On Monday, BlackBerry Limited (NASDAQ:BBRY)’s shares gained 3.32%, and closed at $9.34, as on March 27, a global leader in mobile communications, stated financial results for the three months and fiscal year ended February 28, 2015.
Proceed for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2015 was about $660 million, counting a negative $12 million influence from currency fluctuation. The proceed breakdown for the quarter was about 42% for hardware, 47% for services and 10% for software. During the fourth quarter, the Corporation recognized hardware proceed on about 1.3 million BlackBerry smartphones. About 1.6 million BlackBerry smartphones were sold through to end customers, with an ASP of $211 contrast to $180 in the previous quarter.
Total cash, cash equivalents, short-term and long-term investments was $3.27 billion as of February 28, 2015. The cash balance raised $156 million in the fourth quarter, counting net gains of $80 million related to attainments and divestitures during the quarter. Aggregate contractual obligations amounted to about $1.3 billion as at February 28, 2015, contrast to $1.6 billion at the end of the third quarter. Purchase orders with contract manufacturers totaled about $394 million at the end of the fourth quarter, contrast to $565 million at the end of the third quarter. Not including the influence of foreign exchange, operating cash flow was $205 million with free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital expenditures) of $189 million.
“Our focus this past year was on getting our financial house in order while creating a multi-year growth strategy and investing in our product portfolio. We now have a very good handle on our margins, and our product roadmaps have been well received,” said Executive Chairman and CEO John Chen. “The second half of our turnaround focuses on stabilization of proceed with sustainable profitability and cash generation.”
BlackBerry Limited provides wireless communications solutions worldwide. The corporation offers BlackBerry wireless solutions, which comprise the sale of BlackBerry handheld devices; and the provision of data communication, and compression and security infrastructure services enabling BlackBerry handheld wireless devices to send and receive wireless messages and data.
Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ:MDRX)’s shares jumped 3.31%, and settled at $12.16, during the last trading session on Monday, as on March 24, Drexel University College of Medicine (Drexel) renewed its contract with Allscripts (MDRX) and the use of Allscripts TouchWorks EHR as its core electronic health record (EHR) solution. In addition, Drexel implemented the Allscripts FollowMyHealth as its patient engagement platform.
Drexel intends to leverage Allscripts solutions to assist meet Meaningful Use requirements, support its mission of education and research, and continue to deliver high quality patient care for the communities it serves. Drexel’s renewal extends an innovative relationship that began in 2004.
Allscripts TouchWorks EHR is a powerful, multi-specialty ambulatory solution that offers automated clinical decision support at the point of care, a configurable clinical desktop, and about 800 peer-reviewed Care Guides. It is a highly customizable solution with an open architecture and efficient workflows that can assist improve the patient experience.
Allscripts FollowMyHealth patient engagement platform enables convenient online access to health information. The portal, which is EHR-agnostic and can be integrated with systems across the enterprise, enables patients or family members to fill out forms, view test results, refill prescriptions, request appointments, pay bills online, and communicate with physicians.
Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc. provides clinical, financial, electronic health records (EHR), connectivity, hosting, outsourcing, analytics, patient engagement, and population health products and services in the United States and Canada.
At the end of Monday’s trade, Real Goods Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ:RGSE)’s shares climbed 3.28%, and closed at $0.26, after one of the nation’s largest and most recognized rooftop installers of solar equipment, and OneRoof Energy, Inc., a leading residential solar services provider and wholly-owned partner of OneRoof Energy Group, Inc. (ON.V), have reached a contract to jointly offer comprehensive solar solutions to residential solar customers in New York, Massachusetts and California.
RGS Energy will originate residential solar power purchase contract (PPA) projects with RGS Financing, Inc., the in-house solar financing division for RGS Energy, with the OneRoof Energy partnership allowing RGS to expand its in-house financing to new states and further broaden its product offering to comprise PPAs. OneRoof Energy will provide the funding for RGS Energy’s in-house financing for PPAs, in addition to perform engineering, procurement, permitting and construction (EPC) services. The integrated solution offers solar customers an array of flexible financing options, seamless panel design, permitting, installation, project administration and lifetime monitoring.
Real Goods Solar, Inc. operates as a residential and commercial solar energy engineering, procurement, and construction corporation in the United States. It operates in three segments: Residential, Sunetric, and Other.
Delphi Automotive PLC (NYSE:DLPH), ended its Monday’s trading session with 3.23% gain, and closed at $83.80, as on April 2, Delphi Automotive, accomplished the longest automated drive in North America, traveling from San Francisco to New York in the first coast-to-coast trip ever taken by an automated vehicle. Nearly 3,400 miles were covered with 99 percent of the drive in fully automated mode.
The drive was used by Delphi engineers to research and collect information that will assist further advance active safety technology – the most rapidly growing technology sector of the auto industry. The team collected nearly three terabytes of data—about 30 percent of all of the printed material in the Library of Congress.
The nine-day trip crossed 15 states and the District of Columbia. Along the way, the vehicle encountered complex driving situations such as traffic circles, construction zones, bridges, tunnels, aggressive drivers and a variety of weather conditions.
Delphi Automotive PLC, together with its auxiliaries, manufacturers vehicle components; and provides electrical and electronic, powertrain, safety, and thermal technology solutions to the automotive and commercial vehicle markets worldwide. The corporation operates through four segments: Electrical/Electronic Architecture, Powertrain Systems, Electronics and Safety, and Thermal Systems.
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