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For the fifth consecutive year, the bank kept its dividend at 34.2p, adding to some of the disappointment about the figures.

Although Citicorp, the Big Board's most active stock, fell 7/8, to 13 1/4, after slashing the dividend and 4,400 jobs, Manufacturers Hanover, which kept its dividend unchanged, rose 1 5/8, to 22 1/2, and BankAmerica rose 1 5/8, to 26 5/8.

Hayes points out that even during the Great Depression, AT&T kept its dividend constant, even as other industrial giants cut theirs.

But it could take Citigroup between five years and seven years to return to pre-meltdown levels, assuming it keeps its dividend and is forced to move its SIV exposure on to its balance sheet.

BLOOMBERG NEWS   JPMorgan to Suspend Stock Buybacks  |  Jamie Dimon, JPMorgan Chase's chief executive, says the bank intends to keep its dividend of 30 cents a quarter unchanged.

More recently the energy companies have been plunged into crisis by a crude price which was at $115 per barrel in June 2014 but is now down to $37. BP, like its rivals, has made repeated cutbacks to its staff and capital expenditure in a bid to keep its dividend payments up but the share price has been pummelled.

We think the company will likely keep its dividend payout streak alive, but maybe not at the current payout.

That along with Hormel's low 32% payout ratio should keep its dividend hikes coming, making your dividend reinvestments even meatier.

Despite Spain's economic and property crash, Santander was one of the few major banks to keep its dividend unchanged with the financial crisis.

When a company can keep its dividends steady, it may be signaling that it is managed more deftly and more conservatively than its peers.

Vector Group kept its quarterly dividend of 40 cents per share, and BlackrockKelso Capital maintained its quarterly dividend of 32 cents per share.