To find the most consistent dividend-paying stocks, professional investment managers, analysts, and knowledgeable individual investors use Mergent s Dividend Achievers, the definitive guide for sound investments. This Fall 2008 Edition, featuring second-quarter results for 2008, profiles approximately 300 truly remarkable U.S. companies that have increased their regular cash dividends annually for ten or more consecutive years. With this book, readers can put together an extraordinary, diversified portfolio, which includes large-cap, mid-cap, and small-cap companies. The companies discussed represent more than fifty different industries, from consumer goods to real estate to utilities.