EchoStar Sets Big Dividend
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EchoStar (DISH:Nasdaq - news - research) posted a third-quarter profit and declared a one-time $1 dividend Tuesday. The direct satellite broadcaster said the dividend would total $455 million and be payable on Dec. 14 to shareholders of record Dec. 8.
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MONTREAL (CP) - BCE Inc., a major media company and the parent of a Bell Canada, is increasing its annual common share dividend by 12 cents, or 10 per cent, to $1.32 a share.
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It's time for Apple to pay a dividend.
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Satellite television operator EchoStar  Communications Corp  said on Tuesday that it was  considering a spinoff of its technology and infrastructure  assets into a publicly traded company separate from its  consumer pay-TV business.
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EchoStar Communications Corp. DISH.O  on Tuesday said third-quarter profit rose on an aggressive  campaign to add more new subscribers.
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EchoStar Communications Corp.  on Tuesday said third-quarter profit rose on an aggressive campaign to add more new subscribers.
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Satellite TV provider EchoStar Communications Corp. on Wednesday eased up on its price war with cable television operators, raising rates between &#36;2 to &#36;4 across its plans.
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SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- With its stock down 26 percent this year, Texas Instruments boosted its quarterly dividend payment to 2.5 cents a share and set a $1 billion stock repurchase plan, the chipmaker announced late Thursday.
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NEW YORK, October 25  - TXU Corporation (TXU.NYS) has announced a new $50 million share buyback programme, while more than tripling its quarterly dividend payout, leading to an annual rate of $2.
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General Electric Co., the biggest company by market value, said it will buy back as much as $15 billion in stock over three years and raised its quarterly dividend 10 percent, more than some analysts had estimated.
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The company raises earnings guidance, boosting the stock.
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Satellite television operator EchoStar Communications Corp  said it may spin off its technology assets and announced plans to buy Sling Media, raising hopes that a split would increase the value of its businesses for shareholders or lead to a sale.
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More than 40% of the market's long-haul returns have come from dividends.
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ENGLEWOOD, Colo. - Satellite TV giant EchoStar Communications Corp. on Tuesday reported its third-quarter earnings nearly tripled as the parent company of Dish Network, the nation&#39;s second largest satelite TV service, added about 350,000 new subscribers.
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Let's take a quick peek at companies that just hiked their dividends.
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Merck & Co. Inc. MRK.N has declared  its regular quarterly dividend, maintaining its status as one  of the richest dividend payors among blue-chip stocks, even  following the withdrawal of its arthritis drug Vioxx and  subsequent loss of nearly $27 billion in market value.
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These mulitstar stocks have had big price cuts in the past month.