Verizon Communications Inc. VZ recently hiked its quarterly dividend payout by about 2% to 65.25 cents per share or $2.61 on an annualized basis. This portrays the company’s solid balance sheet ...

The cash position remaining in ACC following the proposed dividend distribution will enable ACC to retain a sufficiently robust balance sheet to fulfill its role and responsibilities as a minority ...

Exxon took on more debt too, but its balance sheet wasn't nearly as leveraged. Its debt-to-equity ratio peaked at around 0.45 times, a still very reasonable level.

Movie exhibitor Regal Entertainment Group <RGC.N> cut its dividend and amended a senior credit facility but said its balance sheet was strong and it was upbeat about the 2009 film slate.