
First Republic Bank (FRC) announced its quarterly dividend of 12 cents per share, an increase of about 20% over its prior dividend in December of 10 cents.
Military conflict flares continually in news from around the globe, so it cannot be stressed enough that Asia-Pacific has benefited from a peace dividend in the past generation.
Earnings growth has averaged 27% over the last five years, and a year ago PPD introduced the first and, to date, only dividend in the contract research industry.
Among dividend reductions, Pioneer Bankshares (PNBI) announced a dividend of 14 cents per share, a decrease of about 7% from its prior dividend in September of 15 cents.
As if announcing a massive fourth quarter loss wasn't bad enough, Hesse had to tell shareholders that there wasn't much hope of receiving a dividend in the foreseeable future.
Among dividend increases, Enbridge Incorporated (ENB) announced its quarterly dividend of 28.25 cents per share, an increase of about 15% over its prior dividend in November of 24 cents.
These are a special type of share that pay a regular flat dividend in perpetuity, and which receive their payment in preference to the dividends paid out on ordinary shares.
Ford only resumed paying a dividend in March - of 5 cents a quarter - after halting the payment to shareholders for more than five years because of financial problems.
Some of the bullishness stems from expectations that Citigroup will step up its payout of dividend in 2012 as it gets closer to achieving its capital ratio targets under Basel 3.
The figures displayed on many Web sites and used in stock screens will be calculated using the larger cumulative dividend payments in 2012 and the smaller cumulative dividend payments in 2013.
For the first time in 20 years this relic of another age (it used to be the Food Machinery Corp.) paid a quarterly dividend in 2006, all of 18 cents a share.
To sweeten the deal for investors, American Eagle last raised its quarterly dividend in June 2010 by 10% to 11 cents per share and has been consistently paying the same amount ever since.
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It has also paid a dividend in 52 of its 54 years as a public company, making Tata an ideal way for a dividend hunter to tap into emerging markets growth without incurring significant risk.
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