But other people buy stocks in the hope that they will collect ever-increasing dividends.

"Has she been collecting dividends on these stocks?"

But if it collected taxable dividends, it would get no tax breaks on the income.

"In addition, while the stock is outstanding, you continue to collect dividends on the stock."

Peter O'Riley held on to his interests collecting dividends, until selling for about $40,000.

Because Republic is losing money and paying off the enormous debt, no one is collecting dividends.

We'l buy your three percent of the company at book valu or you can keep the stock and collect dividends, if wish.

Investors would troop to brokerage offices on their lunch hours to collect dividends, only to hear that none existed.

But he will collect dividends over the five years as if he already owned the 250,000 shares.

Lawyers said, though, that he had notified the company and that he did not collect dividends after 1986.