During Wednesday’s Current trade, Shares of NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:NDAQ), lost -1.66% to $48.03.
Nasdaq (NDAQ) and the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) declared that Nasdaq has been selected to deliver ASX’s next generation post-trade risk administration solution. Sentinel Risk Manager will provide a single, real-time risk administration system across both ASX clearing houses and all asset classes, counting real-time margin calculation and related customer risk analytics. The new risk system will be implemented in five phases over the next two years.
The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. provides trading, clearing, exchange technology, regulatory, securities listing, information, and public company services worldwide. It operates in four segments: Market Services, Listing Services, Information Services, and Technology Solutions. The Market Services segment offers equity derivative trading and clearing; cash equity trading; fixed income, currency, and commodities trading and clearing; and access and broker services. This segment operates various exchanges and other marketplace facilities across various asset classes, counting derivatives, commodities, cash equity, debt, structured products, and ETFs; and provides clearing, settlement, and central depository services, in addition to offers transaction-based platforms. The Listing Services segment operates various listing platforms, which offers capital raising solutions for private and public companies.
Shares of Pier 1 Imports Inc (NYSE:PIR), declined -0.65% to $12.30, during its current trading session.
Pier 1 Imports, Inc. (PIR) declared that Jeffrey N. Boyer, 57, has been named Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective July 27, 2015. Mr. Boyer will have responsibility for Pier 1 Imports’ financial operations and accounting, counting financial reporting, planning and analysis, accounting, treasury, tax and investor relations. Laura A. Coffey will continue to serve in her role as Executive Vice President and Interim Chief Financial Officer until Mr. Boyer’s appointment becomes effective, at which time she will be named to a separate executive position within the Company.
Pier 1 Imports, Inc. engages in the retail sale of decorative home furnishings, furniture, gifts, and related items. The company offers decorative accents and textiles, such as rugs, wall decorations and mirrors, pillows, bedding, lamps, vases, dried and artificial flowers, baskets, ceramics, dinnerware, candles, fragrance, gift, and seasonal items. It also provides furniture and furniture cushions that are used in living, dining, office, kitchen, bedroom areas, sunrooms, and patios. In addition, the company offers dining and kitchen goods, and other specialty items. Further, it supplies merchandise and licenses the Pier 1 Imports name.
KLA-Tencor Corp (NASDAQ:KLAC), during its Wednesday’s current trading session decreased -2.55% to $54.67.
KLA-Tencor Corp (KLAC) declared that it will host its annual analyst briefing at SEMICON West at the W Hotel on Tuesday, July 14, 2015, with a live webcast starting at 12:30 p.m. PDT. The agenda comprises:
12:00-12:30 p.m.: Registration
12:30-2:00 p.m.: Presentation with Q&A by President and CEO Rick Wallace and CFO Bren Higgins
KLA-Tencor Corporation designs, manufactures, and markets process control and yield administration solutions worldwide. It provides chip manufacturing products, counting front-end defect inspection, back-end defect inspection, defect review, metrology, and in-situ process monitoring products, in addition to lithography modeling software; wafer manufacturing products comprising surface and defect inspection, wafer geometry and nanotopography metrology, and data administration; and reticle manufacturing products, such as defect inspection and pattern placement metrology products.
Finally, Fifth Street Finance Corp. (NASDAQ:FSC), decreased -0.31%, to $6.43.
Fifth Street Finance Corp. (FSC) declared that its portfolio company, HFG Holdings, LLC (“Healthcare Finance Group” or “HFG”), a specialty lender providing asset-backed lending and term loan products to various segments of the healthcare industry, has been sold to MidCap Financial. FSC attained HFG in June of 2013 and, together with administration, expanded the company’s suite of products and capabilities, positioning it for future growth.
Fifth Street Finance Corp. is a business development company specializing in investments in middle market, bridge financing, first and second lien debt financing, mezzanine debt, senior and junior secured debt, expansions, sponsor-led acquisitions, and administration buyouts in small and mid-sized companies. It seeks to invest in education services, business services, retail and consumer, healthcare, manufacturing, food and restaurants, construction and engineering, and media and advertising sectors.
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