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Zoetis (ZTS) has declared a first quarter 2015 dividend payable to holders of the company's common stock of $0.083 per share, an increase of 15% from the quarterly dividend rate paid in 2014. The dividend is to be paid on Tuesday, Mar. 3, 2015, to holders of record on Thursday, Jan. 22, 2015.

Waddell & Reed Financial (WDR) approved an increase in the quarterly dividend on its Class A common stock to $0.43 per share payable on February 2, 2015 to stockholders of record as of January 12, 2015. This new quarterly dividend rate represents an increase of 26.5% over the $0.34 per share quarterly dividend paid in 2014.

Inland Real Estate Corporation (IRC) has declared a cash distribution of $0.0475 per share on the outstanding shares of its common stock, payable on January 20, 2015, to common stockholders of record at the close of business on December 31, 2014.

Scholastic Corporation (SCHL) declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.15 per share on the Company's Class A and Common Stock for the third quarter of fiscal 2015. The dividend is payable on March 16, 2015 to all shareholders of record as of the close of business on January 30, 2015.

And, Kayne Anderson Energy Total Return Fund (KYE) announced its quarterly distribution of $0.485 per share for the quarter ended November 30, 2014. The distribution will be payable on January 16, 2015 to common stockholders of record on December 30, 2014, with an ex-dividend date of December 26, 2014.

For MarketNewsVideo.com, I'm Sayoko Murase.