Golden West Financial Corp., Oakland, parent of...

Golden West Financial Corp., Oakland, parent of World Savings & Loan Assn., said it raised its quarterly common stock dividend to 7 cents per share from 6 cents, payable on Dec. 9 to shareholders of record on Nov. 15 . . . Polaroid Corp. was ordered by a Delaware judge to turn over the names and addresses of workers participating in its employee stock plan to Burbank-based Shamrock Holdings, which is pursuing a hostile, $2.4-billion takeover bid for the company . . . Wheat, First Securities Inc. of Richmond, Va., and Butcher & Singer Inc. of Philadelphia announced the combination of the two firms. Financial details were not disclosed . . . Los Angeles-based Zero Corp. increased its quarterly cash dividend to 11 cents from 10 cents per share, payable Dec. 5 to shareholders of record Nov. 14.