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Many traders use a technique called dividend buying, which is the buying of stocks before they go ex-dividend and selling shortly after the ex-dividend date at roughly the same price, but receiving the dividend. This technique generally works only during a bull market. You may also want to check out the definitions of the various dividend dates.

There are over 30 stocks going ex-dividend in mid August. The following stocks all have market caps over $500 million, and yields over 1%. Several stocks have yields over 4%.

Wyeth (WYE) 8/11/2008 Market cap: $63.4B Yield: 2.36%

Many traders use a technique called dividend buying, which is the buying of stocks before they go ex-dividend and selling shortly after the ex-dividend date at roughly the same price, but receiving the dividend. This technique generally works only during a bull market. You may also want to check out the definitions of the various dividend dates.

There are over 30 stocks going ex-dividend in mid August. The following stocks all have market caps over $500 million, and yields over 1%. Several stocks have yields over 4%.

Wyeth (WYE) 8/11/2008 Market cap: $63.4B Yield: 2.36%

Let’s sort out some of the ramifications of yesterday’s surprise settlement of all the patent litigation between Qualcomm (QCOM) and Nokia (NOK).

Semiconductor analysts at last week's Churchill Club's 12th annual Semiconductor Outlook dinner insist that despite a soft outlook for the sector, there is money to be made by seeking out companies in good product cycles. Barron's Eric Savitz lets us in on the picks of some industry experts:

• Christopher Danely of JPMorgan likes Microchip Technology (MCHP), which stands to do well against rival "stiffs" STMicro (STM) and Freescale (FSL). AMD (AMD), he says, "is trading as if it's going out of business," and could double from its present $7.43.