Rebecca O'Keeffe, head of investment at stockbroker Interactive Investor, said: Despite the 66% drop in net profit, Glencore's results - including the potential resumption of dividends next year, alongside a more aggressive debt reduction target, are a step in the right direction.
Hensher's other point – that a global Booker will deprive the homegrown writer (aka Philip Hensher) of the potential dividend of winning (or being shortlisted) – strikes me as odd.
Dr. Bergstralh said the potential dividend of the added spectrometer readings justified extending the mission.
Will Day the chair of the Sustainable Development Commission an official government watchdog said: "This is an excellent first step, which has the potential pay dividends in terms of saving public money through energy efficiency, and contributing towards a sustainable, low-carbon economy for the future".
You read books on networking that advise you to offer to help the other person first, which sounds noble, except that you're only offering to help them because of the potential dividends.
Other experts did see some potential for job creation from ending the taxation of dividends.
Risk-averse investors prefer the security of dividends, while more aggressive investors like the potential profits that result from big price increases.
But with limited data and little field surveillance to calculate the actual prevalence of the diseases in the region, the potential for the dividends of peace to be impacted by HIV/AIDS is all too real.
For much of the last 50 years, it was argued that equities should always yield less than government bonds because of the potential for the dividends to grow (whereas bond interest is fixed).
Another measure of dividends is the percentage of net profits distributed to shareholders as dividends.
