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Many investors wanting more security and income chose the regional companies, which offer safe, annual dividend yields in the 8% to 10% range. One of the favorites was Bell Atlantic. It covers the territory from New Jersey to Washington, and has perhaps the most cost-efficient operation of all the new companies. Bell Atlantic shares opened at 65¾ and rose to 68⅞. Just two lost ground: Southwestern Bell, which started the week at 62 but finished at 61, and BellSouth, which dipped from...
...part of the breakup of the phone company, which will take place Jan. 1, A T & T last week filed 53,000 documents with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The papers projected 1984 sales, profits and dividends for the eight companies that will come into existence when the familiar Ma Bell is split up. The first quarterly dividend next year for all eight firms is expected to total $1.365 per current share of A T & T stock. That is 1½? more per share than the old A T & T has been paying for the past three years. Said Robert...
...trader at Wall Street's Goldman Sachs: "Most institutions are just as confused as individual shareholders." Early last week, A T & T fell by more than a dollar in a single day on the basis of one analyst's speculation that the phone company's dividend might go down for the first time...
This center should be funded jointly by outside donations and the Harvard Administration. Harvard University has benefited from conditions in South African through its protfolio of stocks. The menetary benefits can be computed by calculating the dividend return from the South African exposure and multiplying this amount by the time period such stocks have been held. The bulk of the money should be used to establish the center. The remaining amount should be used to expand the scholarship fund to enable more black South Africans to come to Harvard...
...exchange their AT&T stock for shares in one of the funds. By combining the shares of all eight companies into one security, the funds make it easier for stockholders to hedge their investment bets. In addition, the broker handles all the paperwork, so the stockholder gets only one dividend check a month instead of eight checks every three months. All this convenience comes at a price, however. Brokers are currently charging a fee of 1.5% for the service, and the rate will go up to 3% after...