Usually, a quotation is set off from the rest of the sentence by a comma; however, the typography of quoted material can become quite complicated. Here is one simple rule to remember: In the United States, periods and commas go inside quotation marks regardless of logic.
NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- The ex-dividend date for General Electric (NYSE: GE) is tomorrow, February 21, 2013. Owners of shares as of market close today will be eligible for a dividend of 19 cents per share. At a price of $23.75 as of 9:31 a.m. ET, the dividend yield is 3.3%.
In this case the ex-dividend date is Wednesday, two days prior to the record date. Relevant dates for the stock of international petroleum giant BP are illustrated below. Notice that the record date follows the ex-dividend date by two business days for each quarterly dividend.