Dollar General and 5 More Companies That Raised Their Stock Dividends This Week

Dollar General and 5 More Companies That Raised Their Stock Dividends This Week

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Dollar General


and

Applied Materials


were among the large U.S. companies that announced dividend increases this week.

Dollar General (ticker: DG), a large discount retailer, said it plans to boost its quarterly disbursement to 59 cents a share, up 7% from 55 cents.