Thursday, March 11th, 2010

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Kimberly Clark Makes Good On Promise To Boost Dividend
Last month, we told that you consumer products giant Kimberly Clark (NYSE: KMB), the maker of Huggies diapers and Kleenex tissues, looked like a strong [...]

Coke Continues Dividend-Raising Tradition

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Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO), the world’s largest soft-drink maker, said it will raise its quarterly dividend by seven percent to 44 cents a share from 41 cents. That increases [...]

Sherwin-Williams Paints A Higher Dividend
 Shrewin-Williams (NYSE: SHW), the maker of Dutch Boy paints and Minwax coatings, said it will raise its quarterly dividend by 1.4% to 36 cents, costing the company $2.2 million per year. The new dividend is payable on March 12th to shareholders of record on February 26th. Assuming Sherwin-Williams trades around $65, [...]

Wyndham Worldwide Triples Its Dividend

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Wyndham Worldwide (NYSE: WYN), the hotel franchisor behind the Days Inn and Super 8 lodging brands, said its fourth-quarter rose 40 cents a share, above the company’s previous guidance of 35 [...]

UPS Increases Its Dividend

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United Parcel Service (NYSE: UPS), the world’s largest package delivery company, raised its quarterly dividend by 4.4% to 47 cents a share, citing expectations for a “gradual economic recovery and the expectation of a strong performance in [...]

Dividend News For January 26th

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January continues to be a great month in terms of dividend news and Tuesday was a particularly strong day with [...]

GE Says Restoring Dividend Is First Priority, Aims To Increase Payout By 2011

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General Electric (NYSE: GE), the Dow component and formerly the biggest dividend payer in dollar terms, said last week restoring its dividend is a top [...]

Time To Like Consumer Staples? Try One That’s Increasing Its Dividend

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After a few days of precipitous declines in the market, it appears that risk appetite may be waning and if that’s the [...]

Tiffany, Washington Post Raise Dividends AND Repurchase Shares

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There is often a fair amount of debate surrounding what is a better method [...]

Is Cal-Maine’s Dividend Resumption An Egg-Cellent Proposition?

About: Cal-Maine Foods (Nasdaq: CALM)

Over the past couple of months, we’ve blogged about a lot of encouraging news regarding dividends in the food sector. For while there, it seemed like hardly a week passed without a food-related company announcing news of a dividend hike. We view this is a [...]