On Friday, Visa Inc (NYSE:V)’s shares declined -1.65% to $69.79.
Chase Card Services, a division of JPMorgan Chase & Co. [NYSE: JPM], Visa Inc. [NYSE: V] and United Airlines [NYSE: UAL] declared the extension of the popular United MileagePlus® credit card program. The multi-year agreements extend the more than 20-year legacy of providing exceptional benefits tailored for consumer and business cardmembers.
This extension will continue offering a rich credit card program across multiple products counting the United MileagePlus® Explorer, United MileagePlus® Explorer Business and United MileagePlus® Club cards. Additionally, cardmembers will continue to enjoy access to exclusive events with InsideAccess.com in addition to exclusive luxury hotel and resort privileges.
Visa Inc., a payments technology company, operates as a retail electronic payments network worldwide. The company facilitates commerce through the transfer of value and information among financial institutions, merchants, consumers, businesses, and government entities.
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT)’s shares dropped -1.74% to $43.48.
Microsoft Corp. declared on Wednesday a new commitment of $70 million in community investments over the next three years to enhance access to computer science education for all youth, and especially for those from under-represented backgrounds. Through the company’s global YouthSpark initiative, scores of nonprofit organizations around the world will receive cash donations and other resources to provide computer science education to diverse populations of young people in their communities and prepare them with the computational-thinking and problem-solving skills necessary for success in an increasingly digital world.
Over the next three years, Microsoft will deliver on this commitment through cash grants and nonprofit partnerships in addition to unique program and content offerings to enhance access to computer science education and build computational thinking skills for diverse populations of youth. One of the flagship programs is Technology Education and Literacy in Schools (TEALS), which pairs tech professionals from across the industry with classroom educators to team-teach computer science in U.S. high schools. TEALS aims to grow fivefold in the next three years, with the aim of working with 2,000 tech industry volunteers to reach 30,000 students in nearly 700 schools across 33 states. A key objective of TEALS is to support classroom educators as they learn the computer science coursework, preparing them to teach computer science independently after two years of team-teaching.
Microsoft Corporation, a technology company, develops, licenses, and supports software products, services, and devices worldwide. The company’s Devices and Consumer (D&C) Licensing segment licenses Windows operating system and related software; Microsoft Office for consumers; and Windows Phone operating system. Its Computing and Gaming Hardware segment provides Xbox gaming and entertainment consoles and accessories, second-party and third-party video games, and Xbox Live subscriptions; surface devices and accessories; and Microsoft PC accessories.
At the end of Friday’s trade, Noble Corp plc (NYSE:NE)‘s shares dipped -10.59% to $11.48 as oil prices dip after the Fed expressed concern about the global economy in its decision to keep interest rates unchanged this month, according to the The Wall Street Journal.
The Fed declared yesterday that it would not raise rates in September, expressing uncertainty about global economic growth, which is exacerbating concern about the global demand for oil and weighing on prices.
The oil market is facing a global supply glut, and the Fed’s comments have heightened concerns about global demand’s ability to soak up some of the excess supply, The Wall Street Journal reports.
WTI crude is down 3.50% to $45.26 per barrel, while Brent crude is decreasing 2.14% to $48.03 per barrel this afternoon, according to the CNBC.com index.
Noble Corp., based in London, operates as an offshore drilling contractor for the oil and gas industry worldwide.
Noble Corporation plc operates as an offshore drilling contractor for the oil and gas industry worldwide. It owns and operates a fleet of mobile offshore drilling units. As of December 31, 2014, the company operated a fleet of 15 jackups, 9 drillships, and 8 semisubmersibles, counting 1 high-specification, harsh environment jackup under construction.
AES Corp (NYSE:AES), ended its Friday’s trading session with -2.10% loss, and closed at $10.94.
The AES Corporation (AES) was named to the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) for North America for the second year in a row.
The DJSI is based on the Corporate Sustainability Assessment conducted by RobecoSAM. The annual assessment determines which companies are better equipped to respond to emerging opportunities and risks resulting from global sustainability trends.
For the first time this year, AES’ partner in Chile, AES Gener, take part in RobecoSAM’s annual Corporate Sustainability Assessment. AES Gener received the highest rating among all electric utilities for the Environmental Policy/Administration System category.
The AES Corporation operates as a diversified power generation and utility company. It owns and/or operates power plants to generate and sell power to customers, such as utilities, industrial users, and other intermediaries.
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