Not every company is slashing its dividend these days. Some of the market's better performers are easing up on their purse strings, sending more money to their shareholders.
Let's take a closer look at four of the companies that inched their payouts higher this past week.
We'll start with McDonald's
Lockheed Martin
Sanderson Farms
Finally, we have The First of Long Island
Some of these moves may not seem like much, but consider the less savory moves that took place in recent days. First Defiance Financial
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