bearish stocks, 2011-03-22

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.....     ..... Citigroup Resuming Dividend and Announces Stock Split Citigroup announced today that the company is offering a 1-for-10 reverse stock split and resuming their quarterly dividend at $.01 per share...... BB&T Joins the Dividend Increase Party BB&T announced on Friday that the bank stock is increasing their quarterly dividend by 7% to $.16 per share...... Wells Fargo Increases Dividend - At Least Temporarily The dividend increase is the result of a special dividend $.07 per share that Wells Fargo will pay in the first quarter...... Big Dividend Increase from JP Morgan The dividend increase has been a long time in coming, but will lift the current dividend yield on JPM stock to 2.2%...... Cisco Initiates Dividend Payment As Promised Cisco Systems announced yesterday that the company will initiate a quarterly dividend payment of $.06 per share beginning in April. ..... Air Products Gives Dividend Increase for 29th Straight Year Air Products & Chemicals announced today that the company is raising their quarterly dividend by 18% to $.58 per share. This marks the 29th straight year that Air Products has given their shareholders..... Dividend Investing in the New Normal Market Here are 5 dividend stocks that Jim Cramer recommended for investors in this new normal market...... Patterson to Raise Dividend and Repurchase More Stock Patterson Companies announced today that the company will raise their quarterly dividend by 20% to $.12 per share and increase their stock repurchase program...... Williams-Sonoma Lifts Dividend Again Williams-Sonoma announced today that the company is increasing their quarterly dividend by 13% to $.17 per share...... HP Surprises Investors with Big Dividend Increase The big dividend increase from HP was completely unexpected since the tech company had not raised their dividend since 1998......