Sentence examples for dividend reductions from inspiring English sources

Mr. Bush and his Republican allies in Congress may fail to extend the stock dividend reductions, which would cost $10 billion a year, and fail to repeal permanently the estate taxes on inheritances, costing even more.

In the final three months of 2008, S.& P. counted 288 announcements by public American companies of dividend reductions or eliminations, in contrast to 239 companies that either initiated or raised their payouts.

"These actions supplement dividend reductions, cost cuts and other actions previously taken to strengthen the company's capital and liquidity, and solidify the company's capital positions at both the subsidiary and holding company levels," the company said in its statement.

Many people, he said, were hurt by financial companies' dividend reductions during the recent credit crisis — and by the poor performance of those shares in the recent bear market.

And among dividend reductions, Annaly Capital Management Incorporated announced its quarterly dividend of 60 cents per share, a decrease of about 8% from its prior dividend.

Investors be warned: these new elective dividends are in effect massive dividend reductions, no matter how the press releases might spin them.

The dividend reduction was announced after the close of trading.

"I'm embarrassed," Citi's chief executive, John Reed, said then, of the dividend reduction.

The dividend reduction came only three months after the company had increased its payout.

The dividend reduction hits the incomes of an important constituency for Mr. Nasser -- Ford family members, who control 40percentt of the voting shares of the company.

Nokia, the world's largest mobile phone maker, sharply lowered its industry sales forecast on Thursday as it announced declines in profit, job cuts and a rare dividend reduction.