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State Street (STT) declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.30 per share of common stock, payable April 16, 2015 to common shareholders of record as of April 1, 2015.

Apache Corporation (APA) has declared regular cash dividends on the company's common shares. The dividend on common shares of 25 cents per share is payable on May 22, 2015, to stockholders of record on April 22, 2015.

Iron Mountain (IRM) declared a cash dividend of $0.475 per share on the common stock of the company, payable on March 20, 2015 to shareholders of record at the close of business on March 6, 2015.

AbbVie (ABBV) increased the company's quarterly cash dividend by 4 percent from $0.49 per share to $0.51 per share. The cash dividend is payable May 15, 2015 to stockholders of record at the close of business on April 15, 2015.

Colgate-Palmolive Company increased the ongoing quarterly common stock cash dividend by 6%. The increase will be effective in the second quarter, 2015. The new rate of $.38 per share is up from $.36 per share. The Board declared that the second quarter dividend is to be paid on May 15, 2015 to shareholders of record as of April 23, 2015. On an annualized basis, the new dividend rate is $1.52 versus $1.44 per share previously. The Company has paid uninterrupted dividends on its common stock since 1895.

Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) declared a quarterly dividend of thirty-five cents ($0.35) Canadian per share on the outstanding Common Shares. The dividend is payable on April 27, 2015 to holders of record at the close of business on March 27, 2015.

And, Lorillard (LO) approved a 7% increase in the quarterly dividend on its common stock from $0.615 per share to $0.66 per share. The dividend is payable on March 10, 2015 to stockholders of record as of March 2, 2015.

For MarketNewsVideo.com, I'm Kristin Bianco.