McDonald's approved the Company's 42nd consecutive annual dividend increase, raising the quarterly dividend 15% from $1.01 to $1.16 per share of common stock, payable on December 17, 2018 to shareholders of record at the close of business on December 3, 2018.

Texas Instruments (TXN) said it will raise its quarterly cash dividend by 24 percent, from $0.62 per share to $0.77, or $3.08 annualized. The higher dividend will be payable November 19, 2018, to stockholders of record on October 31, 2018, contingent upon formal declaration by the board of directors at its regular meeting in October.

Cisco (CSCO) declared a quarterly dividend of $0.33 per common share to be paid on October 24, 2018 to all shareholders of record as of the close of business on October 5, 2018.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) announced that the Hewlett Packard Enterprise Board of Directors has declared a regular cash dividend of $0.1125 per share on the company's common stock. This dividend, the first in Hewlett Packard Enterprise's fiscal year 2019, is payable on or about January 2, 2019, to stockholders of record as of the close of business on December 12, 2018.

UDR (UDR) declared a regular quarterly dividend on its common stock for the third quarter of 2018 in the amount of $0.3225 per share, payable in cash, on October 31, 2018 to UDR common stock shareholders of record as of October 10, 2018.