Microsoft Corp raised its quarterly dividend to 28 cents per share and authorized a new share buyback program on Tuesday, two days before investors quiz the software giant on its next chief executive and a bold foray into mobile devices. The 5-cent increase in the dividend, worth about $400 million […]
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Exxon Mobil posts big Q2 profit miss; EPS $1.55 vs. $1.90 estimate
Analysts had expected Exxon to report earnings per share of $1.90 per share on $105.54 billion in revenue, according to a consensus estimate from Thomson Reuters.  Source: Reuters
Japan to raise $10 billion through Japan Tobacco share sale
Japan’s government will sell around a third of its stake in Japan Tobacco Inc the world’s No.3 tobacco company, to raise about $10.4 billion for reconstruction of areas devastated by a 2011 earthquake and tsunami. The Ministry of Finance, which owns just over 50 percent of the $62 billion former […]

