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Friday 26 June 2015
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Afternoon Trade Stocks Roundup: Becton, Dickinson (NYSE:BDX), Pearson (NYSE:PSO), BioScrip (NASDAQ:BIOS), Biomed Realty Trust (NYSE:BMR)

During Thursday’s current trade, Becton, Dickinson and Co. (NYSE:BDX)’s shares incline 0.16% to $141.93.

Becton, Dickinson and Co. (BDX) declared the successful implementation of the Alaris® System across all four WellSpan hospitals, with WellSpan York Hospital becoming the first hospital ever to simultaneously go-live with new infusion devices and bi-directional interoperability between the infusion device and the electronic health record (EHR).

Infusion device interoperability connects the health system’s Alaris System smart infusion pumps with the hospital’s EHR and is designed to assist reduce the risk of harmful and costly intravenous (IV) medication programming errors at the patient bedside. The solution enables bi-directional communication between the infusion pump and the EHR for both syringe pumps and large volume infusions.

Becton, Dickinson and Company, a medical technology company, develops, manufactures, and sells medical supplies, devices, laboratory equipment, and diagnostic products worldwide. The company’s BD Medical segment produces medical devices, such as needles, syringes, and intravenous catheters for medication delivery; prefilled IV flush syringes; syringes and pen needles for use in the treatment of diabetes; prefillable drug delivery systems; anesthesia needles and trays; sharps disposal containers; and closed-system transfer devices.

Pearson PLC (ADR) (NYSE:PSO)‘s shares gain 0.60% to $19.98, during the current trading session Thursday’s, hitting its highest level.

Microsoft has expanded its partnership with Pearson PLC (ADR) (PSO) VUE by appointing it as the worldwide Microsoft Certified Practice Test Provider.

Microsoft Official Practice Tests, powered by MeasureUp, provide candidates with critical, customized assessment and remediation tools, assisting them gain confidence, master technical content, and make the best use of their certification preparation time.

Industry-recognized Microsoft Certifications are highly regarded by IT hiring managers, who use them to measure a candidate’s skill levels and determine how well candidates can work with specific Microsoft technologies, hardware and software.

Pearson plc, a learning company, provides learning materials, technologies, assessments, and services for teachers and students worldwide. It operates through North America, Growth, and Core segments. The company offers early learning solutions that assist educators and families to teach fundamental math and literacy skills; elementary and secondary imprints publish leading school programs in reading, literature, math, science, and social studies; digital instructional solutions for pre K-12, such as enVisionMATH and Miller-Levine Biology; learning, talent, and clinical assessment services; primary and secondary education services; and academic and vocational qualification services.

In an afternoon trade, BioScrip Inc (NASDAQ:BIOS)‘s shares plunge -2.20% to $3.55.

The Westar Energy, Inc. (WR) Board of Directors declared a quarterly dividend of 36 cents per share payable July 1, 2015, on the company`s common stock. The dividends are payable to shareholders of record as of June 9, 2015.

Westar Energy, Inc., an electric utility company, generates, transmits, and distributes electricity in Kansas. The company has 7,200 megawatts of electric generation capacity producing electricity through various fuel types, counting coal, uranium, natural gas, diesel, wind, and landfill gas. It sells electricity retail to residential, commercial, and industrial customers, in addition to for lighting public streets and highways; and electricity wholesale to electric cooperatives, municipalities, other electric utilities, and regional transmission organizations.

Biomed Realty Trust Inc (NYSE:BMR), during its Thursday’s current trading session 0.25% gain and closed at $19.73.

BioMed Realty Trust, Inc. (BMR) declared that its board of directors has declared a second quarter 2015 dividend of $0.26 per share of common stock. The dividend is equivalent to an annualized dividend of $1.04 per common share.

The common stock dividend is payable on July 15, 2015 to stockholders of record at the close of business on June 30, 2015.

BioMed Realty Trust, Inc. operates as a real estate investment trust (REIT) that focuses on providing real estate to the life science industry in the United States. Its tenants primarily comprise biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies, scientific research institutions, government agencies, and other entities involved in the life science industry. The company owns or has interests in 72 properties, representing 119 buildings with about 11.0 million rentable square feet. Its properties are located predominantly in the major U.S. life science markets of Boston, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and New York/New Jersey.

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