bull or bear market, 2011-03-15

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.....     ..... 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...... Xilinx Unveils Increased Dividend for Analyst Day Xilinx announced ahead of their annual analyst day meeting that the company had increased their quarterly dividend by 19%...... Lennox Turns Up the Heat on Their Dividend Lennox International announced yesterday that the company is increasing their quarterly dividend by 20% to $.18 per share...... Steel Dynamics Increasing Dividend and Raising Earnings Forecast Steel Dynamics announced today that the company is increasing their quarterly dividend by 33% and raising their first quarter earnings forecast...... Qualcomm Offers Investors a Bigger Dividend Qualcomm announced yesterday that the company is increasing their quarterly dividend by 13%...... Investors Receive a Small Dividend Increase from Staples Investors will take the small dividend increase from Staples, but it won’t offset the company’s falling stock price..... Tyco Raising Dividend By 20% Tyco International announced today that the company is raising their quarterly dividend by 20% to $.25 per share...... The Bank of Nova Scotia Is Increasing Their Dividend The Bank of Nova Scotia is the 3rd largest bank in Canada and is only the second Canadian bank stock to increase their dividend since the recession...... 5 Canadian Bank Stocks for Conservative Investors Jim Cramer is recommending that conservative investors take a look at Canadian bank stocks that offer less headline risk......