(04-01) 07:44 PDT NEW YORK, (AP) -- Big companies increased their dividends by a record amount in the first quarter. Since the start of the year, 117 companies in the Standard & Poor's 500 index said they would raise or...
By RACHEL BECK and DAVID K. RANDALL, AP Business Writers, San Francisco Chronicle: Business
Fri, 04/01/2011 - 7:44am
(04-01) 07:44 PDT NEW YORK, (AP) -- Big companies increased their dividends by a record amount in the first quarter. Since the start of the year, 117 companies in the Standard & Poor's 500 index said they would raise or...