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Pfizer declared a 28-cent first-quarter 2015 dividend on the company's common stock, payable March 3, 2015, to shareholders of record at the close of business on February 6, 2015. Pfizer increased the dividend by approximately 8 percent, to 28 cents from 26 cents per share.

Abbott (ABT) increased the company's quarterly common dividend to $0.24 per share from $0.22 per share. The cash dividend is payable Feb. 13, 2015, to shareholders of record at the close of business on Jan. 15, 2015.

Blackstone Mortgage Trust (BXMT) declared a dividend of $0.52 per share of class A common stock with respect to the fourth quarter of 2014. This dividend is payable on January 15, 2015 to stockholders of record as of the close of business on December 31, 2014.

The AES Corporation (AES) approved a 100% increase in the Company's quarterly common stock dividend, to $0.10 per share from $0.05 per share. The Board of Directors declared a quarterly common stock dividend of $0.10 per share payable on February 17, 2015, to shareholders of record at the close of business on February 3, 2015.

And, Zimmer Holdings (ZMH) has approved the payment of a quarterly cash dividend to stockholders for the fourth quarter of 2014. The cash dividend of $0.22 per share will be paid on or about January 30, 2015, to stockholders of record as of the close of business on December 29, 2014.

For MarketNewsVideo.com, I'm Sayoko Murase.