Core Laboratories N.V. (NYSE: CLB) announced a quarterly cash dividend of $0.06 per share of common stock payable in the third quarter of 2010. This amount reflects the two-for-one stock split that was effective on 8 July 2010 and is equal in amount to the quarterly cash dividend of $0.12 per share paid in th... more

First South Bancorp, Inc. (Nasdaq: FSBK) declared a quarterly cash dividend for the quarter ended June 30, 2010 of $0.20 per share, or $0.80 annualized. The dividend is payable July 22, 2010 to stockholders of record as of July 5, 2010. The ex-dividend date is July 1, 2010. Yield on the dividend is 6.9%... more

The thought of considering an airline stock as a dividend play is probably foreign to most investors. The airline industry has never been able to consistently produce profits and has spent most of the last decade bleeding red ink. Reviewing a list of non-dividend paying airlines stocks seems to encapsulate mo... more

Computer Services, Inc. (OTCBB: CSVI) announced that its Board of Directors approved a 15.8% increase in the quarterly cash dividend to $0.11 per share, or $.44 annualized. The dividend is payable on September 24, 2010, to shareholders of record as of the close of business on September 1, 2010. The ex-divi... more

The Board of Directors of General Mills Inc. (GIS) announced a new share repurchase program and increase in dividend. General Mills received an authorization from its Board to repurchase about 100 million shares. The new program replaces the previous authorization approved in December 2006, and has no expira... more

A John Heinzl article in the Globe and Mail quotes a person, Jay from Montreal, who doesn’t like reinvesting dividends inside a dividend reinvestment plan (DRiP). That’s because he doesn’t have control over the timing of the purchases. Outside of a DRiP, he can let the dividends accumulate u... more

For a dividend investor, there is not much worse than a stock that cuts or eliminates its dividend. Suddenly, the reason you purchased the stock no longer exists. Many dividend investors, myself included, have a hard and fast rule to immediately sell any stock held as income investment if it cuts its dividend... more

The Dividend Aristocrats are an elite group in the S&P 500 with minimum track records of 25 consecutive years of dividend increases (30 to 40+ is common). Those track records can be helpful in selecting attractive investments. But after the recession last year, some with very long track records were dropp... more

BB&T Corporation (NYSE: BBT) today declared the 2010 third-quarter dividend of $0.15 per common share. At this quarterly rate, the annual dividend is equivalent to $0.60 per common share. The dividend will be paid Aug. 2, 2010, to shareholders of record as of July 9, 2010. The company has approximately 69... more

Republic Services (NYSE: RSG) reports Q2 non-GAAP EPS of $0.43, versus the analyst estimate of $0.42. Revenue for the quarter was $2.07 billion, which compares to the estimate of $2.06 billion. increases FY10 adjusted EPS from $1.63 - $1.67 to $1.69 - $1.71, compared to the consensus of $1.71. Republic... more