That is an interesting question that just made me think about my dividends. I use etrade. There were a lot of other posters saying they got their dividends through etrade on 11/21/12. On 11/23/12 I still had not received my dividends so I called etrade and was like WTF? They said there was an issue on their part and the dividends were credited to my account on 11/24/12. That makes me wonder if my shares are "air" shares and would they have given them to me if I wouldnt have called?
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