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Profile| Send Message| (1,789)    A Dividend Champion is defined
as a company that has increased its dividend every year for 25
or more straight years. Abbott Laboratories (ABT) is a dividend
champion that has raised its dividend every year for 39
consecutive years. The complete Dividend Champions list is
compiled courtesy of David Fish. (Open as an excel spreadsheet
and look at the tabs on the bottom to find the Dividend
Champions list).  About Abbott Laboratories : from their website
Abbott Laboratories : A Dividend Champion with 39 Consecutive
Years of Dividend Increases  Since dividends are paid out of
earnings, a clear perspective of a company's historical earnings
growth record is a vital component of a dividend investor's
prudent due diligence process. The following graph plots Abbott
Laboratories' earnings per share since 1993. A quick glance to
the right of the graph shows tha