During Wednesday’s Current trade, Shares of Applied Materials, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMAT), gain 1.38% to $16.14.
Applied Materials, Inc. recently declared that its Board of Directors has approved a quarterly cash dividend of $0.10 per share payable on the company`s common stock. The dividend is payable on December 10, 2015 to stockholders of record as of November 19, 2015.
Applied Materials, Inc. provides manufacturing equipment, services, and software to the semiconductor, flat panel display, solar photovoltaic (PV), and related industries worldwide. The company’s Silicon Systems Group segment develops, manufactures, and sells a range of manufacturing equipment used to fabricate semiconductor chips or integrated circuits. This segment offers systems that perform primary processes used in chip fabrication, counting atomic layer deposition, chemical vapor deposition, physical vapor deposition, etch, electrochemical deposition, rapid thermal processing, ion implantation, chemical mechanical planarization, epitaxy, wet cleaning, and wafer metrology and inspection, in addition to systems that etch or inspect circuit patterns on masks used in the photolithography process. Its Applied Global Services segment provides products and services designed to enhance the performance and productivity, and reduce the environmental impact of semiconductor, display, and solar customers’ factories.
Shares of American Airlines Group Inc (NASDAQ:AAL), declined -0.09% to $42.60, during its current trading session.
American Airlines Group (AAL) stated August 2015 and year-to-date traffic results.
American Airlines Group’s total revenue passenger miles (RPMs) were 21.0 billion, up 5.0 percent as compared to August 2014. Total capacity was 24.3 billion accessible seat miles (ASMs), up 2.7 percent as compared to August 2014. Total passenger load factor was 86.5 percent, up 1.9 percentage points as compared to August 2014. All three metrics were records for the month of August.
The Company continues to expect its third quarter 2015 merged passenger revenue per accessible seat mile (PRASM) to be down about six to eight percent year-over-year. In addition, the Company continues to expect its third quarter pretax margin not taking into account special items to be between 16 and 18 percent.
American Airlines Group Inc., through its auxiliaries, operates in the airline industry. As of December 31, 2014, the company operated 983 mainline jets, in addition to 566 regional aircrafts through regional airline auxiliaries and third-party regional carriers. It serves 339 destinations in 54 countries.
Home Depot Inc (NYSE:HD), during its Wednesday’s current trading session gained 0.45% to $116.70.
The Home Depot® activates its army of associate volunteers to launch the company’s fifth-annual Celebration of Service, a two-month-long campaign focused on improving the homes and lives of U.S. military veterans and their families. Team Depot, the company’s associate-led volunteer force, will focus on projects related to two themes: senior veterans, who need modifications to their homes to safely age in place, and veterans with service-connected disabilities. To kick off Celebration of Service, 1,000 Team Depot volunteers will be deployed in more than 30 cities counting Anchorage, Atlanta, Dallas, Grand Rapids, Los Angeles, Phoenix, Salt Lake City and Staten Island, recently through Sunday, Sept. 13, to assist improve the safety and accessibility of the homes of more than 100 veterans.
More than 8.4 million veterans will be 65 or older by 2020 and more than four million veterans are living with service-related disabilities. That’s why since 2011, The Home Depot Foundation has invested more than $105 million in veteran-related efforts and, together with Team Depot, has transformed more than 22,000 veteran homes.
The Home Depot, Inc. operates as a home improvement retailer. It operates The Home Depot stores that sell various building materials, home improvement products, and lawn and garden products, in addition to provide installation, home maintenance, and professional service programs to do-it-yourself, do-it-for-me, and professional customers.
Finally, Vimicro International Corporation (ADR) (NASDAQ:VIMC), gained 0.82%, to $12.27.
Vimicro International Corporation (VIMC) a leading video surveillance technology and solution provider in China, recently declared that it has reached a definitive Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) with Vimicro China (Parent) Limited (“Parent”) and Vimicro China Acquisition Limited (“Merger Sub”), following which Parent will acquire Vimicro (the “Transaction”) for US$3.375 per ordinary share of the Company (a “Share”) or US$13.50 per American depositary share, each representing four Shares (an “ADS”). This amount represents a premium of 9.5% over the Company’s closing price of US$12.33 per ADS on June 19, 2015, the last trading day preceding to June 22, 2015, the date that the Company declared that it had received a “going-private” proposal, and a premium of 15.4% to the volume-weighted average closing prices of the Company’s ADSs during the 90 trading days preceding to June 22, 2015.
Right Away after the completion of the Transaction, Parent will be ultimately beneficially owned by Dr. Zhonghan (John) Deng, founder, chairman and chief executive officer of the Company, Mr. Zhaowei (Kevin) Jin, co-chief executive officer and a board member of the Company, Dr. Xiaodong (Dave) Yang and Mr. Shengda Zan (collectively, the “Buyer Group”). To date, the Buyer Group beneficially owns, in the aggregate, about 41% of the outstanding Shares (not taking into account outstanding options of the Company).
Vimicro International Corporation, together with its auxiliaries, designs, develops, and markets semiconductor products with multimedia applications in Mainland China, Hong Kong, and the United States. The company operates through Video surveillance Solutions and Video Processor segments. It offers personal computers (PC), embedded notebook camera video processors, image sensors, and other products. The company also provides video surveillance solutions and services, which comprise digital video recorders, network video recorders, super digital video recorders, IP camera products, video servers, and other equipment, in addition to software.
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