5 Dividend Stocks Getting Ready to Hike Payouts

philly.com (16 hours ago)

5 Dividend Stocks Getting Ready to Hike Payouts

BALTIMORE (Stockpickr) -- If you don't own dividend stocks right now, you're doing something wrong. Even though most investors have been watching capital gains rack up in the S&P 500 with mouths agape, the fact is that dividend-paying stocks have gone further faster in this quality-driven stock rally. And as...

thestreet.com (17 hours ago)

Academics back BP's fight to cap oil spill payouts

By Andrew Callus LONDON (Reuters) - A group of accountancy professors is backing BP's fight to cap the U.S. oil spill compensation payouts it has to fund as the cash outflow threatens to add billions of dollars to its bill for the disaster. The news comes after the payouts administrator, Patrick Juneau, predicted...

yahoo.com (23 hours ago)

Academics back BP's fight to cap oil spill payouts

LONDON (Reuters) - A group of accountancy professors is backing BP's fight to cap the U.S. oil spill compensation payouts it has to fund as the cash outflow threatens to add billions of dollars to its bill for the disaster.

reuters.com (1 day ago)

OMERS considering proposal to reduce pension payouts

Faced with a $10-billion pension-funding deficit, one of Canada's largest pension funds is considering a drastic proposal that would reduce benefits paid to retiring workers - or force them to work years longer for the same retirement income

financialpost.com (1 day ago)

MARKETS SPECTATOR: Still bankable

Investors who sell off bank stocks may be missing out, as fundamentals remains strong and banks may have scope to increase their payouts.

businessspectator.com.au (1 day ago)

Lower Payouts Likely After Tornado

As Oklahomans recover from a tornado likely to be among the costliest in U.S. history, many will find that insurance will cover less of the tab than after past storms.

wsj.com (1 day ago)

BT chief's pay boosted by share price rise

BT chief executive Ian Livingston's annual earnings have risen to £8.5m, boosted by a rise in the company's share price which will also see 1,000 managers share windfall payouts averaging £120,000. Having overseen a 50% rise in BT's market value in the last year, Livingston has been granted shares worth £6m from the...

guardian.co.uk (1 day ago)

'Unsung hero' grandparents in line for payouts after legal breakthrough

Grandparents and other family members bringing up children in place of their parents are set to receive millions of pounds in extra support after a pensioner won the right to be treated as her grandson's foster mother.    

telegraph.co.uk (2 days ago)

SocGen CEO to face shareholders after Rosbank arrest

PARIS (Reuters) - Societe Generale management will face investors later on Wednesday for the first time since the shock arrest of the French bank's top Russian executive on charges of bribery. The annual shareholder meeting is also likely to draw ire over a rise in 2012 bonus payouts for top management after a year...

yahoo.com (2 days ago)

NetApp Unleashes Dividend as Profit Falls 4%

NetApp launched a dividend and promised to raise payouts to shareholders through stock buybacks, calming investors as a weak information-technology market threatens its earnings.

wsj.com (3 days ago)

Entertainment One reports 25% jump in profit growth

Peppa Pig co-owner Entertainment One enjoyed a 25% surge in underlying profit growth in 2012 to £53.8m, thanks in part to the success of the Twilight vampire franchise it distributes – but suffered almost £27m in charges relating to factors including potential payouts for top executives, and HMV and Blockbuster...

guardian.co.uk (4 days ago)

Up to 60% of whiplash claims are fraudulent or exaggerated, MPs told

Up to 60% of the whiplash claims brought by car drivers or passengers after accidents are either fraudulent or exaggerated, MPs have been told. David Powell, a manager at Lloyd's Market Association, told the transport select committee investigation examining the size and number of whiplash payouts, that 10-60% of...

guardian.co.uk (4 days ago)

The same-sex marriage bill does not live up to its aspiration of equality

When MPs debate the same-sex marriage bill on Monday in parliament they will be discussing legislation that doesn't quite live up to its aspiration of equality. Instead of fully including lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) couples within the ambit of existing marriage law, some aspects of law remain...

