Last year may have been rife with dividend-slashing, but more and more companies are now committed to sending more money out to their shareholders in 2010.
Readers of the Motley Fool Income Investor newsletter can certainly appreciate that kind of thinking. Let's take a closer look at some of the companies that inched their payouts higher this past week.
We'll start with PepsiCo
Expeditors International
Yamana Gold
Finally, Union Pacific
Companies are starting to return more of their money to their investors, and shareholders likely won't complain. Oil and gas producer Occidental Petroleum
Subscribers to the Income Investor newsletter can appreciate companies that send more and more money to their investors. The newsletter singles out companies that are committed to growing their distributions, with market-thumping results.
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