The record date is set with the equally important ex-dividend date, which is the date at which new buyers of a stock will no longer be eligible to be listed as a shareholder by the date of record.
Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway is the largest shareholder of VeriSign, which ranks highly among S&P 500 companies in terms of gross and operating margins Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. has ...