09:46 AM EST - Rogers Communications Inc. : is more than doubling its annual dividend and planning a stock split after third-quarter profit tripled to $154 million. The annual dividend will rise to 32 cents a share from 15 cents, the Toronto-based company said Tuesday. Net income amounted to 48 cents a diluted share and compared with $48.9 million or 16 cents per share a year ago. On average, analysts had been forecasting earnings of 38 cents per share, before one-time items, according to Thomson Financial. Rogers Communications Inc.
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