ABT increases its dividend for the 37th (!) consecutive year: <a href="http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Abbott-Announces-11-Percent-prnews-14424173.html" target="_blank">http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Abbott-Announces-11-Percent-prnews-14424173.html</a> The increase of 11% brings the annualized payout to $1.60/sh, a yield of about 3%.