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Ecolab declared a 6% increase in the company's quarterly cash dividend to $0.35 per common share, to be paid January 15, 2016, to shareholders of record at the close of business on December 15, 2015.

WEC Energy Group (NYSE:WEC) announced that it is planning to raise the quarterly dividend to 49.50 cents a share on the company's common stock in the first quarter of 2016. This would represent an increase of 3.75 cents a share over the current quarterly rate. The directors expect to declare the new dividend at their regularly scheduled meeting in January. The dividend – which would be equivalent to an annual rate of $1.98 a share – is expected to be payable March 1, 2016, to stockholders of record on Feb. 12, 2016.

Eastman Chemical Company (NYSE:EMN) has increased the quarterly cash dividend by 15 percent to $0.46 per share on the company's common stock. The dividend is payable January 4, 2016 to stockholders of record as of December 14, 2015.

Douglas Emmett (NYSE:DEI) has declared a quarterly cash dividend on each share of its common stock of $0.22, or $0.88 on an annualized basis. The dividend will be paid on January 15, 2016 to shareholders of record as of December 30, 2015.

Graco (NYSE:GGG) has declared a regular quarterly dividend of 33 cents per common share, an increase of 10 percent, payable on February 3, 2016, to shareholders of record at the close of business on January 19, 2016.

Aetna (AET) declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.25 per share on the company's common stock. The dividend is payable on January 29, 2016, to shareholders of record at the close of business on January 14, 2016.

Omnicom Group (NYSE:OMC) declared a quarterly dividend of 50 cents per outstanding share of the corporation's common stock. The dividend is payable on January 7, 2016 to Omnicom Group common shareholders of record at the close of business on December 18, 2015.

Mead Johnson Nutrition (MJN) has declared a regular quarterly dividend of $0.4125 per share for the quarter ending December 31, 2015. The dividend will be paid on January 4, 2016, to shareholders of record at close of business on December 14, 2015.

For MarketNewsVideo.com, I'm Sayoko Murase.