i'd be pretty shocked if AIG was still paying a dividend. if any of our bailout companies are, i'd expect it to be pretty token.
On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 10:26 AM, Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Dividends are the worst, isn't that supposed to be the money a company > thats solvent pays out? > If you're insolvent, no dividend, makes sense to me... > > -Curt > > Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2009 19:23:44 -0500 > From: Peter Frederick <psf...@earthlink.net> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT banned lite, Better not get hurt in war > To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Message-ID: <74640b70-d980-4cd6-9bd3-cd0a20ef3...@earthlink.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed > > I love the argument that these bonuses were promised "by contract" -- > what about the fact that the company had to be rescued by the US > government? I, personally, would have reduced all salaries at all > institutions taking the money, either directly or as payment of > contracts, to US GS rates as a condition of bailing them out. No > profits to anyone, no bonuses, not dividends, nothing until all > moneys repaid at interest, either. > > Peter > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20090318/0d8b458e/attachment.html > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20090318/32005e98/attachment.html> _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com