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IBM Corporate Earnings Face Revenue Decline, to Pressure DJIA

Posted: April 18, 2013 at 4:17 pm

International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE: IBM) reported its corporate earnings for its first quarter. The report came to $3.00 in operating earnings per share and $23.4 billion in revenue. Thomson ...
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24/7 Wall St. Top Dividend Stories of the Week

Posted: April 28, 2012 at 7:01 am

This was a huge week in dividends, particularly for the key DJIA components.  We had a report calling for more and more dividend hikes of about 8% from the DJIA ...
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J&J Joins Dividend Hike One-Up Game (JNJ, PFE, MRK)

Posted: April 26, 2012 at 11:13 am

How many DJIA components can raise their dividend in one week?  Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) answered that question as "Who knows, but we can make it one more!"  J&J ...
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Taking Dividends to the Dollar Stores (FDO, DLTR, DG)

Posted: January 19, 2012 at 3:53 pm

Family Dollar Stores, Inc. (NYSE: FDO) is showing just how a secular trend is still going to rule the roost in retail.  It was Dollar Tree, Inc. (NASDAQ: DLTR) hitting ...
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Still Smoking, Altria’s Big Dividend Hike Lesson (MO, RAI, VGR)

Posted: August 26, 2011 at 9:06 am

Altria Group Inc. (NYSE: MO) has made good on a dividend hike we have been expecting.  The domestic tobacco giant has now increased its regular dividend by almost 8% to ...
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Despite Woes, New Buybacks & Dividend Hikes Stay Strong (AOS, CLF, CMI, KLAC, NWS)

Posted: July 12, 2011 at 9:58 am

The market is soft, the economy hit a soft patch, and now woes are building about Italy beyond Greece, while China and India keep applying the brakes on growth.  This ...
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Large Companies Raising Dividends (TYC, TRIB, SPLS, PUK, BNS, QCOM, AMAT)

Posted: March 9, 2011 at 11:02 am

Investors love dividends and other methods companies use to return capital to shareholders.  Still, dividends are the easiest for shareholders to gauge because it translates to direct capital recognition.  Some ...
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