The 3M Board of Directors (MMM) declared a dividend on the company's common stock of $1.44 per share for the first quarter of 2019, a 6 percent increase over the quarterly dividend paid in 2018. The dividend is payable March 12, 2019, to shareholders of record at the close of business on Feb. 15, 2019.
Suncor Energy's Board of Directors has approved a quarterly dividend of $0.42 per share on its common shares, payable March 25, 2019 to shareholders of record at the close of business on March 4, 2019. This dividend represents a 17% increase over the prior quarter and marks 17 years of consecutive annualized dividend increases.
Corning (GLW) declared a quarterly dividend of $0.20 per share, an 11% increase in the company's quarterly common stock dividend. The 2019 first-quarter dividend is payable on March 29, 2019, to shareholders of record on February 28, 2019.
The New York Times Company declared a $.05 dividend per share on the Company's Class A and Class B common stock, an increase of $.01 from the previous quarter. The dividend is payable on April 18, 2019, to shareholders of record as of the close of business on April 3, 2019.
Mastercard (MA) has declared a quarterly cash dividend of 33 cents per share. The cash dividend will be paid on May 9, 2019 to holders of record of its Class A common stock and Class B common stock as of April 9, 2019.
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