1.   Common stock dividends have also shriveled as more companies have decided they would rather reinvest earnings in their businesses or buy back stock than pay dividends to shareholders.

2.   Juppe proposed a tax break for small businesses reinvesting their earnings into their own companies.

3.   She has used the money to splurge on occasional treats such as clothes, but more often than not, she has reinvested her earnings in more supplies.

4.   Siegel concedes that faster economic growth created more opportunities for companies to reinvest earnings profitably.