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Supermarket operator Safeway (NYSE: SWY) announced a payout increase dividend shoppers may [...]
General Electric Dividend Update
Dow component General Electric (NYSE: GE) may have up to $25 billion in cash in its war chest by the end of this year, putting the company in a position to repurchase shares by the end of the year and perhaps raise its dividend in 2011. GE CEO Jeffrey Immelt said on [...]
Cliffs Natural Resources increase to its quarterly dividend by 60%
Materials and mining stocks are not for the faint of heart and making a long-term investment in one of these names all the more difficult is the fact that these sectors usually aren’t home to good dividends or strong yields. Stocks like Cliffs Natural Resources (NYSE: [...]
Entergy Juices Up Its Dividend
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Entergy (NYSE: ETR), the second-largest U.S. operator of nuclear power plants, said it will not spin-off six nuclear power plants into a separately company after the plan was rejected by New York regulators, but [...]
ConocoPhillips Has Some Good News…Sort Of
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ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP), the third-largest U.S. oil company, detailed its plan to sell $10 billion in assets today, which includes the sale of half the company’s stake in [...]
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 [...]
