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Rayonier Announces Dividend Increase and Stock Split

Rayonier announced today that the company will increase their quarterly dividend by 11 percent and will give investors a three-for-two stock split.

Gannett Doubles Dividend as Profits Plunge

Gannett announced today that they will double their dividend as profits at the newspaper company plunged 22 percent.

Cummins Dividend Yield Climbs Higher

Cummins announced today that the company will increase their quarterly dividend by 52 percent to $.40 per share.

PACCAR Gives Investors a 50% Dividend Increase

PACCAR announced today that the company will give their investors a 50 percent quarterly dividend increase to $.18 per share.

Dividend Payments Improved Again In the Second Quarter

Dividend investors received good news today as Standard & Poors released a report showing that dividend payments improved again in the second quarter.

Is Microsoft Cool Again?

The Office 365 announcement from Microsoft actually added $5 billion to the company’s market cap today.

Medtronic Raises Dividend for 34th Consecutive Year

Medtronic announced today that the company will raise their quarterly dividend by 8 percent to $.2425 per share.

Duke Energy Boosts High Dividend Yield

Duke Energy announced today that the company will increase their quarterly dividend by 2 percent to $.25 per share.

Vail Resorts Announce First Dividend Ever

Vail Resorts announced today that the company will initiate a quarterly dividend program of $.15 per share.

Caterpillar Raises Dividend for 18th Consecutive Year

Caterpillar has now paid a regular dividend every quarterly since 1933 and has given their shareholders a dividend increase for 18 consecutive years.

FedEx Gives Investors a Penny Dividend Increase

Following the penny per share increase, FedEx stock will offer investors a current dividend yield of 0.6% based on today’s closing price.

Rockwell Automation Gives 21% Dividend Increase

Rockwell Automation announced today that the company will give their shareholders a 21% dividend increase to $.425 per share.

Heinz Offers a Dividend Increase Following Strong Earnings Results

The dividend increase comes as Heinz reported strong fourth quarter earnings results and raised their guidance for fiscal 2012 and 2013.

Deere Increases Cash Dividend Again

Today’s announcement marks the 9th dividend increase in the past 7 years for Deere investors.

Citigroup Officially Reinstates Dividend

Citigroup announced today that the company will officially reinstate their quarterly dividend at $.01 per share in June.

Cypress Semiconductor Initiates Dividend

Cypress Semiconductor announced today that the company will initiate a quarterly dividend of $.09 per share beginning in July.

Intel Raising Dividend Once Again

Intel Corporation announced today that the company is raising their quarterly dividend again this year.

Investors Get Another Dividend Increase From Yamana Gold

This marks the fourth dividend increase in the past 12 months from Yamana Gold.

Competitive Pressures Are Crushing PetMed Express

Even with an attractive dividend yield of 3.4%, most PetMed Express investors have a hound dog expression these days.

Union Pacific Ups Their Dividend By 25%

This marks the 112th consecutive year that the Union Pacific has been paying dividends to their shareholders.

Chevron Quietly Raises Dividend Again

This marks the 24th consecutive year that Chevron has raised their quarterly dividend.

Big Blue Raises Dividend 15%

Over the past 8 years, IBM has increased their dividend by 400%.

Travelers Announces a 14% Dividend Increase

The Travelers Companies announced today that the company will increase their quarterly dividend by 14% to $.41 per share.

Amgen Announces First Dividend Ever

Amgen announced today that the company will pay their first dividend ever in the second quarter of 2011.

Southern Gives Shareholders a Dividend Increase for a 10th Straight Year

This marks the 10th straight year that the utility stock has given their shareholders a dividend increase.

United Technologies Announces a 13% Dividend Increase

United Technologies announced today that the company will increase their quarterly dividend by 13% to $.48 per share.

A New High Yield Dividend ETF Launches

Investors have a new dividend ETF to consider for their portfolios with iShares launching their High Dividend Equity Fund today.

Another Dividend Increase for International Paper

International Paper announced today that the company was giving another dividend increase to their shareholders.

Oracle Dividend Increase Is Modest

Investors learned today of a small Oracle dividend increase of 20% to $.06 per share.

No Dividend Increase from Bank of America This Year

Bank of America announced today that investors should expect no dividend increase from Bank of America this year.

BNY Mellon Gives Investors a Dividend Increase

BNY Mellon announced today that the company will give their investors a 44% dividend increase to $.13 per share.

Citigroup Resuming Dividend and Announces Stock Split

Citigroup announced today that the company is offering a 1-for-10 reverse stock split and resuming their quarterly dividend at $.01 per share.

Air Products Gives Dividend Increase for 29th Straight Year

Air Products & Chemicals announced today that the company is raising their quarterly dividend by 18% to $.58 per share. This marks the 29th straight year that Air Products has given their shareholders a dividend increase.

Williams-Sonoma Lifts Dividend Again

Williams-Sonoma announced today that the company is increasing their quarterly dividend by 13% to $.17 per share.

