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Ross Stores (ROST) approved an increase in the quarterly cash dividend to $.235 per share, up 18% on top of an 18% increase in the prior year. This higher quarterly dividend is payable on March 31, 2015 to stockholders of record as of March 9, 2015.

Gap's Board of Directors authorized the first quarter fiscal year 2015 dividend of $0.23 per share, payable on or after April 29, 2015 to shareholders of record at the close of business on April 8, 2015.

Wyndham Worldwide Corporation (WYN) declared a cash dividend of $0.42 per share on its common stock, payable March 27, 2015 to shareholders of record as of March 13, 2015.

Digital Realty authorized a quarterly common stock dividend of $0.85 per share to common stockholders of record as of the close of business on March 13, 2015. The common stock dividend will be paid on March 31, 2015.

Ecolab declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.33 per common share, to be paid April 15, 2015, to shareholders of record at the close of business on March 10, 2015.

And, PPL Corporation (PPL) declared a quarterly common stock dividend on Friday (2/27) of $0.3725 per share, payable April 1, 2015, to shareowners of record as of March 10, 2015.