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The Motley Fool February 24, 2005 Steven Mallas	Coke's Shareholders Get a Raise Coca-Cola increases its dividend by 12%. Not bad. Now let's get that case volume up!
The Motley Fool October 18, 2005 Nathan Parmelee	Questionable Growth at A. Schulman Back out a lot of one-time items, and it's not clear that this plastics company is growing at all. Investors could just move on, since there are plenty of other companies out there that are easier to figure out, even if they don't carry an enticing 3.4% dividend yield.
The Motley Fool June 7, 2005 Nathan Parmelee	Dividend Traps The allure of a large dividend isn't always what it's cracked up to be. Here is a look at companies with large dividends and the traps that await investors if they ignore how a company funds its dividend.
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The Motley Fool May 25, 2006	When Debt Is Good Mortgage good, credit card debt bad. Investors, it's similar with companies. If a sizable chunk of income won't be eaten up by debt payment obligations, that means more flexibility and more opportunity. Still, you needn't balk at the first sight of debt. Just evaluate it carefully.
The Motley Fool December 10, 2004 Dave Marino-Nachison	The Crash After the Sugar High While 2004 has been good to Imperial Sugar stockholders, it's easy to understand why investors greeted the company's dividend news with caution, ending a lengthy run of new highs.
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The Motley Fool April 9, 2009 Anand Chokkavelu	These Dividends Are Safe It's beginning to feel like there are two kinds of dividend stocks out there: those that have cut their dividends and those that are about to. But companies that actually sustain their dividends do exist.
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The Motley Fool June 8, 2007 Joe Magyer	Avoid the Next Dividend Implosion Dividend stocks may have a reputation of being safe or stodgy, but sometimes they're anything but. Here are three keys to help you spot a dividend cut from a mile away.
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The Motley Fool September 20, 2005 Nathan Parmelee	Don't Buy Dana's Dividend The allure of a large yield can be more painful than it's worth. As you gaze at the current 5% dividend from Dana and wonder whether it's worth the risk, take a pass, because it's likely that this dividend will be cut.
The Motley Fool January 13, 2005 Tim Beyers	Show Me the Money, Steve! It's time for Apple to pay a dividend.
BusinessWeek July 26, 2004 Robert Barker	AT&T: A Buy Just For The Dividend? No stock today is hated more than AT&T. And the clearest sign of how deeply it is loathed is its dividend yield, a junkadelic 6.2%. Yet despite these sobering prospects, there is some reason to suspect that its dividend will survive.
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The Motley Fool July 17, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Nam Tai Saving Its Pennies For this small Hong Kong-based electronics manufacturer, cutting the dividend may not be popular, but it's probably smart. American companies too often hang on to dividend payments that are no longer reflective of the company's real earnings and/or capital needs.
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