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AMC moves to simplify its stock situation

by Justin Ho
Aug 22, 2023
The theater chain has been issuing stock to help it pay down debt, after struggling with declining movie ticket sales. But now, it wants to streamline the type of stock it offers.
Preferred shares are a lot like normal stocks, but they often lock companies into paying regular dividends that aren't tax deductible.
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How the world's richest people became much richer during the pandemic

by Samantha Fields
Jan 16, 2023
Two-thirds of the $42 trillion in new wealth went to the wealthiest 1%, says a new report from Oxfam. The group also says tax policy can change that.
Many of the big companies that made the most money early in the pandemic, like Amazon and Walmart, spent more on shareholders than raising workers' pay, says Molly Kinder of Brookings. Above, the interior of a Walmart.
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Banks pump up shareholder payouts as Fed ends pandemic limits

by David Brancaccio , Rose Conlon and Meredith Garretson
Jun 30, 2021
Dividend hikes and stock buybacks are on the way.
Wells Fargo, for instance, is doubling its dividend and plans to buy back $18 billion in stock.
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GE cuts dividend to a penny per share. Why bother keeping it at all?

by Janet Babin
Oct 30, 2018
The company says it will save nearly $4 billion.
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GE cuts dividend to a penny per share. Why bother keeping it at all?

by Janet Babin
Oct 30, 2018
The company says it will save nearly $4 billion.
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Big U.S. companies have a lot of cash. Here’s what they’re doing with it

by Ryan Kailath
Apr 24, 2018
When you’ve got a little extra money to work with — or a lot — what do you do with it? Maybe you stuff it under the mattress. Maybe you try to invest it and put it to work. Or maybe you spend it on yourself and some important people in your life. That last option […]
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GE cuts dividend but shareholders may ultimately benefit

by Ryan Kailath
Nov 13, 2017
General Electric announced today that all is maybe not well inside the multinational conglomerate empire. CEO John Flannery said the next couple years will be less profitable than previously thought and that, among other changes, he company will cut its annual dividend in half. That may sound scary if you’re holding some GE stock, or […]
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Two big stock buybacks revive a debate

by Mark Garrison
Sep 22, 2016
Shareholders like the practice, but is it good for the economy?
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A boring segment of the stock market is on fire

by Mark Garrison
Sep 19, 2016
With bond yields low, investors are flocking to dividend-paying funds.
   
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The Price of Profits

All buy myself ... the thinking behind stock buybacks

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Jun 15, 2016
Companies flush with cash often repurchase their own shares. But there are risks to doing so.
A cleaner sweeping the dealing floor of the New York Stock Exchange, circa 1935.   
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