Petrobras decision on extra dividend should be made near year-end, says CFO
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – The board of Brazilian state-run oil giant Petrobras should decide whether or not extra dividends will be paid out near …
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Bank of Queensland shares fall on dividend cut, profit plunge
By Echha Jain (Reuters) – Bank of Queensland shares fell nearly 5% on Wednesday, as the lender cut its dividend after annual profit plunged by …
Europe’s bumper Q2 puts global dividend payouts on track for record year
By Marc Jones LONDON (Reuters) – Companies around the world are on track to pay investors a record $1.64 trillion in dividends this year following …
Hawaiian Electric shares sink on wildfire lawsuit, dividend pause, ratings cut
(Reuters) -Hawaiian Electric shares on Friday plunged to their lowest level since 1984 as a lawsuit alleging negligence leading to Maui wildfires raised investor worries …
Analysis-Bonus freedom to pay paltry ‘Brexit dividend’ for Britain’s banks
By Sinead Cruise and Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) – Banks in Britain may be free to award even bigger bonuses from January but new pay …
Bank of America increases dividend by 9% after Fed stress test
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Bank of America (BofA) said on Wednesday it planned to increase its quarterly common stock dividend to 24 cents per share …
ProSieben to slash dividend, replaces chief financial officer
BERLIN (Reuters) – German media group ProSiebenSat.1 said on Thursday it was replacing its chief financial officer and proposing slashing this year’s dividend as it …
US cannabis firm Greenlight issues first dividend to shareholders
By Arunima Kumar (Reuters) – Cannabis company Greenlight said on Tuesday it has issued a dividend to its shareholders, calling the move a first by …
US dividend funds see biggest quarterly outflows in 2-1/2 years
By Patturaja Murugaboopathy and Chuck Mikolajczak (Reuters) – U.S. dividend funds have faced steep outflows this year after strong inflows last year as investors rush …
Russia’s Sberbank recommends record dividend payout – CEO
(Reuters) -The board of Russia’s largest lender, state-owned Sberbank, has recommended paying a dividend of 25 roubles ($0.3260) per share and a total payout of …
Putin indicates Russia could loosen restrictions on dividend payments to foreigners
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday said he would consider a “more flexible” approach to restrictions on shareholders and parent companies in …
Whitehaven Coal posts 5-fold jump in H1 earnings but dividend disappoints
By Melanie Burton and Jaskiran Singh MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Australia’s Whitehaven Coal Ltd posted a more than five-fold jump in first-half profit on Thursday, aided …
Australia’s iron ore giants face earnings, dividend plunge
By Himanshi Akhand and Melanie Burton BENGALURU/MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Australia’s iron ore giants BHP Group, Rio Tinto and Fortescue are set to report a steep …
Australia’s IAG cash earnings jump 27% on growth across key businesses, dividend steady
(Reuters) – Insurance Australia Group reported a 26.7% jump in its first-half cash earnings on Monday, boosted by volume growth across its key businesses that …
Lockmaker Assa Abloy boosts dividend, but wary on outlook
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -Assa Abloy, the world’s biggest lockmaker, raised its dividend more than expected as it met quarterly profit forecasts on Friday, signalling its confidence …
Hess tops Wall St profit estimates, signals dividend increase
By Sabrina Valle, Liz Hampton and Sourasis Bose (Reuters) -U.S. oil and gas producer Hess Corp on Wednesday beat Wall Street estimates for fourth-quarter profit …
Aviva keeps dividend, capital returns guidance after UK’s December cold snap
LONDON (Reuters) – British insurer Aviva on Wednesday maintained its dividend guidance and capital returns outlook as it reported a positive end to trading for …
ECB sets capital requirements for Monte dei Paschi for 2023, removes dividend ban
MILAN (Reuters) – The European Central Bank has set the minimum capital requirements for Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena (MPS) for next year and …
LPP will pay dividend next year, says CFO
GDANSK, Poland (Reuters) – Next year Polish clothing retailer LPP will pay a dividend, the company’s chief financial officer (CFO) said during a teleconference on …
Albertsons $4 billion dividend payment stays on hold as Washington court delays hearing
(Reuters) – Albertsons Companies Inc said on Wednesday its $4 billion dividend payment to shareholders will continue to remain on hold as a Washington state …
German budget experts push for dividend ban tied to energy subsidies
BERLIN (Reuters) – Budget experts from Germany’s ruling coalition on Friday stressed the need for a ban on dividends and bonuses being paid out at …
UK considers cutting tax-free dividend allowance, increasing capital gains tax -media
LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s government is considering cutting the tax-free allowance for dividend income, Bloomberg reported on Thursday, before a Nov. 17 budget. The report, citing …
