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The criteria used to determine which company to start a DRIP plan with, will vary depending upon the individual. I suggest that a few things you research are, current dividend yield, dividend history and future growth estimates.

Sometimes common sense can help you decide also. For example, if you feel comfortable that GE will be around for a long time to come, then this could help you make your decision.

Dividend Yield listed below for these companies will only be updated at the beginning of each year. I am old and cannot update on a regular basis. If a certain company interests you, it is best to check the current financials before making a decision.

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1. Company: AO Smith Corp. (AOS)

A. O. Smith Corporation engages in the manufacture and sale of water heating equipment and electric motors to residential, commercial, and industrial markets principally in the United States. It operates in two segments, Water Products and Electrical Products. The Water Products segment manufactures and markets a line of residential gas and electric water heaters, commercial water heating equipment, copper-tube boilers, and water systems tanks. The Electrical Products segment produces hermetic motors, fractional horsepower alternating current (AC) and direct current (DC) motors, and integral horsepower motors. It also operates in Mexico, the People's Republic of China, Canada, and internationally. The company sells its water heater products to plumbing wholesalers and retail outlets, and electric motor products to original equipment manufacturers and distributors. A. O. Smith Corporation was founded in 1874 and is headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Current Dividend Yield: 2.00%

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2. Company: AFLAC Inc. (AFL)

Aflac Incorporated, through its subsidiaries, engages in the marketing and sale of supplemental health and life insurance plans in the United States and Japan. It sells cancer plans, care plans, general medical indemnity plans, medical/sickness riders, living benefit life plans, ordinary life insurance plans, and annuities in Japan. The company also sells cancer plans and various types of health insurance, including accident/disability, fixed-benefit dental, sickness and hospital indemnity, vision care, hospital intensive care, long-term care, ordinary life, and short-term disability plans in the United States. Aflac underwrites individually issued policies, and markets its policies through independent agents, as well as through independent corporate agencies, and individual agencies. The company was founded in 1955 and is headquartered in Columbus, Georgia.

Current Dividend Yield: 1.60%

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3. Company: AGL Resources Inc. (ATG)

AGL Resources, Inc., an energy services holding company, principally distributes natural gas in Florida, Georgia, Maryland, New Jersey, Tennessee, and Virginia. It operates in four segments: Distribution Operations, Retail Energy Operations, Wholesale Services, and Energy Investments. The Distribution Operations segment operates utilities with approximately 43,000 miles of distribution and transmission mains in the 6 states. The Retail Energy Operations segment markets natural gas and related services to retail customers in Georgia. The Wholesale Services segment's activities include asset management, transportation, storage, production and peaking services, and wholesale marketing. The Energy Investments segment comprises investments in Jefferson Island Storage & Hub, LLC, which operates a storage and hub facility in Louisiana; AGL Networks, LLC, which provides telecommunications conduit and dark fiber; and Pivotal Propane of Virginia, Inc., which offers propane air. As of December 31, 2006, the company had approximately 7.35 billion cubic feet of liquefied natural gas (LNG) storage capacity in 5 LNG plants located in Georgia, New Jersey, and Tennessee, as well as owned 3 propane storage facilities in Virginia and Georgia, which had a combined capacity of approximately 4.5 million gallons. It serves approximately 2.2 million customers in 6 states. AGL Resources was founded in 1856 and is based in Atlanta, Georgia.

Current Dividend Yield: 4.20%

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4. Company: Albemarle Corp. (ALB)

Albemarle Corporation engages in the development, manufacture, and marketing of specialty chemicals. It operates in three segments: Polymer Additives, Catalysts, and Fine Chemicals. The Polymer Additives segment offers brominated, mineral, and phosphorus flame retardants, which are used in plastic enclosures for consumer electronics, printed circuit boards, wire and cable, electrical connectors, foam insulation, foam seating in furniture, automobiles, and textiles; and curatives that are used for polyurethane and epoxy system polymerization, and for ultraviolet curing of various inks and coatings, as well as antioxidants and stabilizers. The Catalysts segment produces refinery catalysts, including hydroprocessing catalysts, and fluidized catalytic cracking catalysts and additives; and polyolefin catalysts comprising aluminum and magnesium alkyls, which are used as co-catalysts in the production of polyolefins. The Fine Chemicals segment provides elemental bromine, alkyl bromides, inorganic bromides, and various bromine fine chemicals used in chemical synthesis, oil and gas well drilling and completion fluids, paper manufacturing, water purification, glass manufacturing, and photography industries; and fine chemistry services and intermediates for the pharmaceutical and agricultural use. This segment also offers tertiary amines for surfactants, biocides, disinfectants, and sanitizers; potassium and chlorine-based products used in industrial applications; alkenyl succinic anhydride used in paper-sizing formulations; and aluminum oxides used in refractory, ceramic, and polishing applications. It serves manufacturers of consumer electronics, building and construction materials, automotive parts, packaging, pharmachemicals and agrichemicals, and petroleum refiners. Albemarle Corporation operates in the United States, Netherlands, Jordan, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, and internationally. The company was founded in 1993 and is based in Richmond, Virginia.

Current Dividend Yield: 1.10%

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5. Company: Alliant Energy Corp. (LNT)

Alliant Energy Corporation, through its subsidiaries, operates in the utility industry in the United States. The company, through Interstate Power and Light Company (IPL), engages in the generation, transmission, distribution, and sale of electric energy; and the purchase, distribution, transportation, and sale of natural gas in markets in Iowa and Minnesota. As of December 31, 2006, IPL supplied electric services to approximately 538,409 customers and gas services to approximately 239,372 customers. It also provides steam services and various other energy-related products and services to customers in Iowa. Alliant Energy, through Wisconsin Power and Light Company (WPL), also engages in the generation, distribution, and sale of electric energy; and the purchase, distribution, transportation, and sale of natural gas primarily in south and central Wisconsin markets. WPL supplied electric services to approximately 456,425 customers and gas services approximately 182,098 customers. In addition, it provides various other energy-related products and services. The company was founded in 1917 and is based in Madison, Wisconsin.

Current Dividend Yield: 3.70%

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6. Company: AT&T Inc. (T)

AT&T, Inc. provides telecommunication services and products to residential, business, and governmental customers in the United States and internationally. Its services include local exchange services, long-distance services, wireless communications, data/broadband and Internet services, managed networking, wholesale services, directory advertising and publishing, and sale of telecommunications equipment. The company offers a range of wireline services, including local and long-distance services; caller ID, call waiting, and voice mail services to retail customers; switched access service to service providers; and call routing by origination point, time-of-day routing, and virtual private network applications, including dedicated outbound facilities. It also provides wireline data services, including switched and dedicated transport, Internet access, network integration, and data equipment sales, as well as private lines, packet services, dedicated Internet and enterprise networking services, DSL/broadband, dial-up Internet access, and WiFi. AT&T's wireless services comprise local wireless communications service, long-distance service, roaming services, and wireless data services. It also sells various handsets and personal computer wireless data cards; and accessories, such as carrying cases, hands-free devices, batteries, battery chargers, and other items, to consumers, as well as to agents and other third-party distributors. In addition, AT&T publishes Yellow and White Pages directories, and sells directory and Internet-based advertising. It has a strategic relationship with Yahoo! Inc. The company was founded in 1983. It was formerly known as SBC Communications, Inc. and changed its name to AT&T, Inc. in 2005. The company is based in San Antonio, Texas.

Current Dividend Yield: 4.20%

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7. Company: Anheuser-Busch Companies Inc. (BUD)

Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the production and distribution of beer. The company operates in four segments: Domestic Beer, International Beer, Packaging, and Entertainment. The Domestic Beer segment offers beer under the Budweiser, Michelob, Busch, and Natural brand names. The segment also offers specialty beers, non-alcohol brews, malt liquors, specialty malt beverages, energy drinks, ale, and malt-based products, such as caffeine, gingseng, and guarana. The International Beer segment markets and sells Budweiser and various brands outside the United States; and operates breweries in the United Kingdom and China. This segment also negotiates and administers license and contract brewing agreements with various foreign brewers; and negotiates and manages equity investments in foreign brewing partners. In addition, this segment owns and sells beer under the Harbin and various brand names. The Packaging segment manufactures beverage cans and beverage can lids; pressure sensitive, metalized, plastic, and paper labels; crown and closure liner materials; and glass bottles. This segment also engages in buying, recycling, and selling aluminum and plastic beverage containers. The Entertainment segment owns and operates theme parks in Tampa and Orlando, Florida; Williamsburg, Virginia; San Antonio, Texas; Langhorne, Pennsylvania; and San Diego, California. In addition, the company, through its subsidiaries, engages in real estate development; and owns and operates The Kingsmill Resort and Conference Center in Williamsburg, Virginia. The company also owns and operates transportation service businesses. Anheuser-Busch Companies was founded in 1852 and is based in St. Louis, Missouri.

