This text was not translated, because it is originally in English General Motors' Board of Directors approved a quarterly dividend of 30 cents per share, payable for the first time on March 28 to all common shareholders on record as of March 18. The board met this week on the sidelines of the Detroit auto show to consider the issue. The company hasn't had a common stock dividend since 2008, when GM and the entire U. S. economy was floundering.