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Firms Paying Dividends Highest in Decade

August 10, 2012

The number of S&P 500 companies that have paid dividends to their shareholders, 402, is the highest since 1999. The number of dividend payers is the highest it’s been in the 21st century, which is good news for shareholders, since dividends, not stock prices, have...

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