Did the comptroller and the attorney general approve both the payout and the decision to hide it from the public?
Investors disappointed at RSA Insurance and Aviva cutting their dividends recently were cheered last week by Prudential, down 1p at £11.54 on the day but up 138p on the week, and mining group Antofagasta, 6p lower at £10.82, who both raised their payouts to shareholders by more than expected.
That, though, can cut both left and right, as seniors demand both state payouts and a strong stock market to buoy their private retirement plans.
The board defended both annual payouts on the basis that Hayward had boosted "operational performance", despite the company performing worse than its competitors in terms of total shareholder return in 2008, and reporting a 45percentt profit fall in 2009.
Default would deprive NML of both a payout and its status as a disadvantaged creditor: unless Argentina is paying other bondholders and not paying NML, its claim for equal treatment is void.
And while entitlements do pose a long-term challenge, simply means-testing both contributions and payouts could balance those budgets while minimizing the damage to the most vulnerable.
That would reduce both pension contributions and payouts, saving companies money.
Over the next year, the European Union must put in place arrangements to reschedule Greece's more than $400 billion in debt — extending payouts to both public and private lenders, the latter mainly German and French banks, or reducing the amount owed or possibly both.
Allegations stemming from interviews and court documents suggest a kind of beta test in the ugly history of Chicago police abuse – which has robbed black and poor Americans of their health and freedom and still costs taxpayers millions in civil-rights payouts – for both the worst excesses of torture in the war on terrorism and a trail of convictions based on dubious confessions born of brutality.
Two students who took part in protests against tuition fees in central London have both been awarded £20,000 payouts, after the Metropolitan Police wrongly accused them of obstruction.
