NEW YORK, Oct. 26 (UPI) -- U.S. drug giant Pfizer said Thursday it had decided to increase its stock dividend for 2006 to 24 cents.
LUXEMBOURG, Feb. 16 (UPI) -- Arcelor SA, the world's second-biggest steel maker, is boosting its dividends by 85 percent as it fights off a rival's hostile takeover attempt.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Oct. 20 (UPI) -- Communications group Alltel said Thursday it will increase its dividend payment for the 45th consecutive year.
NEW YORK, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- Hollinger International, the U.S.-based publishing group, has declared a special $500 million dividend that benefits ousted Chairman Conrad Black.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- Shareholders are $525 billion or 4.75 percent richer since Election Day, the Washington-based American Shareholders Association said Friday.
DALLAS, Sept. 17 (UPI) -- Texas Instruments of Dallas said Friday its board has authorized the company to repurchase $1 billion of its common stock.
PADUCAH, Ky., June 24 (UPI) -- Computer Services of Paducah, Ky., said Thursday its directors voted to hike the quarterly cash common stock dividend by 28.6 percent.
BOSTON, June 23 (UPI) -- Bank of America of Boston, Mass., said Wednesday its directors have voted to split the common stock 2-for-1 and to hike the dividend by 12.5 percent.
PEORIA, Ill., June 9 (UPI) -- Caterpillar Inc. of Illinois said Wednesday its board of directors agreed to raise the company's common stock dividend 11 percent.
CHARLOTTE, N.C., May 27 (UPI) -- The board of directors of Cato Corp. of North Carolina Thursday voted to increase the company's common stock dividend by 9 percent.
MOSCOW, May 25 (UPI) -- The board of Russia's giant Gazprom gas corporation has approved a $563 million dividend to its shareholders, RosBusinessConsulting said Tuesday.
PHILADELPHIA, May 20 (UPI) -- Deb Shops Inc. of Philadelphia said Thursday its board of directors has declared a special dividend of 40 cents a share.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 (UPI) -- Microsoft, with its second quarter earnings, Thursday announced its intention to pay a quarterly dividend of 4 cents per share, a total of 16 cents per annum. In addition, Microsoft common stock is to be split 2 for 1.
DETROIT, Oct. 11 (UPI) -- Ford Motor Co. shareholders got some bad news. Five top executives Thursday announced their retirements and the board of directors cut the regular quarterly div