Current Dividend Yield: 2.80%

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8. Company: American Express Company (AXP)

American Express Company, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a payments, network, and travel company worldwide. It offers individual consumer charge cards, revolving credit cards, and cobrand cards; and merchant acquisition and processing, and proprietary payments services. The company also issues travelers checks; various prepaid products, including reloadable and nonreloadable prepaid cards; incentive prepaid products, such as gift cheques, points-based incentive cards, and incentive funds card; and prepaid gift cards. In addition, American Express provides expense management services to approximately 100,000 firms through its corporate card program, corporate purchasing solutions, electronic invoicing and payment services, and business travel services. Its travel services include travel reservation advice and booking transaction processing; travel expense management policy consultation; supplier negotiation and consultation; management information reporting, data analysis and benchmarking; and foreign exchange services. The company, through American Express Bank, offers various investment management, trust, estate planning, and banking services; saving and investment products; and various correspondent banking products, including international payments processing, trade-related payments and financing, cash management, loans, extensions of credit, and investment products, as well as distributes mutual funds and provides treasury and capital market products. Further, it publishes luxury lifestyle magazines; travel and business resources; general interest, cooking, wine, financial, and time management books; and international magazine editions. The company serves consumers, small businesses, mid-market companies, and banking institutions. American Express was founded in 1850 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

Current Dividend Yield: 1.50%

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9. Company: Bank of America Corporation (BAC)

Bank of America Corporation, a financial holding company, provides banking and nonbanking financial services in the United States and internationally. The company's Global Consumer and Small Business Banking segment offers savings accounts, money market savings accounts, certificate of deposits, individual retirement accounts, and regular and interest-checking accounts; consumer cards, business cards, debit cards, international cards, and merchant services; mortgage products for home purchase and refinancing needs; insurance services; and lines of credit and home equity loans. Bank of America's Global Corporate and Investment Banking segment provides commercial and corporate bank loans, indirect consumer loans, commitment facilities, real estate lending products, and leasing and asset-based lending products for banking clients, middle market commercial clients, multinational corporate clients, public and private developers, homebuilders, and commercial real estate firms; advisory services, financing, and related products for institutional investor clients in support of their investing and trading activities; debt and equity underwriting, merger-related advisory services, and risk management solutions; and treasury management, trade finance, foreign exchange, short-term credit facilities, and short-term investing options for correspondent banks, commercial real estate firms, and governments. The company's Global Wealth and Investment Management segment offers investment and brokerage services, estate management, financial planning services, fiduciary management, credit and banking expertise, and diversified asset management products to institutional clients and high-net-worth individuals. As of September 26, 2007, the company operated approximately 5,700 retail banking offices and 17,000 automated teller machines. Bank of America was founded in 1874 and is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Current Dividend Yield: 5.80%

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10. Company: The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (BK)

The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation provides services that enable institutions and individuals to move and manage their financial assets in various markets worldwide. It offers asset and wealth management; and asset servicing, clearing and execution, issuer, and treasury services for institutions, corporations, and high-net-worth individuals. The company provides asset and wealth management products, including investment management products and services; wealth and estate planning; private banking and finance; and global custody and information management services to corporations, governments, unions, foundations, endowments, and mutual funds. Its asset servicing offerings include custody, fund services, securities lending, liquidity services, outsourcing, government securities clearance, collateral management, and credit-related services to corporate and public retirement funds; foundations; and global financial institutions, including banks, broker-dealers, investment managers, and insurance companies. The company's clearing and execution services comprise broker-dealer, registered investment advisor, and execution services. Its issuer services consist of corporate trust, depositary receipts, employee investment plan services, and stock transfer; and treasury services include global payments, trade services, cash management, capital markets, foreign exchange, and derivatives. The company, formerly known as The Bank of New York Company, Inc., was founded in 1784. It changed its name to The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation in July 2007. The company is headquartered in New York, New York.

Current Dividend Yield: 2.10%

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11. Company: Baxter International Inc. (BAX)

Baxter International, Inc. is a diversified medical products and services company. It provides medical devices, pharmaceuticals, and biotechnology for the treatment of hemophilia, immune disorders, cancer, infectious diseases, kidney disease, and trauma worldwide. The company's BioScience segment manufactures plasma-based and recombinant proteins used to treat hemophilia. Its products include plasma-based therapies to treat immune disorders, alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency, and other chronic blood-related conditions; biosurgery products for hemostasis, wound-sealing, and tissue regeneration; and vaccines. This segment also provides technologies used in adult stem-cell therapies. Its Medication Delivery segment manufactures intravenous (IV) solutions and administration sets, pre-mixed drugs and drug reconstitution systems, pre-filled vials and syringes for injectable drugs, and electronic infusion devices. It also provides IV nutrition products, inhalation anesthetics for general anesthesia, contract manufacturing services, and drug formulation and packaging technologies. Baxter's Renal segment manufactures products for peritoneal dialysis (PD), a home therapy for people with end-stage renal disease and irreversible kidney failure, as well as distributes products for hemodialysis. Its products include PD solutions and related supplies, and automated PD cyclers that provide therapy to patients overnight. The company distributes its products through independent distributors, drug wholesalers, and specialty pharmacy or homecare companies to hospitals, clinical and medical research laboratories, kidney dialysis centers, rehabilitation centers, nursing homes, doctors' offices, and to patients at home under physician supervision. It has collaboration with Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc. to develop subcutaneous Gammagard Liquid administration using Halozyme's Enhanze technology. The company was incorporated in 1931 and is headquartered in Deerfield, Illinois.

Current Dividend Yield: 1.40%

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12. Company: Black & Decker Corp. (BDK)

The Black & Decker Corporation manufactures and markets power tools and accessories, hardware and home improvement products, and technology-based fastening systems worldwide. Its Power Tools and Accessories segment offers power tools and equipment, such as drills, screwdrivers, impact wrenches and drivers, hammers, wet/dry vacuums, lights, radio/chargers, saws, grinders, band saws, plate joiners, jointers, lathes, dust management systems, routers, planers, sanders, benchtop and stationary machinery, air tools, building instruments, air compressors, generators, laser products, jobsite security systems, and project centers and related products. It also provides lawn and garden tools, including hedge trimmers, string trimmers, lawn mowers, edgers, pruners, shears, shrubbers, blower/vacuums, power sprayers, pressure washers, and related accessories; and consumer portable power products comprising inverters, jump-starters, vehicle battery chargers, and rechargeable spotlights. Further, this segment provides stick, canister, and hand-held vacuums, as well as flexible flashlights and wet scrubbers; power tool accessories, such as drill bits, hammer bits, router bits, hacksaws and blades, circular saw blades, jig and reciprocating saw blades, screwdriver bits and quick-change systems, bonded and other abrasives, and worksite tool belts and bags; replacement parts, and repair and maintenance services. The company's Hardware and Home Improvement segment provides door locksets, electronic keyless entry systems, exit devices, keying systems, general hardware, decorative hardware, lamps, and brass ornaments; and plumbing products, such as lavatory, kitchen, and tub and shower faucets, as well as bath and kitchen accessories; and replacement parts. Black & Decker's Fastening and Assembly Systems segment offers metal and plastic fasteners and engineered fastening systems for commercial applications. The company was founded in 1910 and is headquartered in Towson, Maryland.

Current Dividend Yield: 2.30%

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13. Company: Boston Properties Inc. (BXP)

Boston Properties, Inc., a real estate investment trust (REIT), together with its subsidiaries, engages in the ownership and development of office properties in the United States. Its properties are located in Boston, Washington, D.C., midtown Manhattan, San Francisco, and Princeton, New Jersey. As of December 31, 2006, the company owned interests in 131 properties, including 127 office properties, 2 hotels, and 2 retail properties. It also owned or controlled undeveloped land of approximately 524.3 acres. The company has elected to be taxed as REIT under the Internal Revenue Code and would not be subject to federal income taxes, if it distributes approximately 100% of its taxable income to its shareholders. Boston Properties was founded in 1970 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.

Current Dividend Yield: 2.90%

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14. Company: Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. (BNI)

Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation, through its subsidiaries, provides freight rail transportation services in North America. The company transports various products and commodities, including consumer, industrial, coal, and agricultural products. The consumer products include automotives, such as motor vehicles and vehicle parts, as well as perishables and dry boxcar products, including beverages, canned goods, and perishable food items. It also transports other consumer goods, such as cotton, salt, rubber, and tires. The company offers transport services for industrial products, including construction products, such as clays, sands, cements, aggregates, sodium compounds, and other industrial minerals; and building products, including lumber, plywood, oriented strand board, particleboard, paper products, pulpmill feedstocks, wood pulp, and sawlogs. Burlington Northern Santa Fe also transports chemical and plastic products, such as caustic soda, chlorine, industrial gases, acids, polyethylene, polypropylene, and polyvinyl chloride used by automotive, housing, and packaging industries, as well as feed stocks to produce other chemical and plastic products; and petroleum products, including liquefied petroleum gas, diesel fuels, asphalt, alcohol, solvents, petroleum coke, lubes, oils, waxes, and carbon black. In addition, the company provides transport services for agricultural products, including wheat, corn, bulk foods, soybeans, oil seeds and meals, feeds, barley, oats and rye, milo, specialty grains, ethanol, fertilizers, oils, malt, and flour and mill products. As of February 15, 2007, it operated a railroad system consisting of approximately 32,000 route miles in 28 states and 2 Canadian provinces. Burlington Northern Santa Fe was founded in 1849 and is headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas.

Current Dividend Yield: 1.50%

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15. Company: Boeing Co. (BA)

The Boeing Company, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the design, development, manufacture, sale, and support of commercial jetliners, military aircraft, satellites, missile defense, and human space flight and launch systems and services worldwide. It operates in five segments: Commercial Airplanes (CA), Precision Engagement and Mobility Systems (PE&MS), Network and Space Systems (N&SS), Support Systems (SS), and Boeing Capital Corporation (BCC). The CA segment provides commercial jet aircrafts and related services primarily to the commercial airline industry. It also offers aviation support, aircraft modifications, spares, training, maintenance documents, and technical advice to commercial customers. The PE&MS segment engages in the research, development, production, and modification of precision engagement, and mobility products and services. The N&SS segment engages in the research, development, production, and modification of products and services that assist in the transformation of operations to be network-centric, through integration, intelligence and surveillance systems, communications, architectures, and space exploration. The SS segment engages in operations, maintenance, training, upgrades, and logistics support functions for military platforms and operations. The BCC segment facilitates, arranges, structures, and provides selective financing solutions in the commercial aircraft market, and the space and defense markets. This segments portfolio consists of finance leases, notes and other receivables, equipment under operating leases, and investments and assets held for sale or re-lease. The Boeing Company also operates a high speed broadband communications business. It has a partnership with Lockheed Martin Corporation. The company was incorporated in 1916 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Current Dividend Yield: 2.00%

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16. Company: Barnes & Noble, Inc. (BKS)

Barnes & Noble, Inc. operates as a bookseller in the United States and the District of Columbia. It operates its bookstores under the trade names Barnes & Noble Booksellers and B. Dalton Bookseller. The company engages in the sale of trade books, including hardcover and paperback consumer titles; mass market paperbacks, such as mystery, romance, science fiction, and other popular fiction; children's books; bargain books; magazines; music; and movies. It also sells its books through its Web site, Barnes & Noble.com. In addition, the company, through its subsidiaries, publishes a range of nonfiction and illustrated books in various areas, such as crafts, food and wine, home design, woodworking, puzzles and games, and children's books. As of August 29, 2007, it operated 792 bookstores in 50 states. The company was founded in 1873 and is based in New York, New York.

