Stryker (SYK) will raise its quarterly dividend by 24.7 percent to $0.265 per share in 2012. This follows a 18.1 percent dividend hike by SYK in 2011. The company has increased its dividend every year since 1999.

Stryker Corporation is a medical technology company. The company offers products and services in Orthopaedics ...

Dividend Aristocrat Abbott Laboratories (ABT) will raise its dividend by 6 percent after spinning off AbbVie (ABBV). The 'old' Abbott (including AbbVie) wil increase its quarterly dividend by 6 percent to $0.54 in January, following the completion of the AbbVie spin-off on January 1st.

After the spin-off the 'new' Abbott Laboratories (with a portfolio ...

Amgen (AMGN) will raise its quarterly dividend by 30.6 percent to $0.47 per share in the first quarter of 2013. It's the first dividend increase for AMGN, following its dividend initiation in 2011.

Amgen Inc. is a biotechnology company offering products for the treatment of illness in the areas of oncology/hematology ...

CVS Caremark (CVS) will raise its quarterly dividend to $0.225 per share.

CVS Caremark Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, is the largest integrated pharmacy health care provider in the United States. The company has three reportable segments: Pharmacy Services, Retail Pharmacy and Corporate. The Pharmacy Services business provides a full range of PBM services ...

Pier 1 Imports Inc (PIR) will raise its quarterly dividend by 25 percent to $0.05 per share.

Pier 1 Imports, Inc. is an importer of home decor and furniture. The Company's operations consist of retail stores and an e-commerce Website conducting business under the name Pier 1 Imports, which sells a range of ...

KBR Inc (KBR) will raise its quarterly dividend by 60.0 percent from $0.05 to $0.08 per share in 2013. This is the first dividend hike announced by the company since a dividend was initiated in 2008.

KBR is a provider of differentiated professional services and technologies across the asset and program lifecycle ...

Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM) will raise its quarterly dividend to $0.22 per share.

Agnico Eagle Mines Limited is a gold producer with mining operations in northwestern Quebec, northern Mexico, northern Finland and Nunavut and exploration activities in Canada, Europe, Latin America and the United States. The company focuses on the exploration, development, and expansion ...

The Walt Disney Company (DIS) will raise its annual dividend by 25 percent to $0.75 per share,

The dividend is payable on December 28, 2012 to shareholders of record at the close of business on December 10, 2012. The December payment represents the 57th consecutive dividend payment to shareholders.

"Fiscal 2012 was another great ...

McCormick & Company (MKC) will hike its quarterly dividend from $0.31 to $0.34 per share on its common stocks, payable January 14, 2013 to shareholders of record December 31, 2012.  This marks the 27th consecutive year that the company has increased its quarterly dividend.

Alan D. Wilson, Chairman, President & CEO, said, "Each ...

Merck, known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, will increase its quarterly dividend to $0.43 per share, up $0.01 from $0.42 per outstanding share paid last quarter. Payment will be made on Jan. 8, 2013, to shareholders of record at the close of business on Dec. 17, 2012.

"This increase ...