Word: dividends
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Profits in the last quarter of 1973 fell 22% at General Motors, 76% at Ford and 12% at Chrysler, from year-earlier figures. American Motors' profits rose 22%, and the company recently declared its first dividend (of 10? a share semiannually) in nine years...
...which put its sales and production emphasis behind small cars earlier than its giant rivals, is benefiting financially from the trend so far. AMC's car sales for the year to date are running 21% ahead of a year earlier, and last week the company declared a "semiannual" dividend of 100 a share, its first payout to stockholders in nine years...
...softened the hostility on Capitol Hill and the Senate hearing produced many sharp clashes. Jackson, who is campaigning hard for the Democratic presidential nomination, took advantage of the inept performance of Exxon Vice President Roy A. Baze. When Baze could not recall the size of Exxon's 1972 dividends, Jackson snapped: "I guess we're going to have to start slapping subpoenas on some of you." Then, in a grandstand play, Jackson phoned a stockbroker and announced that the dividend was $3.80 a share...
...article entitled "Gray's Eminence" [July 23], relating to the proposed merger between The Signal Companies and United Aircraft, it is stated that the present dividend on Signal's common stock is 50? a share...
...dividend on Signal's common stock is 60? a share per year. It is also stated that Signal's earnings have "dwindled" from $90 million in 1968 to $41 million in 1972. In 1968 Signal reported net income, before extraordinary items, of $52.3 million. In 1972 net income, before extraordinary items, was $42.7 million...