Dividend futures bounce indicates despair lifting <!-- no image --> <div>A dramatic jump in equity dividend futures amid the continued rush of dividend cuts from companies desperate to preserve cash is implying growing confidence that shareholder payouts could make a comeback after this year's drought.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=Ykn5a1fDg_g:pgr1p5yr3ME:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=Ykn5a1fDg_g:pgr1p5yr3ME:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=Ykn5a1fDg_g:pgr1p5yr3ME:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=Ykn5a1fDg_g:pgr1p5yr3ME:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=Ykn5a1fDg_g:pgr1p5yr3ME:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/UKBankingFinancial/~4/Ykn5a1fDg_g" height="1" width="1" alt=""></div> Posted by Reuters