Additionally, Flannery and Gaviria observe that Canada's BCE (BCE), which recently increased its payout by 5% in a surprise midyear announcement, "could raise the dividend again later this year." Ditto Canadian peers Rogers Communications (RCI) and Telus (TU), they opine.

upped its annual common share dividend by five per cent to $1.62 per share

Increased its dividend five per cent.

40 million shares, 5% of outstanding

???

This deal has several months to close, says Karen Finerman. I think it will get done. But I prefer the corporate buyers (such as Microsoft) much better. The proposed buyer is the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan.

Offer to purchase stock at 42.75 by private equity firm and great dividend make this stock worth hanging onto.

believe merger will go through given deep pockets of OTPP

Downgraded by Citigroup from Buy to Hold

39.84

BCE Inc. is a Canada-based communications company. Bell Canada, which encompasses the CompanyGÇÖs core business operation, is a provider of wireline and wireless communications services, Internet access, data services and video services to residential and business customers. Bell Canada operates through four segments: Residential, Business, Bell Aliant and Other Bell Canada. All of the CompanyGÇÖs other activities are reported in the Other BCE segment. Bell Canada has six major lines of business: local and access services; long-distance services; wireless services; data services; video services, and terminal sales and other.

ALTERNATE: MBT(A-)

tired

price gains for the wrong reason; poor strategies

NOT MOVING