Barron's statistics director Peter Miller found only three payout enhancements from companies in the industrials. They were AT&T (T), Boeing (BA) and United Technologies (UTX). The payouts from AT&T and Boeing, however, don't take effect until this quarter.

Barron's statistics director Peter Miller found only three payout enhancements from companies in the industrials. They were AT&T (T), Boeing (BA) and United Technologies (UTX). The payouts from AT&T and Boeing, however, don't take effect until this quarter.

Barron's statistics director Peter Miller found only three payout enhancements from companies in the industrials. They were AT&T (T), Boeing (BA) and United Technologies (UTX). The payouts from AT&T and Boeing, however, don't take effect until this quarter.

Four other Dow components -- Kraft Foods (KFT), McDonald's (MCD), Microsoft (MSFT) and Verizon Communications (VZ) -- all sent out bigger dividend checks last quarter, but the fatter payouts had been declared in the third quarter.

Four other Dow components -- Kraft Foods (KFT), McDonald's (MCD), Microsoft (MSFT) and Verizon Communications (VZ) -- all sent out bigger dividend checks last quarter, but the fatter payouts had been declared in the third quarter.

Four other Dow components -- Kraft Foods (KFT), McDonald's (MCD), Microsoft (MSFT) and Verizon Communications (VZ) -- all sent out bigger dividend checks last quarter, but the fatter payouts had been declared in the third quarter.

Four other Dow components -- Kraft Foods (KFT), McDonald's (MCD), Microsoft (MSFT) and Verizon Communications (VZ) -- all sent out bigger dividend checks last quarter, but the fatter payouts had been declared in the third quarter.

Bank of America (BAC), which has just completed its acquisition of Merrill Lynch for $50 billion in stock, halved its quarterly to 32 cents a share, saving it some $6 billion annually.