These five consumer dividend payers aren't just collecting checks. They're actively reshaping their businesses to keep the cash coming.

Targeted advertising is the business model that created much of the modern internet, and no company has benefited more than Google. On Thursday, a district court judge handed down a ruling that ...

Coca-Cola has paid nearly $100 billion in dividends over the past 15 years. ExxonMobil returned $36 billion in cash to shareholders last year, the fifth-most among S&P 500 members. Johnson & Johnson ...

Apple (AAPL +0.22%) has built an amazing ecosystem of consumer products and related services. It sold a staggering $167 billion of iPhones, iPads, Macs, and other technology products during the first ...

Investing in real estate can be very lucrative, and rental properties can generate lots of income for their investors. Real estate investment trusts (REITs) own large and growing rental property ...