From Dividends Value:
Much has been written in the media about the "record numbers" of companies cutting or failing to raise their dividends. Even with a large number of companies not increasing their dividends this year, there is still an abundance of companies that have. For those companies that fail to increase their dividends, it is one less stock dividend investors have to track and analyze.
Below are three companies that recently increased their cash dividends:
Reynolds American (RAI) was formed as a result of the the mid-2004 merger of R.J. Reynolds and Brown & Williamson. Tuesday, the company increased its quarterly dividend 5.9% to $0.90/share. The dividend is payable…
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