On Tuesday, Shares of CEMEX, S.A.B. de C.V. (NYSE:CX), gained 1.51% to $8.07.
CEMEX declared that it has signed a contract for the sale of its operations in Austria and Hungary to the Rohrdorfer Group for about €160.1 million.
The Austrian operations comprise of 24 aggregate quarries (about 6.47 million metric tons of aggregates sold in 2014) and 34 ready-mix plants (about 1.60 million cubic meters of ready-mix sold in 2014). CEMEX’s operations in Austria had net sales of about U.S.$241 million in 2014.
The Hungarian operations being divested comprise of 5 aggregate quarries (about 1.36 million metric tons of aggregates sold in 2014) and 34 ready-mix plants (about 0.46 million cubic meters of ready-mix sold in 2014). CEMEX’s operations in Hungary had net sales of about U.S.$47 million in 2014.
CEMEX, S.A.B. de C.V., a building materials company, produces, markets, distributes, and sells cement, ready-mix concrete, aggregates, and other construction materials in Mexico, the United States, Northern Europe, the Mediterranean, South America, the Caribbean, and Asia.
Shares of Staples, Inc. (NASDAQ:SPLS), declined -0.56% to $14.15, during its last trading session.
Staples declared that it funded 115 local classroom projects in Chicago, as part of its recent $10 million pledge to Think It Up™, a new national initiative of the Entertainment Industry Foundation that seeks to inaugurate a new movement in support of students, teachers and schools, assisting to create a culture of excitement about learning everywhere in America. This fall, Think It Up, in partnership with DonorsChoose.org, will launch a platform to fund student-powered, teacher-led learning projects in classrooms across the country.
In addition to flash funding 115 STEM projects on DonorsChoose.org, Staples for Students and the Entertainment Industry Foundation assisted fund school supplies for thousands of students in honor of Hatch Day and Jennifer’s nephew Julian D. King.
Staples, Inc., together with its auxiliaries, operates office products superstores. It operates through three segments: North American Stores & Online, North American Commercial, and International Operations.
Finally, UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (NYSE:UNH), ended its last trade with 1.36% gain, and closed at $125.50, hitting its highest level.
Expectant mothers who enroll in UnitedHealthcare Community Plan’s Baby Blocks® interactive incentive program receive better pre- and postnatal care, keep healthy-baby appointments and maintain healthy behaviors through their pregnancies, in addition to deliver healthy babies.
Baby Blocks assists manage doctor visits and other baby care during pregnancy and the first two years of their baby’s life. The interactive tool is accessible to women covered by UnitedHealthcare Community Plan in 14 states, counting Kansas. Expectant moms receive incentives for concluding prenatal, postpartum and healthy-baby appointments. Users can access Baby Blocks via the app on their iPhones and Android smartphones.
In Kansas, the infant mortality rate is more than 6 per 1,000 live births, ranking the state 25th, according to United Health Foundation’s 2014 America’s Heath Rankings® report. And more than 7 percent of babies weigh less than 2,500 grams (5 pounds, 8 ounces). Baby Blocks can assist enhance safe and healthy pregnancies and deliveries. Since its launch less than a year ago in Kansas, more than 54 percent of eligible women have enrolled, and 1,487 babies have been born.
The program enables users to receive email appointment alerts and wellness-related text messages, connect directly with maternity nurses and earn rewards for keeping the appointments. Rewards comprise gift cards to retail outlets, and maternity-related items such as teething rings, diaper bags, thermometers and other items.
UnitedHealth Group Incorporated operates as a diversified health and well-being company in the United States. The company’s UnitedHealthcare segment offers consumer-oriented health benefit plans and services for national employers, public sector employers, mid-sized employers, small businesses, and individuals; and health care coverage, and health and well-being services to individuals aged 50 and older addressing their needs for preventive and acute health care services.
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