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Opportunities for Tech Dividends

Not a very good writer div tree. Not only does the table at the top of the article not identify ORCL as a dividend paying stock, but you go on in the third paragraph with the following:

"Contrarily, there are few other companies that have not had any favorable dividend policy. The argument for no dividends has been that they need cash for continued innovation and growth. In this third group, the prominent ones that have not paid dividends are Cisco (CSCO), Apple (AAPL), Google (GOOG), Oracle (ORCL), EMC Corp (EMC), eBay (EBAY), and Dell (DELL). Keen observer will note that majority are these companies are from hardware sector."

While I'll admit I skimmed over the last paragraph. I did so because I had already encountered two references in the article to categorizing ORCL as a non-dividend paying stock:: 1st in the table; 2nd in the 3rd paragraph in the article. Accept my apologies for skimming over the last paragraph identifying ORCL's dividend announcement.

But then I have to ask you, why didn't you clean up the article to make it consistent? Don't you think you have a duty, if you wish to call yourself a journalist, to correct the mistatements in your article, particularly when there remains such an inconsistency? Who's smart?

On Apr 03 04:56 PM Dividend Tree. wrote:

> not so smart, squawk
> I did mention ORCL's dividend announcement immediately after"Third
> Group". it is the first sentence in that para.
>
> Momintn:
> I like IBM too. It has adapted very well in last decade or so. From
> a pure hardware play to software tech and services....

Opportunities for Tech Dividends

Surprised by your article's oversight of ORCL's announcement during its last earnings call, March 23, just before publication of your article, that it will begin to pay a quarterly dividend of $.05 per share. First ex-dividend date this Monday, April 6.

Might wish to do some research on recent news before publishing articles in the future. Beyond that, good article because it highlights to the lay investor how investing in tech is increasingly becoming a dividend play as well.