On Wednesday, Shares of Geron Corporation (NASDAQ:GERN), dropped -2.56% to $3.81.
Geron Corporation, declared that John A. Scarlett, M.D., President and Chief Executive Officer, is planned to present at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch 2015 Healthcare Conference in Las Vegas at 3:40 p.m. Pacific Time on Wednesday, May 13. The presentation will comprise a review of the study design of the planned Phase 2 clinical trial of imetelstat in myelofibrosis patients. Janssen Biotech, Inc. will be conducting the study.
As part of the study start-up activities, the study design information was posted on clinicaltrials.gov. The list of participating clinical trial sites, counting multiple sites in the United States and Europe, will be uploaded on ongoing basis. The study is not yet open for enrollment.
Geron Corporation, a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company, focuses on the development of telomerase inhibitor, imetelstat, for treating hematologic myeloid malignancies. It has partnership and license agreement with Janssen Biotech, Inc. to develop and commercialize imetelstat worldwide for indications in oncology, counting hematologic myeloid malignancies and other human therapeutic uses. The company was founded in 1990 and is based in Menlo Park, California.
Shares of Banco Bradesco S.A. (NYSE:BBD), declined -2.54% to $10.73, during its last trading session.
Banco Bradesco declared 1Q15 Results.
The main figures obtained by Bradesco, in the first quarter of 2015 are presented below:
- Adjusted Net Income for the first quarter of 2015 stood at R$ 4.274 billion (a 23.1% enhance contrast to the R$ 3.473 billion recorded in the same period of 2014), corresponding to earnings per share of R$ 3.21 and Return on Average Adjusted Equity of 22.3%.
- As for the source, the Adjusted Net Income is composed of R$ 2.991 billion from financial activities, representing 70.0% of the total, and of R$ 1.283 billion from insurance, pension plans and capitalization bonds operations, which together account for 30.0%.
- On March 31, 2015, Bradesco market value stood at R$ 150.532 billion, showing a growth of 10.7% over March 31, 2013.
- Total Assets, in March 2015, stood at R$ 1.035 trillion, an enhance of 12.2% over the March 2014 balance. The return on Average Total Assets was 1.7%, an enhance of 0.2 p.p. over March 2014 (1.5%).
Banco Bradesco S.A. provides a range of banking and financial products and services to individuals; large, mid-sized, and small companies; and local and international corporations and institutions in Brazil and internationally.
At the end of Wednesday’s trade, Shares of Whirlpool Corp. (NYSE:WHR), dwindled -2.54% to $179.03.
Whirlpool Corporation, declared first-quarter GAAP net earnings of $191 million, or $2.38 per diluted share, contrast to $160 million, or $2.02 per diluted share, stated for the same preceding-year period. Ongoing business earnings per diluted share totaled $2.14, contrast to $2.20 in the same preceding-year period. The benefit of cost and capacity-reduction initiatives, ongoing cost productivity and benefits from the acquisition integration activities were offset by unfavorable currency and a weakened demand environment in Brazil.
Net sales in the quarter were a first-quarter record $4.8 billion contrast to $4.4 billion during the same preceding-year period, an enhance of over 11 percent. Not taking into account the impact of both foreign currency and Brazilian (BEFIEX) tax credits, sales raised over 23 percent, primarily driven by the acquisitions.
First-quarter GAAP operating profit totaled $303 million contrast to $281 million in the same preceding-year period. Record first-quarter ongoing business operating profit totaled $318 million, or 6.6 percent of sales, contrast to $302 million, or 6.9 percent of sales, in the same preceding-year period. Ongoing business operating margins benefited from acquisition integration activities and cost and capacity-reduction initiatives, which were offset by unfavorable currency.
Whirlpool Corporation manufactures and markets home appliances and related products worldwide. The company’s principal products comprise laundry appliances, refrigerators and freezers, cooking appliances, dishwashers, mixers, and other portable household appliances. It also produces hermetic compressors for refrigeration systems.
Finally, Delta Air Lines, Inc. (NYSE:DAL), ended its last trade with -2.53% loss, and closed at $45.03.
Delta Air Lines, Board of Directors declared a quarterly dividend of $0.09 per share. The dividend is payable to shareholders of record as of the close of business on May 8, 2015 and will be paid on May 29th, 2015.
Delta Air Lines serves more than 170 million customers each year. Delta was named to FORTUNE magazine’s top 50 World’s Most Admired Companies in addition to being named the most admired airline for the fourth time in five years.
Delta Air Lines, Inc. provides planned air transportation for passengers and cargo worldwide. The company operates in two segments, Airline and Refinery. Its route network comprises various gateway airports in Amsterdam, Detroit, Los Angeles, Minneapolis-St. Paul, New York-LaGuardia, New York-JFK, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Salt Lake City, Seattle, and Tokyo-Narita.
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