Short Term, Get Rich Quick.
I was thinking along exactly the same lines. Very short term, screw everyone to get the share price up as high as possible and sell out quick.
I believe the US treats stock dividends unfavourably when it comes to tax, which is a shame. Pension funds and others looking for a long-term stable investment are generally happy to sit on the shares and use the dividends as a revenue stream that is likely to be fairly stable into the long term - that's certainly how it worked in the UK for many years.