Disney extends CEO Chapek's contract three years

Shares of Microsoft Corp.
MSFT,
-1.03%

fell 0.7% in premarket trading Tuesday, after the software behemoth said it raised its quarterly dividend by 9.7%, to 68 cents a share from 62 cents a share. The new dividend will be payable Dec. 8 to shareholders of record on Nov. 17. Based on Monday’s stock closing price of $244.52, the new annual dividend rate implies a dividend yield of 1.11%, which compares with the yield for the SPDR Technology Select Sector ETF
XLK,
-0.95%

of 0.96% and the implied yield for the S&P 500
SPX,
-0.92%

of 1.70%. Microsoft’s stock has tumbled 27.3% year to date through Monday, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average
DJIA,
-0.89%

has declined 14.6%.

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