... a dividend of 8 cents per share after the stock split, chief financial officer John Connors said. "We were the only Dow 30 company that has not declared and paid a dividend," Connors said. Microsoft chairman Bill Gates, the owner of about ...

... 16. Technology shares also led Monday's advance. Intel rose 3 1/8 to 106 7/8 in heavy Nasdaq trading. Among the Dow 30, IBM rose 1 15/16 to 91 1/2 and Hewlett-Packard rose 7/8 to 66 1/8 before releasing a quarterly profit report ...

... Carl Smith, 39, and Cynthia Silguero, 34, both of Maumelle. William Daniel Martin, 32, of Ruston, La., and Erin Anne McCoy, 21, of Taylor, La. Christopher Wainrite Dow, 30, and Julie Christina Tumlison, 28, both of Conway.

... composite is up 19 percent for the year after surging 9 percent higher in less than two weeks. Only two stocks among the Dow 30 moved at least 2 points on Friday: Alcoa rose 2 7/16 to 65 3/4 and Disney fell 2 to 110 1/2. Advancing issues outnumbered ...

... plagued economies in Asia and Russia. Chase Manhattan fell 3 7/8 to 45 3/8 and Citicorp fell 6 to 92 1/2. Among the Dow 30, American Express fell 3 5/8 to 73 5/8, Travelers Group fell 2 1/16 to 39 1/16, and J.P. Morgan fell 1 13 ...