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Below we provide a list of firms that raised their dividends during the week ending March 9. The dividend reports of covered firms on this list will be updated shortly with the new information. To access our dividend reports use the ‘Symbol’ search box in our website header.

Firms Raising Their Dividends This Week

American Eagle Outfitters (AEO): now $0.14 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.13.

American Tower (AMT): now $0.75 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.70.

AMERISAFE (AMSF): now $0.22 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.20.

Anthem (ANTM): now $0.75 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.70.

Armanino Foods of Distinction (AMNF): now $0.0225 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.02.

BHP Billiton plc (BBL): now $1.10 per ADS semi-annual dividend, was $0.86.

Big Lots (BIG): now $0.30 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.25.

BlackRock (BLK): now $2.88 per share quarterly dividend, was $2.50.

Bluegreen Vacations (BXG): now $0.01 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.0075.

BWX Technologies (BWXT): now $0.16 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.11.

Cabot Microelectronics (CCMP): now $0.40 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.20.

Canadian Western Bank (CBWBF): now $0.25 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.24.

Colgate-Palmolive (CL): now $0.42 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.40.

Columbia Sportswear (COLM): now $0.22 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.19.

Community Investors Bancorp (CIBN): now $0.09 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.07.

Devon Energy (DVN): now $0.08 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.06.

Escalade (ESCA): now $0.125 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.115.

Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation (AGM.A): now $0.58 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.36.

Forrester Research (FORR): now $0.20 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.19.

Freehold Royalties (FRHLF): now CAD 0.0525 per share monthly dividend, was CAD 0.05.

General Dynamics (GD): now $0.93 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.84.

Gentex (GNTX): now $0.11 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.10.

Gold Fields (GFI): now $0.034 per share semi-annual dividend, was $0.025.

Hill-Rom Holdings (HRC): now $0.20 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.18.

Horace Mann Educators Corporation (HMN): now $0.285 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.275.

Icahn Enterprises (IEP): now $1.75 per share quarterly dividend, was $1.50.

Kadant (KAI): now $0.22 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.21.

ManTech (MANT): now $0.25 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.21.

MB Financial (MBFI): now $0.24 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.21.

Mexico Fund (MXF): now $0.15 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.13.

MGM Resorts (MGM): now $0.12 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.11.

NASB Financial (NASB): now $0.50 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.32.

Nutrisystem (NTRI): now $0.25 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.175.

PPL (PPL): now $0.41 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.395.

Qualcomm Incorporated (QCOM): now $0.62 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.57.

Ross Stores (ROST): now $0.225 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.16.

Sabine Royalty Trust (SBR): now $0.21068 per share monthly dividend, was $0.19122.

SemGroup (SEMG): now $0.4725 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.45.

Shire PLC (SHPG): now $0.8937 per share semi-annual dividend, was $0.1527.

Systemax (SYX): now $0.11 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.10.

Weingarten Reality (WRI): now $0.395 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.385.

Firms Lowering Their Dividends This Week

Clough Global Allocation Fund (GLV): now $0.1172 per share monthly dividend, was $0.1225.

Clough Global Equity Fund (GLQ): now $0.1226 per share monthly dividend, was $0.1270.

Clough Global Opportunities Fund (GLO): now $0.1013 per share monthly dividend, was $0.1046.

CYS Investments (CYS): now $0.22 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.25.

Fiduciary/Claymore MLP Opportunity Fund (FMO): now $0.3231 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.4308.

IDT Corporation (IDT): now $0.09 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.19.

MIND C.T.I (MNDO): now $0.30 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.32.

Novartis (NVS): now $2.21 per share annual dividend, was $2.30.

Sprott Focus Trust Inc (FUND): now $0.129 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.22.

Tri-Continental (TY): now $0.2301 per share quarterly dividend, was $0.3094.

>>Last week’s dividend increases.

Source: Seeking Alpha and Nasdaq.