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Marsh & McLennan Companies (MMC) increased the quarterly cash dividend by 11% from $.28 to $.31 per share on outstanding common stock. The dividend is payable on August 14, 2015 to shareholders of record on July 10, 2015.

NetApp (NTAP) increased the first quarter fiscal year 2016 dividend by 9% to $0.18 per share. The dividend will be paid on July 23, 2015, to shareholders of record as of the close of business on July 10, 2015.

Viacom (VIA) has approved a 21% increase in its quarterly dividend to $0.40 per share of Class A and B common stock from $0.33 per share. The increase will take effect beginning with Viacom's next quarterly dividend, payable on July 1, 2015 to stockholders of record at the close of business on June 15, 2015.

Agilent Technologies (A) announced that a quarterly dividend of 10 cents per share of common stock will be paid on July 22, 2015, to all shareholders of record as of the close of business on June 30, 2015.

Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO) has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.15 per share. The dividend will be paid on July 15, 2015, to shareholders of record as of June 15, 2015.

Air Products (APD) declared a quarterly dividend of 81 cents per share of common stock. The dividend is payable on August 10, 2015 to shareholders of record at the close of business on July 1, 2015.

CenturyLink (CTL) declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.54 per share, a portion of which will be payable out of capital surplus, on June 16, 2015, to shareholders of record on June 2, 2015.

For MarketNewsVideo.com, I'm Sayoko Murase.