On Thursday, Shares of Ally Financial Inc (NYSE:ALLY), lost -0.72% to $22.19.
Ally Financial, has declared quarterly dividend payments for certain outstanding preferred stock. Each of these dividends was declared by the board of directors on July 22, 2015, and are payable on Aug. 17, 2015.
A quarterly dividend payment was declared on Ally’s Fixed Rate Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series G, of about $23 million, or $17.89 per share, and is payable to shareholders of record as of Aug. 1, 2015. Additionally, a dividend payment was declared on Ally’s Fixed Rate/Floating Rate Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series A, of about $14.8 million, or $0.53 per share, and is payable to shareholders of record as of Aug. 1, 2015
Ally Financial Inc. provides financial products and services primarily to automotive dealers and their customers in the United States. It offers dealer financial services, counting a range of financial services and insurance products to automotive dealers and retail customers.
Shares of AstraZeneca plc (ADR) (NYSE:AZN), declined -0.84% to $34.25, during its last trading session.
AstraZeneca, declared that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved IRESSA (gefitinib) as a first-line treatment in patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) whose tumors have epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) exon 19 deletions or exon 21 (L858R) substitution mutations as detected by an FDA-approved test.
IRESSA is a once daily oral EGFR-tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI), which inhibits the activity that contributes to intracellular signaling pathways implicated in the growth and survival of cancer cells. IRESSA was granted Orphan Drug Designation by the FDA in August 2014 for the treatment of EGFR mutation-positive advanced NSCLC.
AstraZeneca PLC engages in the discovery, development, and commercialization of prescription medicines for the treatment of cardiovascular, metabolic, respiratory, inflammation, autoimmune, oncology, infection, and neuroscience diseases worldwide.
At the end of Thursday’s trade, Shares of Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc (NYSE:HOT), lost -1.25% to $75.87.
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide declared that Mark Vondrasek has been promoted to the role of Senior Vice President of Commercial Services. As the leader of this newly created division, Vondrasek, a 14-year Starwood veteran, will oversee the Starwood Sales Organization and Revenue Administration globally, in addition to Distribution, Loyalty and Partnerships.
“We are fortunate to have a deep bench of talent within Starwood and we are delighted that Mark will take on additional and critical revenue-generating functions within our company,” said Adam Aron, Chief Executive Officer of Starwood Hotels & Resorts on an interim basis. “The creation of Commercial Services allows us to look holistically at the enterprise value of our global sales accounts, Starwood Preferred Guest (SPG) members and new and emerging guests, and customers to create outsized loyalty and drive more high-value business to our hotels.”
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc., together with its auxiliaries, operates as a hotel and leisure company worldwide. The company owns, operates, and franchises luxury and upscale full-service hotels, resorts, residences, retreats, select-service hotels, and extended stay hotels under the St. Regis, The Luxury Collection, W, Westin, Le Méridien, Sheraton, Four Points, Aloft, and Element brand names.
Finally, Citrix Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CTXS), ended its last trade with -1.61% loss, and closed at $75.72.
Citrix Systems, declared that Gartner, Inc. has positioned Citrix in the leaders’ quadrant of the 2015 Magic Quadrant for Enterprise File Synchronization and Sharing (EFSS) report1 for the second year in a row for its EFSS ShareFile® product solution. ShareFile’s integration with other products in the Citrix portfolio provides flexibility and security via Restricted StorageZones, in addition to extensive support for back-end integration, which enables a hybrid EFSS architecture.
According to Gartner, “leaders provide mature offerings that meet market demand. They have demonstrated the vision necessary to sustain their market positions as requirements evolve. The hallmark of Leaders is that they focus and invest in their offerings to lead the market and affect its overall direction. Leaders can be the vendors to watch as you try to understand how new offerings might evolve. Leaders typically possess a significant, satisfied customer base and enjoy high visibility in the market. Their size and maturity enable them to remain viable under changing market conditions. Leaders typically respond to a wide market audience by supporting broad market requirements. However, they may fail to meet the specific needs of vertical markets or other more specialized segments.”
Citrix Systems, Inc. provides virtualization, mobility administration, networking, and Software as a Service solutions worldwide. The company’s Enterprise and Service Provider division offers XenMobile Enterprise, a solution to manage mobile devices, apps, and data; XenDesktop, a desktop virtualization system that gives customers the flexibility to deliver desktops and applications as cloud services; Citrix XenApp that allows Windows applications to be delivered as cloud services to Android and iOS mobile devices, Macs, PCs, and thin clients; and Citrix Workspace Suite, a business mobility solution that delivers the user experience for any app or desktop.
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