Current Dividend Yield: 2.00%

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17. Company: BHP Billiton Ltd. (BHP)

BHP Billiton Limited, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the extraction and processing of minerals, oil, and gas primarily in Australia, Latin America, and southern Africa. It operates through nine segments: Petroleum, Aluminium, Base Metals, Diamonds and Specialty Products, Stainless Steel Materials, Iron Ore, Manganese, Metallurgical Coal, and Energy Coal. The Petroleum segment engages in the exploration, production, development, and marketing of hydrocarbons including oil, gas, and liquid natural gas in Australia, the United Kingdom, the United States, Algeria, Trinidad and Tobago, and Pakistan, as well as owns exploration interests in Malaysia, Colombia, and southern Africa. The Aluminium segment engages in the exploration and mining of bauxite, and the processing and marketing of aluminium and alumina in Australia, Brazil, Mozambique, South Africa, and Suriname. The Base Metals segment involves in the exploration, mining, processing, and marketing of copper, silver, zinc, lead, molybdenum, uranium, and copper by-products, including gold in Chile, Australia, and Peru. The Diamonds and Specialty Products segment engages in mining of diamonds and titanium minerals in Canada, South Africa, and Mozambique. The Stainless Steel Materials segment engages in the mining, processing, and marketing of nickel and nickel intermediates primarily in Australia. The Iron Ore segment engages in the exploration, mining, processing, and marketing of iron ore primarily in Australia. The Manganese segment engages in mining, processing, and marketing of manganese ore in South Africa. The Metallurgical Coal segment engages in the exploration, mining, processing, and marketing of metallurgical coal in Australia. The Energy Coal segment engage in the exploration, mining, processing, and marketing of energy coal in South Africa, Australia, Colombia, and the United States. The company was founded in 1885 and is based in Melbourne, Australia.

Current Dividend Yield: 1.60%

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18. Company: Cabot Corp. (CBT)

Cabot Corporation provides specialty chemicals and performance materials worldwide. Its product lines include carbon black, metal oxides, supermetals, and specialty fluids. The carbon black product line comprises rubber blacks, performance products, and inkjet colorants. The company offers these products for various markets, such as automotive, building materials, agricultural, coatings, toners, plastics, inkjet printing, and electronics market. The metal oxides product line consists of fumed metal oxides, including fumed silica and fumed alumina, and dispersions; and aerogel products for the automotive, construction, microelectronics, and consumer products industries. The supermetals product line includes tantalum, niobium, and their alloys. The company's tantalum powder is used to make capacitors for computers, networking devices, wireless phones, and electronics for automobiles and other devices; superalloys and chemical process equipment are used for various other industrial and aerospace applications; finished tantalum sputtering is used for film applications, such as semiconductors, inkjet heads, magnetics, and flat panel displays. The specialty fluids product line comprises cesium formate, a drilling and completion fluid, for use in high pressure and high temperature oil and gas well operations. The company was founded in 1882 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Current Dividend Yield: 2.40%

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19. Company: California Water Service Group (CWT)

California Water Service Group, through its subsidiaries, provides water utility and other related services in California, Washington, New Mexico, and Hawaii. The company engages in the production, purchase, storage, treatment, testing, distribution, and sale of water for domestic, industrial, public, and irrigation uses, as well as for fire protection. It also provides non regulated water-related services, including water system operation, billing, and meter reading services under agreements with municipalities and other private companies. The company also engages in the lease of communication antenna sites and lab services. As of February 22, 2006, California Water Services in the regulated business served approximately 460,900 customers in 83 communities. The company was founded in 1926 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.

Current Dividend Yield: 3.40%

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20. Company: Canadian National Railway Company (CNI)

Canadian National Railway Company, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the rail and related transportation business in North America. It provides transportation for various goods, including petroleum and chemicals, metals and minerals, forest products, construction materials and equipment, coal, grain, fertilizers, and automotive products. As of December 31, 2006, the company operated approximately 20,300 route miles, including 14,000 route miles in 8 Canadian provinces and the Northwest Territories, as well as approximately 6,300 route miles in 16 U.S. states. It serves metropolitan areas in Canada and to the U.S. rail hubs of Buffalo, Detroit, Duluth/Superior, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Chicago, St. Louis, Jackson, Memphis, New Orleans, Baton Rouge, and Mobile, as well as serves five Canadian ports on the Atlantic and Pacific oceans and the Great Lakes; and New Orleans on the Gulf of Mexico. Canadian National Railway Company was founded in 1922 and is headquartered in Montreal, Canada.

Current Dividend Yield: 1.70%

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21. Company: Chicago Bridge & Iron Company N.V. (CBI)

Chicago Bridge & Iron Company N.V. operates as an engineering, procurement, and construction company worldwide. It offers conceptual design, engineering, procurement, fabrication, field erection, mechanical installation, and commissioning services. The company's projects include hydrocarbon processing plants, liquefied natural gas terminals and peak shaving plants, offshore structures, pipelines, bulk liquid terminals, water storage and treatment facilities, and other steel structures and associated systems. It serves various industries, including oil and gas, petrochemical and chemical, power, water and wastewater, and metals and mining. Chicago Bridge & Iron Company was founded in 1889 and is based in Hoofddorp, the Netherlands.

Current Dividend Yield: 0.40%

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22. Company: China Life Insurance Co. Ltd. (LFC)

China Life Insurance Company Limited provides annuity products and life insurance to individuals and groups in China. The company offers products and services, such as individual and group life insurance, accident, and health insurance. It distributes its products through its direct sales representatives; agents; intermediaries; and commercial banks, postal savings, and cooperative saving institutions. The company was founded in 1949 and is headquartered in Beijing, China. China Life Insurance Company Limited is a subsidiary of China Life Insurance (Group) Company.

Current Dividend Yield: 0.50%

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23. Company: Citigroup Inc. (C)

Citigroup, Inc., a multibank holding company, provides various financial services to customers in the United States and internationally. The company's Global Consumer segment offers banking, lending, insurance, and investment services. As of March 31, 2007, this segment operated through a network of 8,140 branches, approximately 19,100 automated teller machines, 708 automated lending machines, and the Internet. Its Markets and Banking segment provides various investment and commercial banking services and products, which comprise investment banking and advisory services, debt and equity trading, institutional brokerage, foreign exchange, structured products, derivatives, and lending. It also offers cash management and trade finance for corporations and financial institutions; custody and fund services to insurance companies and pension funds; clearing services to intermediaries; and depository and agency/trust services to multinational corporations and governments. The company's Global Wealth Management segment provides investment advice, financial planning, and brokerage services to affluent individuals, companies, and non-profits. This segment also offers wealth management services for high net worth clients. These services include investment management, such as investment funds management, capital markets solutions, trust, fiduciary, and custody services; investment finance that comprises credit services, such as real estate financing, commitments, and letters of credit; and banking services, which consist of deposit, checking, and savings accounts, as well as cash management and other banking services. The company's Alternative Investments segment manages products across five asset classes, such as private equity, hedge funds, real estate, structured products, and managed futures. Citigroup was founded in 1812 and is based in New York, New York.

Current Dividend Yield: 4.80%

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24. Company: Coca-Cola Co. (KO)

The Coca-Cola Company engages in the manufacture, distribution, and marketing of nonalcoholic beverage concentrates and syrups worldwide. The company offers nonalcoholic beverages, principally carbonated soft drinks, as well as noncarbonated beverages. Its beverage products comprise bottled and canned soft drinks and beverages products. The company's products also include beverage concentrates, such as flavoring ingredients and sweeteners; syrups, the beverage ingredients produced by combining concentrates, sweeteners, and added water; and fountain syrups that use equipment for mixing the syrups with carbonated or noncarbonated water for immediate consumption, and are sold to fountain retailers, such as restaurants. The Coca-Cola Company also produces and markets noncarbonated beverages, including waters and flavored waters, juice and juice drinks, energy and sports drinks, teas, and coffees. The company markets its nonalcoholic beverages under various brand names, including Coca-Cola, Diet Coke, Fanta, and Sprite. It sells its finished beverage products primarily to distributors. The company sells its beverage concentrates and syrups to bottling and canning operators, distributors, fountain wholesalers, and fountain retailers. The Coca-Cola Company was founded in 1886 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

Current Dividend Yield: 2.40%

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25. Company: Constellation Energy Group, Inc. (CEG)

Constellation Energy Group, Inc. supplies energy products and services to wholesale customers, and retail commercial, industrial, and governmental customers in North America. It operates in three segments: Merchant Energy, Regulated Electric, and Regulated Gas. The Merchant Energy segment engages in the ownership, operation, and maintenance of fossil, nuclear, and hydroelectric generating facilities. It also provides structured transactions and risk management services; gas retail energy products and services; engages in the exploration, production, transportation, and storage of natural gas to large utilities, power generators, wholesale marketers, and retail aggregators; and offers coal sourcing services. As of December 31, 2006, this segment managed approximately 8,680 megawatts of generation capacity. The Regulated Electric segment purchases, transmits, distributes, and sells electricity in Central Maryland. The Regulated Gas segment engages in the purchase, transportation, and sale of natural gas in Central Maryland. The company also designs, constructs, and operates heating, cooling, and cogeneration facilities; and provides home improvements, service electric and gas appliances, service heating, air conditioning, plumbing, electrical, and indoor air quality systems, as well as offers gas marketing services. Constellation Energy was founded in 1906 and is based in Baltimore, Maryland.

