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Consolidated Edison (ED) declared a quarterly dividend of 71.5 cents a share on its common stock, payable March 15, 2018 to stockholders of record as of February 14, 2018, an annualized increase of 10 cents over the previous annualized dividend of $2.76 a share.

Kinder Morgan (KMI) approved a cash dividend of $0.125 per share for the fourth quarter ($0.50 annualized) payable on February 15, 2018, to common stockholders of record as of the close of business on January 31, 2018. KMI continues to expect to increase its dividend to $0.80 per share for 2018 ($0.20 per share for Q1 2018).

Carnival Corporation (CCL) has declared a quarterly dividend of $0.45 per share. The company's boards of directors approved a record date for the quarterly dividend of February 23, 2018, and a payment date of March 16, 2018.

PPG (PPG) declared a regular quarterly dividend of 45 cents per share, payable March 12 to shareholders of record Feb. 16.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) has declared a regular cash dividend of $0.075 per share on the company's common stock. This dividend, the second in Hewlett Packard Enterprise's fiscal year 2018, is payable on or about April 4, 2018, to stockholders of record as of the close of business on March 14, 2018, and is consistent with the quarterly dividend amount previously announced at HPE's 2017 Securities Analyst Meeting.

For MarketNewsVideo.com, I'm Sayoko Murase.