History of the Open Floor Plan. An open floor plan is a relatively new concept in residential home design. Homes up until the 1940s and 1950s employed designs where each function had its own separate room. The kitchen would be a separate room, living room a separate room, dining room a separate room, and so on.
A dividend is a payment made by a corporation to its shareholders, usually as a distribution of profits. When a corporation earns a profit or surplus, it can re-invest it in the business (called retained earnings), and pay a fraction of this reinvestment as a dividend to shareholders.hareholders in companies that pay little or no cash dividends can reap the benefit of the company's profits when they sell their shareholding, or when a company is wound down and all assets liquidated and distributed amongst shareholders.
The stock must be purchased before it begins to trade as ex-dividend, or without dividend, to be considered an owner on the recording date. A dividend-paying stock usually begins trading ex-dividend two business days before the company records its shareholders. Pay Day Many companies reward their shareholders by paying cash dividends, essentially a cut of a company's annual earnings paid for each share of stock owned.