Current Dividend Yield: 2.00%

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26. Company: Calgon Carbon Corp. (CCC)

Calgon Carbon Corporation provides services, products, and solutions for purifying water and air in the United States and internationally. It has three segments: Activated Carbon and Service, Equipment, and Consumer. The Activated Carbon and Service segment manufactures granular activated carbon to remove organic compounds from water, air, and other liquids and gases. It also provides leasing, monitoring, and maintenance services of carbon adsorption equipment. In addition, this segment provides carbon reactivation, handling, transportation, perchlorate removal services for groundwater treatment, and resin exchange services with disposal of the spent resins. The Equipment segment offers systems to purify air and water. Its equipment employs activated carbon and ion exchange resins for purification, separation, and concentration; and proprietary ISEP (Ionic Separator) continuous ion exchange units for the purification of products in the food, pharmaceutical, and biotechnology industries. Its carbon equipment is used for volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions control, air stripper off-gases, and landfill gas emissions, as well as for process purification, wastewater treatment, groundwater remediation, and dechlorination. The ISEP units are also used to remove nitrate and perchlorate contaminants from drinking water. This segment also offers UV equipment to disinfect drinking and waste water, as well as produces odor control equipment to control odors at municipal wastewater treatment facilities and pumping stations. The Consumer segment manufactures and sells carbon cloth for the medical and specialty markets, as well as offers PreZerve storage products to protect and preserve jewelry, and AllGone to adsorb odors and impurities from the air. Calgon Carbon Corporation serves potable water, industrial process, environmental water and air, food, and specialty markets. The company was founded in 1942 and is based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Current Dividend Yield: N/A

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27. Company: Deere & Co. (DE)

Deere & Company engages in the manufacture and distribution of products and services for agriculture and forestry worldwide. It operates in four segments: Agricultural Equipment, Commercial and Consumer Equipment, Construction and Forestry, and Credit. The Agricultural Equipment segment offers a line of farm equipment and related service parts, including tractors; combine, cotton, and sugarcane harvesters; tillage, seeding, and soil preparation machinery; sprayers; hay and forage equipment; integrated agricultural management systems technology; and precision agricultural irrigation equipment. The Commercial and Consumer Equipment segment provides equipment, products, and service parts for commercial and residential uses, such as tractors for lawn, garden, commercial, and utility purposes; mowing equipment, including walk-behind mowers; golf course equipment; utility vehicles; landscape and nursery products; irrigation equipment; and other outdoor power products. The Construction and Forestry segment offers a range of machines and service parts used in construction, earthmoving, material handling, and timber harvesting, including backhoe loaders; crawler dozers and loaders; four-wheel-drive loaders; excavators; motor graders; articulated dump trucks; landscape loaders; skid-steer loaders; and log skidders, feller bunchers, log loaders, log forwarders, log harvesters, and related attachments. Its products and services are marketed primarily through independent retail dealer networks and retail outlets. The Credit segment primarily finances sales and leases by dealers of new and used agricultural, commercial and consumer, and construction and forestry equipment. It also provides wholesale financing to dealers of the foregoing equipment, provides operating loans, finances retail revolving charge accounts, offers certain crop risk mitigation products, and invests in wind energy generation. The company was founded in 1837 and is based in Moline, Illinois.

Current Dividend Yield: 1.20%

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28. Company: Delta Natural Gas Co. Inc. (DGAS)

Delta Natural Gas Company, Inc. sells and distributes or transports natural gas to customers in central and southeastern Kentucky. It operates through two segments, Regulated and Non-Regulated. The Regulated segment sells and distributes natural gas to its retail customers primarily in 23 rural counties. It also transports gas to industrial customers on its system who purchase gas in the open market, as well as transports gas on behalf of local producers and other customers not on its distribution system. The Non-Regulated segment purchases natural gas on the national market and from Kentucky producers, and resells this gas to industrial customers on its distribution system and to others not on its system. It also produces natural gas that is sold on the non-regulated market. The company serves to approximately 39,000 customers on its distribution system. It owns approximately 2,500 miles of natural gas gathering, transmission, distribution, storage, and service lines, as well as has interests in oil and gas leases on 10,300 acres located in Bell, Knox, and Whitley counties. The company was founded in 1949 and is headquartered in Winchester, Kentucky.

Current Dividend Yield: 4.80%

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29. Company: Dominos Pizza Inc. (DPZ)

Domino's Pizza, Inc., through its subsidiary, Domino's, Inc., operates as a pizza delivery company primarily in the United States. It sells and delivers pizzas under the �Domino's Pizza' brand name. As of December 31, 2006, the company operated through a network of 8,366 company-owned and franchise stores located in all 50 states and approximately in 50 countries. It also operated 17 regional dough manufacturing and distribution centers in the contiguous United States, and 6 dough manufacturing and distribution centers outside the contiguous United States, as of above date. Domino's Pizza was founded in 1960 and is headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Current Dividend Yield: 3.60%

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30. Company: Dow Chemical Co. (DOW)

The Dow Chemical Company, through its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture and sale of chemicals, plastic materials, agricultural, and other specialized products and services in the United States and internationally. It operates in six segments: Performance Plastics, Performance Chemicals, Agricultural Sciences, Basic Plastics, Basic Chemicals, and Hydrocarbons and Energy. The Performance Plastics segment offers automotive products, building and construction products, epoxy resins and intermediates, polyurethanes and related systems, specialty plastics and elastomers, and technology licensing and catalyst products. The Performance Chemicals segment offers designed polymers, latex and acrylic monomers, and specialty chemicals. The Agricultural Sciences segment provides pest management, agricultural, and crop biotechnology products and solutions. The Basic Plastics segment offers polyethylene, polypropylene, and polystyrene resins. The Basic Chemicals segment provides chemicals, such as acids, alcohols, caustic soda, chlorine, chloroform, and other chemicals; and ethylene oxide/ethylene glycol chemicals. The Hydrocarbons and Energy segment activities include procurement of fuels, natural gas liquids, and crude oil-based raw materials, as well as the supply of monomers, power, and steam. Its products include benzene, butadiene, ethylene, propylene, styrene, power, steam, and other utilities. The company also engages in the property and casualty insurance and reinsurance business through its Liana Limited subsidiaries. The Dow Chemical serves various industries, including automotive, agricultural, building and construction, chemical processing, food, health and medicine, oil and gas, paints, coatings, and adhesives, personal and home care, pharmaceutical, processed foods, pulp and paper, textile, transportation, utilities, and other industries. The company was founded in 1897 and is based in Midland, Michigan.

Current Dividend Yield: 4.40%

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31. Company: EI DuPont de Nemours & Co. (DD)

E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (DuPont) operates as a science and technology company in various disciplines, including biotechnology, electronics, materials science, safety and security, and synthetic fibers. The company operates in six segments: Agriculture & Nutrition, Coatings & Color Technologies, Electronic & Communication Technologies, Performance Materials, Safety & Protection, and Pharmaceuticals. The Agriculture & Nutrition segment offers hybrid seed corn and soybean seed, herbicides, fungicides, insecticides, grains, and soy protein. The Coatings & Color Technologies segment provides automotive finishes, industrial coatings, and white pigments. The Electronic & Communication Technologies segment offers fluorochemicals, fluoropolymers, photopolymers, and electronic materials. The Performance Materials segment provides engineering polymers, packaging and industrial polymers, films, and elastomers. The Safety & Protection segment offers specialty and industrial chemicals, nonwovens, aramids, and solid surfaces. The Pharmaceuticals segment includes the company's interest in two antihypertensive drugs, the Cozaar and Hyzaar. The company also engages in nonaligned and developmental businesses, such as bio-based materials. It serves transportation, safety and protection, construction, motor vehicle, agricultural, home furnishings, medical, electronics, communications, protective apparel, and nutrition and health markets. It has a research and development agreement with Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Inc. to develop technologies for corn, soybeans, and other crops. The company operates in the United States, Europe, Asia Pacific, Canada, and Latin America. DuPont was founded in 1802 and is headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware.

Current Dividend Yield: 3.70%

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32. Company: Discover Financial Services (DFS)

Discover Financial Services operates as a credit card issuer and electronic payment services company in the United States. The company issues credit cards under the Discover Card brand to various segments within the consumer and small business sectors; and a range of banking products to its customers, including personal and home equity loans, certificates of deposit, and money market accounts. It also provides payment processing and related services to merchants and financial institutions. The company was incorporated in 1960 and is headquartered in Riverwoods, Illinois.

Current Dividend Yield: 1.50%

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33. Company: Eastman Kodak Co. (EK)

Eastman Kodak Company engages the in development, manufacture, and marketing of digital and traditional imaging products, services, and solutions worldwide. The company's Consumer Digital Imaging group offers digital cameras, home imaging accessory products, home printers and printer media, and digital picture frames; and kiosks, digital imaging services, and imaging sensors. It also provides an online merchandise and sharing service that enables consumers to view, store, and share photos with friends and family, as well as receive prints, photo books, frames, and calendars. Eastman Kodak Company's Film and Photofinishing Systems group offers films, film cameras, color photographic papers, photographic processing chemicals, wholesale photofinishing services, event imaging solutions, and equipment service and support used to create motion pictures, capture and print photographs, and for professional and commercial imaging applications. Its Graphic Communications group offers prepress consumables, workflow and proofing software, electrophotographic equipment and consumables, inkjet printing systems, document scanners, micrographic peripherals, and micrographic films for the creative, in-plant, data center, commercial printing, packaging, newspaper, and digital service bureau markets. The company was founded in 1880 and is headquartered in Rochester, New York.

Current Dividend Yield: 2.60%

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34. Company: EMC Insurance Group Inc. (EMCI)

EMC Insurance Group Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides property and casualty insurance and reinsurance products. Its commercial lines of property and casualty insurance products include automobile, property, workers' compensation, and liability insurance, as well as other insurance products that provide protection with respect to burglary and theft loss, aircraft, marine, and other losses. The company's personal insurance products consist of automobile, property, and liability insurance. EMC Insurance Group also offers property and casualty, property, crop, casualty, surety, and marine/aviation reinsurance products. The company serves small and medium-sized businesses, institutions, and individual customers. EMC Insurance Group markets its products through independent insurance agents. The company was founded in 1974 and is based in Des Moines, Iowa. EMC Insurance Group, Inc. is a subsidiary of Employers Mutual Casualty Company.

