Topic: DIVIDENDS 1. Payments made out of a firm ’s earnings to its owners in the form of cash or stock are called: A) Dividends. B) Distributions. C) Share repurchases. D) Payments-in-kind. E) Stock splits. Answer: A Topic: REGULAR CASH DIVIDENDS 2. A cash payment made by a firm to its owners in the normal course of business is called a: A) Share repurchase. B) Liquidating dividend. C) Regular cash dividend. D) Special dividend. E) Extra cash dividend. Answer:
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Forms of payment Cash dividends (most common) are those paid out in currency‚ usually via electronic funds transfer or a printed paper check. Such dividends are a form of investment income and are usually taxable to the recipient in the year they are paid. This is the most common method of sharing corporate profits with the shareholders of the company. For each share owned‚ a declared amount of money is distributed. Thus‚ if a person owns 100 shares and the cash dividend is USD $0.50 per share‚
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Verizon Communications‚ Inc. has many strengths‚ weaknesses‚ opportunities and threats as an organization. This case analysis will highlight the top three for each category and provide a rational for each factor. The SWOT analysis will serve as a tool for identifying alternative strategies for the organization and help define a 3-year growth plan. Various matrices‚ including a SWOT analysis and a Financial Ratios Analysis‚ will also support specific strategies and long-term objectives. Other
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Case Analysis: McDonald’s Corporation 1. How are customer’s tastes changing in the fast-food industry? What impact do these changes have on McDonald’s sales and net income? Consumer tastes are changing in the fast food industry in a way that could hurt or is hurting them‚ profits wise. People tastes and preferences changes every now and then and these fast food companies must adapt to these changes in order to gain market share and profits. The reasons behind this could be of healthy
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LAB 10 CONFIGURING APPLICATIONS 1176655671195Take a screen shot of the Group Policy Management console‚ showing the GPO you created‚ by pressing Alt+Prt Scr‚ and then paste the resulting image into the Lab10_worksheet file in the page provided by pressing Ctrl+V. Will the Group Policy settings you configure in your new GPO have an immediate effect on your network? Why? If you would like for it to have an effect immediately‚ then you will have to logout and log in again. So the answer would
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DIVIDEND DECISION The dividend decision is one of the 3 basic decisions which a financial manager maybe required to take‚ the other two being the investment decisions and the financing decisions. In each period any earnings that remain after satisfying obligations to the creditors‚ the government and the preference sh.hol can either be retained or paid out as dividends or bifurcated between retained earnings and dividends. The retained earnings can be invested in assets which will help
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Impact of Dividend Policy on Shareholders’ Wealth of Selected Major Pharmaceutical Units in India CHAPTER IV ANALYSIS OF DIVIDEND PAY OUT TREND 4.1 Introduction Dividend policy has been a concern of significance in financial literature since inception of Joint Stock Companies. Dividends are commonly defined as the distribution of earnings (past or present) in real assets among the shareholders of the firm in proportion to their ownership.xxxix Dividend policy connotes to the payout policy‚ which
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Stock dividend * Definition: * A corporate distribution to shareholders declared out of profits‚ at the discretion of the directors of the corporation‚ which is paid in the form of shares of stock‚ as opposed to money‚ and increases the number of shares. * A dividend paid as additional shares of stock rather than as cash. If dividends paid are in the form of cash‚ those dividends are taxable. When a company issues a stock dividend‚ rather than cash‚ there usually are not tax consequences
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Plan: Dr Pepper Snapple Group‚ Inc. Energy Beverages Action Plan: Dr Pepper Snapple Group‚ Inc. Energy Beverages Inhoud Introduction. 3 Analysis. 3 The Market. 3 Competitors. 4 Customer behaviour. 4 Marketing Mix 4ps. 5 Product. 5 Place. 5 Price. 5 Promotion. 5 Recommendation. 6 Target Market. 6 Product Line and Positioning. 6 Marketing. 6 Advertisements and Promotion. 6 Pricing. 7 Introduction The history of Dr Pepper Snapple Group Inc. is very complex‚ but all
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ABC Inc. Case Study Analysis John Doe COMM/215 April 16‚ 2013 Joan Doe ABC Inc. Case Study Analysis Although ABC Inc. employees should know how to do their jobs‚ a company standard work procedure‚ otherwise known as a standard operating procedure‚ document should be written. Employees need step by step guidance on how to accomplish specific tasks and departments need to know what they are responsible for on a regular basis. New employees‚ in particular‚ need to know what is expected of
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