Below we provide a list of firms that raised/lowered their dividends during the week ending February 7. The dividend reports of covered firms on this list will be updated shortly with the new information. To access our dividend reports, please click here (or use our ‘Symbol’ search box in our website header).

Firms Raising Their Dividends This Week

Apache Corp (APA): now $0.25 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.20.

Artisan Partners Asset Management (APAM): now $0.55 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.43.

Assured Guaranty (AGO): now $0.11 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.10.

Bemis (BMS): now $0.27 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.26.

Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P. (BIP): now $0.48 per share quarterly distribution, was $0.43.

Cincinnati Financial (CINF): now $0.44 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.42.

CME Group (CME): now $0.47 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.45.

Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE): now $0.25 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.20.

Dr Pepper Snapple (DPS): now $0.41 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.38.

Dunkin' Brands (DNKN): now $0.23 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.19.

Exponent (EXPO): now $0.25 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.15.

Guaranty Bancorp (GBNK): now $0.05 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.025.

Heritage Bankshares (HBKS): now $0.12 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.06.

Home Properties (HME): now $0.73 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.70.

Ingersoll-Rand (IR): now $0.25 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.21.

L Brands (LB): now $0.34 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.30.

Ledyard Financial Group (LFGP): now $0.41 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.37.

Manhattan Bridge Capital (LOAN): now $0.02 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.01.

Northeast Utilities (NU): now $0.3925 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.3675.

Old National Bancorp (ONB): now $0.11 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.10.

Otter Tail (OTTR): now $0.3025 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.2975.

PPL Corp (PPL):¨now $0.3725 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.3675.

Principal Financial Group (PFG): now $0.28 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.26.

RG Barry (DFZ): now $0.10 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.09.

Salient Midstream & MLP Fund (SMM): now $0.35 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.347.

Simulations Plus (SLP): now $0.05 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.04.

Spectra Energy Partners (SEP): now $0.54625 per share quarterly distribution, was $0.51625.

Standard Motor Products (SMP): now $0.13 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.11.

Suncor Energy (SU): now $0.23 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.20.

Teva (TEVA): now NIS 1.21 ($0.34) per share quarterly dividend, was NIS 1.15.

Time Warner (TWX): now $0.3175 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.2875.

Union Pacific (UNP): now $0.91 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.79.

Firms Lowering Their Dividends This Week

CONSOL Energy (CNX): now $0.0625 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.125.

Fidelity D&D Bancorp (FDBC): now $0.25 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.35.

Sterling Bancorp (STL): now $0.07 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.09.