Microsoft: Dividend Player
The Motley Fool reports that Microsoft’s dividend makes the stock quite attractive:
The company has a proven history of insinuating itself into the information-technology culture. It has made its way to the Dow Jones Industrial Average. It has just begun its life as a dividend player — it doubled its annual dividend to $0.32 — and I’d be willing to wager that many more lush dividend increases are waiting down the line. (The company increased free cash flow this fiscal year 16.8% to $15.79 billion.)