GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. $27

GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. $27 (www.ge.com) has raised its quarterly dividend by 15.8%, to $0.22 a share from $0.19. The new annual rate of $0.88 yields 3.3%. Buy.

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