General Electric (GE) will raise its quarterly dividend by 7.1 percent to $0.15 per share in the second quarter of 2011. This will mark the company's second year of dividend increases following the 68 percent dividend cut in 2009.

The next dividend is payable July 25, 2011 to shareholders of record on June 20, 2011. The ex-dividend date will be June 16, 2011.

General Electric Company is a global digital industrial company. The Company's products and services range from aircraft engines, power generation and oil and gas production equipment to medical imaging, financing and industrial products.