[Am-info] Microsoft to Issue First-Ever Dividend

[Joe Barr]

You may also say "tax free."


On Fri, 2003-01-17 at 00:26, Erick Andrews wrote:
> On Thu, 16 Jan 2003 19:50:46 -0800, Mitch Stone wrote:
> 
> >http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=528&e=1&cid=528&u=/ap/
> >20030117/ap_on_hi_te/earns_microsoft
> >
> >Microsoft to Issue First-Ever Dividend
> 
> <snip>
> 
> >Microsoft chairman Bill Gates ( news -web sites ), who would own about  
> >1.2 billion shares after the stock split, would receive a dividend of  
> >$99.5 million. 
> 
> Uh, may I say "priceless"?
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