The Ring of Fire includes more than 450 volcanoes. It stretches for nearly 25,000 miles, running in the shape of a horseshoe (as opposed to an actual ring) from the southern tip of South America, along the west coast of North America, across the Bering Strait, down through Japan, and into New Zealand.
Well, when IBM raised its dividend to $1.10 from $0.95 a year ago, that was a dividend hike of almost 16%. When the dividend went to $0.95 from $0.85 in 2013, that was a hike of almost 12%. And in 2012, the dividend hike to $0.85 from $0.75 was a payout raise of 13%.
The company has a dividend payback period of 18 years. Their dividend has been growing by 2.9% a year for the last 5 years (on average). 4/6/2017 is the ex-dividend date for Verizon Communications, while 5/1/2017 is the dividend pay date. 178,500 people work for them (a US company) and it has been founded back in 1983. The stock belongs to the telecom services - domestic industry in the technology sector.