Do Companies Ever Cut Dividends and Why
Readers ask why firms reduce dividends and how capital allocation works. Examples include General Motors cutting in half and Eastman Kodak slashing 72 percent to fund digital strategy. Some firms like Dell and Amazon pay no dividends, while others pay modest yields.
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General Motors
ConAgra
Eastman Kodak
Dell
Amazon.com
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CVS
Texas Instruments
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Jeremy Siegel
Voting Your Proxy Rights How to influence corporate governance
Guidance on proxy voting emphasizes the impact of individual votes, abstentions, and using resources from the Social Investment Forum and Shareholder Action Network. It notes that while many shares are held by institutions, informed votes can drive changes like JPMorgan Chase's Environmental Affairs office and Whole Foods GM labeling.
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Office of Environmental Affairs
Whole Foods
Social Investment Forum
Advoca
Cy & Policy
Shareholder Action Network
Fool.com
Sriadvocacy. Org
Lessons From Pan Am Debt Fall: A Cautionary Investment Tale
A reader recalls buying Pan Am stock in 1991 while in law school and vacationing abroad. The airline went bankrupt, the stock tanked, and the loss was ultimately claimed on taxes. The lesson: review portfolios before extended trips and set automatic sell orders if a stock skids. The Fool suggests monitoring news and earnings for red flags and invites readers to share more hard won lessons for potential prizes.
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Pan Am Airlines
Pan Am
Neva Strom
New York
Name that company you can trace to 1900
A Washington state based forest products leader with 900000 acres in the Pacific Northwest and 54000 employees. It grows and harvests trees, produces logs wood chips building products pulp paper and packaging, recycles wastepaper and corrugated boxes, and plants over 100 million tree seedlings yearly. The firm earned over $22 billion last year. Send guesses to Foolish Trivia for a prize.
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Sugar Demand Surges as India China and Brazil Lead Growth
US Ut sugar highs China India and Brazil boast three of the biggest developing economies. Booms in China and India push urban demand for more goods while agricultural output tightens sugar supply. India becomes a sugar importer as demand outpaces production. China sees 50 percent rise in consumption. Brazil pursues sugar based ethanol. Prices rise 35.5 percent in 2004 2005 and demand likely outstrips supply again in 2005 2006 prompting higher costs for snacks and beverages.
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China
India
Brazil
Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations
Time Warner trivia and contact note
Last week’s trivia answer identifies Time Warner with headquarters in Manhattan and brands including AOL HBO New Line CNN and Turner. It notes audiences across 150 magazines Fortune People Sports Illustrated and Money and 90 million cable subscribers with $43 billion in annual revenue.
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America Online
HBO
New Line Cinema
Turner Broadcasting System
CNN
U.S
Fortune
People
Money
Sports Illustrated
AOL
Time Warner
IRS rule debate on selling taxpayers data to third parties
Tax preparers may need explicit consent to share personal data under IRS proposals. They would declare disclosures, use electronic signatures, and warn about consequences. Critics warn the rule could turn tax returns into a marketing information stream while proponents insist on privacy safeguards.
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Pamela Yip
Dallas Morning News
Dallas
Internal Revenue Service
Everson
Jean Ann Fox
The
Consumer Federation of America
Money market yields drift as funds show mixed moves
The week ending Tuesday saw the seven day average yield on money market mutual funds dip to 4.20 percent from 4.21 while the 30 day average rose to 4.17 percent. Compounded yields and Bankrate data show slight shifts and a rise in CD rates across maturities. Total retail fund assets fell by 13.07 billion to 844.90 billion.
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Money Market Mutual
Money Fund Report
iMoneyNet Inc
Westboro
Mass
Money Funds
Bankrate.com
North Palm Beach, Fla
Investment Company Institute
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