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Sigh no more, ladies, sigh no more, Xilinx (NASDAQ:XLNX) raised its dividend 4 cents
Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.29 per outstanding share of common stock, an increase from the current dividend of $0.25 per share. The quarterly dividend increase will be effective in the June quarter, payable on June 4, 2014 to all stockholders of record at the close of business on May 14, 2014. "This is the ninth time Xilinx has increased the quarterly dividend since we initiated the program in 2004, demonstrating our continued commitment to return of shareholder value," said Moshe Gavrielov, Xilinx President and Chief Executive Officer.
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No run-of-the-mill company, Globe Specialty Metals (NASDAQ:GS) increases annual dividend by $.025 per share
Board of Directors on February 10, 2014 authorized an annual dividend of $0.30 per share, payable quarterly. As a result, a quarterly dividend of $0.075 per share will be payable on March 12, 2014 to shareholders of record at the close of business on February 26, 2014.
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Computer Modelling Group Announces Increase in Quarterly Dividend
CALGARY, ALBERTA, Feb 11, 2014 (Marketwired via COMTEX) -- The Board of Directors of Computer Modelling Group Ltd. ("CMG" or the "Company") announces a 5.6% increase in its quarterly dividend to $0.19 per share on CMG's Common Shares. The dividend will be paid on March 14, 2014 to shareholders of record at the close of business on March 7, 2014.
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Think I'm still about break-even on my cellphone bill :lol: Rogers Communications Board Increases and Declares Dividend
Rogers wrote:TORONTO, Feb. 12, 2014 /PRNewswire/ - Rogers Communications Inc. ("Rogers") announced that its Board of Directors has approved a 5% increase to the annualized dividend rate from $1.74 to $1.83 per Class A Voting and Class B Non-Voting share. Effective immediately, the new quarterly dividend rate will be 45.75 cents per share.

Following the approval of the dividend increase, the Rogers Board declared a 45.75 cent quarterly dividend on each of its outstanding Class A Voting shares and Class B Non-Voting shares. This quarterly dividend will be paid on April 4, 2014 to shareholders of record on March 14, 2014, and is the first quarterly dividend to reflect the newly increased $1.83 per share annualized dividend level. Such quarterly dividends are only payable as and when declared by Rogers' Board and there is no entitlement to any dividend prior thereto.
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Buried deep deep inside the financials released this morning, Thomson Reuters (TRI) increases its dividend by .02 annualized, from $1.30 to $1.32. Share price off >5%!
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Who would have thunk it back five years ago, a tech company with a nice dividend yield (now 3.3%) and a history of increases? From the horse's mouth, Cisco Reports Second Quarter Earnings
Cisco wrote:Cisco is also announcing that earlier today its Board of Directors declared a quarterly dividend of $0.19 per common share, a two-cent increase over the previous quarter's dividend, to be paid on April 23, 2014 to all shareholders of record as of the close of business on April 3, 2014. Future dividends will be subject to Board approval.
Their complete dividend history can be found at Cisco Systems, Inc. (CSCO) Dividend Date & History - NASDAQ.com
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Home Capital Reports Strong Fourth Quarter Results, 14.3% Dividend Increase, and Stock Dividend Effecting a Two-for-One Split
Subsequent to the end of the quarter, and in light of the Company's solid performance, profitability and strong financial position, the Board of Directors declared an increase in the quarterly dividend by $0.04 to $0.32 per Common share, payable on March 1, 2014 to shareholders of record at the close of business on February 24, 2014
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Add Cenovus to this growing list, Cenovus oil sands production increases 14% in 2013 -- CALGARY, Feb. 13, 2014
Cenovus wrote:The Cenovus Board of Directors approved a dividend increase of 10% for the first quarter of 2014, resulting in a dividend of $0.2662 per share, payable on March 31, 2014 to common shareholders of record as of March 14, 2014. Based on the February 12, 2014 closing share price on the Toronto Stock Exchange of $29.64, this represents an annualized yield of about 3.6%. Declaration of dividends is at the sole discretion of the Board. Cenovus's continued commitment to a meaningful dividend is an important aspect of the company's strategy to focus on increasing total shareholder return.