Current Dividend Yield: 3.20%

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35. Company: Empire District Electric Co. (EDE)

The Empire District Electric Company engages in the generation, purchase, transmission, distribution, and sale of electricity to residential, commercial, and industrial customers in parts of Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas. It provides water service to three towns in Missouri. The company, through its subsidiary, The Empire District Gas Company, also provides natural gas distribution to communities in northwest, north central, and west central Missouri. As of December 31, 2006, its gas utility properties consisted of approximately 87 miles of transmission mains and approximately 1,105 miles of distribution mains. The company also leases fiber optics cable and equipment, as well as distributes automated meter reading equipment. As of the above date, it owned generating facilities with a capacity of 1,100 megawatts. The Empire District Electric Company was founded in 1909 and is headquartered in Joplin, Missouri.

Current Dividend Yield: 5.70%

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36. Company: Exxon Mobil Corp. (XOM)

Exxon Mobil Corporation engages in the exploration, production, transportation, and sale of crude oil and natural gas. It also engages in the manufacture, transportation, and sale of petroleum products and petrochemicals, as well as participates in electric power generation. The company manufactures and markets commodity petrochemicals, including olefins, aromatics, polyethylene and polypropylene plastics, and other specialty products. Exxon Mobil also has interests in electric power generation facilities. In addition, it holds license to explore gas in the Gorgon liquefied natural gas project for domestic supply. The company operates in the United States, Canada, Europe, Africa, Asia-Pacific, the Middle East, Russia/Caspian region, and South America. Exxon Mobil was founded in 1870. The company was formerly known as Exxon Corporation and changed its name to Exxon Mobil Corporation in 1999. Exxon Mobil is based in Irving, Texas.

Current Dividend Yield: 1.70%

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37. Company: Fannie Mae (FNM)

Fannie Mae provides funds to mortgage lenders through the purchase of mortgage assets, and issues and guarantees mortgage-related securities that facilitate the flow of funds into the mortgage market in the United States. It operates in three segments: Single-Family Credit Guaranty, Housing and Community Development, and Capital Markets. The Single-Family Credit Guaranty segment securitizes single-family mortgage loans and facilitates the purchase of single-family mortgage loans for the company's mortgage portfolio. The Housing and Community Development segment securitizes multifamily mortgage loans and facilitates the purchase of multifamily mortgage loans for the company's mortgage portfolio. This segment also invests in rental and for-sale housing projects. The Capital Markets segment manages the company's investment activity in mortgage loans and mortgage-related securities. Fannie Mae's customers include mortgage banking companies, investment banks, savings and loan associations, savings banks, commercial banks, credit unions, community banks, and state and local housing finance agencies. The company was founded in 1938 and is based in Washington, D.C.

Current Dividend Yield: 4.30%

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38. Company: FedEx Corporation (FDX)

FedEx Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides transportation, e-commerce, and business services. It operates in four segments: FedEx Express, FedEx Ground, FedEx Freight, and FedEx Kinko's. The FedEx Express segment offers various shipping services for the delivery of packages and freight. This segment also provides international trade services specializing in customs brokerage and global cargo distribution; international trade advisory services; and publishes customs duty and tax information, as well as provides Global Trade Data, an information tool that allows customers to track and manage imports. The FedEx Ground segment provides business and residential money-back-guaranteed ground package delivery services. The FedEx Freight segment offers regional next-day and second-day, and interregional less-than-truckload (LTL) freight services, as well as long-haul LTL freight services. The FedEx Kinko's segment provides document services, such as printing, copying, and binding services; and business services, such as high-speed Internet access and computer rental, videoconferencing, signs and graphics production, and direct mail services. This segment also offers retail products, such as specialty papers, greeting cards, printer cartridges, stationery, and office supplies, as well as provides Web-based services. The company also offers supply chain solutions, including critical inventory logistics, transportation management, fulfillment, and fleet services. FedEx Corporation, formerly known as FDX Corporation, was founded in 1971 and is headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee.

Current Dividend Yield: 0.40%

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39. Company: Florida Public Utilities Co. (FPU)

Florida Public Utilities Company engages in the purchase, transmission, distribution, and sale of electricity and natural gas to residential, commercial, and industrial customers in Florida. It also sells propane gas, as well as merchandise and other service related products. As of December 31, 2006, the company owned 1,558 miles of natural gas pipe located in central and south Florida; 22 miles of electric transmission lines located in northeast Florida; and 1,082 miles of electric distribution lines located in northeast and northwest Florida. It served 82,000 natural gas and electricity customers and 13,000 propane gas customers. Florida Public Utilities was founded in 1924 and is headquartered in West Palm Beach, Florida.

Current Dividend Yield: 3.80%

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40. Company: Freddie Mac (FRE)

Freddie Mac engages in mortgage purchasing, credit guarantee, and portfolio investment activities in the United States. It purchases single family and multi-family residential mortgages, and mortgage-related securities from lenders in the primary mortgage market that originate mortgages for homebuyers, including mortgage banking companies, commercial banks, savings banks, community banks, credit unions, state and local housing finance agencies, and savings and loan associations. The company also buys mortgage whole loans and mortgage-related securities, and issues guaranteed mortgage-related securities in the secondary market. In addition, it purchases non-securitized mortgage loans and mortgage-related securities for its investments portfolio. Further, Freddie Mac guarantees the payment of principal and interest on mortgage-related securities, including single-class and multi-class structured securities, mortgage participation certificates issued by the company, and securities related to tax-exempt multifamily housing revenue bonds. The company was founded in 1970 and is headquartered in McLean, Virginia.

Current Dividend Yield: 3.20%

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41. Company: France Telecom (FTE)

France Telecom provides fixed telephony and mobile telecommunications, data transmission, Internet, and multimedia services to consumers, businesses, and other telecommunications operators in France, the United Kingdom, Spain, Poland, and internationally. It operates through three segments: Personal Communication Services (PCS); Home Communication Services (HCS); and Enterprise Communication Services (ECS). The PCS segment provides mobile telecommunications services focusing primarily on the transmission of voice and data over digital networks using the GSM standard, as well as mobile broadband and UMTS services. The HCS segment offers fixed telecommunications services, including fixed-line telephony, multimedia, Internet access services, public telephone and card services, portals and e-merchant services, content services, and operator services, as well as engages in sales, distribution, and customer service operations. The ECS segment provides communication solutions and services to businesses, such as fixed-line telephony, including access, national and international calling, and customer relationship management; data services, which consist of leased lines, optical fiber services, and non-Internet protocol managed data services; and network services, including DSL and Wi-Fi services, fiber optic services, Internet protocol network services, and mobility solutions. The company was founded in 1990 and is headquartered in Paris, France.

Current Dividend Yield: 4.00%

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42. Company: General Electric Co. (GE)

General Electric Company (GE) is a diversified industrial corporation. Its Infrastructure segment produces jet engines, turboprop and turbo shaft engines, and related replacement parts for use in military and commercial aircraft; wind turbines; aircraft engine derivatives; gas and steam turbines, and generators; oil and natural gas compressors and turbines; diesel-electric locomotives and parts; and productivity solutions for industrial and municipal water systems. It offers various financial products and services aviation and energy sectors. The company's Commercial Finance segment provides loans, leases, and other financial services to manufacturers, distributors, and end-users for various equipment and capital assets. Its GE Money segment offers credit cards, loans, mortgages, and deposit and savings products to consumers and retailers. GE's Healthcare segment manufactures equipment for magnetic resonance, computed tomography, positron emission tomography imaging, X-ray, patient monitoring, diagnostic cardiology, nuclear imaging, ultrasound, bone densitometry, anesthesiology and oxygen therapy, and neonatal and critical care and therapy. Its NBC Universal segment provides network television services; produces television programs and motion pictures; operates television broadcasting stations; owns various cable/satellite networks; and operates theme parks. GE's Industrial segment offers home appliances; lamp products; electrical distribution and control products; motors and control systems used in end-industrial and consumer products; commercial lighting systems; protection and productivity solutions; handheld and portable field calibrators; equipment for detection of material defects; stand-alone measurement instrumentation; and systems for validating or certifying commercial and industrial processes. The company has a strategic partnership with China Life Insurance (group) Company Limited. GE was founded in 1892 and is headquartered in Fairfield, Connecticut.

Current Dividend Yield: 3.60%

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43. Company: General Mills Inc. (GIS)

General Mills, Inc. manufactures and markets branded and packaged consumer foods worldwide. It also supplies branded and unbranded food products to the foodservice and commercial baking industries. The company's products include ready-to-eat cereals, refrigerated yogurt, microwave popcorn, frozen pizza and pizza snacks, ice cream and frozen desserts, frozen baked goods, ready-to-serve soup, dessert and baking mix, and refrigerated cookies. The company also offers grain, fruit, and savory snacks; dry dinners, and shelf stable and frozen vegetable products; refrigerated and frozen dough products; and organic products, including soups, granola bars, and cereals. Its customers include grocery stores, mass merchandisers, membership stores, natural food chains, commercial and noncommercial foodservice distributors and operators, and convenience stores, as well as drug, and dollar and discount chains. The company was founded in 1928 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Current Dividend Yield: 2.80%

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44. Company: Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (GT)

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the development, manufacture, distribution, and sale of tires and related products worldwide. The company manufactures rubber tires for automobiles, trucks, buses, aviation, motorcycle, farm implements, earthmoving equipment, industrial equipment, and various other applications. It also retreads truck, aviation, and heavy equipment tires; provides automotive repair services and miscellaneous other products and services; and manufactures and sells tread rubber and other tire retreading materials, and flaps for truck tires and other types of tires. In addition, it operates tire and auto service center outlets where it offers its products for retail sale and provides automotive repair and other services. The company offers its tires under the Goodyear, Dunlop, Kelly, Fulda, Debica, and Sava brands, as well as under various Goodyear owned house brands, and the private-label brands of certain customers. The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company was founded in 1898 and is headquartered in Akron, Ohio.

