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IMPERIAL OIL LTD., $76.53, is a buy. The company (Toronto symbol IMO; Shares o/s: 604.8 million; Market cap: $47.2 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Average; Dividend yield: 2.3%; www.imperialoil.ca) will raise your quarterly dividend by 29.4% with the January 2023 payment. Investors will then receive $0.44 a share instead of $0.34. The new annual rate of $1.76 yields 2.3%. Meanwhile, the company also plans to buy back up to $1.5 billion of its common shares (about 3.4% of the total) through a Dutch auction process. This is Imperial’s second major buyback this year. In June 2022, it repurchased $2.5 billion of its shares. Under this new offer, investors who want to participate must offer their shares for between $72.50 and $87.00 (in increments of $0.25) before December 9, 2022. The final purchase price will be the lowest amount within that range at which Imperial can buy the most shares for $1.5 billion. The company will then pay that price for all shares tendered at or below it…