According to @StockMKTNewz, Starbucks SBUX increased its quarterly dividend to 0.62 dollars per share from 0.61 dollars per share, a rise of roughly 1.6 percent based on the figures provided by the same source. Based on this update, the annualized dividend moves to 2.48 dollars from 2.44 dollars, derived directly from the payout numbers cited by @StockMKTNewz. The source did not provide an effective date, record date, or ex-dividend date, so timing details for dividend-capture strategies are not available from the source.