Current Dividend Yield: N/A

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45. Company: Glaxosmithkline plc (GSK)

GlaxoSmithKline plc, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the creation, discovery, development, manufacture, and marketing of pharmaceutical and consumer health-related products. Its Pharmaceuticals segment manufactures prescription drugs and vaccines that are used in various therapeutic areas, including central nervous system, respiratory, anti-viral, anti-bacterial, oncology and emesis, metabolic, cardiovascular, and urogenital. This segment primarily offers Seretide/Advair for asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Avandia group of products for diabetes, Lamictal for epilepsy and bipolar disorder; Wellbutrin, an anti-depressant; Zofran to prevent nausea and vomiting associated with chemotherapy and radiotherapy for cancer; Valtrex for herpes; Coreg for heart disease; Imigran/Imitrex for migraine and cluster headache, and Flixotide/Flovent, an inhaled steroid for the treatment of inflammation associated with asthma and COPD, as well as vaccines. The company's Consumer Healthcare segment offers over-the-counter medicines, oral care, and nutritional healthcare products. Its products comprise Lucozade energy and sports drinks; Aquafresh and Sensodyne toothpastes and mouthwashes; Panadol,a paracetamol/ acetaminophen analgesic; and Ribena, a blackcurrant juice-based drink. GlaxoSmithKline operates in the United States, Europe, Japan, Asia Pacific, the Middle East, Latin America, Africa, and Canada. It has strategic alliances with Theravance, Inc.; Targacept, Inc.; Santaris Pharma A/S; and Anacor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. GlaxoSmithKline also has a research and collaboration agreement with EvoGenix Limited, as well as a collaboration agreement with Synta Pharmaceuticals Corp. to jointly develop and commercialize STA-4783, a small-molecule oxidative stress inducer for the treatment of metastatic melanoma. The company was founded in 1935 and is headquartered in Brentford, the United Kingdom.

Current Dividend Yield: 5.00%

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46. Company: Halliburton Company (HAL)

Halliburton Company provides various products and services to the energy industry worldwide. It serves the upstream oil and gas industry throughout the lifecycle of the reservoir, from locating hydrocarbons and managing geological data, to drilling and formation evaluation, well construction and completion, and optimizing production through the life of the field. The company operates in three divisions: Drilling, Evaluation, and Digital Solutions; Fluid Systems; and Production Optimization. The Drilling, Evaluation, and Digital Solutions division offers processes coupled with software and hardware solutions to enable visualize and simulate well activity, while its drilling tools, logging, and perforating technology enables optimal placement and production of the well. This division comprises Sperry drilling services, security DBS drill bits, wireline and perforating services, and landmark and project management. Sperry drilling services offers directional drilling, logging, and measurement-while-drilling, surface data logging, multilateral systems, real time optimization, and managed pressure drilling solutions for various reservoir needs. Through its security DBS drill bits product service line, Halliburton supplies roller cone and fixed cutter rock bits, coring equipment and services, and down hole tools. It landmark solutions integrate exploration, reservoir management, drilling, production, business-decision analysis, and data management. The Fluid Systems Division focuses on fluid management and technologies to assist in the drilling and construction of oil and gas wells. The Production Optimization division tests, measures, and provides means to manage and improve well production, immediately after a well is drilled or after it has been producing for some time. Halliburton Company was founded in 1919 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas with an additional headquarter in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates.

Current Dividend Yield: 1.10%

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47. Company: Health Care REIT Inc. (HCN)

Health Care REIT, Inc., a real estate investment trust (REIT), invests primarily in healthcare and senior housing facilities in the United States. The company's investments include assisted living facilities, skilled nursing facilities, independent living care retirement communities, and specialty care facilities. As of December 31, 2005, it invested in 195 assisted living facilities, 203 skilled nursing facilities, 31 independent living care retirement communities, and 13 specialty care facilities. The company has elected to be taxed as REIT under the Internal Revenue Code. As a REIT, it would not be subject to federal income tax purposes, provided that it distributes at least 90% of its REIT taxable income to its shareholders. Health Care REIT was founded in 1970 and is headquartered in Toledo, Ohio.

Current Dividend Yield: 6.30%

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48. Company: Hershey Co. (HSY)

The Hershey Company engages in the manufacture, marketing, distribution, and sale of various types of chocolate and confectionery, refreshment and snack products, and food and beverage enhancers in the United States and internationally. Its chocolate and confectionery products include chocolate bars, drinking cocoa mixes, dark chocolate products, candy bars, handcrafted chocolate gifts, and organic chocolate products. The company's snack products comprise cookies; rice, marshmallow, and granola bars; macadamia snack nuts; and chocolate cocoa peanuts and almonds, and trail mix. It offers refreshment products in the form of mints and chewing gum; and food and beverage enhancers in the form of baking ingredients, peanut butter, toppings, and beverages. The Hershey Company sells its products through sales representatives and food brokers, primarily to wholesale distributors, chain grocery stores, mass merchandisers, chain drug stores, vending companies, wholesale clubs, convenience stores, dollar stores, concessionaires, department stores, and natural food stores. The company was founded in 1894 and is based in Hershey, Pennsylvania.

Current Dividend Yield: 3.40%

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49. Company: The Home Depot, Inc (HD)

The Home Depot, Inc. operates as a home improvement retailer primarily in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. It operates The Home Depot stores, which sell building materials, home improvement supplies, and lawn and garden products to do-it-yourself customers, do-it-for-me customers, home improvement contractors, tradespeople, and building maintenance professionals. The company also operates The Home Depot and EXPO Design Center stores that offer various installation services, which include products, such as carpeting, flooring, cabinets, countertops, and water heaters primarily to business-to-business customers, including home builders, professional contractors, municipalities, and maintenance professionals; and provides professional installation of various products through its in-home sales programs, such as generators and furnace, and central air systems. In addition, the company offers credit purchase programs through third-party credit providers to professional, do-it-yourself, and do-it-for-me customers. It also offers its products through catalog and online sales businesses. As of August 30, 2007, the company operated 2,206 retail stores in 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, 10 Canadian provinces, Mexico, and China. The Home Depot, Inc. was founded in 1978 and is based in Atlanta, Georgia.

Current Dividend Yield: 3.20%

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50. Company: Hawaiian Electric Industries Inc. (HE)

Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc. and its subsidiaries engage in electric utility, banking, and other businesses primarily in the state of Hawaii. Its electric utility business involves in the production, purchase, transmission, distribution, and sale of electricity on the islands of Oahu, Hawaii, Maui, Lanai, and Molokai. As of December 31, 2006, the company served approximately 434,342 electric customer accounts. It also provides an array of banking and other financial services to consumers and businesses. The company sells and distributes insurance products, as well as offers contract services, such as windfarm operational and maintenance services to an affiliated electric utility. As of the above date, it owned or leased 64 bank branches. The company was founded in 1891 and is based in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Current Dividend Yield: 5.50%

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51. Company: Ingersoll-Rand Co. Ltd. (IR)

Ingersoll-Rand Company Limited operates as a diversified industrial company worldwide. It operates through three segments: Climate Control Technologies, Industrial Technologies, and Security Technologies. The Climate Control Technologies segment engages in the design, manufacture, sale, and service of transport temperature control units, HVAC systems, refrigerated display merchandisers, beverage coolers, and walk-in storage coolers and freezers. The Industrial Technologies segment involves in the design, manufacture, sale, and service of compressed air systems, tools, fluid and material handling, energy generation systems, and golf vehicles. The Security Technologies segment engages in the design, manufacture, sale, and service of mechanical and electronic security products, biometric access control systems, and security and scheduling software. The company offers its products through distributors and dealers. Ingersoll-Rand Company was founded in 1905 and is based in Hamilton, Bermuda.

Current Dividend Yield: 1.90%

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52. Company: ING Groep NV (ING)

ING Groep N.V. operates as a financial services company. The company offers life insurance products, which consist of policies written for both individual and group customers, such as endowment, term, whole life, and unit linked insurance policies, as well as mandatory and voluntary pension funds; and non-life insurance products, including coverage for fire, automobile, disability, health-care, transport, and aviation insurance, as well as third party liability insurance, and indirect premiums. It also provides various types of retirement services, annuities, mutual funds, broker-dealer services, and institutional products, as well as retail and institutional asset management services. In addition, ING Groep offers wholesale banking products in the areas of financial markets, payments and cash management, and leasing and structured finance, as well as real estate investment management, development, and financing services to corporates and institutions; retail banking services, such as savings accounts, mortgage loans, consumer loans, credit card services, and investment and insurance products to individuals, and to small- and medium-sized businesses; and private banking services, which comprise wealth management services to high net worth individuals. Further, it involves in the direct banking business and credit card operations. As of December 31, 2006, the company had approximately 1,500 branch, representative, and related offices worldwide. ING Groep was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Current Dividend Yield: 5.90%

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53. Company: Imperial Tobacco Group plc (ITY)

Imperial Tobacco Group PLC engages in the manufacture, marketing, and sale of various tobacco products. Its products include a range of cigarettes, tobaccos, cigars, rolling papers, and tubes, as well as fine cut tobacco, including roll your own and make your own tobaccos, pipe tobacco, snuff, and snus. The company sells its products worldwide with a focus on the United Kingdom, Germany, the United States, the Netherlands, the Republic of Ireland, France, Spain, Greece, Poland, Russia, Ukraine, Taiwan, Australia, and the sub-Saharan Africa. Imperial Tobacco Group offers its products under various brand names, including Davidoff, West, Lambert & Butler, Classic, JPS, Horizon, Maxim, Excellence, The Golden Virginia, Drum, and Rizla. The company was founded in 1901 and is headquartered in Bristol, the United Kingdom.