guardian.co.uk (5 days ago)

Australia's Suncorp may sell non-core bank: report

Suncorp Group Ltd. (SUN.AU) is looking at ways to sell the "non-core" bank unit that houses its sour property loans, in a move that would free up capital and could mean higher payouts for investors, The Australian Financial Review said Monday.

marketwatch.com (5 days ago)

$6M in Centax payouts planned

By Bill Vidonic, Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewNearly $6 million will be sent to municipalities and school districts beginning this week as attorneys bring to a close the saga of a now-defunct ...

triblive.com (6 days ago)

London bankers plan to dodge new EU crackdown on bonuses

An EU crackdown on bankers' bonuses in the City of London will just lead to a surge in basic salaries and other initiatives to circumvent regulations, experts warned on Saturday. Banks, still unpopular for their leading role in the financial crisis, are keeping their avoidance plans under wraps, but industry figures...

guardian.co.uk (6 days ago)

Powerball office pools can lead to big payouts -- and problems

In workplaces across the nation, Americans are inviting their colleagues to chip in $2 for a Powerball ticket and a shared daydream.

democratandchronicle.com (6 days ago)

Valuables stolen on holiday? Don't rely on travel insurance as experts warn most policies are...

A host of companies impose unrealistic caps on payouts for the theft of valuables, research has found.

dailymail.co.uk (7 days ago)

Cloverleaf Schools could cut employee benefits

State Auditor Dave Yost said cash-strapped Cloverleaf Schools can save $300,700 annually by further cuts in employee benefits. The recommendation was in a performance audit released Thursday. The audit broke down the potential savings: • $97,000 a year by reducing sick leave payouts for retirees. Employees now are...

medinagazette.northcoastnow.com (7 days ago)

Final salary pensions in ‘meltdown’

MILLIONS of Britons could see the value of their pension payouts plunge after warnings that final-salary schemes could close within a year.    

dailyexpress.co.uk (8 days ago)

3i Group recovery gathers pace

Debt drops below £1bn ahead of schedule, allowing firm to begin enhanced payouts to shareholders

efinancialnews.com (8 days ago)

BP urges Cameron to rein in Gulf compensation

BP is preparing to ask David Cameron to lobby the US Government to cap payouts to companies affected by the...

thetimes.co.uk (9 days ago)

Airport promises best-ever payouts

SYDNEY Airport has forecast the highest distributions for its shareholders as its number of passengers continues to rise.

news.com.au (9 days ago)

Apple approaches 50 billion App Store downloads

Nobody knows which was the first app to be downloaded from Apple's iPhone App Store on 11 July 2008 - but the total is expected to pass 50 billion on Wednesday, marking a huge new business created by the explosive spread of smartphones over the past five years. The person who downloads that 50 billionth app will...

guardian.co.uk (9 days ago)

Huge Powerball jackpot growing

Lottery officials expect jackpot totals of this size to continue to climb in shorter amounts of time, thanks in part to a game redesign in January 2012 that increased the odds of winning some kind of prize, but also lowered the possible number combinations to win the Powerball. The trio of Greenwich wealth managers...

newstimes.com (9 days ago)

'A colossal waste of money': Fury at BBC giving staff licence fee money to move North including...

The National Audit Office said more than 90 staff were given 'exceptional' payouts, including one worth £150,000 and one person was offered an allowance to sell a second home.

dailymail.co.uk (10 days ago)

SingTel Plans to Invest $1.6 Billion, Raise Payouts

foxbusiness.com (10 days ago)

900 BBC staff handed average of £23,000 to move North leaving MPs' furious at 'colossal waste'

The National Audit Office said more than 90 staff were given 'exceptional' payouts, including one worth £150,000 and one person was offered an allowance to sell a second home.

dailymail.co.uk (10 days ago)

There is more where this came from, says Babcock

Rising profits, falling debt, big payouts to shareholders and a bulging pipeline of new work coming into view has propelled...

thetimes.co.uk (10 days ago)