11.   In a system rewarding hard work, it makes no sense that shareholders be rewarded regardless of their productivity.

12.   It would also reward existing shareholders by maximizing earnings and dividends per share.

13.   Larger companies, which have built up huge cash hordes and top market positions in the past few years, are best situated to reward shareholders, he said.

14.   Libert argues that real estate companies need to act more like other businesses to be successful and reward their shareholders.

15.   Monsanto Co. plans a share buyback and may split its stock to reward shareholders, and add employee incentives to focus the company on stock price growth.

16.   Now the company can reward shareholders and carry out acquisitions on its own, Busby said.

17.   Part of the problem for companies wishing to reward shareholders is that dividends are taxed twice by Uncle Sam.

18.   Ray Loewen has loudly and repeatedly said that his company can reward shareholders better without being taken over by Service Corp., which is about three times the size.

19.   Robert Albertson, a bank analyst at Goldman, Sachs, argues that making life simpler for individual and corporate consumers will ultimately reward shareholders.

20.   Shareholders were rewarded in the first half of this year.