Results for dividend: 675

* Dividends may start to be restored sooner than past cycles * M.Stanley says things may get worse before they get better * Lower earnings push payout ratios above 10-yr average LONDON, Aug 11 -...

* Q4 operating profit slumps, hit by U.S. housing * Dividend suspended until economic conditions improve * Outlook for housing activity remains depressed * Shares fall as much as 3.4 pct, lag market (Adds CEO...

* Q4 operating profit slumps, hit by U.S. housing * Dividend suspended until economic conditions improve * Outlook for housing remains difficult (Adds company comment) WELLINGTON, May 20 - Building materials group James Hardie Industries...

* Jacks up payments into UK's biggest company pension scheme * Cuts final dividend to 1.1 pence, around 15,000 jobs to go * Reported pretax Q4 loss of 1.28 bln sterling * 1.58 bln sterling...

* To pay 525 million pounds a year into pension scheme * Cuts final dividend to 1.1 pence, around 15,000 jobs to go * Reported pretax loss of 1.28 bln pounds * Announces GS write...

* H1 adjusted EPS up 14 percent to 71.8 pence, vs forecast 70.8p * Analysts move to cut full-year dividend forecasts * Sees slightly stronger H2 organic growth * Comfortable with annual earnings consensus *...

LONDON, May 7 - India-focused mining group Vedanta Resources Plc posted a 75 percent drop in attributable profit on Thursday after commodity prices slid, but the London-listed firm kept its final dividend unchanged. "We have...

TOKYO, March 14 - Hitachi Ltd <6501.T>, Japan's biggest electronics maker, is unlikely to pay a year-end dividend for the year ending this month as it faces a free cash flow short-fall of around 100...

* NAB to cut H1 dividend by about 25 percent * Will retain its UK banks, no major shocks * Shares jump almost 5 pct (Adds analyst quotes, background) SYDNEY, March 12 - Top lender...

* NAB to cut H1 dividend by about 25 percent * Will retain its UK banks * Open to acquisitions in Australia and internationally (Adds quotes, background) SYDNEY, March 12 - National Australia Bank <NAB.AX>,...