I bit strange seeing a quarterly dividend to four decimal places, $0.2662 that doesn't round to a full penny annually.
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There is cash in sugar water, PepsiCo raises their dividend also, PepsiCo Achieves 2013 Financial Targets and Announces Increase of 35% in Cash Returns to Shareholders for 2014. The relevant details (my bold)
As a reflection of management's confidence in the company's strong and sustainable cash flow generation capacity, and consistent with its commitment to disciplined capital allocation, the company announced a 15 percent increase in its annualized dividend to $2.62 per share from $2.27 per share, to take effect with the June 2014 payment. The increase will be the 42nd consecutive annual increase in dividends per share. It also anticipates increasing share repurchases in 2014 to approximately $5 billion. Combined, these programs are expected to return a total of $8.7 billion to shareholders in 2014, a 35 percent increase from 2013 levels.
42nd consecutive annual increase in dividends per share is pretty impressive.
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Amidst a shipstorm of negative sentiment from analysts, this container leaser (NYSE:TAL) adds its two (more) cents
TAL announced a $0.02 increase in its quarterly dividend to $0.72 per share payable on March 24, 2014 to shareholders of record as of March 3, 2014.
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Coors "suds"-sidizes shareholders' future beer purchases with a 16% dividend increase
Molson Coors Brewing Company (NYSE: TAP, TAP.A) today declared an increased regular quarterly dividend of US$0.37 per share, payable March 17, 2014, to Class A and Class B shareholders of record on February 28, 2014. This dividend represents a 16 percent increase from the previous quarterly rate of US$0.32 per share and raises the annual dividend rate to $1.48 per share. In addition, Molson Coors Canada Inc. (TSX: TPX.B, TPX.A), declared a quarterly dividend of the Canadian dollar equivalent of US$0.37 per share using today’s noon spot exchange rate as reported by the Bank of Canada, payable March 17, 2014, to Class A exchangeable and Class B exchangeable shareholders of record on February 28, 2014.
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Industrial Alliance Insurance and Financial Services Inc. (TSX:IAG) increaseed the dividend 6.1 % and reported 4Q13 results.

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ockham wrote:Buried deep deep inside the financials released this morning, Thomson Reuters (TRI) increases its dividend by .02 annualized, from $1.30 to $1.32. Share price off >5%!
It will be interesting to see if Thomson Reuters can turn it around, given stumbles by Dow Jones and hackability issues at Bloomberg.
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parvus wrote:
ockham wrote:Buried deep deep inside the financials released this morning, Thomson Reuters (TRI) increases its dividend by .02 annualized, from $1.30 to $1.32. Share price off >5%!
It will be interesting to see if Thomson Reuters can turn it around, given stumbles by Dow Jones and hackability issues at Bloomberg.
Interesting to some, but for me, Reuters is on a permanent boycott list of potential investments. When they change their corporate policy insisting that terrorists are to be referred to as "militants", I may reconsider.
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Investors who parked in a place at Boardwalk (TSE:BEI.UN) will collect a 3% increase on the next go
(my god, that was torturous to write let alone read..)
Boardwalk's Board of Trustees has approved a 3.0% increase to the next three-month's regular distribution to $0.17 per Trust Unit per Month, or $2.04 per Trust Unit on an annualized basis.
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Enbridge (TSE:ENB) increases div by 11% while missing analyst estimate by 2 cents
Quarterly dividend will increase by 11% to $0.350 per common share effective March 1, 2014


Sorry -previously reported December 4 2013. Repeated announcements of the same increase is becoming more common lately.
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I've already got ENB@.35 in my spreadsheet, so it must have been announced earlier.
