Three household names give you very different reasons to collect their dividends. One is a consumer staples giant closing in on a major acquisition, one is a medical device maker that just finished a spin-off, and one is a snack and soda leader trying to win back investors while it keeps a 54-year raise streak alive. All three pay you more than 2.5%.

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Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) has agreed to terms for a $25 billion bond sale, securing access to a large pool of borrowed money while taking on interest payments and repayment dates stretching as far as 2066.

The offering marks its first U.S. investment-grade bond sale in more than 9 years, arriving as technology companies commit large sums to data centers, computing equipment and the electricity needed to run AI services.

Borrowing Provides Money Before Projects Start Paying Back

Microsoft says the proceeds could fund construction and equipment, acquisitions, share repurchases, everyday business needs and existing debt repayments, so the announcement leaves room for several uses beyond AI expansion.

When you borrow for a project that takes years to build, interest can become payable before the project earns its first dollar, which helps explain why customer revenue timing matters alongside the size of Microsoft's spending plans.

Some Repayments Extend Across Several Decades

The offering is expected to close November 4, with repayment dates running from 2028 to 2066, giving Microsoft a mix of shorter and longer borrowing periods instead of one large payment falling due at once.

The longer schedule gives new facilities time to attract customers and recoup costs, but your expectations for that expansion should include the years of interest payments attached to the funding, especially if demand grows more slowly than the company anticipates.

MSFT currently trades at $522 and pays a dividend of $3.92 per share, a yield of 0.75%.

ADT Inc. (NYSE: ADT) has agreed to be acquired by Thrive Holdings in a transaction valued at approximately $15.3 billion, including debt, taking the home-security company private once the required approvals and other closing conditions are met.

Thrive Wants to Build on an Established Service Business

Thrive plans to combine its engineering teams and long-term funding with ADT's nationwide service network, supporting spending on products, employees and technology across a business with more than 150 years of security experience.

Buying an established brand still leaves you with the work of keeping customers satisfied after the sale, so dependable monitoring, capable technicians and useful products remain central to whether Thrive can turn its plans into lasting business gains.

Other Buyers Still Have an Opportunity to Bid

ADT can seek competing proposals through November 28, with a possible extension for certain bidders, while financing commitments from Apollo-managed funds mean the agreed transaction is not dependent on arranging additional funding.

A signed agreement provides firmer terms than an opening takeover proposal, but the search for competing bids, the shareholder vote, and U.S. antitrust approval leave several steps before ADT's shares stop trading on the New York Stock Exchange.

ADT currently trades at $9 and pays a dividend of $0.22 per share, a yield of 2.23%.

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Merck & Co., Inc. (NYSE: MRK) plans to raise its long-term sales forecast for new medicines above $70 billion, citing progress in drug studies and recently acquired treatments as reasons to expect stronger growth from its newer products.

The plan comes as Keytruda, its major cancer medicine, approaches the expiration of its main patent protection in 2028, pressuring Merck to develop other sources of sales before competing versions can challenge that business.

Keytruda’s Success Creates a Large Business to Replace

Patent protection helps a drugmaker keep competing versions of its medicine off the market, giving successful treatments time to recoup research costs and fund the next round of development.

Once that protection ends, the sales you would expect Merck to retain will depend on when competing versions arrive, how much they cost, and how widely doctors use them, making the timing of its newer medicines important.

The Sales Target Comes With Work Still Ahead

The proposed increase signals greater confidence in the opportunity, although a long-term forecast remains dependent on medicines reaching the market and winning enough business to meet the company’s expectations.

Insurance coverage and pricing also belong in your picture of that opportunity, because approval alone does not guarantee broad use, and Merck needs its newer treatments to bring in enough money after development, production, and selling costs to support lasting growth.

MRK currently trades at $148 and pays a dividend of $3.40 per share, a yield of 2.29%.

Cheniere Energy (LNG) raised its quarterly dividend 12.6% to $0.625 per share from $0.555, a yield of about 0.8%.

PBF Energy (PBF) raised its quarterly dividend 18% to $0.325 per share from $0.275, a yield of about 1.7%.

NewMarket (NEU) raised its quarterly dividend 8.3% to $3.25 per share from $3.00, a yield of about 1.6%.

Hubbell (HUBB) raised its quarterly dividend 7% to $1.52 per share from $1.42, a yield of about 1.4%.

Blackstone (BX) lowered its quarterly dividend 13% to $1.12 per share from $1.29, and the lower payment goes ex-dividend Monday, November 2, a yield of about 3.7% at the new rate.

TPG (TPG) lowered its quarterly dividend 6.8% to $0.55 per share from $0.59, a yield of about 4.6% at the new rate.

Diageo (DEO) cut its final dividend 52% to 30 cents per share from 62.98 cents, with shareholders voting on it Thursday, November 5, a yield of about 2.2% at the new rate.

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