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Technology Stocks : Qualcomm Moderated Thread - please read rules before posting -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Mr. Sunshine who wrote (28865)	11/13/2002 4:50:51 PM
From: Art Bechhoefer	Respond to of 197028

>>$310 Million of dividends per year, or about 1/3 of current profits<< QUALCOMM has been putting more than that into strategic investments. There will probably come a time when the NET investment will be, say, under $100 million a year, at which point, at least a modest dividend, maybe only ten cents payable in December, might be considered. In any event, the key here is the widening of the institutional market for the shares, based on a policy to pay regular dividends. Art