CARBO Ceramics Inc. (NYSE: CRR) Board of Directors has approved the payment of a dividend on February 15, 2011, of $0.20 per share to shareholders of record on February 1, 2011.

CARBO Ceramics Inc. manufactures and supplies ceramic proppants primarily used in the hydraulic fracturing of natural gas and oil wells in the United States and internationally.
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The board of directors of Walgreen Co. (NYSE: WAG) declared a regular quarterly dividend of 17.5 cents per share, a 27.3 percent increase over the year-ago dividend. The dividend is payable March 12, 2011, to shareholders of record Feb. 18, 2011.

Oxford Industries, Inc. (NYSE: OXM) Board of Directors has approved a cash dividend of $0.11 per share payable on January 28, 2011 to shareholders of record as of the close of business on January 15, 2011. The Company has paid dividends every quarter since it became publicly owned in 1960.

Oxford Industries, Inc. is an international apparel design, sourcing and marketing company
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Progress Energy's board of directors declared a dividend on the company's common stock. The quarterly dividend was declared at 62 cents per share, payable Feb. 1, 2011, to shareholders of record as of Jan. 10, 2011.

Progress Energy (NYSE: PGN), is a Fortune 500 energy company.
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