On Tuesday, PulteGroup, Inc. (NYSE:PHM)’s shares inclined 0.35% to $20.15.
PulteGroup, Inc. (PHM) declared that it will release its second quarter 2015 financial results before the market opens on Thursday, July 23, 2015. The Company will hold a conference call to talk about second quarter results that same day at 8:30 a.m. (ET).
PulteGroup, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the homebuilding business; mortgage banking operations; and title operations in the United States. The company is involved in the acquisition and development of land primarily for residential purposes; and the construction of housing on land. It offers various home designs, including single-family detached, townhouses, condominiums, and duplexes under the Pulte Homes, Del Webb, and Centex brand names.
NXP Semiconductors NV (NASDAQ:NXPI)’s shares gained 0.72% to $98.20.
The FIDO an industry consortium launched in 2013 to revolutionize online security with open standards for simpler, stronger authentication, recently introduced additions to the FIDO 1.0 specifications with new transport protocols for FIDO U2F — Bluetooth Classic and Low Energy (BLE), and Near Field Communication (NFC). With these new transport specifications, FIDO U2F is appropriate for mobile and wireless applications, and devices that do not have a USB port.
The U2F Bluetooth transport specification allows the creation of special-purpose, Bluetooth Low Energy U2F devices that require just the press of a button to authenticate to an online service. In addition, phones and peripherals, which consume more power, can be programmed to act as U2F devices using either Bluetooth Low Energy or Bluetooth Classic.
The U2F NFC transport specification allows the creation of portable U2F devices such as credit cards and keyfobs that are simply tapped against the target device to authenticate to an online service. Alternately, a mobile phone with NFC capability can be programmed to act as an NFC U2F device. The user taps the mobile phone onto a target device to authenticate.
NXP Semiconductors N.V., a semiconductor company, provides high performance mixed signal and standard product solutions for radio frequency (RF), analog, power administration, interface, security, and digital processing products worldwide. It provides in-vehicle networking, car passive keyless entry and immobilization, and car radio and audio amplifiers; car solid state lighting drivers; communication products that are related to assisted and autonomous driving; ICs for e-government, transportation, and access administration; RF power amplifiers, small signal RF discretes, and RF ICs for mobile, consumer electronics, and cable television infrastructure; AC-DC power conversion ICs for notebook personal computers; low power audio ICs; and microcontrollers.
At the end of Tuesday’s trade, Duke Energy Corp (NYSE:DUK)‘s shares dipped -0.37% to $70.62.
Duke Energy Florida owns coal-fired and natural gas generation providing about 9,000 megawatts of owned electric capacity to about 1.7 million customers in a 13,000-square-mile service area.
With its Florida regional headquarters located in St. Petersburg, Fla., Duke Energy is the largest electric power holding company in the United States with about $120 billion in total assets.
A sweltering hot Florida summer can cause your electric bill to jump as your air conditioning battles high humidity and temperatures comprising north of 90 degrees. But, you can survive the heat and your summer energy bills by following these simple tips from Duke Energy Florida.
Try these money-saving tips to assist reduce your electric use and save as the temperature rises:
- Set your thermostat to the highest comfortable setting. Energy used to cool a home during summer can account for half of a monthly electric bill. Adjusting your thermostat to 76 degrees from 73 degrees saves more than 15 percent in electricity costs. When leaving for the day, turn the setting up a few degrees.
- Keep the AC fan switch set to “auto” and save up to $25 a month as compared to leaving it set to “on” continuously as many people do.
- Change your air filters regularly. A dirty air filter can make a cooling system work harder, which uses more energy.
- Close blinds, drapes and shades during the hottest part of the day to keep the sun’s rays from heating the inside of your home.
- Turn off unnecessary lights, and use energy-efficient light bulbs that use less electricity and emit less heat.
Duke Energy Corporation, together with its auxiliaries, operates as an energy company in the United States and Latin America. It operates through three segments: Regulated Utilities, International Energy, and Commercial Power. The Regulated Utilities segment generates, transmits, distributes, and sells electricity in the Carolinas, Florida, Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana; and transports and sells natural gas in southwestern Ohio and northern Kentucky.
Noble Energy, Inc. (NYSE:NBL), ended its Tuesday’s trading session with 0.05% gain, and closed at $42.68.
Noble Energy, Inc. (NBL) declared that it has commenced offers to exchange any and all senior notes of Rosetta Resources Inc. (“Rosetta”) validly tendered (and not validly withdrawn) and accepted for exchange by Noble Energy for senior notes to be issued by Noble Energy as described in the table below. The exchange offers are conditioned upon, among other things, the receipt of valid consents to the Projected Amendments (as defined below) from the holders of a majority in outstanding principal amount of each series of Rosetta Notes (as defined below) and consummation of Noble Energy’s formerly declared acquisition of all of the common stock of Rosetta through the merger of Rosetta with a newly formed, wholly owned partner of Noble Energy. The obligations of Noble Energy and Rosetta to complete the merger are each subject to the satisfaction (or waiver by both Rosetta and Noble Energy) of certain conditions, counting approval of the merger by vote of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Rosetta common stock.
Noble Energy, Inc., an independent energy company, engages in the acquisition, exploration, and production of crude oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids worldwide. Its principal projects are located in onshore DJ Basin and Marcellus Shale, the United States; the deepwater Gulf of Mexico; offshore West Africa; and offshore Eastern Mediterranean. As of December 31, 2014, the company had about 1,404 million barrels oil equivalent of total proved reserves.
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