>How much would they have to
>pay in dividends to make your ownership of their stock profitable over, say,
>a 40 year period?
We don't believe in dividends anymore. They're so 20th century! So bulky and dull - not at all in tune with the weightless, free agent New Economy. I mean dividends were ok back when stocks were risky, but now that we know they're no riskier than Treasury bills, who needs a quarterly check?
Doug