A balloon note is the name given to a promissory note in which repayment involves a balloon payment. A balloon mortgage is a written instrument that exchanges real property as security for the repayment of a debt, the last installment of which is a balloon payment, frequently all the principal of the debt.
Direct Stock Purchase and Dividend Reinvestment Plan. American Stock Transfer, Microsoft's transfer agent, administers a direct stock purchase plan and a dividend reinvestment program for the company. To find out more about these programs you may contact AST directly at (800) 285-7772, Option 1, between the hours of 5 A.M. and 5 P.M. Pacific Time, Monday through Fridays. Alternatively, you can the view program online by going to AST's Web site. Microsoft pays a quarterly dividend of $0.36 per share.
Plus: How the pros do it. [I]n January, for the 41st time in the 42 quarters. since it went public, Microsoft reported earnings. that met or beat Wall Street estimates. The 36. brokerage analysts who make the estimates were, as a. group, quite happy about this--the 57 cents per share. announced by the software giant was above their. consensus of 51 cents, but not so far above as to.