International News about Dividend Investing

As a North American, and more specifically a Canadian, much of the news I see and read is North American-centric. I get the North American versions of overseas happenings that may or not be biased to the majority viewpoints and what the media believes we want to hear about. I beleive this is the same when it comes to reporting on the dividend based investing world. I thought it would be interesting to have a look through sites such as Google News and other news search engines for articles that focus on high dividend stocks, and dividend stocks in general that are from international (i.e. international for me who lives in North America) sources. Some of these articles go back in time a bit, but I think the results are interesting nonetheless. Here is a list of the articles I came across:

* Asia: High-dividend funds find favor in Asia: Over the past few years, companies that pay high dividends have outperformed their low-yielding brethren listed on Asian markets…But with the average dividend yield standing at 2.9 percent and many companies poised to increase payouts, concentrating on dividend stocks could continue to be a valid strategy, analysts and fund managers said.
* UK: The sinners are winners: So British American Tobacco (BAT) is worth a look. Britain’s smoking bans are not a huge problem: BAT’s attention lies elsewhere, in the developing world. Earnings rose by 9 per cent in the first half of the year. Priced at 15.5 times earnings, it is not the cheapest stock, but its dividend yield is 4 per cent and its track record of consistent growth abroad provides an attractive margin of safety.
* South Africa: BHP Billiton Walks Tall With Big Dividend Hike: GLOBAL mining group BHP Billiton demonstrated its confidence in the outlook for its business many years into the future by hiking its final dividend 46% to U.S. 27c a share, said CEO Chip Goodyear yesterday in a teleconference call to media and analysts.
* Malaysia: Brokerages recommend high-dividend yield stocks: As stock markets worldwide nosedive, some brokerages are advocating investing in high dividend yielding stocks. Aseambankers and TA Securities have come up with their recommendations, with Aseambankers ranking the Top 18 stocks with high dividend yield in a report yesterday.

That is just a quick look. There are literally thousands of artciles that covers dividend based investing throughout the world. I would encourage investors to consider viewpoints outside of their own country. I found this exercise valuable as it confirmed that dividend investing is a good strategy, no matter where you live!