Dividend

Infineon Technologies AG (OTC: IFNNY) announced its plans to lift its dividend by 20%. The company will pay dividend of EUR0.12 per share for the fiscal year ended September 30, up from EUR0.10, in the year-ago period. Last week, Infineon reported that its full-year net profit surged to EUR1.12...

McCormick & Co (NYSE: MKC) announced its plans to lift its quarterly dividend by 11%. McCormick will now pay a dividend of $0.31 per share, up from $0.28 per share. McCormick shares fell 0.38% to close at $47.31 yesterday.

LyondellBasell Industries NV (NYSE: LYB) reported that its board has authorized a special dividend of $4.50 per share. The dividend will be paid on December 16, 2011 to shareholders as of record on Nov. 25, 2011. LYB shares gained 2.55% to $37.00 in pre-market trading.

Host Hotels & Resorts Inc (NYSE: HST) reported that its board of directors lifted its regular quarterly cash dividend to $0.04 per share, from $0.03 per share. The dividend is payable on October 17, 2011 to stockholders of record on September 30, 2011. HST shares gained 2.62% to close at $...

Shares of Texas Instruments Incorporated (NYSE: TXN) gained about 2.8% in pre-market trading after the company announced its plans to lift its quarterly cash dividend. Texas Instruments raised its dividend by 31% to $0.17 per share of common stock. TXN shares surged 2.85% to $28.50 in pre-market...

Williams Companies Inc (NYSE: WMB) announced its plans to raise the annual dividend on its common stock by 25%. Williams will lift the dividend to $1 per share from $0.80 per share, to be paid in December 2011. Williams shares gained 3.84% to $26.51 in after-hours trading.

Brinker International Inc (NYSE: EAT) raised its quarterly dividend payout by $0.02. Brinker lifted its dividend to $0.16 per share, from $0.14 per share. Brinker shares gained 3.53% to close at $22.56 on Friday.

Cummins Inc (NYSE: CMI) raised its quarterly dividend by 52% to $0.40 per share, from 26.25 per share. CMI shares closed at $103.65 yesterday.

Chesapeake Energy Corp (NYSE: CHK) reported that it will raise its quarterly dividend by 17% to 8.75 cents per share. Chesapeake Energy shareholders of record as of July 1 will receive the dividend on July 15. CHK shares fell 1.71% to close at $29.24 on Friday. Read more from Benzinga's...

Travelers Companies Inc (NYSE: TRV) reported its Q1 profit at $839 million, or $1.92 per share, up from $647 million, or $1.25 per share, in the year-ago period. However, analysts were expecting earnings of $1.49 per share. TRV's total revenue increased 3% to $6.3 billion. The company's...

The stock market hasn't returned a single red cent in over twelve years, as measured by the S&P 500. Twelve years is a long time to go without earning a return on your investment, particularly if you are close to retirement. With the boom years of the 1980s and 1990s now a distant memory, it is...