Current Dividend Yield: 4.30%

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54. Company: JPMorgan Chase & Co (JPM)

JPMorgan Chase & Co., through its subsidiaries, provides a range of financial services worldwide. The company operates through six segments: Investment Bank, Retail Financial Services, Card Services, Commercial Banking, Treasury and Securities Services, and Asset Management. The Investment Bank segment offers investment banking products and services, such as advising on corporate strategy and structure, capital raising in equity and debt markets, risk management, market-making in cash securities and derivative instruments, and research. It serves corporations, financial institutions, governments, and institutional investors. The Retail Financial Services segment provides regional banking services, including consumer and business banking, home equity lending, and education lending, as well as offers mortgage banking and auto finance services. The Card Services segment issues credit cards, and general-purpose cards to individual consumers, small businesses, and partner organizations, including cards issued with AARP, Amazon, Continental Airlines, Marriott, Southwest Airlines, Sony, United Airlines, and Walt Disney Company brands. The Commercial Banking segment offers lending, treasury services, investment banking, and asset management services to corporations, municipalities, financial institutions, and not-for-profit entities. The Treasury and Securities Services segment provides transaction, investment, and information services to institutional clients. It also offers custodian services and cash management solutions, including trade finance and logistics solutions, wholesale card products, and liquidity management services. The Asset Management segment provides investment and wealth management services to institutions, retail investors, and high-net-worth individuals. It offers global investment management services; trust, estate, and banking services; and retirement services. The company was founded in 1823 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

Current Dividend Yield: 3.50%

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55. Company: Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)

Johnson & Johnson engages in the manufacture and sale of various products in the health care field worldwide. The company operates in three segments: Consumer, Pharmaceutical, and Medical Devices and Diagnostics. Its Consumer segment offers personal care and hygienic products, including adult skin and hair care, baby care, oral care, first aid, sanitary, and nonprescription drugs. It provides these products under various brands, including AVEENO, BAND-AID, CAREFREE, CLEAN & CLEAR, JOHNSON'S, MOTRIN IB, NEUTROGENA, RoC, PEPCID AC, REMBRANDT, SPLENDA, STAYFREE, TYLENOL, LISTERINE, NICORETTE, and SUDAFED. The company's Pharmaceutical segment offers products in the antifungal, anti-infective, cardiovascular, dermatology, gastrointestinal, hematology, immunology, neurology, oncology, pain management, psychotropic, urology, and women's health fields. It offers RISPERDAL and RISPERDAL CONSTA for the treatment of schizophrenia; PROCRIT that stimulates red blood cell production; REMICADE for the treatment of Crohn's disease, ankylosing spondylitis, psoriatic arthritis, ulcerative colitis, chronic severe plaque psoriasis, and rheumatoid arthritis; TOPAMAX, an anti-epileptic and migraine prevention treatment; LEVAQUIN and FLOXIN anti-infective porducts; DURAGESIC for chronic pain; ORTHO EVRA contraceptive patch and ORTHO TRI-CYCLEN LO oral contraceptive; CONCERTA for treating hyperactivity disorder; and NATRECOR for decompensated congestive heart failure. The company's Medical Devices and Diagnostics segment provides suture and mechanical wound closure products, surgical equipment and devices, wound management and infection prevention products, interventional and diagnostic cardiology products, diagnostic equipment and supplies, joint replacements, and disposable contact lenses. The company was founded in 1885 and is based in New Brunswick, New Jersey.

Current Dividend Yield: 2.60%

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56. Company: J. C. Penney Company, Inc (JCP)

. C. Penney Company, Inc., through its subsidiary, J. C. Penney Corporation, Inc., sells merchandise and services to customers through its department stores and catalog/Internet channels. It markets family apparel, jewelry, shoes, accessories, and home furnishings. The company's department stores also provide salon, optical, portrait photography, and custom decorating services. As of November 2, 2007, Penney Corporation operated 1,067 department stores in the United States and Puerto Rico. It also owns and operates 4 Internet/catalog fulfillment centers and 3 regional warehouses. The company was founded in 1902 and is based in Plano, Texas. J. C. Penney Corporation, Inc. is a subsidiary of J. C. Penney Company, Inc.

Current Dividend Yield: 1.70%

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57. Company: Kimberly-Clark Corp. (KMB)

Kimberly-Clark Corporation engages in the manufacture and marketing of health and hygiene products worldwide. It operates in four segments: Personal Care, Consumer Tissue, K-C Professional & Other, and Health Care. The Personal Care segment manufactures and markets disposable diapers, training and youth pants, and swim pants; baby wipes; feminine and incontinence care products; and related products. The Consumer Tissue segment manufactures and markets facial and bathroom tissue, paper towels, napkins, and related products for household use. The K-C Professional & Other segment manufactures and markets facial and bathroom tissue, paper towels, napkins, wipers and various safety products for the away-from-home marketplace. The Health Care segment manufactures and markets health care products, such as surgical gowns, drapes, infection control products, sterilization wrap, disposable face masks and exam gloves, respiratory products, and other disposable medical products. Products for household use are sold directly, and through wholesalers, to supermarkets, mass merchandisers, drugstores, warehouse clubs, variety and department stores, and other retail outlets. Products for away-from-home use are sold through distributors and directly to manufacturing, lodging, office building, food service, health care establishments, and public facilities. The company was founded in 1872 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

Current Dividend Yield: 3.20%

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58. Company: Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP (KMP)

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. owns and manages energy transportation and storage assets in the United States. It operates through four segments: Products Pipelines, Natural Gas Pipelines, CO2, and Terminals. The Products Pipelines segment delivers gasoline, diesel fuel, jet fuel, and natural gas liquids to various markets through approximately 10,000 miles of products pipelines and 60 associated product terminals. The Natural Gas Pipelines segment gathers, transports, stores, treats, processes, and sells natural gas through approximately 14,000 miles of natural gas transmission pipelines and gathering lines, as well as natural gas storage, treating, and processing facilities. The CO2 segment engages in the production, transportation, and marketing of carbon dioxide through pipelines to oil fields that use carbon dioxide to increase production of oil. This segment also owns interests in and/or operates ten oil fields and a crude oil pipeline system in West Texas. The Terminals segment transloads, stores, and delivers bulk, petroleum, petrochemical, and other liquids products through approximately 95 owned or operated liquids and bulk terminal facilities and approximately 60 rail transloading and materials handling facilities. Kinder Morgan, G.P., Inc. serves as the general partner of the company. The company was founded in 1992 and is based in Houston, Texas.

Current Dividend Yield: 6.40%

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59. Company: Kraft Foods Inc. (KFT)

Kraft Foods, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture and sale of packaged foods and beverages in the United States, Canada, Europe, Latin America, Asia Pacific, Africa, and the Middle East. It offers packaged food products, including snacks, such as cookies, crackers, salted snacks, biscuits, and chocolate confectionery; beverages, including coffee, aseptic juice drinks, flavored water, and powdered beverages; and cheese and dairy, such as natural, process, and cream cheeses. The company also offers grocery, including ready-to-eat cereals, enhancers, and desserts; and convenient meals, such as frozen pizza, packaged dinners, lunch combinations, and processed meats. It serves supermarket chains, wholesalers, super centers, club stores, mass merchandisers, distributors, convenience stores, gasoline stations, drug stores, value stores, and other retail food outlets. Kraft Foods sells its products through distribution centers, satellite warehouses, company-operated and public cold-storage facilities, depots, and other facilities. The company was founded in 2000 and is based in Northfield, Illinois. Kraft Foods, Inc. was formerly a subsidiary of Altria Group, Inc.

Current Dividend Yield: 3.70%

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60. Company: Kellogg Co. (K)

Kellogg Company and its subsidiaries engage in the manufacture and marketing of ready-to-eat cereal and convenience foods worldwide. It offers ready-to-eat cereals and convenience foods, such as cookies, crackers, toaster pastries, cereal bars, fruit snacks, frozen waffles, and veggie foods. The company markets its cereal products under the Kellogg's brand name, and sells primarily to the grocery trade. It also markets cookies, crackers, and other convenience foods under the Kellogg's, Keebler, Cheez-It, Murray, Austin, and Famous Amos brands, to supermarkets in the United States through a direct store-door delivery system. Kellogg Company was founded in 1906 and is headquartered in Battle Creek, Michigan.

Current Dividend Yield: 2.40%

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61. Company: Lowe's Companies Inc. (LOW)

Lowe's Companies, Inc. and its subsidiaries operate as a home improvement retailer in the United States and Canada. The company offers a range of products and services for home decoration, maintenance, repair, remodeling, and property maintenance. Its home improvement products include appliances, lumber, flooring, millwork, paint, building materials, fashion plumbing, lighting, tools, lawn and landscape, hardware, seasonal living, cabinets and countertops, outdoor power equipment, rough plumbing, rough electrical, nursery, home environment, walls/windows, home organization, boards, panel, irrigation pipe, vinyl sidings, ladders, and building materials products. The company serves homeowners and renters, including do-it-yourself and do-it-for-me customers, and others who buy for personal and family use; and commercial business customers, such as repair and remodeling contractors, electricians, landscapers, painters, plumbers, and commercial and residential property maintenance professionals. Lowe's offers its products through retail stores, as well as online. As of May 8, 2007, it operated 1,375 home-improvement stores in 49 states. The company was founded in 1952 and is based in Mooresville, North Carolina.

Current Dividend Yield: 1.40%

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62. Company: Lockheed Martin Corporation (LMT)

Lockheed Martin Corporation researches, designs, develops, manufactures, integrates, operates, and sustains technology systems and products, as well as provides a range of management, engineering, technical, scientific, logistic, and information services. Its Aeronautics segment provides military aircraft and related technologies. This segment's products and programs include the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, the F-22 air dominance attack and multimission combat aircraft, the F-16 multirole fighter, the C-130J tactical transport aircraft, and the C-5 strategic airlift aircraft. It also supports the F-117 stealth fighter, and special mission and reconnaissance aircraft; produces components for the F-2 fighter; and serves as a co-developer of the C-27J tactical transport aircraft and the T-50 jet trainer. The company's Electronic Systems segment offers missiles and fire control systems, air and theater missile defense systems, surface ship and submarine combat systems, antisubmarine and undersea warfare systems, avionics and ground combat vehicle integration, systems integration and program management for fixed and rotary-wing aircraft systems, radars, platform integration systems, homeland security systems, surveillance and reconnaissance systems, aviation management solutions, security and information technology solutions, and simulation and training systems. Its Space Systems segment provides satellites, strategic and defensive missile systems, including missile defense technologies and systems, fleet ballistic missiles, and launch services. The company's Information Technology & Global Services segment provides IT integration and management; enterprise solutions; application development and maintenance; business processing management; consulting on strategic programs for government agencies; and other technology services to federal agencies and other customers. The company was founded in 1909 and is based in Bethesda, Maryland.

