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Merck & Co., Inc. (NYSE: MRK) barely has its Schering-Plough deal behind it. And today came the announcement of its dividend rate, but more importantly came word of a large share repurchase program.
The quarterly dividend for common stock is remaining at $0.38 per quarter, which gives a yield of almost 4.20%. It also declared a quarterly dividend of $3.75 per share on the company’s mandatoryconvertible preferred stock for the first quarter of 2010.
But this buyback is what will excite most investors...
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