Pfizer to help investors with dividend, buybacks

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SHORT HILLS, N.J. (AP) — Pfizer Inc. CEO Ian Read says the drugmaker will keep working to boost shareholder value, with continuing stock buybacks and healthy dividends.

At Pfizer’s annual meeting in Short Hills, N.J., the Viagra maker said it will pay a 26-cent second-quarter dividend. It raised the first-quarter dividend in December, from 24 to 26 cents a share.

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