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    What Are Dividends
    What Are Dividends
    What Are Dividends
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    What Are Dividends

    By Mario V. Farina

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    One of the rewards you receive when you invest in stocks are dividends. When a company reports a profit at the end of the year it may decide to declare a dividend. To declare a dividend means that the company states it will pay out a portion of its profit to stockholders. This book gives details as to what dividends are and on what basis they are paid.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMario V. Farina
    Release dateJun 14, 2016
    ISBN9781310941054
    What Are Dividends
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    Mario V. Farina

    Mario V Farina has worked all his life, from age 18 to 90. He worked for the American Locomotive Company, served in the U. S. Army during WWII, was employed at General Electric. He taught computers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. After leaving his position with RPI, he became employed with the State Labor Department of New York. He’s a car buff, a pun creator, and a computer enthusiast. He wrote textbooks for the programming languages COBOL and FORTRAN and wrote a book of puns and short stories called, “A Little Light Reading,” as well as over 20 other books. Several of his books were translated into other languages. This is his first foray into the world of digital publishing, with the help of his computer tutor (william.rl.dickie@gmail.com).

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