Investors Receive a Small Dividend Increase from Staples

Investors will take the small dividend increase from Staples, but it won’t offset the company’s falling stock price

Tyco Raising Dividend By 20%

Tyco International announced today that the company is raising their quarterly dividend by 20% to $.25 per share.

The Bank of Nova Scotia Is Increasing Their Dividend

The Bank of Nova Scotia is the 3rd largest bank in Canada and is only the second Canadian bank stock to increase their dividend since the recession.

Piedmont Natural Gas Dividend Increase for the 33rd Straight Year

Piedmont Natural Gas announced a quarterly dividend increase of 4% to $.29 per share.

5 Positive Growth Signs in the Market

Jim Cramer believes that investors need to stay in stocks and not ignore the positive growth signs in the market.

Fred’s Rolls Out Dividend Increase

Fred’s announced today that the company will increase their quarterly dividend by 25% to $.05 per share.

St. Jude Medical Will Start Paying a Dividend

St. Jude Medical announced today that the medical device company will start paying a dividend in April of $.21 per share.

Home Depot Announces Dividend Increase

Home Depot announced today that the company is increasing their quarterly dividend by 6% to $.25 per share.

Coca Cola Lifts Dividend for 49th Consecutive Year

The dividend increase just adds to Coca Cola’s legacy as a dividend aristocrat and reflects the company’s confidence in their long-term cash flows.

Is Family Dollar Stores Going Private?

Shares in Family Dollar Stores spiked over 21% today on news that Trian Capital wants to take the discount retailer private.

Comcast Raising Dividend and Accelerating Stock Repurchases

Comcast announced today that the company is raising their quarterly dividend by 19% and accelerating their stock repurchases for 2011.

Sherwin Williams Raising Dividend Again

The dividend increase is nothing new for Sherwin-Williams, the dividend aristocrat has now raised their dividend for 32 consecutive years.

Stanley Black & Decker Announces Big Dividend Increase for 2011

This marks the 44th consecutive year that the dividend aristocrat has increased their dividend payout.

Omicom Raising Dividend for 2nd Year in a Row

Omnicom Group announced today that the company is raising their quarterly dividend by 25% to $.25 per share.

ConocoPhillips Offers Investors a 20% Dividend Rate Increase

ConocoPhillips announced today that the company will offer investors a 20% dividend rate increase this quarter to $.66 per share.

4 Dow Stocks With Winning CEO’s At the Helm

Here are 4 Dow stocks that are performing well and have winning CEO’s at the helm.

Rio Tinto Answers Call and Doubles Their Dividend

Rio Tinto announced today that the company will pay a final dividend of $.63 per share which effectively doubles their dividend payment from last year.

Polo Ralph Lauren to Double Their Dividend

The move to double their dividend will increase the current dividend yield on Polo Ralph Lauren stock to 0.7%.

Wyndham Worldwide Raising Their Quarterly Dividend By 25%

Wyndham Worldwide announced today that the company is raising their quarterly dividend by 25% to $.15 per share.

The 3M Dividend Story Rolls On

Today’s dividend announcement marks the 53rd consecutive year that 3M has increased their dividend payment.

L-3 Communications Will Raise Dividend for 7th Straight Year

This marks the seventh consecutive year that L-3 Communications has increased their dividend.

Owens & Minor Dividend Getting Stronger

Owens & Minor announced today that the company is increasing their quarterly dividend by 13% to $.20 per share.

CNA Financial Restarting Their Dividend

This is the first quarterly dividend from CNA Financial since the insurer paid out $.15 per share in August 2008.

UPS Delivers Bigger Dividend

UPS is using their cash flows to deliver a bigger dividend to investors.

Broadcom Using Cash Flows To Pay Bigger Dividends

Broadcom announced today that the company is increasing their quarterly dividend by 13% to $.09 per share.

Hershey Dividend Keeps Getting Sweeter

This will be the chocolate maker’s 325th consecutive quarterly dividend payment.

Mattel Moves To Quarterly Dividend Payments

Mattel is increasing their dividend by 11% and moves to quarterly dividend payments.

BP Officially Reinstates Dividend Program

BP announced today that the company will reinstate their dividend program at $.07 per share for the fourth quarter.

Regis Raising Dividend By 50%

Regis Corporation announced today that the company is raising their quarterly dividend by 50% to $.06 per share.

Smucker Surprises Investors with an Early Dividend Increase

Typically Smucker doesn’t announce a dividend increase until April, so today’s announcement was a pleasant surprise to investors.

Limited Brands Lifts Annual Dividend 33%

This will mark the 145th consecutive quarter that Limited Brands has paid a dividend to its shareholders.

Investors Get a Dividend Boost from Time Warner Cable

Time Warner Cable announced today that the company is increasing their quarterly dividend by 20% to $.48 per share.

Kimberly Clark Raising Dividend for 39th Consecutive Year

This marks the 39th consecutive year that Kimberly Clark has increased their dividend.

Norfolk Southern Dividend Chugs Higher

Norfolk Southern announced today that the company is increasing their quarterly dividend by 11% to $.40 per share.

