On Friday, Shares of NCR Corporation (NYSE:NCR), gained 1.07% to $27.52.
When taking over a 40-year-old Philadelphia restaurant and ice cream bar, Dalton Castano looked for a point-of-sale (POS) system that would quickly place orders and efficiently capture sales and inventory. Castano, who at the time was a young entrepreneur, also needed a solution that didn’t require an upfront investment.
He chose NCR SilverTM, a mobile POS system, because of its low monthly fee and ease of use. The simplicity of the solution allows Castano and his business partner to focus on growing and modernizing their restaurant - More Than Just Ice Cream – not dealing with slow, inefficient technology.
“When we took over the restaurant, we were still using an old, slow manual register,” said Castano. “We needed to upgrade to a faster point-of-sale system, but didn’t want to invest a lot in technology. We also didn’t need all the bells and whistles that would be overly complicated to use and expensive to maintain, so NCR Silver was a perfect match for our needs.”
Castano joined the More Than Just Ice Cream team 15 years ago and held various roles – from ice cream scooper to server – before becoming manager. He and his business partner, another long-time More Than Just Ice Cream employee, wanted to modernize the restaurant while maintaining its “laid-back vibe.”
NCR Corporation, a technology company, provides solutions and services that enable businesses to connect, interact, and transact with their customers worldwide. The company operates through four segments: Financial Services, Retail Solutions, Hospitality, and Emerging Industries.
Shares of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN), inclined 0.35% to $531.52, during its last trading session.
TenMarks, an Amazon company, launched a new version of its award-winning math solution to give teachers even more control and flexibility in aligning to every individual student’s needs, and assist them better prepare for end-of-year testing. Using data-driven instruction, TenMarks’ adaptive online math program provides teachers and students with personalized courses that have demonstrated noteworthy enhance in scores on the standards-aligned TenMarks assessments. Now, TenMarks has updated the program with improved resources and tools to better solve common challenges teachers face every day: preparing and delivering engaging lessons, reinforcing and differentiating those lessons for every student, and promoting long-term learning and retention. The new TenMarks Math curriculum is accessible for grades 1–12 at www.tenmarks.com.
In the 2014–2015 school year, teachers using TenMarks saw improvements in student learning outcomes measured by the TenMarks assessments and assignments, counting:
- Average growth of 28.5% on assessment scores after use of TenMarks
- 20% improvement on assessment scores for students actively using TenMarks as compared to those not actively using TenMarks
- Completion of a relevant assignment the week preceding to taking an assessment resulted in outscoring peers not concluding an assignment by an average of 21.5% on the relevant standards
- An average improvement of 14.4% on a student assignment score with the use of an Amplifier intervention, and as much as 25% improvement for the lowest performers
Amazon.com, Inc. operates as an online retailer in North America and internationally. It operates in two segments, North America and International. The company serves consumers through retail Websites, such as amazon.com and amazon.ca, which primarily comprise merchandise and content purchased for resale from vendors and those offered by third-party sellers.
At the end of Friday’s trade, Shares of Intrexon Corp (NYSE:XON), lost - 4.98% to $47.52.
Intrexon Corp declared its second quarter and first half results for 2015.
Second Quarter Financial Highlights:
- Total revenues of $44.9 million, an enhance of 281% over the second quarter of 2014;
- Net loss of $40.7 million attributable to Intrexon, or $(0.37) per basic share;
- Not taking into account the special stock dividend of ZIOPHARM Oncology, Inc. shares, Pro Forma Net Income Attributable to Intrexon during the second quarter would have been of $0.9 million, or $0.01 per basic share;
- Adjusted EBITDA of $54.4 million, or $0.50 per basic share; and
- Cash consideration received for reimbursement of research and development services, Cost Recovery, covered 60% of cash operating expenses (exclusive of operating expenses of merged auxiliaries).
First Half Financial Highlights:
- Total revenues of $78.7 million, an enhance of 301% over the first half of 2014;
- Net loss of $13.6 million attributable to Intrexon, or $(0.13) per basic share;
- Not taking into account the special stock dividend of ZIOPHARM Oncology, Inc. shares, Pro Forma Net Income Attributable to Intrexon during the first half would have been $28.0 million, or $0.26 per basic share;
- Adjusted EBITDA of $39.8 million, or $0.37 per basic share; and
- Total consideration received for technology access fees and reimbursement of research and development services covered 187% of cash operating expenses (exclusive of operating expenses of merged auxiliaries).
Intrexon Corporation, a biotechnology company, operates in the synthetic biology field in the United States. The company, through a suite of proprietary and complementary technologies, designs, builds, and regulates gene programs, which are DNA sequences that comprise of key genetic components.
Finally, Bill Barrett Corporation (NYSE:BBG), ended its last trade with -0.21% loss, and closed at $4.79.
Bill Barrett Corporation declared that the Company will take part in the following investor events:
- August 17, 2015 – Chief Executive Officer and President, Scot Woodall, will present at EnerCom’s The Oil and Gas Conference at 4:00 p.m. MT. The event will be webcast and will be accessible on the Company’s website at www.billbarrettcorp.com. The presentation for this event will be posted preceding to the market open on Monday, August 17, 2015.
- September 10, 2015 – Chief Executive Officer and President, Scot Woodall, will present at the Barclays CEO Energy-Power Conference at 9:45 a.m. ET. The event will be webcast and will be accessible on the Company’s website at www.billbarrettcorp.com. The presentation for this event will be posted preceding to the market open on Wednesday, September 9, 2015.
Bill Barrett Corporation, an independent energy company, acquires, explores for, and develops oil and natural gas resources in the United States. It primarily holds interests in the Denver-Julesburg basin, the Uinta oil program in the Uinta Basin, and the Gibson Gulch area in the Piceance basin in the Rocky Mountain region of the United States.
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