The dark side of bank divdends
In April, U.S. banks dusted off the dividend again, a trick they’d mostly abandoned during the financial ... and take in about $83 billion in subsidies. Their equity and cash reserves are a tiny fraction of their debt. That’s where dividends come ...

5/10: Deaths in Central Florida
Banfield Funeral Home, Winter Springs. CAROLEE ANN THOMAS, 69, Orlando, died Wednesday. Robert Bryant Funeral & Cremation Chapel, Orlando. PETER WALKER, 93, Orlando, died Wednesday. Baldwin-Fairchild Funeral Home, Oaklawn Chapel, Sanford.

Janet A. Pedersen
Friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. on Tuesday at the Schumacher-Kish Funeral & Cremation Service of La Crosse, and from 9:30 a.m. until the time of services on Wednesday at the church. Online guestbook is available at www.schumacher-kish.com.

Robert G. Brown
Robert G. Brown was born in Garber, OK on March 1, 1933 to H. Wilder Brown and Mercedes (Garland) Brown. He passed away on May 8, 2013 in Tulsa, OK at the age of 80. He was preceded in death by his parents and his older brother, H. Wilder Brown, Jr. He is ...

Nancy Lu (Scovil) Peters
Peters. Contributions may be made either to World Neighbors, PO Box 270058, Oklahoma City, OK 73137 or website www.wn.org Ninde Funeral & Cremation (918) 742-5556 www.ninde.com This obituary was published in the Tulsa World on .

Verizon Wireless to pay parents surprise $7 billion dividend
A sign of Verizon Wireless is seen at its store in Westminster, Colorado. (Reuters) Verizon Wireless, the biggest US mobile service provider, said on Monday it would pay its parents Verizon Communications and Vodafone Group Plc a dividend of $7 billion in ...