On Thursday, Shares of Teradata Corporation (NYSE:TDC), lost -1.60% to $29.56.
Teradata Corp., declared a partnership with two major health plans for the forthcoming launch of the Innovation for Discovery Analytics Community Site, powered by Teradata Aster. The Community site is designed to promote the value of data analytics among analytic professionals in healthcare. The analytics site will be generally available November 15.
The aim of the Discovery Analytics Community Site is to enhance dialogue among data scientists and analytics professionals. This is predictable to raise the bar for the use of discovery analytics and improve the quality of healthcare. The site offers a basic learning experience using Teradata Aster Analytic functions and an opportunity to collaborate with peers. Initially, access to the new site is immediate for Aster users, who will also have access to a set of pre-defined analytic functions in the Teradata Aster AppCenter.
Teradata Corporation provides analytic data platforms, marketing and analytic applications, and related services in the United States and internationally. Its analytic data platforms comprise software, hardware, and related business consulting and support services for data warehousing and big data analytics.
Shares of Pebblebrook Hotel Trust (NYSE:PEB), inclined 1.66% to $38.66, during its last trading session.
Pebblebrook Hotel Trust, declared that its Board of Trustees has authorized, and the Company has declared, a quarterly cash dividend of $0.31 per common share of beneficial interest, to be paid on October 15, 2015 to shareholders of record as of September 30, 2015 (the “Record Date”). The common dividend represents an annualized yield of about 3.2% based on the closing price of the common shares on September 14, 2015.
The Board of Trustees also authorized, and the Company has declared, a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.4921875 per share of the Company’s 7.875% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares of Beneficial Interest, a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.50 per share of the Company’s 8.00% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares of Beneficial Interest, and a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.40625 per share of the Company’s 6.50% Series C Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares of Beneficial Interest, each of which will be paid on October 15, 2015 to shareholders of record as of the Record Date.
Pebblebrook Hotel Trust, through Pebblebrook Hotel, L.P., operates as a real estate investment trust. The company acquires and invests primarily in hotel properties located in the United States. It holds interests in the Doubletree Bethesda Hotel and Executive Meeting Center located in Bethesda, Maryland; Sir Francis Drake Hotel located in San Francisco, California; and InterContinental Buckhead Hotel located in Atlanta, Georgia. As a REIT, the company is not subject to federal income tax to the extent that it distributes at least 90% of its taxable income to its shareholders.
At the end of Thursday’s trade, Shares of Centene Corp (NYSE:CNC), gained 0.03% to $63.87.
ConcertoHealth, declared it has divested its insurance assets to focus solely on expanding its innovative healthcare delivery model for dual-eligible Medicare and Medicaid patients. The company has relocated its headquarters to Irvine, CA, from Schaumburg, IL, and assembled a new executive leadership team from many of the nation’s leading healthcare companies.
ConcertoHealth has more than a decade of experience caring for Medicare, Medicaid and complex medical needs patients. The company gained a deep understanding of the complexities involved with healthcare delivery and financial risk administration of these patient populations during its long tenure operating as both a Medicare Advantage health plan, Fidelis SecureCare, and as a care provider through the Fidelis SecureHome medical centers.
ConcertoHealth sold Fidelis SecureCare of Michigan, Inc. to Centene Corporation (NYSE: CNC) and Fidelis SecureCare of North Carolina, Inc. and Fidelis SecureCare of Texas, Inc. to FHP Insurance Holding Co., Inc. (Fresenius Health Partners) in transactions accomplished earlier this year. These divestitures allow ConcertoHealth to focus solely on expanding its medical home and care coordination model delivered through its Concerto Medical Centers.
Centene Corporation operates as a diversified, multi-national healthcare enterprise that provides programs and services to under-insured and uninsured individuals in the United States. It operates in two segments, Managed Care and Specialty Services. The Managed Care segment offers Medicaid and Medicaid-related health plan coverage to individuals through government subsidized programs, counting Medicaid, the State childrens health insurance program, long-term care, foster care, and dual-eligible individuals, in addition to aged, blind, or disabled programs.
Finally, SeaWorld Entertainment Inc (NYSE:SEAS), ended its last trade with -0.28% loss, and closed at $18.03.
The Board of Directors of SeaWorld Entertainment, declared a cash dividend of $0.21 per share of common stock. The dividend is payable on October 6, 2015 to shareholders of record at the close of business on September 29, 2015.
SeaWorld Entertainment, Inc. operates as a theme park and entertainment company in the United States. The company operates marine-life theme park under the SeaWorld brand name in Orlando, San Antonio, and San Diego; Busch Gardens theme parks, which are family-oriented destinations with foreign geographic settings in Tampa and Williamsburg; Discovery Cove marine-life theme park in Langhorne; and Sesame Place, a seasonal park in Langhorne.
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