These stocks could see big dividend increases this year

From Dividends Value:
In this space we normally look at companies that have recently raised their dividends. However, as the year draws to a close there were very few companies of note increasing their dividends this week.
With that, I thought it would be interesting to see who were the big dividend-raisers in 2010 and what we might see in 2011.
Here are 10 companies for your consideration:
Abbott Laboratories (ABT) in April 2010 raised its dividend 10% to $0.44/share from $0.40/share. In April 2009 it raised its dividend 11%. ABT has increased its dividend for 38 consecutive years and I expect them to...
Read full article...
More on dividends:
These stocks are an income investor's dream
Introducing the world's top dividend stocks for 2011
The No. 1 "secret" for compounding your wealth with dividends
View the original article here