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This is the last in the series of dividend stocks in the telecommunications industry. We have seen that AT&T (T) and Verizon Corp (VZ) both offer around 5% dividend yields with comparatively low risk, while Frontier (FTR) offers a higher yield with the risk of lower stability and higher yield volatility. A thorough look at the business and financial statements of CenturyLink Inc (CTL) and Windstream Corp (WIN) sheds more light on telecom stock investing.

It is also interesting to note that among the many industries spanned by S&P companies, the telecommunications sector has the highest average dividend yield. However, as an analysis of Frontier Communications indicates, these dividends are not without real risks

While many dividend investors are attracted to the Intel dividend, Microsoft's healthy dividend and capital structure make it worth a second look.

PayPal once offered a money market fund for its merchants that had one of the highest yields in the country. Today, the company announced that it is shutting it down.

People go into debt for several reasons, but poor money management is the source of many financial woes. Here's how you can stop and reverse the cycle of debt.

Prosper, a site that connects credit-worthy borrowers with investors today announced that it has raised $17.2 million. Is social lending for you and can earn the 10% plus returns advertised on the site?

If you are seeking a higher APY on your investment, Lending Club is a social lending network that boasts an average rate of return of 9.64%. Additionally, they claim that every single investor who has diversified their club portfolio with 800 or more notes have earned a positive return on their total investment.

Mark Haines, the gruff, jocular CNBC anchor died unexpectedly in his sleep last night.

Home Depot offers a nice dividend and is well positioned for future growth. It's one of the best retail dividend stocks out there.

If you have the fortune of having a great credit score, the Chase Freedom Card offers some nice reports with no annual fee.

Today's IPOs of Arcos Dorados and ZipCar were wildly successful, each trading at twice their originally indicated IPO prices. We haven't seen IPOs move like this on the first day of trading since 1999. What does this indicate about the market?

With cash accounts staying at historically low levels and oil prices rising sharply over the last several weeks, many investors are turning towards Master Limited Partnerships (MLPs) that either produce, distribute or operate pipelines for natural gas or crude oil, to generate 5% to 7% yields.

Looking for additional yield in today's low rate environment, many investors are moving cash into preferred stock. The timing of this move seems terribly inopportune.

ATT's dividend is still in excess of 5.75%. It is the top yielding stock in the Dow Jones average. It just agreed to acquire T-Mobile's operations for a combined equity and cash amount of $39 billion. Shorts have been burned over the last few days assuming that the dividend would be called into jeopardy. It isn't.

'The Democratic Wave of the Middle East' has begun sweeping across North Africa. Oil production and pipelines are tied to the region and due to supply disruption concerns, the price of oil is going up.