On Thursday, Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO)’s shares declined -1.50% to $30.93.
Yahoo! Inc. (YHOO) declared the launch date of SuperFan Live, exclusive after show specials on Yahoo TV for recently’s most loved television series, set to premiere on September 23, 2015. Additionally, the company will be premiering new programs within Yahoo’s Digital Magazine properties while ongoing to bring viewers some of the fall’s best live events.
Yahoo SuperFan
SuperFan Live, which was declared as part of the 2015 NewFront, is premiering on September 23 at 10 p.m. PT with an episode dedicated to FOX’s smash hit, Empire, right away following its second season premiere. Then on September 29 at 7 a.m. PT SuperFan Live will partner with broadcast television’s highest-rated Sunday night drama, ABC’s Once Upon a Time and on September 30 at 7 a.m. PT with their highly acclaimed series Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Each episode will feature experts, influencers and industry insiders as they talk about everything from guest stars to major plot shockers. Fans will also be encouraged to submit questions, fan art and chime into the conversation via Skype.
Yahoo! Inc. provides search and display advertising services on Yahoo properties and associate sites worldwide. The company offers Yahoo Search that serves as a starting point to navigate the Internet and discover information; and Yahoo Answers, which enables users to seek, discover, and share knowledge and opinions across mobile phones, tablets, and desktops.
Corning Incorporated (NYSE:GLW)’s shares dropped -0.76% to $18.17.
Finesse Solutions, Inc., a leading manufacturer of measurement, single-use and automation solutions for life sciences process applications, declared a partnership with Corning Life Sciences.
The partnership pairs Corning’s novel CellCube® adherent culture system with the Finesse G3Lab Universal Controller. The CellCube System is designed to reliably distribute nutrients and oxygen with low differential gradients across all cells to more closely simulate in vivo conditions. This provides an ideal environment for attachment cell culture applications. The G3Lab Universal has been developed by Finesse as a versatile control and automation platform capable of supporting a wide range of industry leading bioreactors for both labscale and cGMP production settings.
The single-use flow path, manufactured by Corning, will combine CellCube holders with Finesse single-use TruFluor pH and DO flow-through sensors in addition to utilize the Finesse 3L SmartVessel as an oxygenator for the system. This integrated approach will allow users to rapidly install a complete, pre-sterilized flowpath with integrated measurement.
Corning Incorporated manufactures and sells specialty glasses, ceramics, and related materials worldwide. The company operates through five segments: Display Technologies, Optical Communications, Environmental Technologies, Specialty Materials, and Life Sciences. The Display Technologies segment manufactures glass substrates for active matrix liquid crystal displays (LCDs) that are used primarily in LCD televisions, notebook computers, and flat panel desktop monitors
At the end of Thursday’s trade, Medtronic PLC (NYSE:MDT)‘s shares surged 0.98% to $70.81.
Medtronic plc (MDT) recently declared the U.S. launch of the Arc(TM) support catheter, the most navigable, 6F tapered support catheter accessible. Developed to improve delivery of Medtronic`s Solitaire(TM) stent retriever, the Arc support catheter provides the fastest route to restoration of blood flow in patients with complex anatomy suffering acute ischemic stroke.1,2,3 The Arc catheter series received U.S. Food and Drug Administration 510(K) clearance in July 2015.
Recently, the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association (AHA/ASA) published new stroke treatment guidelines that recommend the use of stent retriever technology - such as Medtronic`s Solitaire stent retriever device - in conjunction with the current standard of care, IV-tPA for eligible patients. The AHA/ASA guidelines are based on a panel of experts` analysis of the results from five global clinical trials published in The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) that found the addition of stent retriever technology, a surgical procedure that manually removes blood clots from the brain, to current medical therapy such as IV-tPA, has a therapeutic benefit over medical therapy alone.
Medtronic plc manufactures and sells device-based medical therapies worldwide. The company’s Cardiac and Vascular Group segment offers pacemakers, implantable cardioverter defibrillators, implantable cardiac resynchronization therapy devices, AF products, diagnostics and monitoring devices, and remote monitoring and patient-centered software; and heart valves, percutaneous coronary intervention stent products, surgical valve replacement and repair products, endovascular stent grafts, and peripheral vascular intervention products.
Kroger Co (NYSE:KR), ended its Thursday’s trading session with 0.86% gain, and closed at $37.50.
The Kroger Co.’s (KR) Board of Directors declared a quarterly dividend of 10.5¢ per share to be paid on December 1, 2015, to shareholders of record as of the close of business on November 13, 2015.
In June, Kroger’s Board raised the quarterly dividend by about 13.5 percent. Kroger has delivered double-digit compound growth in its dividend since it was reinstated in 2006. The company continues to expect an increasing dividend over time.
Kroger, one of the world’s largest retailers, employs nearly 400,000 associates who serve customers in 2,623 supermarkets and multi-department stores in 34 states and the District of Columbia under two dozen local banner names counting Kroger, City Market, Dillons, Food 4 Less, Fred Meyer, Fry’s, Harris Teeter, Jay C, King Soopers, QFC, Ralphs and Smith’s. The company also operates 781 convenience stores, 327 fine jewelry stores, 1,350 supermarket fuel centers and 37 food processing plants in the U.S. Recognized by Forbes as the most generous company in America, Kroger supports hunger relief, breast cancer awareness, the military and their families, and more than 30,000 schools and community organizations. Kroger contributes food and funds equal to 200 million meals a year through more than 100 Feeding America food bank partners. A leader in supplier diversity, Kroger is a proud member of the Billion Dollar Roundtable and the U.S. Hispanic Chamber’s Million Dollar Club.
The Kroger Co., together with its auxiliaries, operates as a retailer in the United States and internationally. It also manufactures and processes food for sale in its supermarkets. The company operates retail food and drug stores, multi-department stores, jewelry stores, and convenience stores.
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