For the first time in six years, banking giant JPMorgan Chase is enriching its dividend. Wednesday the company boosted its quarterly common payout 12%, to 38 cents a share from 34 cents. It had been hinting at such a move for months. Disbursement will take place July 31 for investors on JPMorgan's books July 6. The stock (ticker: JPM) goes ex-dividend July 3.

Celebrating its 35th anniversary this year, Carnival (CCL), the world's largest cruise line, Monday hiked its common dividend for the fifth year in a row. The new quarterly is rising 27%, to 35 cents a share from 27.5 cents. It will go out June 8 to holders on Carnival's roster May 18. The ex-date is May 16. Yield: 2.96%. Payouts have been ongoing since 1988. Since 2005, Carnival has repurchased $1.2 billion worth of its shares.

There's lots of dough in pizza. Shares of Domino's Pizza (DPZ) rose to a 52-week high of 35.67 Wednesday after the company unveiled a recapitalization program that includes a one-time special dividend of $13.50 a share, repayment of about $750 million in existing debt and the repurchase of $200 million worth of stock.