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Microsoft Announces Dividend and Stock Buyback Program

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the more-than-3000-patents-this-fiscal-year dept.

neile writes "Microsoft just announced some of their plans for their large cash reserves. This includes moving to quarterly dividend payments of $0.08 a share (up from $0.16 annually), and a special one-time dividend of $3.00 a share in December. The Board of Directors also approved a four-year, $30 billion, stock buyback plan."

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  1. hopes dashed by kippy · · Score: 4, Funny

    Crap, I was hoping for a Mars mission.

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  2. seven businesses? by hostyle · · Score: 4, Funny

    "... and all seven of our businesses are growing," said Steve Ballmer

    Seven businesses? Can anyone enlighten me on this? OS, Software, Xbox, MSN, selling hotmail addresses to spammers?

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  3. Re:Outstanding by pilgrim23 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I used to have Microsoft stock, but one day I opened my portfolio and all the certificates had turned blue with incomprehensible writing on them. When I called my broker he assured me everything was all right, it was all a part of doing business and that I should put the stocks back in my old shoe where I stored them. So...I rebooted...

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  4. Why not.... by carlos_benj · · Score: 4, Funny

    Hey, why don't they pay out that promised money for forwarding all those emails to Bill could test that email tracking software? I mean, I musta sent that thing to several hundred people expecting to reap big cash rewards and I haven't even seen a dime!

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