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and the issuance of two dividends is about as clear a message as can be conveyed--so I was told Sunday night by a good close friend who is a CFO of a profitable publicly traded company...``
Absolutely!!!
One dividend call might have been construed as irresponsible or a one time event, but two, on the heels of the first at double the amount indicates they are making decisions based on better than expected results, imo.
You just wouldn`t do that if things were in limbo. Remember AMD has taken an investment stake.
