US economy turning?

Chris Beggy news at kippona.com
Sun Jan 6 08:34:34 PST 2002


"Charles Jannuzi" <jannuzi at edu00.f-edu.fukui-u.ac.jp> writes:


> Since so many companies don't pay dividends anymore, one has to wonder what
> the calculations (conscious or subconscious) are.

This week, the WSJ reported one analyst (at Merrill Lynch) recommending that Microsoft begin paying dividends, since the anti-trust case is coming to an end, and its operating system and software businesses don't need much investment. Other institutional investors seem to be jumping on the bandwagon.

Chris



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