Author: Kevin Bae
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Biden Administration places new restrictions on Arctic Oil exploration
President Biden moved to block future oil and gas leasing in the Arctic Ocean’s federal waters, part of a sweeping plan to protect 16 million acres of land and water in Alaska. Sunday’s announcement comes as the administration is preparing to approve the massive Willow oil-drilling project in the Alaskan Arctic over the objections of environmentalists and…
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Cash competing with dividend stocks
Higher interest rates means government-bonds and FDIC insured bank accounts can provide yield without the risk inherent in owning equities. Because U.S. government bonds are considered to be safer than even blue-chip stocks, some investors say it is difficult to justify putting money in the relatively risky stock market. The extra yield from a dividend-paying…
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Old Republic (ORI) increases dividend by 6.5%, its 42nd straight year
Old Republic International Corporation (NYSE: ORI) — today announced its Board of Directors has declared a regular quarterly cash dividend on the common stock of 24.5 cents per common share. This dividend is payable on March 15, 2023 to shareholders of record on March 6, 2023. Subject to Board approval of each quarter’s new rate, the…
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Main Street Capital announces supplemental dividend
In addition to the regular monthly dividends for the second quarter of 2023, the Board of Directors declared a supplemental cash dividend of $0.175 per share payable in March 2023. This supplemental cash dividend, which will be payable as set forth in the table below, will be paid out of Main Street’s undistributed taxable income…
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Genuine Parts (GPC) raises dividend 6.1%, its 67th consecutive year
Genuine Parts Company (NYSE: GPC) announced today a 6% increase in its regular quarterly cash dividend for 2023. At its February 21, 2023 meeting, GPC’s Board of Directors increased the cash dividend payable to an annual rate of $3.80 per share from $3.58 per share in 2022. The quarterly cash dividend of ninety-five cents ($0.95) per share is payable April 3, 2023 to shareholders of record March…
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Sixth Street Specialty Lending (TSLX) ups dividend by 2.2% and announces special dividend
The Company announced that its Board of Directors has increased its quarterly base dividend, raising this figure by $0.01 per share to $0.46 per share to shareholders of record as of March 15, and payable on March 31. The Board also announced a fourth quarter supplemental dividend of $0.09 per share to shareholders of record…