Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO) will start paying a quarterly dividend of $0.13 per share in 2012. Earlier the company had been paying dividends until 2001.
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. makes products that help its customers accelerate life sciences research, solve complex analytical challenges, improve patient diagnostics, deliver medicines to market and increase laboratory productivity. The company's segments are Analytical Instruments, Life Sciences Solutions, Specialty Diagnostics and Laboratory Products & Services. Thermo Fisher's brands include Thermo Scientific, Applied Biosystems, Invitrogen, Fisher Scientific and Unity Lab Services. The company has been paying a dividend every year since 2012.