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...number does not account for the huge reductions in dividends at most big banks which occurred at the end of last year. Citigroup (C), Wells Fargo (WFC), Bank of America (BAC), and JP Morgan (JPM) have already made cuts or are candidates to do so. Firms in media from The New York Times (NYT) to newspaper chain McClatchy (MNI) are low on income and high on debt. Any company with dwindling cash will be on the list of firms which are likely to need dividend reductions to preserve their balance sheets...
This is one dividend that Madoff could not steal...
...Proponents of Treasury's moves so far say the point of the government's rescue plan was not to make money but to save the banking system from collapse. What's more, the preferred shares entitle the government to a 5% dividend, which would be an annual payment of $8 billion on its current investment but could rise to nearly $15 billion. "In theory, if the government wanted to sell [today], it would not get 100 cents on the dollars it invested," says Jean-Francois Tremblay, who follows financial institutions at bond-rating agency Moody's. "But the government...
...happiness dividend is more powerful if two people not only know each other but also are equally fond of each other. Happiness is more infectious in mutual relationships (in which both people name the other as a friend) than in unreciprocated ones (in which only one is named...
...other immediate effect: common stockholders can say goodbye to their dividend, which was 16 cents last quarter. To make sure the government's money - i.e., the taxpayer's money - isn't simply passing through the company and into other hands, the deal prohibits Citi from paying dividends of more than a penny per share for three years without approval from Treasury, the FDIC and the Federal Reserve. If Citi goes out and raises more money on its own through a common stock offering, there's a greater chance the government will allow for a larger dividend to be paid. That...