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General Electric (GE) raises dividend; 15 other companies follow suit

(via www.dividendgrowthinvestor.com)

Almost one and half years after the dividend was cut, the company raised its quarterly dividend 20% to 12 cents/share on Friday. The news sent the stock over 3% higher for the day. Whether the company can rebuild its streak of consecutive dividend increases remains to be seen however.

Sequoia (Ruane, Cunniff & Goldfarb) files 13F for December 31st, 2009

(via www.rocketfinancial.com)

Sequoia's Q4 portfolio has been filed. New positions include: WSH, ATLS, STRA, ACGL, FSC, AZO, MRK, KMR, CMCSK, LMT, LH, ORCL, APA, MMM, SLB, RHI, TROW, LOW, ADP, VAR, and YBTVA.