Current Dividend Yield: 1.60%

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63. Company: Laclede Group Inc. (LG)

The Laclede Group, Inc., a utility holding company, engages in the retail distribution and sale of natural gas in eastern Missouri. As of September 30, 2007, it served approximately 630,000 residential, commercial, and industrial customers in the City of St. Louis and parts of 10 other counties. The company also involves in underground locating and marking service businesses primarily in the utility and telecommunications sectors, as well as in the non regulated marketing of natural gas and other services to both on-system utility transportation customers and customers outside of its traditional service area. In addition, it operates a pipeline that connects the propane storage and vaporization facilities to third-party propane supply terminal facilities located in Illinois. Further, the company involves in the development of real estate properties and the provision of services for the compression of natural gas to third parties, as well as offers insurance agency services. The Laclede Group was founded in 1857 and is based in St. Louis, Missouri.

Current Dividend Yield: 4.40%

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64. Company: McDonald's Corp. (MCD)

McDonald's Corporation operates as a foodservice retailer worldwide. It operates and franchises McDonald's restaurants, which offer various food items, and soft drinks and other beverages. The company also operates Boston Market, a home-meal replacement concept; and has a minority interest in the U.K.-based Pret A Manger, a quick-service food concept. As of December 31, 2006, it operated approximately 31,045 restaurants in 118 countries. The company has a strategic alliance with Sinopec to co-develop drive-thru restaurants in the People's Republic of China. McDonald's Corporation was founded in 1948 and is based in Oak Brook, Illinois.

Current Dividend Yield: 2.70%

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65. Company: Merck & Co. Inc. (MRK)

Merck & Co., Inc. engages in the discovery, development, manufacture, and marketing of products for human and animal health. It offers Singulair for treating asthma, and relief of symptoms of allergic rhinitis; Cozaar/Hyzaar and Vasotec for the treatment of hypertension/heart failure; Fosamax and Fosamax Plus D for the treatment and prevention of osteoporosis; Zocor, an atherosclerosis product; Primaxin and Cancidas, anti-bacterial/anti-fungal products; Cosopt and Trusopt, the ophthalmological products; Proscar, an urology product for the treatment of symptomatic benign prostate enlargement; Maxalt, an acute migraine product; and Propecia for the treatment of male pattern hair loss. The company offers Varivax to prevent chickenpox; M-M-R II, for the treatment of measles, mumps, and rubella; ProQuad, a pediatric combination vaccine against measles, mumps, rubella, and varicella; Gardasil for the prevention of cervical cancer and genital warts; Pneumovax for the prevention of pneumococcal diseases; RotaTeq for the protection against rotavirus gastroenteritis in infants and children; and Zostavax, a vaccine for the prevention of shingles. It markets its products directly or through joint ventures to drug wholesalers and retailers, hospitals, government agencies, and managed health care providers. Merck & Co. has agreements with Neuromed Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. to develop compounds for treating pain and other neurological disorders; NicOx S.A. to develop antihypertensive drugs; FoxHollow Technologies, Inc. for atherosclerotic plaque analysis; and Ariad Pharmaceuticals, Inc. to develop AP23573, a mTOR inhibitor. It has collaboration with Asuragen, Inc. to develop a biomarker and pharmacogenomic test for cancer clinical trials; Dynavax Technologies Corp. to develop HEPLISAV, an investigational hepatitis B vaccine; and GTX, Inc. to develop selective androgen receptor modulators. The company was founded in 1891 and is headquartered in Whitehouse Station, New Jersey.

Current Dividend Yield: 3.20%

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66. Company: Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. (MER)

Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides broker-dealer, investment banking, financing, wealth management, advisory, asset management, insurance, lending, and related products and services worldwide. Its Global Markets and Investment Banking segment provides equity, debt, and commodities trading; capital market services; investment banking; and advisory services to corporations, financial institutions, governments, and institutional investors. This segment also provides clients with financing, securities clearing, settlement, and custody services; and engages in principal and private equity investing. In addition, it offers underwritings and private placements of equity, debt, and related securities; lending and other financing activities; and advisory services to clients on strategic issues, valuation, mergers, acquisitions, and restructurings. The company's Global Wealth Management segment provides brokerage, investment advisory, and financial planning services. This segment also offers commission and fee-based investment accounts; banking, cash management, and credit services; trust and generational planning; retirement services; and insurance products to individuals, small-to mid-size businesses, and employee benefit plans. The company also provides various research services through its Global Securities Research & Economics Group. This group distributes research focusing on fundamental equity research, fixed income and equity-linked research, economics and foreign exchange research, and investment strategy research. Merrill Lynch & Co. has operations primarily in the United States, Canada, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Pacific Rim, and Latin America. The company was founded in 1914 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

Current Dividend Yield: 2.80%

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67. Company: Morgan Stanley (MS)

Morgan Stanley, through its subsidiaries and affiliates, provides various financial products and services to corporations, governments, financial institutions, and individuals worldwide. The company operates in three segments: Institutional Securities, Global Wealth Management Group, and Asset Management. The Institutional Securities segment engages in various activities, including capital raising; provision of financial advisory services principally on mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, corporate defense strategies, joint ventures, privatizations, recapitalizations, spin-offs, corporate restructurings, shareholder relations, tender offers, exchange offers, and leveraged buyouts; corporate lending; sales, trading, financing, and market-making activities on securities and futures exchanges; equity and proprietary trading; benchmark indices and risk management; research; and investment. The Global Wealth Management Group provides brokerage and investment advisory services covering various investment alternatives; financial and wealth planning services; annuity and insurance products; credit and other lending products; banking and cash management services; retirement services; and trust and fiduciary services. The Asset Management segment provides asset management products and services in equity, fixed income, and alternative investments, which include hedge funds, fund of funds, real estate, private equity, and infrastructure to institutional and retail clients through proprietary and third party retail distribution channels, intermediaries, and the company's institutional distribution channel. This segment also engages in investment activities. Morgan Stanley has a strategic alliance with Avenue Capital Group. The company was founded in 1935 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

Current Dividend Yield: 2.50%

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68. Company: Nokia Corp. (NOK)

Nokia Corporation engages in the manufacture of mobile devices and mobile networks. It also provides equipment, solutions, and services for network operators, service providers, and corporations. The company operates in four segments: Mobile Phones, Multimedia, Enterprise Solutions, and Networks. The Mobile Phones segment offers mobile phones and devices based on GSM/EDGE, 3G/WCDMA, and CDMA cellular technologies. The Multimedia segment enables to create, access, and share multimedia in the form of advanced mobile multimedia computers and applications with connectivity over multiple technology standards. The Enterprise Solutions segment offers various products and solutions, including enterprise-grade mobile devices, underlying security infrastructure, software, and services for businesses and institutions. The Networks segment provides network infrastructure, communications, and networks service platforms, as well as professional services to operators and service providers. It focuses on the GSM family of radio technologies; networks with Internet Protocol and multi access capabilities; and professional services. The company also develops mobile WiMAX solutions. Nokia sells its products to operators, distributors, independent retailers, and corporate customers. It has its operations in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, China, the Asia-Pacific, North America, and Latin America. Nokia has a strategic collaboration with Avaya, Inc. to deliver fixed to mobile convergence applications for enterprises. The company was founded in 1865 and is based in Espoo, Finland.

Current Dividend Yield: 2.20%

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69. Company: Northwest Natural Gas Co. (NWN)

Northwest Natural Gas Company engages in the distribution and sale of natural gas in Oregon and southwest Washington. It operates in two segments, Local Gas Distribution and Gas Storage. The Local Gas Distribution segment involves in purchasing gas from producers, transporting the gas over interstate pipelines from the supply basins to service territory, and reselling the gas to customers. This segment serves pulp, paper, and other forest products; manufacturers of electronic, electrochemical, and electrometallurgical products; processors of farm and food products; producers of various mineral products; metal fabrication and casting; producers of machine tools, machinery, and textiles; manufacturers of asphalt, concrete, and rubber; printing and publishing; nurseries; government and educational institutions; and electric generation. The Gas Storage segment offers underground natural gas storage services to large intrastate and interstate customers. The company also owns a Boeing 737-300 aircraft leased to Continental Airlines; two wind power electric generation projects located in California; and two housing projects in Portland, Oregon. As of December 31, 2006, it served approximately 575,116 residential, 60,523 commercial and 945 industrial customers, as well as owned 13,474 miles of distribution and transmission mains. The Company was founded in 1910 and is headquartered in Portland, Oregon.

Current Dividend Yield: 3.30%

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70. Company: Nationwide Health Properties Inc. (NHP)

Nationwide Health Properties, Inc. operates as a real estate investment trust (REIT) that invests primarily in healthcare-related senior housing and long-term care facilities in the United States. As of February 8, 2006, the company had investments in 447 facilities in 39 states in the United States. It also provides financing to healthcare providers. As a REIT under the Internal Revenue Code, the company would not be subject to federal income tax, provided it distributes at least 90% of its REIT taxable income to its shareholders. Nationwide Health Properties was founded in 1985 and is based in Newport Beach, California.

Current Dividend Yield: 5.90%

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71. Company Occidental Petroleum Corp. (OXY)

Occidental Petroleum Corporation, through its subsidiaries, primarily engages in the exploration, development, production, and marketing of crude oil and natural gas in the United States and internationally. It holds interests in the Permian basin located in west Texas and New Mexico; Elk Hills oil and gas field in California; Hugoton field located in Kansas and Oklahoma; Horn Mountain oil field in the Gulf of Mexico; and the Piceance basin located in western Colorado. The company also has interests in the San Jorge basin in Southern Argentina; the Cuyo and Neuquen basins, which are located in Western Argentina; four Blocks located in the Tarija, Chuquisaca, and Santa Cruz regions of Bolivia; Cano Limon field in Colombia; four Badin Blocks in Pakistan; Dolphin, Idd El Shargi North Dome, and Idd El Shargi South Dome projects, which are located in Qatar; and four blocks in Yemen. In addition, it owns 65% interests in Block 9 and Block 27, 45% interest in Block 53, 70% interest in Block 54 located in Oman, as well as various interests in Libya and the United Arab Emirates. As of December 31, 2006, the company had proved reserves of approximately 2,234 millions barrel