AT&T (T) will raise its quarterly dividend by 2.4 percent to $0.42 per share in 2010. This marks the 26th consecutive year of annual dividend increases by the company.

The next dividend will be paid on February 1, 2010 to shareholders of record on January 8, 2010. Last year AT&T hiked its dividend ...

ABM Industries (ABM) will raise its quarterly dividend to $0.135 per share.

ABM Industries Incorporated is a provider of integrated facility solutions. The Company operates through five segments: Janitorial, Facility Services, Parking, Building & Energy Solutions, and other. ABM provides custom facility solutions in urban, suburban and rural areas to properties of all sizes ...

Balchem Corporation (BCPC) will raise its annual dividend to $0.11 per share.

Balchem Corporation is engaged in the development, manufacture, distribution and marketing of specialty performance ingredients and products for the food, nutritional, feed, pharmaceutical and medical sterilization industries. 

Axis Capital (AXS) will raise its quarterly dividend to $0.21 per share.

AXIS Capital Holdings Limited is a Bermuda-based global provider of specialty lines insurance and treaty reinsurance. The Company provides a range of specialty (re)insurance, through subsidiaries and branch networks- based in Bermuda, the United States, Canada, Europe and Singapore.

Brandywine Realty Trust (BDN) will raise its quarterly dividend to $0.15 per share. The increased dividend will be paid January 20, 2010. Previously the dividend was cut twice by BDN from $0.44 quarterly in October 2008 to $0.10 quarterly in April 2009.

Brandywine Realty Trust is a real estate investment trust (REIT ...

American Equity Investment Life Holding Company (AEL) will raise its annual dividend to $0.08 per share.

American Equity Investment Life Holding Company, through its wholly-owned operating subsidiaries, issues fixed annuity and life insurance products, with a primary emphasis on the sale of fixed index and fixed rate annuities.

AmerisourceBergen (ABC) will raise its quarterly dividend to $0.08 per share.

AmerisourceBergen is a pharmaceutical sourcing and distribution services company, helping both healthcare providers and pharmaceutical and biotech manufacturers improve patient access to products and enhance patient care. With services ranging from drug distribution and niche premium logistics to reimbursement and pharmaceutical consulting services ...

Baxter International (BAX) will raise its quarterly dividend from $0.26 to $0.29 per share.

Baxter International Inc. provides a broad portfolio of essential renal and hospital products, including home, acute and in-center dialysis, sterile IV solutions, infusion systems and devices, parenteral nutrition, biosurgery products and anesthetics, and pharmacy automation, software and services.