So they want to payout something like 40% of their earnings as dividends and plow the rest back into investing inside the company.

如果他们将收入的40%作为股利,然后在内部把剩余部分拿回来用作投资

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If the business is doing well, he said, they increase hiring and plow income back into the business.

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Companies can either retain their earnings and plow them back into operations or give a portion of them to shareholders.

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And for some of you who are underwater, you might say, instead of spending that money I can plow that back into equity in my home, and build that back up, which would further strengthen housing prices here in Nevada and around the country.

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