Imperial Oil raises dividend after quarterly profit more than doubles
By Nia Williams and Sourasis Bose (Reuters) -Canada’s Imperial Oil Ltd reported a jump in third-quarter profit and raised its dividend on Friday, boosted by …
Gazprom shareholders approve record $21 billion dividend payout
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Gazprom shareholders backed Russia’s biggest ever dividend payout totalling 1.208 trillion roubles ($21 billion) at an extraordinary general meeting (EGM) of the state-controlled …
Exclusive-Nornickel dividend deal to lapse as Potanin, Deripaska avoid new row -sources
By Polina Devitt MOSCOW (Reuters) – A deal to cap dividends at Nornickel, the world’s top palladium and refined nickel producer, will lapse at the …
WEIS MARKETS ANNOUNCES QUARTERLY DIVIDEND
SUNBURY, Pa., July 14, 2022 — Weis Markets, Inc.’s (NYSE: WMK) Board of Directors today declared a quarterly dividend of $.32 per share to shareholders …
Analysis-Volatile U.S. markets boost appeal of dividend stocks
By David Randall NEW YORK – Investors are giving the shares of dividend-paying companies a second look as they seek to buttress their portfolios against …
Exclusive – Czech finance ministry proposes beefed-up CEZ dividend
PRAGUE – The Czech Finance Ministry has proposed that state-controlled utility CEZ pays a dividend of 48 crowns per share this year, rather tyhan the …
Russia’s Rosneft recommends record dividend on 2021 results
(Reuters) – Russian oil producer Rosneft said on Monday that it would pay a record dividend of 41.66 roubles ($0.63) per share on its 2021 …
Dividend payouts hit first quarter record, but outlook rocky
By Lucy Raitano LONDON – Mining and oil firms led an 11% jump in dividend payouts to a first-quarter record of $302.5 billion, according to …
NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANCORP, INC. DECLARES A QUARTERLY CASH DIVIDEND ON ITS PREFERRED STOCK
HICKSVILLE, N.Y. , May 23, 2022 — The Board of Directors of New York Community Bancorp, Inc. (NYSE: NYCB) (the “Company”) announced the declaration of a …
Russian government says no dividend for Sberbank on 2021 results
(Reuters) – The Russian government has instructed the finance ministry not to pay a dividend on 2021 results for common and preferred shares of Sberbank, …
Capital One Announces Quarterly Dividend
Company also declares preferred stock dividend MCLEAN, Va., May 5, 2022 — Capital One Financial Corporation (NYSE: COF) today announced a quarterly dividend of $0.60 …
PEOPLES FINANCIAL SERVICES CORP. Declares Second Quarter 2022 Dividend
SCRANTON, Pa., April 29, 2022 — The Board of Directors of Peoples Financial Services Corp. (NASDAQ: PFIS) declared a second quarter dividend of $0.39 per …
WEIS MARKETS ANNOUNCES QUARTERLY DIVIDEND
SUNBURY, Pa., April 28, 2022 — Weis Markets, Inc.’s (NYSE: WMK) Board of Directors today declared a quarterly dividend of $.32 per share to shareholders of …
CON EDISON DECLARES COMMON STOCK DIVIDEND
NEW YORK, April 21, 2022 — Consolidated Edison, Inc. (Con Edison) (NYSE: ED) declared a quarterly dividend of 79 cents a share on its common …
The Bank of Princeton Announces Declaration of a $0.25 Quarterly Cash Dividend
PRINCETON, N.J., April 20, 2022 — The Bank of Princeton (the “Bank”) (NASDAQ – BPRN) announced that its Board of Directors, at a meeting held …
MetroCity Bankshares, Inc. Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend
ATLANTA, April 20, 2022 — MetroCity Bankshares, Inc. (NASDAQ: MCBS) announced today that its board of directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.15 per …
Nokian Tyres scales down dividend proposal
(Reuters) – Nokian Tyres has cut its dividend proposal for 2021, the Finnish tyre maker said on Wednesday, citing uncertainty caused by the Russia-Ukraine conflict. …
FirstEnergy Corp. Declares Unchanged Common Stock Dividend
AKRON, Ohio, March 15, 2022 — The Board of Directors of FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE) today declared an unchanged quarterly dividend of 39 cents per …
Leonardo sees EU defence spending boosting cash flow, pays dividend
MILAN – Italian aerospace and defence group Leonardo expects free cash flow to more than double this year compared with 2021 as governments around the …
Africa’s MTN resumes dividend after bumper annual profit
By Nqobile Dludla JOHANNESBURG – Africa’s largest mobile operator by subscribers, MTN Group, resumed annual dividends on Wednesday, declaring a higher payout than previous guidance …
ArcelorMittal raises dividend, announces new $1 billion capital return
By Marine Strauss BRUSSELS – ArcelorMittal, the world’s second largest steelmaker, said on Thursday it would increase its dividend and announced a new $1 billion …
U.S. dividend funds receive huge inflows as investors switch out of bonds
By Patturaja Murugaboopathy – U.S. investors are snapping up funds that invest in dividend-paying stocks as they search for stable income from alternatives to bond …
Dutch telco KPN hikes dividend as earnings rise
AMSTERDAM -Dutch telecom company KPN announced on Monday a new share buyback program and a higher dividend over 2022, as its core profit rose on …