Its shares have fallen 9% this year, but they carry a 3.4% dividend yield, and the company has increased payments for 48 straight years.

该公司股票今年以来累计跌了9%，不过股息率为3.4%，而且该公司连续48年提高股息。

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Investors can already get more dividend income from holding shares of major companies like Intel Corp., General Electric Co. and Home Depot Inc. than they can from the 10-year Treasury note.

投资者从持有英特尔、通用电气和家得宝等公司股票中获得的股息已经超过了10年期美国国债收益。

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Mitchells & Butlers lost 2.6 percent to 344.6 pence after the U.K. owner of the All Bar One Chain reported a full-year net loss of 84 million pounds ($133.8 million) and declined to pay a dividend.

英国酒店运营商密歇-布特餐饮（Mitchells & Butlers）股价下跌2.6%，至344.6便士，该公司公布2010年全年亏损8400万英镑（约合1.338亿美元），减少支付股息。

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What if I had told you on Jan. 1, 2000, to sell all your tech stocks those highflying stocks that were doubling and tripling every few months and to spread the proceeds equally across three very boring investments: gold, 10-year Treasury bonds and stodgy old dividend-paying stocks like the ones inside the Vanguard Dividend Growth Fund (VDIGX) .

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But its low profile has translated into an average annual total return over the past decade of 4.14%--dominated by the dividend it has paid and raised every year--that crushed the average annual total return of the broader market--characterized by low payouts, low yields and high growth expectations--of negative 1.81%.

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And after the terrorist strikes worsened the flagging demand for rooms in Marriott hotels--one, sitting next to the World Trade Center, was destroyed--Host Marriott said it's likely to pay no dividend for the fourth quarter and a much-reduced dividend next year.

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