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...make this acceptable to taxpayers, Treasury is requiring banks to pay a guaranteed 5% annual dividend on the money they're receiving. That will jump to 9% after five years. That means the banks are still getting cheap money by market standards, but it's not free money...
Comcast got the message. The company is paying a 25¢-per-share dividend, buying back $7 billion in stock, paring capital expenditures and canceling a scheme to keep paying Ralph Roberts after he dies. Greenberg now says Comcast is coming around, "The company is doing what shareholders want in a very smart...
...rate cut did not help. His prognosis that slow growth in the American economy, not inflation, is now the Reserve's primary concern only added bad news to a day that included fallout from yesterday's after-hours Bank of America announcement that it will need to cut its dividend and raise $10 billion in capital. The bank, which has acquired Countrywide Financial and plans to do the same with Merrill Lynch, dropped almost 25% on the announcement. Morgan Stanley shares also plummeted 25% on rumors, which the company denied, that Mitsubishi-UFJ may not take an expected 20% stake...
...shares of sports stars, made its debut. Sites like the Hollywood Stock Exchange have offered a similar market for actors and movies, and now the concept is trying to take root in the sports world. And while your cash isn't actually funding King James - don't expect a dividend check from his highness - the profits or losses are very real. "You've got a little skin in the game," says Michael Sroka, a 27-year-old ex-former hedge fund manager who is OneSeason's founder...
...home to just over 20% of the nation's proven oil deposits and almost 18% of its natural-gas reserves. About 90% of the state's public revenue comes from oil and gas royalty receipts. Alaskans pay no state income or state sales tax. Instead, they receive an annual dividend from the state treasurer that comes directly from the oil industry. Over the past 25 years, the average Alaskan has received roughly $1,200 from the state each year. When fuel costs spiraled out of control in rural Alaska, instead of focusing on suggestions to help rural residents weatherize their...