DuPont declared a second quarter common stock dividend of 49 cents per share payable June 12, 2015, to stockholders of record May 15, 2015. This represents a 4 percent increase over the 47 cents paid last quarter. This is the fourth increase in the past 36 months, and the 443rd consecutive quarterly dividend since the company's first dividend in the fourth quarter of 1904.

CN (CNI) has approved a second-quarter 2015 dividend on the Company's common shares outstanding. A quarterly dividend of thirty-one-and-one-quarter cents - C$0.3125 - per common share will be paid on June 30, 2015, to shareholders of record at the close of business on June 9, 2015.

Southern Company announced a regular quarterly dividend -- including an increase of 1.75 cents per share over the prior quarter -- of 54.25 cents per share, payable June 6, 2015, to shareholders of record as of May 18, 2015. This marks 270 consecutive quarters -- dating back to 1948 -- that Southern Company will have paid a dividend to its shareholders.

The Travelers Companies declared a quarterly dividend of $0.61 per share, an increase of 11%. This dividend is payable on June 30, 2015, to shareholders of record as of the close of business on June 10, 2015.

Whirlpool Corporation declared a 20 percent increase in the quarterly dividend on the company's common stock to 90 cents per share from 75 cents per share. The dividend is payable June 15, 2015, to stockholders of record at the close of business on May 15, 2015.

Eaton (ETN) declared a quarterly dividend of $0.55 per ordinary share payable May 22, 2015 to shareholders of record at the close of business on May 4, 2015.

And, CIT Group (CIT) has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.15 per common share on its outstanding common stock. The common stock dividend is payable on May 29, 2015 to common shareholders of record as of May 15, 2015.