Blood clots sometimes form within prolapsed external hemorrhoids, causing an extremely painful condition called a thrombosis. If an external hemorrhoid becomes thrombosed, it can look rather frightening, turning purple or blue, and could possibly bleed.
Quarterly Payments. The most common frequency for dividend payments for American companies is quarterly. Dividends are declared and paid four times a year. Many companies make the dividend announcement along with the release of the quarterly earnings report and the dividend is paid a few weeks later.
record earnings, so the board of directors decides to declare a special extra dividend of $1 per share with a record date of Tuesday, June 12, 2007. The ex-date will be two business days earlier, on Friday, June 8. If you own the stock on Thursday, June 7, you will get the $1 dividend because the stock is trading with (or cum) dividend. If you. wait to own the stock on Friday, June 8, you are not entitled to the $1 annual dividend.