A. O. Smith (AOS) Declares $0.14 Quarterly Dividend; 1.4% Yield

A. O. Smith Corporation (NYSE: AOS) today declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.14 per common share, $0.56 annualized. The dividend is payable on Feb. 15 to shareholders of record January 31, 2011. The ex-dividend date is January 27, 2011. Yield on the dividend is 1.4%.... more

Female Health (FHCO) Declares $0.05 Quarterly Dividend; 3.5% Yield

The Female Health Company (Nasdaq: FHCO) has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.05 per share, $0.20 annualized. The dividend is payable February 7, 2011 to stockholders of record as of January 31, 2011. The ex-dividend date is January 27, 2011. Yield on the dividend is 3.5%.... more

National Retail (NNN) Declares $0.38 Quarterly Dividend; 6.1% Yield

National Retail Properties, Inc. (NYSE: NNN) has declared a quarterly dividend of $0.38 per common share, $1.52 annualized. The dividend is payable February 15, 2011 to common shareholders of record on January 31, 2011. The ex-dividend date is January 27, 2011. Yield on the dividend is 6.1%.... more

Qualcomm (QCOM) Declares $0.19 Quarterly Dividend; 1.5% Yield

Qualcomm Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM) today announced a quarterly cash dividend of $0.19 per common share, $0.76 annualized. The dividend is payable on March 25, 2011 to stockholders of record at the close of business on February 25, 2011. The ex-dividend date is February 24, 2011. Yield on the dividend is 1.5%.... more

Core Labs (CLB) Sharply Raises Qtr. Dividend to 25c/Share, Yielding 1.11%

In a Form 8-K, Core Labs (NYSE: CLB) disclosed that the company's Board has boosted its quarterly dividend by a whopping 317% from 6c to 25c per common share. The dividend is payable on Feb. 25 to shareholders of record on Jan. 25. The ex-dividend date is Jan. 21. With shares of Core Labs closing at $89.95 yesterday, the dividend yield moves from 0.27% to 1.11%.... more

Northwest Natural Gas (NWN) Declares $0.435 Quarterly Dividend; 3.8% Yield

Northwest Natural Gas Company (NYSE: NWN), dba NW Natural, has declared a quarterly dividend of $0.435 per share, $1.74 annualized. The dividend will be paid February 15, 2011, to shareholders of record on January 31, 2011. The ex-dividend date is January 27, 2011. Yield on the dividend is 3.8%.... more

Ameron Int'l (AMN) Declares $0.30 Quarterly Dividend; 1.5% Yield

Ameron International Corporation (NYSE: AMN) declared a quarterly dividend of $0.30 per common share, $1.20 annualized. The dividend is payable February 15, 2011 to stockholders of record on January 27, 2011. The ex-dividend date is January 25, 2011. Yield on the dividend is 1.5%.... more

Alliant Energy (LNT) Declares $0.425 Quarterly Dividend; 4.6% Yield

Alliant Energy Corporation (NYSE: LNT) has declared a quarterly dividend of $0.425 per common share, $1.70 annualized. The dividend is payable on February 15, 2011, to shareowners of record on close of business January 31, 2011. The ex-dividend date is January 27, 2011. Yield on the dividend is 4.6%.... more

For Big Banks, Dividends Set to Make a Comeback

As the bank earnings season begins Friday with the first report from JPMorgan Chase (JPM), investors have something new to salivate over: the prospect of long-absent dividends. JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon became the latest to raise this enticing prospect when he said his bank could pay out up to a dollar in dividends per share, likely in the second quarter, once the Federal Reserve gives its approval following a stress test for the nation's largest 17 banks. "We will be adequately capitalized even in a stressed situation, so when they finish these tests, we're hopeful we'll be allowed to go back to paying normal dividends," Dimon told investors at the bank's health care conference this week in San Francisco. "In Violent Agreement" And Morgan isn't alone. Wells Fargo (WFC) CEO... more

Three High Yielding Indian Stocks

Can you guess what the third largest economy in the world is? Not the United States, not China. It is India, which also happens to be the second fastest growing major economy in the world. If you think tech is their biggest industry, you would be wrong. IT accounts for only about 1% of the total GDP; however, India ranks second worldwide in farm output. It also has the fourth-largest reserves in the world of coal. There are plenty of India stocks that US investors can buy and dividends are available on more than half a dozen of the Indian stocks that trade in the United States, according to WallStreetNewsNetwork.com. For example, Tata Motors Ltd. (TTM), a major automobile manufacturer in India also makes and markets utility vehicles, trucks, buses, and defense vehicles. It produces... more