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 ...

Harris Corporation (HRS) will raise its quarterly dividend by 13.6 percent to $0.25 per share in 2010.

Harris Corporation is a technology company that provides products, systems and services that have defense and civil government applications, as well as commercial applications. The company is organized into three business segments: Communication Systems, Electronic Systems ...

BancFirst Corp (BANF) will raise its quarterly dividend by 8.7 percent from $0.23 to $0.25 per share in 2010.

BancFirst Corporation is an Oklahoma based financial services holding company. The company's principal subsidiary bank, BancFirst, is Oklahoma's largest state-chartered bank.  It has four business units, which include metropolitan banks, community ...

Altria Group (MO) will raise its quarterly dividend by another 8.6 percent to $0.38 per share in 2010. Earlier this year the tobacco company already hiked its dividend by one cent to 35 cents per share quarterly.

The next dividend is payable on October 12, 2010 to shareholders of record at the close ...

Illinois Tool Works (ITW) will raise its quarterly dividend by 9.7 percent to $0.34 per share in 2010. This is the company’s first dividend increase since 2008, when the dividend was raised by 3 cents to $0.31 per share quarterly.

The increased dividend is payable on October 13, 2010 to shareholders ...

Dover Corporation (DOV) will raise its quarterly dividend by 5.8 percent to $0.275 per share in 2010. The increased dividend is payable on September 15, 2010 to shareholders of record at the close of business on August 31, 2010. The ex-date for his next dividend of 27.5 cents per share is August ...

Real Estate Investment Trust Federal Realty Investment (FRT) will raise its quarterly dividend by 1.5 percent to $0.67 per share in 2010.

The next dividend is payable October 15, 2010 to shareholders of record at the close of business on September 23, 2010. The ex-date for his next dividend of 67 cents per ...