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adrian2 wrote:
parvus wrote:
ockham wrote:Buried deep deep inside the financials released this morning, Thomson Reuters (TRI) increases its dividend by .02 annualized, from $1.30 to $1.32. Share price off >5%!
It will be interesting to see if Thomson Reuters can turn it around, given stumbles by Dow Jones and hackability issues at Bloomberg.
Interesting to some, but for me, Reuters is on a permanent boycott list of potential investments. When they change their corporate policy insisting that terrorists are to be referred to as "militants", I may reconsider.
I was thinking of all three as suppliers of both business news and stock feeds. It's a highly competitive market for traders, who may or may not notice the political news (or nuances).
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Canadian Real Estate Investment (REF.UN) raises dividend

"We are also extremely pleased to announce another increase in our distributions. We will increase the distribution by 10 cents per unit (6.1 per cent) effective for the February distribution. This will bring our distributions to $1.75 per unit, on an annualized basis, from the current level of $1.65 per unit. This is the 13th consecutive year that CREIT has increased its distributions. We are very proud of this achievement; it is an extraordinary record."
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Twelve consecutive quarterly dividend increases certainly demonstrates a drive to attract income investors ..as well as mow down mom-and-pop car dealerships for AutoCanada (TSE:ACQ)
Board of Directors has declared a quarterly eligible dividend of $0.22 per common share, an increase of 4.8% from the previous quarterly dividend of $0.21 per common share. The dividend is payable on March 17, 2014 to shareholders of record at the close of business on February 28, 2014. The declared dividend represents a rate of $0.88 per share on an annualized basis.
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One man's trash yields another man's treasure: Waste Management Announces Plan to Increase Quarterly Dividend Payments and Authorization for $600 Million in Share Repurchases
Waste Management, Inc. (NYSE: WM) today announced that its Board of Directors has approved a 2.7% increase in the planned quarterly dividend rate, from $0.365 to $0.375 per share. On an annual basis, the per share dividend increases from $1.46 to $1.50. This marks the eleventh consecutive year that the Company has increased its planned quarterly dividend.
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The Company also announced today that its Board of Directors has authorized the purchase of up to $600 million of the Company’s common stock. Future share repurchases will be made at the discretion of management and will depend on a number of factors, including the Company’s net earnings, financial condition, cash required for future business plans and other factors deemed relevant.
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58 consecutive years of dividend increases for Genuine Parts (7% this time) and that ain't no lie
Genuine Parts Company (NYSE: GPC) announced today a 7% increase in the regular quarterly cash dividend for 2014. The Board of Directors of the Company, at its February 17, 2014 Board meeting, increased the cash dividend payable to an annual rate of $2.30 per share compared with the previous dividend of $2.15 per share. The quarterly cash dividend of fifty-seven and one-half cents ($.575) per share is payable April 1, 2014 to shareholders of record March 7, 2014. GPC has paid a cash dividend every year since going public in 1948, and 2014 marks the 58th consecutive year of increased dividends paid to shareholders.
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Westlake Chemical mutation yields cellular fission and a 12% dividend increase
The Board of Directors of Westlake Chemical Corporation (NYSE: WLK) declared a two-for-one split of the company's common stock and increased the quarterly cash dividend on the company's common stock by 12 percent to $0.252 per share on a pre-split basis.
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Tim Hortons (THI) raises their dividend 23% from $1.04 to $1.28 (32 cents per quarter) http://online.wsj.com/article/PR-CO-201 ... 07742.html
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CCL Industries increases 16.3%
Given our strong cash flow, prospects for the coming year and the Company's commitment to increasing total shareholder return, your Board of Directors declared an increase in the quarterly dividend on the Class B shares of $0.035 per share. This equates to an increase of 16.3% in the quarterly dividend. The new quarterly dividend of $0.25 per Class B non-voting share and $0.2375 per Class A voting share will be payable to shareholders of record at the close of business on March 17, 2014, to be paid on March 31, 2014. CCL has delivered dividends to shareholders without omission or reduction for over 30 years
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