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  "id": 11206261,
  "title": "A Dividend Is a Company's Way of Paying You to Own Its Stock: Here's How It Works.",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/a-dividend-is-a-companys-way-of-paying-you-to-own-its-stock-heres-how",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-01T11:45:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Motley Fool",
    "slug": "motley-fool",
    "url": "https://www.fool.com/investing/2026/10/01/a-dividend-is-a-companys-way-of-paying-you-to-own/?source=iedfolrf0000001"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Dividends are a good reason to buy stocks, but not the only reason.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}