Date updated:08-07-2009
Stocks of companies that increased their dividends during the last week.

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CHE
Chemed Corp - $45.19
- +0.36%
- $44.88
doubled its quarterly dividend to 12 cents a share, payable Sept. 4 to investors of record on Aug. 17.

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CHD
Church Dwight Co - $58.26
- -0.43%
- $58.51
raised its regular quarterly dividend to 14 cents from 9 cents. The company will pay the dividend on Sept. 1 to shareholders of record Aug. 13

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ABC
Amerisourcebergen - $24.49
- +1.16%
- $24.19
new stock dividend represents a 20 percent increase. The dividend is to be paid Sept. 8, to shareholders of record on Aug. 24, will be 6 cents, up from 5 cents.

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BCE
B C E Inc - $25.73
- -0.77%
- $25.80
upped its annual common share dividend by five per cent to $1.62 per share

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WTR
Aqua America Inc - $15.88
- -0.63%
- $15.98
a 7.4 percent dividend increase of $0.01 per share from $0.135 per share to $0.145 per share for the December 1, 2009 quarterly dividend, to all shareholders of record on November 16, 2009.

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DOV
Dover Cp - $41.37
- -1.15%
- $41.04
increased its quarterly cash dividend to $0.26 per share, from the previous $0.25 per share, an increase of 4%.

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LEG
Leggett Platt Inc - $19.53
- -0.46%
- $19.50
an increase of 4% in the dividend. Dividends have increased annually for 38 consecutive years, at 14% compound growth rate.

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AINV
Apollo Investment - $9.33
- -2.00%
- $9.45
increased quarterly dividend to 28 cents per share
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A. Here's another one:
http://seekingalpha.com/article/173986-s
hipping-three-high-risk-high-reward-opti
ons
Also, DSX, for instance moved up after
hours.
It might depend on your timeframe. The
related indexes appear to be trending
up. (this is not a recommendation).
A. The only one I own : SLX,
too hard pick a winner out all of them
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