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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 elects Sybase chief to its board, declares dividend
...elected to the board of The Walt Disney Co., the company said Tuesday...appointment will bring Disney's board to 13. That...effective in January.Disney's board, meeting in...also declared an annual dividend of 21 cents per share... |
 "Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)")
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MCA, DISNEY WAGE ENTERTAINMENT WAR WHIRLPOOL CLEANS UP IN EUROPE EVERGREEN...
...for attractions other than the Walt Disney Co.'s Disney World, the park that has dominated...payoff is substantial. In 1989, Disney's three parks worldwide took...have voted to declare a quarterly dividend of 15 cents per share payable... |
 "Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)")
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DuPage Briefs.(Business)
...Corp. said Thursday it gave the Walt Disney Co. a license to sell McDonald's french fries at Walt Disney World, the first time the fries...Calif.-based Disney. Molex declares stock dividend LISLE - Molex Inc. has announced... |
 "Post-Tribune (IN)")
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USW IS GOING TO ARBITRATOR AGAIN ON GARY WORKS JOBS
...a-share Roy E. Disney offered on Wednesday...reject the bid from Disney, nephew of the late Walt Disney. The company said...Goldman, Sachs & Co. had placed Polaroid...agreement. K MART DECLARES DIVIDEND K mart Corp., Troy... |
 "Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)")
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IN BRIEF.(BUSINESS)
...137.86, led by The Walt Disney Co. and Highland Bancorp Inc., both of Burbank. Disney fell 2 to $110.50...said. - Daily News NTS DECLARES DIVIDEND: National Technical Systems Inc. declared a cash dividend of 7 cents per share... |
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IN BRIEF.(Business)
...Burbank's The Walt Disney Co. and Sylmar's MiniMed Inc. Disney fell 2-1/8...News CHEROKEE DECLARES DIVIDEND: At its annual...declared a cash dividend of 25 cents a...distribute more dividends if excess cash... |
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BIZWATCH : MARKETS.(BUSINESS)
...MEMO LTC PROPERTIES DECLARES DIVIDEND: The Oxnard-based...up -1/2 on Friday. DISNEY SHAREHOLDERS LOSE FIRST...Investors of Burbank-based Walt Disney Co. who sued the company...officers and directors of Disney in both Delaware and... |
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