On Thursday, Shares of Opko Health Inc. (NYSE:OPK), lost -0.22% to $ 16.24.
Opko Health Inc., declared that early termination of the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (the “HSR Act”) has been granted, effective July 1, 2015, for OPKO’s planned acquisition of Bio-Reference.
Expiration of the waiting period under the HSR Act satisfies one of the conditions necessary for the consummation of the merger. The transaction remains subject to other closing conditions, counting the approval of Bio-Reference shareholders. The parties continue to expect that this transaction will close during the second half of 2015.
OPKO Health, Inc., a biopharmaceutical and diagnostics company, engages in the discovery, development, and commercialization of novel and proprietary technologies in the United States and internationally. It operates through two segments, Pharmaceuticals and Diagnostics.
Shares of Bank Of The Ozarks Inc (NASDAQ:OZRK), declined -1.74% to $ 45.25, during its last trading session.
Bank Of The Ozarks Inc, declared its Board of Directors has approved a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.14 per common share payable July 24, 2015 to shareholders of record as of July 17, 2015. The dividend of $0.14 per common share represents an enhance of $0.005 per common share, or 3.7%, over the dividend paid in the previous quarter. The Company has raised its quarterly cash dividend in each of the last twenty quarters.
Bank of the Ozarks, Inc. is a bank holding company with $8.3 billion in total assets as of March 31, 2015 and trades on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol “OZRK.” The Company owns a state-chartered partner bank that conducts banking operations through 165 offices in Arkansas, Georgia, Texas, North Carolina, Florida, Alabama, South Carolina, New York and California. The Company may be contacted at (501) 978-2265 or P. O. Box 8811, Little Rock, Arkansas 72231-8811. The Company’s website is: www.bankozarks.com.
Bank of the Ozarks, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for Bank of the Ozarks that provides a range of retail and commercial banking services. The company accepts various deposits products, such as checking, savings, money market, time deposit, and individual retirement accounts.
Finally, New Oriental Education & Tech Grp (ADR) (NYSE:EDU), ended its last trade with -0.25% loss, and closed at $23.80.
New Oriental Education & Tech Grp, declared that it will report its financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year 2015 ended May 31, 2015, before the U.S. market opens on July 21, 2015. New Oriental’s administration will host an earnings conference call at 8 AM on July 21, 2015, U.S. Eastern Time (8 PM on July 21, 2015, Beijing/Hong Kong Time).
New Oriental Education & Technology Group Inc. provides private educational services primarily in the People’s Republic of China. It offers test preparation courses to students taking language and entrance exams used by educational institutions in the United States, the People’s Republic of China, and Commonwealth countries; and after-school tutoring courses for middle school and high school students to assist students enhance scores on entrance exams for admission into high schools or higher education institutions. The company also provides language training courses comprising of English and other foreign languages, such as German, Japanese, French, Korean and Spanish for adults; operates full-time private primary and secondary boarding school in Yangzhou seeking a full curriculum taught in Chinese and English; develops and edits educational materials for language training and test preparation, such as books, software, CD-ROMs, magazines, and other periodicals; and offers online education programs on its koolearn.com Website. In addition, it offers overseas studies consulting; operates kindergartens in Beijing; and offers a pilot program whereby it permits third parties in small cities to provide its English and kindergarten programs under a brand name cooperation model.
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