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The run of record dividend payments for S&P 500 companies ended in the first quarter as energy groups slashed payouts and other businesses increased their payments at a lower pace.
For the first three months of 2016, dividends to shareholders at US companies increased 4.6 per cent versus the same quarter a year ago, according to S&P Dow Jones Indices. That rise, however could not extend a streak of record dividend payments seen over the prior seven quarters
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