Collect Solid Dividends as the Global Economy Heats Up: 3M Co (MMM) and More

United Parcel Service, Inc. (NYSE:UPS) , meanwhile, gained 12%. It recently upped its dividend by almost 9% and recently yielded 2.9%. On top of that, UPS is planning a massive share repurchase of about $4 billion this year. The company stands to gain from the U.S. Postal Service’s struggles (though some are pointing out that the situation is not as it appears there). Even without that, though, online retailers are enjoying booming business, which translates into lots of deliveries for UPS and others.

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The article Collect Solid Dividends as the Global Economy Heats Up originally appeared on Fool.com and is written by Selena Maranjian.

Longtime Fool contributor Selena Maranjian, whom you can follow on Twitter, owns shares of 3M. The Motley Fool recommends 3M, Embraer-Empresa Brasileira, and United Parcel Service.

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