Uh?
Como refere a Slate:
The WP reports that the 33 banks signed up to benefit from billions in bailout dollars from the Treasury Department are continuing to pay dividends to shareholders, even though the money is supposed to be for loans. While foreign banks are typically required to suspend quarterly dividend payments before repaying government investments and the U.S. government required Chrysler to do so in a 1979 bailout, the Treasury says such a condition would have discouraged banks from participating in its program.
De acordo com a Casa Branca nada de estranho se passa:
CHAIRMAN LAZEAR: Well, I'd say two things. First of all, the money that has gone out from the TARP just went out Tuesday, and only to a very small select number of banks. So there's not a lot of evidence of anybody doing anything with that money. So as far as I know, we don't know what banks are doing with that money.
Entretanto:
Also at Wednesday's board meeting, directors agreed to increase National Penn's quarterly dividend by 1.5 percent.
The new dividend of 17.25 cents a share will be paid Nov. 17 to shareholders of record Nov. 1. The previous quarterly dividend was 17 cents a share.
