By Colin Kellaher

Comcast Corp. on Thursday said the board raised the quarterly dividend by 8.7% to 25 cents from 23 cents.

The new payout, equal to $1.00 a year, represents an annual yield of about 2.07% based on Wednesday's closing price of $48.42, up from 1.9%.

The Philadelphia cable giant company said the increased dividend is payable April 28 to shareholders of record April 7.

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