In 2004, PLC received 600,000 in dividends.

In addition, the GSTP could yield concrete dividends.

The cash dividends of the sellable equity instrument investments shall be recorded into the profits and losses of the current period when the investee announces the distribution of dividends.

A reinvigorated tracking programme has yielded dividends in the last six months.

The people of Burundi, who voted overwhelmingly for peace, now await its dividends.

Although women suffer most as victims of conflict, they are excluded from peace dividends.

We believe that large dividends in threat reduction can be achieved with a relatively modest investment.

That may entail some expense in the short term, but with dividends in the long run.

Already heavily burdened taxpayers saw their money intended to help banks lend so that the economy could be revived go to pay outsized bonuses and dividends. Dividends are supposed to be a share of profits here it was simply a share of government largesse.

So I hate to put a timeline on scientific innovation, but the investments that have occurred are now paying dividends.

Space science should continue to play a vital role, as even a modest investment in that area could pay big dividends.

Increased investment in environmentally sustainable water, sanitation and human settlements programmes has multiple dividends benefiting women, the poor and the environment.

Even if such measures went beyond a State's legal obligations, they would pay valuable dividends in restoring the confidence of the international community.

An evaluation effected in March 2005 covering 2004 demonstrated that in house psychological counselling and other medical support measures had yielded positive dividends.

Public expectations of possible peace dividends remain high, but there is a general perception of low Government responsiveness to the needs of the population.

In case surplus reserves are used for increasing capital, making up losses or distributing dividends, it is required to give the related resolution or basis.

It is hard to imagine that the peace dividends promised by the Nairobi Agreement will be reaped without an end to the suffering in Darfur.

United Nations peacekeeping and assistance missions, together with support from non governmental organizations, help ensure that civilians in these regions are not denied the dividends of peace.

Moreover, after the stock market crash, the maximum tax on dividends paid on stocks was slashed from 35 to 15 , giving a substantial new advantage to long term investors and boosting the compounding effect of reinvesting after tax dividends. Again, this tax cut was justified in terms of stimulating the economy, which can, of course, be said of practically any measure aimed at supporting the stock market.

So, what brands can do, and companies, is pay dividends to consumers, be a brand that lasts, offer transparency, promise you're going to be there beyond today's sale.

It is through progress in these critical areas that the population, which has been deprived by a brutal conflict, can begin to see and feel tangible peace dividends.

But even this comparison involves a selection bias. Countries with more successful markets are more likely to have complete data on both prices and dividends for a hundred years.

However, bearing in mind the experience of the past, there was a need for caution and sustained support in order for peace and democracy to generate tangible dividends for all Burundians.

These efforts have paid significant dividends by enabling the various agencies to work more closely together at the country level, both with each other and with other partners, such as the World Bank.

It welcomed the initiative to strengthen the agency's partnerships with other international and non governmental organizations and was pleased that closer collaboration with WFP on life saving refugee feeding issues was beginning to pay dividends.

Irrespective of their outcome, there are a number of overarching challenges on which we will need to continue to focus if we are to see the dividends of our efforts over the past two years.

Our age is defined by this complementarity. Unless the public sector invests, and invests wisely, the private sector will continue to hoard its funds or return them to shareholders in the forms of dividends or buybacks.

He also confirmed plans to put workers on company boards and create Inclusive Ownership Funds to hand 10 per cent of private sector firms' equity to employees, who stand to pocket annual dividends of up to 500.

The only escape from this trap is investment in education, which would pay enormous social dividends. Consider, for example, that Roma represent more than 20 of new entrants into the labor force in the above mentioned countries.

Anglo Saxon financial institutions are known for their high dividend payout ratios. From a European perspective, the hunger for dividends and the emphasis on short term performance goals that characterize these institutions is both amazing and frightening.

Whereas equities have dividends, bonds have coupons, and homes provide rents, gold is solely a play on capital appreciation. Now that the global economy is recovering, other assets equities or even revived real estate thus provide higher returns.

I urge Member States to fund fully the work plan for 2005 and to make their contributions early so as to allow for substantial recovery programming that can quickly demonstrate to the Sudanese people the dividends of peace.

China could usefully explore shifting part of the burden from labor toward property, capital gains, and inheritance taxes. Larger dividends paid to the budget from the highly profitable state enterprise sector could also provide an alternative source of funds.

Obama would raise the top marginal tax rates on wages, capital gains, dividends, interest, and estates, especially on higher income individuals and small businesses. Yet he has never proposed comprehensive reform of either the personal or corporate income tax.

This strategy of pre emptive political decapitation has produced enormous dividends for the Party. In the 1980 s, its principal adversaries were the urban intelligentsia, who constituted the backbone of the pro democracy movement that culminated in Tiananmen Square.

Only decisive progress on these fronts will unlock the trillions of corporate dollars that, rather than being invested in new plants and equipment, remain stranded on companies balance sheets or are handed over to shareholders via higher dividends and share buybacks.

The training on nutrition, health practices, use of clean water and sanitation, all of which are part of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), reach this community very effectively and pay high dividends in terms of a higher quality of life.

Significant improvements to this situation will be hard won. Central American politicians habitual tough talk on violent crime has paid few dividends in practice it makes little impact on drug cartels, whose resources often far outweigh those of the local police or army.

The new Consumer Financial Protection Board is also a deterrent, as banks consider it safer to lend to the government, large corporations, and giant real estate speculators. The banks can report record profits without much risk, rebuild capital, and pay dividends and bonuses.

Recently, the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) announced that it has stepped up its supervision on the use of high yields and transfer of large capped shares, the lifting of restricted shares and the long term absence of cash dividends by some listed companies.

Meanwhile, the earnings yield on the stocks that make up the S amp P composite is fluctuating around 6 that is how much money the corporations that underpin the stocks are making for their shareholders. Some of that money will be paid out in dividends.

This includes damage to critical systems like the electricity grid and the information, communication, and transport networks that constitute the platform on which modern economies run. Relatively modest investments in the resilience, redundancy, and integrity of these systems pay high dividends, albeit at random intervals.

Meanwhile, the earnings yield on the stocks that make up the S P composite is fluctuating around 6 that is how much money the corporations that underpin the stocks are making for their shareholders. Some of that money will be paid out in dividends.

For the African group of countries, a delegation noted that private property protection was ensured in the constitution of Benin and that foreign ownership was allowed, transferring dividends and obtaining currency had been made easier, and granting of work permits to foreigners was guaranteed.

Sheng Yongjun, the municipal party secretary of Tongxiang, believes that the dividends of the World Internet Conference will accumulate over time. Therefore, it is more necessary to build a platform to undertake the superposition and import of talents, projects, technologies and other elements from all areas.