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High-dividend stocks that should keep on yielding



STOCK/                                  DIVIDEND         DIVIDEND
(SYMBOL)                 PRICE*          YIELD         GROWTH RATE**



TXU (TXU)                $44.59           5.3%              3%
UST (UST)                 34.49           5.2               9
PHILIP MORRIS (MO)        45.81           4.7               8
GENERAL MOTORS (GM)       47.48           4.2               9
CONAGRA (CAG)             23.78           3.8              13
BANK OF AMERICA (BAC)     61.42           3.6              13
WELLS FARGO (WFC)         42.67           2.2              13
GENERAL ELECTRIC (GE)     37.81           1.7              15



* As of Dec. 14
** Based on historic growth rate



Data: BusinessWeek, Thomson Financial/First Call