I've just started at viprogra biz This is why I sold 2/3 of my GE stock. They have over $100B in cash and equivalents, but are still not raising their dividend. We retired folks relied on generous GE dividends in the past, but after 2008 dividends plummeted from 0.31 to 0.10. It’s back to 0.17, but with all that cash they should be closer to 0.25 per share.