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Company Shares Blowout Earnings with a Special Dividend

Television broadcasting company Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: SBGI) sees revenues increase 49% in quarter, 36% in 9 months and net income increase of 59% over 9 months 2012.  Sinclair rewarded shareholders with a special dividend added to the regular quarterly dividend. The Company announced that its Board of Directors has declared a special cash …

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LyondellBasell offers a Special Dividend and Regular Dividend

LyondellBasell (NYSE: LYB) has authorized the company’s Management Board to declare a special dividend of $2.75 per share to be paid Dec. 11, 2012 to shareholders of record Nov. 19, 2012, subject to the adoption of a resolution by the Management Board, which is expected to occur Nov. 19, 2012.  The special dividend of approximately $1.6 billion will return value to shareholders and …

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Buy This Stock with a 7% Dividend Yield for Monthly Dividends

Home Loan Servicing Solutions (HLSS) is an internally-managed owner of non-agency mortgage servicing assets with historically stable valuations and cash flows.  HLSS’ assets are predominately mortgage servicing advances that, along with the related servicing rights, are over-collateralized 30 times by residential real estate. HLSS’ objective is to generate stable, recurring fee-based earnings and dividends throughout …

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This High Yield Stock Just Increased Distributions by 5%

Calumet Specialty Products Partners, L.P. (CLMT) announced an increase in its quarterly cash distribution to $0.62 per unit ($2.48 per unit on an annualized basis) for the quarter ended September 30, 2012 on all of its outstanding limited partner units.  The distribution will be paid on November 14, 2012 to holders of record of such units at the close of business …

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Mortgage REITs are Still an Attractive High Yield Dividend Play

Mortgage REITs have garnered increased attention among investors in recent weeks after the Federal Reserve announced stimulus measures focused on the purchases of mortgage backed securities.  The Market Vectors Mortgage REIT Income ETF (MORT), which seeks to replicate the price and yield performance of the Market Vectors Global Mortgage REITs Index, has gained over 20 …

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Inteliquent Offers a 33% Special Dividend

Inteliquent (NASDAQ: IQNT), a leading provider of global interconnection and interoperability solutions, today announced that its Board of Directors has declared a special one-time cash dividend of $3.00 per share, or approximately $97 million in the aggregate. The dividend will be funded with available cash on hand. The payment date for the special one-time cash dividend is October 30, 2012. At $3.00 per …

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A New Special dividend of $10 or 64% Yield – If You Dare

Sycamore Networks, Inc.  (NASDAQ: SCMR) announced that, on September 19, 2012, its Board of Directors approved a special cash distribution of $10.00 per share of common stock. The cash distribution will be paid on October 11, 2012 to stockholders of record as of October 1, 2012. In accordance with NASDAQ Rule 11140(b), the ex-dividend date will be October 12, 2012, the first …

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American Eagle (AEO) to Pay a Special Dividend

American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. (NYSE: AEO) announced that its board of directors declared a special cash dividend of $1.50 per share and a regular quarterly dividend of $0.11 per share.  This marks the company’s 33rd consecutive quarterly dividend. The total cash dividend of $1.61 is payable on October 10, 2012, to stockholders of record at the close of business on September 26, 2012.  This …

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Altria Group Increases Dividend 7.3%

Altria Group, Inc. (MO) announced that its Board of Directors voted to increase Altria’s regular quarterly dividend by 7.3% to $0.44per common share versus the previous rate of $0.41 per common share. The quarterly dividend is payable on October 10, 2012 to shareholders of record as of September 14, 2012. The ex-dividend date is September 12, 2012. The new annualized dividend rate …

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