NEW YORK: Microsoft Corp raised its quarterly dividend by 22 percent and renewed its $40 billion share buyback programme, extending an olive branch to investors who are expected to grill its outgoing CEO on Thursday about a costly foray into mobile devices.
The surprisingly big hike takes Microsoft's dividend yield to around 3.4 percent, ahead of major tech corporations such as International Business Machines Corp
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