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Seventeen (17) companies announce increased dividends or distributions, including: Cisco Systems, Molson Coors, OXY, UPS.

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Early trading:

KOG is already trading at a new high. MDU starts off at a new high.

CVX, COP, XOM all trending up; CVX doing the best of the three, but it had fallen back quite a bit.

UNP down a bit, but trading near all-time highs.

SRE moving up.

Wow, oil is up $1.06, solidly over $101. Since I don't watch CNBC I don't know what the talking heads are telling us about the price of oil. My hunch is that CNBC hasn't said a thing, except Joe Kernen, perhaps, in passing. Sorkin has no interest, and the producers need 72 hours to put together a story. I've posted my thoughts earlier which might explain the rise in oil.

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Mid-day trading: the market is flat, but the number of companies trading at new highs is staggering, including CAH, CAT, DIS, ERF, MDU, XLNX.