On Wednesday, Shares of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE:WMT), lost -1.31% to $68.57, hitting its lowest level.
Sam’s Club associates and managers will join with local residents and officials to open the company’s newest location at 1500 S. Orange Blossom Trail in Apopka this Thursday, Aug. 20 following an 8 a.m. grand opening ceremony.
New Club Gives $25,000 to Local Non-Profit Groups
The grand opening celebration will focus on the company’s commitment to being a club of the community. Sam’s Club associates selected several local nonprofit organizations to receive $25,000 in community giving grants. Grant award winners comprise:
- Apopka Literacy Program
- Apopka Fire Department
- Apopka Police Department
- VFW Post #10147
- Rotary Club of Apopka
- Canine Companions for Independence
- Justice and Peace Office
- Habitat for Humanity
- Casa Del Alfarero La Luz Del Mundo
- John Bridges Community Center
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. operates retail stores in various formats worldwide. The company operates through three segments: Walmart U.S., Walmart International, and Sam’s Club. It operates discount stores, supermarkets, supercenters, hypermarkets, warehouse clubs, cash and carry stores, home improvement stores, specialty electronics stores, restaurants, apparel stores, drug stores, and convenience stores, in addition to retail Websites, such as walmart.com and samsclub.com.
Shares of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMD), remained flat to $1.80, during its last trading session.
Absolute® Software Corporation (ABT.TO), the industry standard for persistent endpoint security and data risk administration solutions for computers, laptops, tablets and smartphones, declared a contract with Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) to incorporate Persistence® technology by Absolute into AMD chip designs.
Under the terms of this agreement, Absolute and AMD will provide an improved security offering by embedding patented Persistence technology directly into AMD x86 APU technologies.
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.
Finally, CARBO Ceramics Inc. (NYSE:CRR), ended its last trade with -7.77% loss, and closed at $26.34, hitting its lowest level.
CARBO Ceramics declared that its administration will present at the 2015 Barclays CEO Energy-Power Conference, being held at the Sheraton New York Times Square. Gary Kolstad, Chief Executive Officer and President of CARBO, is planned to present on Wednesday, September 9, 2015, at 3:05 p.m. ET.
CARBO Ceramics Inc., an oilfield services technology company, manufactures and sells ceramic proppants, resin-coated ceramic, and resin-coated sand proppants for use in the hydraulic fracturing of natural gas and oil wells in the United States and internationally.
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