On Wednesday, Shares of Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL), lost -0.75% to $39.53.
Adweek, declared its 2015 Brand Genius honorees. Now in its 26th year, Adweek’s Brand Genius celebrates the best and brightest minds in marketing across ten distinct categories. The 2015 award show, sponsored by Oracle Marketing Cloud, will take place on Tuesday, October 20 at Gustavino’s in New York.
Adweek’s Brand Geniuses represent the leading thinkers of the marketing world whose creative vision, innovative marketing tactics and dynamic leadership has been instrumental in launching, reinvigorating, or expanding a brand. This year’s Brand Genius honorees, as chosen by Adweek’s panel of industry experts and senior editors, are:
- Under Armour, Adam Peake, Executive Vice President of Global Marketing (Apparel)
- Lego Systems, Michael Moynihan, Vice President of Marketing (Toys)
- Always, Michèle Baeten, Associate Brand Director (CPG / Personal Care)
- Gatorade, Morgan Flatley, Chief Marketing Officer (Beverages, Non-alcoholic)
- Patrón Spirits, Lee Applbaum, Global Chief Marketing Officer (Spirits)
- Mondelēz International, Gary Osifchin, Portfolio Lead, Biscuits – North America (CPG / Food)
- SoulCycle, Elizabeth Cutler and Julie Rice, Co-Founders (Fitness)
- Delta Air Lines, Tim Mapes, Senior Vice President of Marketing (Travel)
- Jaguar North America, Kim McCullough, Vice President, Marketing (Automotive)
- E! Entertainment and Esquire Network, Jen Neal, Executive Vice President of Marketing (Media)
“Adweek’s storied franchise continues with a new class representative of the inventive, daring and industry-changing marketing we witnessed this year,” said James Cooper, Editorial Director, Adweek. “All were industry leaders and deserve to be recognized for their efforts.”
Each honoree will be on hand to accept their award and will be profiled in Adweek’s dedicated Brand Genius Issue (October 19) and on Adweek.com. During the ceremony, Adweek will also select one Genius whose exemplary achievements are in a category of his or her own as Grand Brand Genius.
Oracle Corporation develops, manufactures, markets, sells, hosts, and supports database and middleware software, application software, cloud infrastructure, hardware systems, and related services worldwide.
Shares of NetApp Inc. (NASDAQ:NTAP), declined -1.65% to $29.78, during its last trading session.
NetApp, stated financial results for the first quarter of fiscal year 2016, ended July 31, 2015.
First Quarter Financial Results
Net revenues for the first quarter of fiscal year 2016 were $1.34 billion. GAAP net loss for the first quarter of fiscal year 2016 was $30 million, or $0.10 per share, contrast to GAAP net income of $88 million, or $0.27 per share, for the comparable period of the preceding year. Non-GAAP net income for the first quarter of fiscal year 2016 was $89 million, or $0.29 per share, contrast to non-GAAP net income of $198 million, or $0.60 per share, for the comparable period of the preceding year.
NetApp, Inc. provides software, systems, and services to manage and store computer data worldwide. It offers Data ONTAP storage operating system that delivers integrated data protection, comprehensive data administration, and built-in software for virtualized, shared infrastructures, cloud computing, and mixed workload business applications; E-Series storage systems for storage area network workloads (SAN); all-flash arrays that deliver input/output operations per second and ultralow latency to drive speed, responsiveness, and value from the applications that control key business operations; and hybrid arrays for mainstream business applications.
Finally, Xenia Hotels & Resorts Inc (NYSE:XHR), ended its last trade with -2.36% loss, and closed at $19.84.
Xenia Hotels & Resorts, declared results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2015.
Second Quarter 2015 Highlights
- Same-Property RevPAR: Same-Property RevPAR, as adjusted by our operators for USALI, raised 4.7% from the second quarter of 2014 to $150.19, driven by a 5.2% ADR enhance slightly offset by a 0.5% decrease in occupancy. Unadjusted Same-Property RevPAR raised 3.9%. The Company estimates that RevPAR growth was negatively influenced by about 60 bps year-over-year due to the renovation disruption at the Marriott San Francisco Airport Waterfront.
- Same-Property Hotel EBITDA Margin: Same-Property Hotel EBITDA margin was 34.1%, enhance of 70 basis points from the same period in 2014.
- Adjusted EBITDA: Adjusted EBITDA grew $7.7 million to $80.2 million, enhance of 10.6% over the second quarter of 2014.
- Adjusted FFO: Adjusted FFO accessible to common stockholders raised to $0.57 per diluted share contrast to $0.50 per diluted share for the second quarter of 2014, representing enhance of 14.0%.
- Dividends: The Company declared its second quarter dividend of $0.23 per share on June 4, 2015. The dividend was paid on July 15, 2015.
Xenia Hotels & Resorts, Inc. operates as a self-advised and self-administered REIT that invests in full service hotels in the United States. As of December 31, 2014, it owned 46 hotels comprising 12,636 rooms across 19 states and the District of Columbia. The company is based in Orlando, Florida.
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