Updating Quaker Chemical Corp., Buckeye Partners, T.Rowe Price Group Inc., and Newell Rubbermaid Inc.

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QUAKER CHEMICAL CORP. $75 (www.quakerchem.com) has increased its quarterly dividend by 20.0%, to $0.30 a share from $0.25. The new annual rate of $1.20 yields 1.6%. However, the company uses oil to make its industrial lubricants and other chemical products, and higher oil prices could slow its earnings growth. Hold. BUCKEYE PARTNERS L.P. $78 (www.buckeye.com) has raised its quarterly payout by 1.5%. The new annual rate of $4.40 yields 5.6%. Distributions accounted for a high 1.03 times of Buckeye’s cash flow, net of capital expenditures, in the latest quarter. Hold. T. ROWE PRICE GROUP INC. $81 (www.troweprice.com) continues to benefit from rising stock markets, which are spurring demand for its mutual funds. Assets under management rose 15.2%, to a record $711.4 billion as of March 31, 2014 from $617.4 billion a year earlier. The company’s fee income rises and falls with the value of the securities it manages, so its revenue and earnings also gain when the price of these assets rises…