JC Penney Closing Stores, But Dividend Appears Safe

J.C. Penney Company unveiled a strategic restructuring program today that will result in store closures and the shutting down their catalog business.

Intel Raises Dividend Following Most Profitable Year Ever

Intel has now been paying dividends to investors since 1992 and begins the year as one of the highest yielding stocks in the Dow Jones index.

Schlumberger Hikes Dividend 19% Following Strong Revenue Growth

The dividend announcement comes as Schlumberger reported revenues growth of 58% in the fourth quarter with net income rising 42%.

ElDorado Gold Raising Dividend and 2011 Outlook

ElDorado Gold announced today that the company will double their dividend payment to C$0.10.

UBS Recommending Clients Buy GE

UBS upgraded GE from “Neutral” to a “Buy” rating today citing an attractive valuation and strong dividend yield.

First Dividend Increase in 2011 Comes From Spectra Energy

Spectra Energy announced today that the company will increase their quarterly dividend by 4% to $.26 per share.

Alliant Energy Raising Dividend 8%

Alliant Energy announced today that the company is raising their quarterly dividend by 8% to $.425 per share.

AT&T Raising Dividend Even Higher

AT&T is already the highest yielding stock in the Dow Jones index. Today’s dividend announcement will increase that dividend yield to 5.9% based on yesterday’s closing price.

Dominion Increasing Dividend and Dividend Payout Ratio

Dominion announced today that the utility stock will increase their quarterly dividend by 8% to $.4925 per share and their dividend payout ratio to 60 - 65%.

Waste Management Approves Dividend Increase for 7th Consecutive Year

Today’s announcement marks the seventh consecutive year that Waste Management has increased their dividend.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Announces Small Dividend Increase

The penny dividend increase will push the current yield of BMY shares to 5.0%.

Pfizer Comes Through With Dividend Increase

Former CEO Jeff Kindler had indicated in August that a Pfizer dividend increase would likely come in December.

Chevron Hits 52-Week High

Since the beginning of 2010, CVX shares have gained nearly 15% and have outpaced the 9.6% gain in the Dow Jones index.

Iron Mountain Triples Dividend

Iron Mountain announced today that the company is increasing their quarterly dividend by 200% to $.1875 per share.

Axis Capital Declares 10% Dividend Increase

AXIS Capital Holdings Limited announced today that the company is increasing their quarterly dividend by 10% to $.23 per share.

Reynolds American Raises Dividend Payout Target

Reynolds American announced today that the company is increasing their dividend payout target from 75% to 80% of net income.

Six Flags Initiating Dividend Program

Six Flags Entertainment Corporation announced today that the company is initiating a quarterly dividend program.

Walt Disney Increases Dividend for 55th Consecutive Year

Walt Disney Company announced today that the company is increasing their annual dividend by 14% to $.40 per share.

Deere Investors Seeing Green Following Dividend Increase

This marks the eighth dividend increase from the farm equipment maker since early 2004.

38th Consecutive Dividend Increase from Becton Dickinson

Beckton, Dickinson and Company announced today that the company is increasing their quarterly dividend by 11% to $.41 per share.

Nike Dividend Increase for 9th Straight Year

Nike announced yesterday that the company will increase their quarterly dividend by 15% to $.31 per share.

Sysco Increases Dividend for 41st Consecutive Year

Sysco Corporation announced today that the company will increase their quarterly dividend by 4% to $.26 per share.

Lincoln National Approves 25% Dividend Increase

Lincoln National currently only pays out $.01 per share every quarter, so even with the dividend increase LNC shares will only yield 0.2%.

Citing Positive Momentum Siemens Raises Dividend

More important than the dividend increase was Siemens acknowledgement of a clear dividend policy for the first time in the company’s history.

ADP Increases Dividend for 36th Consecutive Year

Automatic Data Processing announced today that the company is increasing their quarterly dividend by 6% to $.36 per share.

Baxter Raises Dividend 7%

Baxter International announced today that the company is increasing their quarterly dividend by 7% to $.31 per share.

Equifax Quadruples Dividend

Equifax is quadrupling their quarterly dividend and raising their dividend payout target to 25 – 35% of adjusted net income.

Simon Says a Higher Dividend Is Here

The dividend announcement comes as the shopping mall operator reported strong third quarter results and raised their forecast for the rest of the year.

Dividend Aristocrat Raises Payout for 38th Consecutive Year

This marks the 38th consecutive year that VFC has increased their dividend payout putting them in the elite group of dividend aristocrat stocks.

Visa Rings Up Big Dividend Increase

Visa announced today that the company is increasing their quarterly dividend by 20% to $.15 per share.

American Electric Power Looking To Increase Dividend

If the dividend increase is approved by the board of directors, AEP’s current yield will increase to 5.1% based on yesterday’s closing price.

Reynolds American Becomes Highest Yielding Tobacco Stock

Today’s dividend announcement will make Reynolds American the highest yielding tobacco stock.
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