Fortune Brands Stub Beam, Inc. Raises Dividend 8%

Beam, Inc.(BEAM), the former Fortune Brands after its spinoff of Fortune Brands Home & Security(FBHS) in October, has announced that it will raise its dividend 8%, from an annual rate of $0.76 to $0.82. The company also declared the next quarterly dividend of 20.5 cents per share, which will be payable on March 1, 2012 to shareholders of…