Stock Picks and News for 2010-10-12

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.....     ..... 3 Dividend Stocks Living Above Their Means Here are 3 stocks that are trying to impress investors by paying out a bigger dividend than they can really afford. ..... RPM Raises Dividend for 37th Consecutive Year This marks the 37th consecutive year that RPM has increased their cash dividend putting them in a very elite group...... Can Microsoft Become A Top 20 Dividend Stock? Microsoft needs to dramatically ramp up their dividend program to where they become one of the top 20 dividend stocks in the S&P 500...... Dividend Jump in Third Quarter Through the first nine months of the year, dividend payments have increased $18.5 billion......