Alcoa surprised Wall Street by an extra penny a share and raised its forecast for growth in aluminum demand in 2010, but the stock has settled back where it was before the earnings announcement.
Even some of the strongest institutions halted their stock repurchase programs and cut their quarterly dividend to a mere nickel or penny a share.
即使是最强大的组织也停止了他们的股票回购计划，并且将他们每季度进行股息支付减低到很小。
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Meanwhile a newly restored dividend — albeit a measly one penny per share — and a ten-for-one reverse stock split could drag its shares out of the single digits.