Last year may have been full of dividend-slashing, but now more and more companies are committed to giving more money back 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 Procter & Gamble
Groceries aren't the only thing getting bigger at your local Costco
Johnson & Johnson
Finally, J.M. Smucker
Companies are starting to return more of their money to their investors, and shareholders probably won't complain. Electricity provider Southern Company
Subscribers to the Income Investor newsletter can appreciate companies that send more and more money to their investors. The newsletter singles out stocks that are committed to growing their distributions, with market-thumping results.
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