On Thursday, in the course of current trade, Shares of Pfizer Inc. (NYSE:PFE), gained 0.07%, and is now trading at $34.32.
Pfizer, declared the launch of a competitive, peer-reviewed grants program to support clinical research projects investigating IBRANCE® (palbociclib) in advanced breast cancer. The multi-year program, which will award a total of up to $3 million in grants to investigators in the United States, is an extension of Pfizer’s Advancing Science through Pfizer Investigator Research Exchange (ASPIRE) initiative. It is the first ASPIRE program to focus on breast cancer research.
IBRANCE received accelerated approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in February 2015 for use in combination with letrozole for the treatment of postmenopausal women with estrogen receptor-positive, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-negative (ER+/HER2-) advanced breast cancer as initial endocrine-based therapy for their metastatic disease.
Pfizer Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, discovers, develops, manufactures, and sells healthcare products worldwide. The company operates through Global Innovative Pharmaceutical (GIP); Global Vaccines, Oncology and Consumer Healthcare (VOC); and Global Established Pharmaceutical (GEP) segments.
During Morning trade, Shares of National Bank of Greece S.A. (NYSE:NBG), dipped -3.55%, and is now trading at $1.36.
Greek banks, forced into a central bank liquidity lifeline, are poised to report sustained losses as they grapple with record deposit outflows and an economy that plunged into double-dip recession.ng to Bloomberg.
National Bank of Greece SA, the country’s biggest lender by assets, and Alpha Bank AE report first-quarter earnings Thursday. Piraeus Bank SA on Wednesday said its first-quarter loss was 69 million euros ($75 million), as deposits shrank by 15 percent to 46.5 billion euros, with 1.9 billion euros of private deposit outflows through mid-May. Bloomberg Reports.
National Bank of Greece S.A., together with its auxiliaries, provides diversified financial services. The company is involved in retail and commercial banking, asset administration, investment banking, brokerage, and insurance activities.
Shares of General Motors Company (NYSE:GM), during its Thursday’s current trading session gained 1.09%, and is now trading at $36.20.
General Motors Company, top European executive said Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV Chief Executive Officer Sergio Marchionne is on the right track with his efforts to streamline the auto industry, according to Bloomberg.
In an April 29 presentation, called “Confessions of a Capital Junkie,” Marchionne said the auto industry had a dim future because multiple manufacturers develop the same technology only to reap margins that are too thin to recoup their investment. After concluding the deal that created the world’s seventh biggest carmaker late last year, he has urged automakers to merge but has been rebuffed by other executives, counting GM CEO Mary Barra. Neumann, who ultimately reports to Barra, said he also doesn’t see a deal with Fiat. Bloomberg Reports.
General Motors Company designs, builds, and sells cars, crossovers, trucks, and automobile parts worldwide. It operates through GM North America, GM Europe, GM International Operations, GM South America, and GM Financial segments.
Finally, Texas Instruments Inc. (NASDAQ:TXN), gained 0.47% Thursday.
Texas Instruments Incorporated, published its ninth annual Corporate Citizenship Report (CCR) online recently, outlining the company’s social and environmental performance for 2014.
Highlights of TI’s 2014 performance comprise:
- Delivered development programs to our early career professionals, leaders and practiced engineers that one-third of our overall workforce attended.
- Assessed the environmental footprint of a TI semiconductor chip, which revealed an annual improvement in energy consumption and operating efficiency of 7 percent or more on average since 2005.
- Implemented 269 energy- and water-efficiency projects, resulting in annualized savings of $10.3 million.
- Assessed 157 suppliers, representing 80 percent of TI’s major production spend, on their environmental and social responsibility programs, and found that our supply chain is relatively low risk.
- Contributed more than 93,000 volunteer hours and almost $32 million in philanthropic and employee giving.
Texas Instruments Incorporated designs, manufactures, and sells semiconductors to electronics designers and manufacturers worldwide. It operates through two segments, Analog and Embedded Processing. The Analog segment offers high volume analog and logic products for automotive safety devices, touch screen controllers, low voltage motor drivers, and integrated motor controllers; and power administration products to enhance the efficiency of powered devices using battery administration solutions, portable power conversion devices, power supply controls, and point-of-load products.
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