Dividend OK&#39;d for Molson&#39;s shareholders
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Molson Inc. and Adolph Coors Co. agreed Friday to pay Molson shareholders a special dividend of $316 million, in another attempt to curry favor for their proposed merger.
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Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto Wednesday said all conditions on its 38.1 billion US dollar takeover of Alcan Inc had been satisfied and most shareholders had accepted its offer.
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McDonald&#39;s Corp. (MCD.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Tuesday raised its annual dividend by 38 percent, a move the world&#39;s largest restaurant chain said is another sign of its revitalization.
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McDonald's Corp. MCD.N on Wednesday   raised its annual dividend 49 percent to $1 a share as the   world's largest restaurant companies push to return more cash   to shareholders.
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Salt Lake-based Nevada Chemicals Inc. said Thursday that its board of directors has approved a quarterly dividend of 8 cents per share of common stock.  The dividend is payable Oct. 6 to stockholders of record Sept. 22.
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The four networks have been bought by consortia which include Scottish &amp; Southern Energy and United Utilities. Transco said that it would return about Â£2bn to shareholders following the sale and would increase its dividend for the current year by 20%.
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Molson Inc. and Adolph Coors Co. plan to hold shareholders votes on their merger to create the world&#39;s fifth-biggest brewer on Jan. 19 and hired Bank of Montreal&#39;s securities arm to persuade investors to cast ballots.
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MONTREAL - Molson Inc. bowed to institutional shareholder pressure on Thursday and said holders of the company&#39;s stock options will not get to vote on the proposed $6-billion merger with Adolph Coors Co.
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Dow Jones & Co Inc shareholders voted  to approve a $5.6 billion buyout by News Corp on Thursday,  giving Rupert Murdoch control of one of the world's most  influential newspapers, the Wall Street Journal.
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Canadian brewer Molson Inc., concerned about having enough shareholder support to complete its merger with Adolph Coors Co., said Friday the companies have agreed to pay a special dividend
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CHICAGO Hollinger International said Thursday it will distribute to shareholders $500 million in proceeds from the sale of The Daily Telegraph of London, with the first payout a $227 million special dividend.
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Canadian brewer Molson Inc.&#39;s proposed merger with Adolph Coors Co. may lack sufficient shareholder support because there soon may be another offer to consider, Molson&#39;s chief
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MONTREAL (CP) - Molson Inc. shares gained ground Friday after the brewer announced its shareholders will get a special premium if they agree to a proposed merger with Colorado beer maker Adolph Coors Co.
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By Alejandro Bodipo-Memba, Detroit Free Press  Feb. 15--Dow Chemical Co. announced a quarterly dividend of 37.5 cents a share, payable April 30, 2007 to shareholders of record on March 30, 2007.   It is the 382nd consecutive cash dividend issued by the Midland-based chemical company.
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Tyco International Ltd.  on Thursday said its board approved the spin-offs of its healthcare and electronics businesses through a tax-free dividend distribution to shareholders.
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MOBILE phone giant Vodafone today rewarded its shareholders with a 100 per cent dividend increase on the back of half-year profits equivalent to more than Â£340 per second.
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Shareholders in Marks &amp; Spencer yesterday voted overwhelmingly to accept the board&#39;s proposal for the largest tender offer made in Britain by a company for its own shares.