Issuance of a stock dividend by company

Lenochka Posts: 3, Reputation: 1

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Jun 3, 2009, 02:14 PM

Issuance of a stock dividend by company

What the issuance of stock dividend by company increases?

hamzashakaa Posts: 161, Reputation: 8

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Jun 8, 2009, 03:49 AM

Increases Common Stock and decreases retained earnings

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