Revisiting the dividend controversy
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Many investors and securities industry professionals believe that corporate dividend announcements are key stock forecasting indicators. Researcher Paul Marsh has issued a report on the effects of dividend announcements on UK firms' 1989-92 share prices which lends support to the theory.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 1992
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Do it our way
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The UK's quasi-governmental British Standards Institute (BSI) has published a standard for environmental management systems. The standard, set forth in a document labelled BS7750, contains a series of specifications for British firms interested in environmentally-sound practices.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 1992
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A modest sort of problem, made powerful by myth
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The British economy is the only one in the world in which its companies continue to pay high dividends even in the midst of a recession. Shareholders demand a higher proportion of profits during harder times, but companies that provide them generally perform poorly.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 1992
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