Dividend payments from publicly traded American companies hit a record $164.3 billion U.S. in this year’s first quarter, up 7% from a year ago. The Janus Henderson Global Dividend Index, which released the Q1 data on dividend payments, said .
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Global dividend payments to shareholders grew an average of 14 times faster than worker pay across 31 countries, analysis from Oxfam reveals. In the UK, dividends increased by 13 per cent, while average wages remained stagnant.