Applied Materials Boosts Dividend, Will Repurchase $2B In Shares
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Applied Materials (Nasdaq: AMAT), the biggest maker of gear and machines used to manufacture semiconductors, said it will boost its quarterly dividend by 17% to 7 cents a share from 6 cents. Last month, the company [...]
Transocean Plans First Regular Dividend In 8 Years
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Transocean (NYSE: RIG), the world’s largest operator of offshore oil rigs, is planning an annual dividend of $3.11 a share, the company’s [...]
Watsco Heats Up Dividend
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Florida-based Watsco (NYSE: WSO, AMEX: WSO-B) is company investors don’t hear a lot about, but perhaps that should change, at least from the perspective of income investors. Watsco, which distributes heating, air conditioning and refrigeration products, announced [...]
EOG Resources (NYSE: EOG) Hike Dividends 6.9%
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EOG Resources (NYSE: EOG), the independent oil and natural gas producer, said its fourth-quarter profit tumbled 13% from the year-earlier period and the shares were hammered on [...]
GE Says Restoring Dividend Is First Priority, Aims To Increase Payout By 2011
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General Electric (NYSE: GE), the Dow component and formerly the biggest dividend payer in dollar terms, said last week restoring its dividend is a top [...]
More Distribution Increases From The World Of MLPS
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We hold several oil and gas master limited partnerships (MLPs) in the Dividend Genius portfolio and all of [...]
Flip The Switch To Another Utilities Dividend Increase
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Consolidated Edison (NYSE: ED), one of the largest electric utilities in the U.S., said that fourth-quarter profits were up 26% on higher revenue. Excluding one-time items, ConEd earned 67 cents a share on [...]
Sail The High Seas With A Dividend Increase From Nordic American Tanker
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Oil shipping firm Nordic American Tanker (NYSE: NAT) has been a member of the Dividend Genius portfolio for a while now and since we added [...]
Core Laboratories To Raise Its Dividend
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Core Laboratories NV (NYSE: CLB), the Dutch oilfield services provider, said it will raise its quarterly dividend by 20% to 12 cents a share from 10 cents. The new dividend will [...]
A Master Limited Partnership Starting Things Off Great in 2010
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If you follow our Dividend Genius portfolio, you know that we love master limited partnerships (MLPs). The Dividend Genius portfolio features several MLPs and all of them enjoyed stellar runs in 2009, helping [...]
