Microsoft Raises Dividend
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Microsoft increased its dividend by 11 percent as the company seeks to distribute more of the $34 billion that it has on hand.
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Microsoft said Thursday that its fiscal second-quarter earnings rose sharply, beating Wall Street estimates, amid strong demand for the company's server products and heavy holiday sales of its Halo 2 video game.
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- Honeywell International Inc.  said its board approved a 10 percent increase in its annual cash dividend to $1.00 a share from $0.9075, effective the first quarter of 2007.
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Stocks were set to open higher on Friday as strong earnings from companies, including Microsoft Corp, and a speedy agreement on a U.S. economic stimulus package helped lift investor confidence.
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Microsoft Corp.'s quarterly earnings rose 11 percent over the comparable quarter last year, with strongest growth in sales of server software.
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Raytheon Co. said it plans to increase its dividend and repurchase $700 million in shares. The Waltham-based aerospace and defense giant increased its annual dividend 10 percent to 88 cents a share from 80 cents, starting with the first quarter of 2005. Raytheon said its board also authorized $700 million in share repurchases, which it expects to complete over 18 ...
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Altria Group Inc., the parent of tobacco company Philip Morris, Wednesday raised its regular quarterly dividend to 73 cents from 68 cents.
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Dividend increases are about more than just money.
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Shares in Swiss-based computer peripherals maker Logitech International SA rose as much as 12 percent on Thursday based on speculation Microsoft Corp would launch a takeover bid, traders said.
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Microsoft Corp  signaled confidence to a rattled stock market by raising its full-year profit outlook above Wall Street targets and reporting a 79 percent rise in quarterly profit on Thursday.
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Microsoft Corp. (MSFT.O: Quote, Profile, Research) , the world&#39;s largest software maker, on Thursday said its quarterly profit climbed as sales rose, but the company&#39;s revenue forecast
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YESTERDAY Close $31.51 Change +$0.59 52-WEEK High $31.84 Low $22.72 Microsoft Corp.'s fiscal fourth-quarter profit edged up 7 percent despite a hefty charge to cover the cost of defective Xbox 360 video game consoles.
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Microsoft said last week that its first-quarter net income rose 11% and revenue 12% because of strong server-software demand and steady sales of PCs that run its products.
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Microsoft Corp. shareholders on Tuesday approved changes to the company's stock compensation plans, clearing the way for the software giant to award a one-time, &#36;3-per-share dividend that will cost the company an estimated &#36;32 billion.
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BELLEVUE, Wash.  - Microsoft Corp. MSFT.O  shareholders cleared the way on Tuesday for the world's largest  software maker to pay out the largest corporate dividend ever  next month and welcomed news of a blockbuster first day of  sales for its video game "Halo 2."
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OAK BROOK, Ill. -- McDonald&#39;s Corp. raised its annual dividend 38 percent to 55 cents from 40 cents, with the total payout worth nearly $690 million.
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The software company's stock rises on improved second-quarter numbers.