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Walmart on Thursday raised its annual dividend 21% to $1.46 after reporting a 27% increase in net income for the fourth quarter last month. But after missing its own revenue projection, will the retail giant be able to turn its U.S. business around this year?

Visa said Wednesday it's boosting its dividend for the second year in a row. Shareholders will now get 60 cents per share annually, up from 50 cents per share. The news comes in advance of Visa's fiscal fourth-quarter earnings expected next week.

The weakening stock market has investors fleeing for safe havens, like bonds. But some companies have a lot of cash, high operating margins and stocks with high yields -- far better ones than most bonds currently.

Weyerhaeuser (WY) shares are up nearly 4% in premarket trading after the company said it plans to hold a special dividend conference call Monday. The forest-products company intends to distribute $5.6 billion in retained earnings and profits to its shareholders in the form of a special dividend,...

Despite initial attempts to keep its dividend intact, BP may now consider deferring or reducing it in the second-quarter.

BP's stock plunged more than 14% at one point Wednesday to $29.77 -- a level last seen in 1996 -- amid concern the energy giant could cut or suspend its dividend as it grapples with the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

The biggest jump in profits in 16 years of companies listed in the Standard & Poor's 500 Index means that no company is likely to lower their dividend payouts this quarter, according to an analysis by Bloomberg News. That would mark the first time since 2004 that no company has lowered their...

No doubt the global recession has been tough on energy companies, but now that oil is back at $80 a barrel, well, it's hard to have much sympathy. Still, if you can't beat 'em, join 'em. BP (BP), as one of the world's largest integrated oil and gas companies, has a bright future, thanks to...

If you're an investor looking for action -- for that tiny stock with lots of volatility and white-hot upside potential -- read no further. But if you're fed up with the volatile U.S. equity market over the last couple of years, have we got some long-term, stable value stocks for you. Throughout...

McDonald's (MCD) might secretly wish that the recession would never end. The Dow component posted some more impressive quarterly results Thursday, which easily beat Wall Street's forecasts. Perhaps most impressive, global same-store sales, a key figure measuring sales at restaurants open more than...