On Friday, Shares of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMD), closed at $2.28.
For the third successive year, Advanced Micro Devices, was named to Corporate Responsibility (CR) Magazine’s list of the 100 Best Corporate Citizens, which ranks public companies based on outstanding corporate responsibility performance. CR Magazine develops the list to showcase companies who are on the forefront of best-in-class corporate citizenship reporting and encourage greater corporate accountability and responsibility.
“AMD is honored to once again be recognized among leading organizations for our commitment to corporate responsibility,” said Tim Mohin, director, Corporate Responsibility at AMD. “Corporate responsibility is a cornerstone of the AMD culture and this recognition is a tribute to the AMD employees around the world who live these values every day.”
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. operates as a semiconductor company worldwide. The company’s products primarily comprise x86 microprocessors as an accelerated processing unit (APU), chipsets, discrete graphics processing units (GPUs), and semi-custom System-on-Chip (SoC) products.
Shares of Transocean Ltd. (NYSE:RIG), inclined 0.30% to $20.15, during its last trading session.
Transocean Ltd. declared the plan for the payment of the first installment of its U.S. dollar-denominated dividend. The installment is $0.15 per share, totaling about $55 million based upon the number of presently outstanding shares. The installment represents the first of four quarterly installments totaling $0.60 per share, or about $218 million in the aggregate paid from additional paid-in capital (“APIC”), approved by shareholders at the company`s 2015 Annual General Meeting.
Dividend Plan - First Installment
- May 27, 2015 - Ex-Dividend Date
- May 29, 2015 - Record Date
- June 17, 2015 - Installment Payment Date.
Transocean Ltd., together with its auxiliaries, provides offshore contract drilling services for oil and gas wells worldwide. The company primarily offers deepwater and harsh environment drilling services. As of February 17, 2015, it owned or had partial ownership interests in, and operated 71 mobile offshore drilling units that comprise of 44 high-specification floaters, 17 midwater floaters, and 10 high-specification jackups.
At the end of Friday’s trade, Shares of Yamana Gold, Inc. (NYSE:AUY), lost -1.31% to $3.78.
Low liquidity and a stronger U.S. dollar Friday pressured gold prices to end the week in negative territory.
Friday morning’s stronger than predictable core inflation data assisted drag down gold as talk of a possible July rate hike entered the marketplace. A strong U.S. dollar and gold’s weak performance has dampened earlier enthusiasm in the marketplace as results of the Kitco weekly Wall Street vs. Main Street Gold Survey are mixed.
Yamana Gold Inc. engages in gold mining and related activities, counting exploration, extraction, processing, and reclamation. The company has precious metal properties and land positions in the Americas. Its portfolio comprises seven operating gold mines, such as Chapada (copper/gold), El Peñón (gold/silver), Canadian Malartic Mine (gold/silver), Jacobina(gold), Gualcamayo(gold), Minera Florida (gold/silver/zinc), Fazenda Brasileiro, and Mercedes (gold/silver), in addition to a 12.5% indirect interest in the Alumbrera mine (copper/gold/molybdenum); and various development stage projects and exploration properties in Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Mexico, and Canada.
Finally, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (NYSE:APC), ended its last trade with 0.67% gain, and closed at $86.17.
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, declared its financial and operating results for the first quarter of 2015, counting a first-quarter net loss attributable to common stockholders of $3.268 billion, or $6.45 per share (diluted). The net loss comprises certain items typically excluded by the investment community in published estimates, which in aggregate reduced net income by $2.903 billion or $5.73 per share (diluted) on an after-tax basis.
Net cash used in operating activities in the first quarter of 2015 was $4.504 billion, which comprised of the $5.2 billion Tronox settlement payment. Discretionary cash flow from operations totaled $1.495 billion.
FIRST-QUARTER 2015 HIGHLIGHTS
- Delivered record sales volumes, highlighted by year-over-year growth of more than 130,000 barrels of oil equivalent (BOE) per day on a divestiture-adjusted basis(3)
- Reduced operating expense per BOE by 17 percent over the first quarter of 2014
- Ramped production rates toward capacity at the Lucius facility in the Gulf of Mexico
- Discovered noteworthy oil accumulation at the Yeti prospect in the Gulf of Mexico
- Declared divestiture of improved oil recovery (EOR) assets in Wyoming
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation engages in the exploration, development, production, and marketing of oil and gas properties. It operates through three segments: Oil and Gas Exploration and Production; Midstream; and Marketing. The Oil and Gas Exploration and Production segment explores for and produces natural gas, oil, condensate, and natural gas liquids (NGLs).
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