FAIRFIELD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Board of Directors of GE (NYSE:GE) today raised the Company’s quarterly dividend 5%, or $0.01 per outstanding share of the Company’s common stock, to $0.23 per outstanding share of the Company’s common stock. The Board declared that the dividend is payable January 26, 2015 to shareowners of record at the close of business on December 22, 2014. The ex-dividend date is December 18, 2014. “We are pleased to increase GE’s quarterly dividend for the seventh tim