Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) today announced that its Board of Directors has approved the repurchase of up to $5 billion of the company’s common stock. Repurchases may be made at management’s discretion from time to time on the open market or through privately negotiated transactions. The repurchase program has no time limit and may be…
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) recently declared a quarterly dividend, which is scheduled for Thursday, September 11th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, August 21st will be given a dividend of $0.28 per share. This represents a $1.12 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.51%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, August 19th….
A federal judge in New York authorized a warrant requiring Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL) to give prosecutors access to a user’s inbox. U.S. Magistrate Gabriel Gorenstein permitted investigators to request the total contents of a Gmail account. Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) stock performance was -0.94% in last session and finished the day at $589.47. Traded volume was…
AT&T, Inc. (NYSE:T) is slated to report its second-quarter 2014 financial results on Jul 23, after the market closes. In the last reported quarter, the company had delivered a 1.43% earnings surprise. Let’s see how things are shaping up prior to this announcement. AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) stock performance was -0.58% in last session and finished…
Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ) will report second-quarter 2014 earnings on Tuesday, July 22. Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Francis J. Shammo will present results on a webcast beginning at 7:30 a.m. Eastern time. Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ) stock performance was -0.10% in last session and finished the day at $50.70. Traded volume was…
Nokia Corporation (ADR) (NYSE:NOK)’s grand Android experiment is over. In addition to thousands of former Nokia employees being let go from Microsoft this week, so too is Google’s operating system. Microsoft will surely keep developing its own apps and services for Android phones but it won’t be making the phones themselves. Nokia Corporation (ADR) (NYSE:NOK)…
