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Dividends
Dividends Dividends and stock repurchases are the two major ways that corporations can distribute cash to shareholders. Dividends may also be distributed in the form of stock (stock dividends and stock splits), scrip (a promise to pay at a future date), or property (typically commodities or goods... Read more |
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dividend
dividend that part of the net earnings of a corporation that is distributed to its stockholders. Dividend disbursements are based on a percentage of the par value of the stock or are a certain sum per share of no-par-value stock. They become payable only when approved by the board of directors and... Read more |
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Preferred Stock
PREFERRED STOCK Stock shares that have preferential rights to dividends or to amounts distributable on liquidation, or to both, ahead of common shareholders. Preferred stock is given preference over common stock. Holders of preferred stock receive dividends at a fixed annual rate. The earnings of... Read more |
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Tontine
TONTINE An organization of individuals who enter into an agreement to pool sums of money or something of value other than money, permitting the last survivor of the group to take everything. The holders of tontine life insurance contracts enter into an agreement to pay premiums for a certain... Read more |
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Common Stock
COMMON STOCK Evidence of participation in the ownership of a corporation that takes the form of printed certificates. Each share of common stock constitutes a contract between the shareholder and the corporation. The owner of a share of common stock is ordinarily entitled to participate in and to... Read more |
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stock (economics)
stock in finance, instrument certifying to shares in the ownership of a corporation. Bonds are similar evidences of shares in a loan to a corporation. Stock yields no dividends until claims of bondholders have been met. Preferred stock is entitled to dividends of a specified percentage per annum... Read more |
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division
division fundamental operation in arithmetic; the inverse of multiplication. Division may be indicated by the symbol ÷, as in 15 ÷ 3, or simply by a fraction, 15/3. The number that is being divided, e.g. 15, is called the dividend and the number dividing into it, e.g. 3, the divisor.... Read more |
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Social Credit
Social Credit economic plan in Canada, based on the theories of Clifford Hugh Douglas . The central idea is that the problems fundamental to economic depression are those of unequal distribution owing to lack of purchasing power. To solve these difficulties Douglas proposed a system of issuing to... Read more |
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Profits
ProfitHistory of the conceptContemporary viewsMeasurement of profitBIBLIOGRAPHYProfit is normally held to be the amount by which the total revenues of an enterprise exceed its total costs. There has been much confusion in the literature over terminology, however, and the first task here must be to... Read more |
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Coupon
COUPON A certificate evidencing the obligation to pay an installment of interest or a dividend that must be cut and presented to its issuer for payment when it is due. Coupons are usually attached to a document, such as a promissory note, bond, share of stock, or a bearer instrument. A coupon is... Read more |
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Walt Disney Declares 35 Cent Dividend.
...www.financialwire.net/2009/12/03/walt-disney-declares-35-cent-dividend/) December 3, 2009 (FinancialWire) -- The Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS) board has declared an annual... |
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Walt Disney plans 35-cent annual dividend
Walt Disney Co. said Wednesday it will pay an annual cash dividend of 35 cents per share on Jan. 19 to shareholders of record as of Dec. 14. The company said it has paid dividends for 54 consecutive years. The company also plans to... |
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The Walt Disney Company Board Declares Annual Cash Dividend of 0.35 Dollars...
The Walt Disney Co. issued the following news release: The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) board today declared an annual cash dividend of $0.35 per share, a 12.9% increase... |
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Disney raises annual dividend to 60 cents
...Calif. (AP) — The Walt Disney Co. is raising its annual dividend by 50 percent to 60 cents...share in fiscal 2011.The dividend will be paid on Jan. 18 to...shareholders of record on Dec. 16.Disney also scheduled its annual shareholders... |
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Wall Street skeptical on Walt Disney value
...consumer brand like Nike, Disney needs a larger overseas...abroad versus 20 percent for Disney, insulating Nike against...are going to find in the Walt Disney business." Iger and Staggs...partner at Crowell, Weedon & Co., an investment brokerage... |
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Wall Street skeptical on Walt Disney value INVESTING
...Herald Tribune 06-24-2008 Wall Street skeptical on Walt Disney value INVESTINGByline: Gina Keating The New York Times...GroupEdition: 1Section: FINANCE/BUSINESSLOS ANGELES -- Walt Disney Co. is waging a campaign to convince investors that its... |
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Eisner: Disney May Seek Dividend Boost
...Calif.Walt Disney Co. chief executive...company's dividend, citing his...strength of Disney's balance...the Allen & Co. conference...Valley.A Disney spokesman...such as dividends and stock...E.Its Walt Disney Studios... |
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Eisner: Disney Wants Dividend Boost
...Calif.Walt Disney Co. chief executive...company's dividend, citing his...strength of Disney's balance...the Allen & Co. conference...Valley.A Disney spokesman...such as dividends and stock...E.Its Walt Disney Studios... |
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Walt Disney CEO Forecasts Company's Comeback.
...a dismal year for The Walt Disney Co., Chairman and CEO Michael...to financial analysts, Disney family members, large...don't think about The Walt Disney Company quarter...entertainment complex, will pay dividends in the long run. "We... |
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Eisner: Disney management will likely urge dividend boost
...CaliforniaWalt Disney Co. chief executive...in the company's dividend, citing his confidence in the strength of Disney's balance sheet...posed at the Allen & Co. conference in Sun Valley.A Disney spokesman declined...options, such as dividends and stock repurchases...ESPN and ... |
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