Accenture (ACN) will raise its semi-annual dividend by 20 percent to $0.45 per share in the fourth quarter of 2010. Earlier this year the company switched from an annual to a semi-annual dividend.

The next dividend will be paid on November 15, 2010 to shareholders of record on October 15, 2010. The ex-date for ...

McDonald’s Corporation (MCD) will raise its quarterly dividend by 10.9 percent to $0.61 per share in the fourth quarter of 2010. Last year McDonald’s hiked its dividend by 10.0 percent to 55 cents per share quarterly.

The increased dividend is payable on December 15, 2010 to shareholders of record at ...

Sanderson Farms (SAFM) will hike its quarterly dividend to $0.17 per share.

Sanderson Farms, Inc. is a poultry processing company. The Company is engaged in the production, processing, marketing and distribution of fresh, frozen and minimally prepared chicken. It sells ice pack, chill pack, bulk pack and frozen chicken, in whole, cut-up and boneless ...

Microsoft (MSFT) will raise its quarterly dividend by 23.1 percent to $0.16 per share in the fourth quarter of 2010. This marks the first dividend hike by the company since 2008.

The new dividend will be paid on December 9, 2010 to shareholders of record on November 18, 2010. Microsoft has now raised ...