On Thursday, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc (NYSE:HOT)’s shares inclined 1.44% to $67.44.
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (HOT) declared that its booming Four Points brand has crossed the 200th hotel milestone worldwide, fueled by unprecedented demand in dynamic destinations across the globe. Boasting the largest pipeline in the Starwood Hotels & Resorts portfolio, Four Points continues to exceed expectations with plans to open 12 additional hotels around the world by the end of this year – roughly one a week. With the recent openings of Four Points Istanbul Dudullu (Turkey); Four Points Seoul, Namsan (South Korea); Four Points Bali, Kuta (Indonesia); and Four Points Moncton (Canada), the brand, presently represented in 40 countries worldwide, continues its bullish global growth.
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc., together with its auxiliaries, operates as a hotel and leisure company worldwide. The company owns, operates, and franchises luxury and upscale full-service hotels, resorts, residences, retreats, select-service hotels, and extended stay hotels under the St. Regis, The Luxury Collection, W, Westin, Le Méridien, Sheraton, Four Points, Aloft, and Element brand names.
Ameren Corp (NYSE:AEE)’s shares dropped -1.16% to $41.78.
Ameren Transmission Company of Illinois (ATXI), a partner of Ameren Corporation (AEE), has received a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity from the Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) authorizing construction of the Spoon River Transmission Project, counting approval of a final route for the transmission line. This transmission project, estimated to cost about $150 million, is directly aligned with Ameren’s aims of providing reliable, efficient and environmentally responsible energy.
The 345,000-volt transmission line, using single-shaft steel poles, will span 46 miles in Illinois between Galesburg and Peoria, with an in-service date anticipated in 2018. Line construction is predictable to commence in late 2016 and is estimated to support about 100 construction jobs.
Ameren Corporation operates as a public utility holding company in the United States. The company engages in the rate-regulated electric generation, transmission, and distribution; and rate-regulated natural gas transmission and distribution businesses. It primarily generates electricity through coal, solar, wind, nuclear power, natural gas, methane gas, hydroelectric power, and oil.
At the end of Thursday’s trade, Idera Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:IDRA)‘s shares dipped -8.66% to $3.06.
Idera Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (IDRA), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing Toll-like receptor (TLR) and RNA therapeutics for patients with cancer and rare diseases, recently declared new preclinical data that showed cancer immunotherapy with intratumoral injections of IMO-2125 alone and in combination with ipilimumab demonstrated potent and systemic anti-tumor activity in preclinical cancer models. IMO-2125 is a synthetic oligonucleotide-based agonist of Toll-like receptor 9 discovered and developed by Idera. Ipilimumab is a checkpoint inhibitor targeting cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated protein 4 (CTLA-4). Additionally, Idera presented preclinical data which demonstrated that IMO-2125 induces a systemic antitumor immune response with the potential to sensitize the tumor microenvironment for combination with various checkpoint inhibitors. These data are being presented at the CRI-CIMT-EATI-AACR Inaugural International Cancer Immunotherapy Conference in New York City, starting recently.
Idera Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, focuses on the discovery, development, and commercialization of novel therapeutics for oncology and rare diseases in the United States. It uses two proprietary drug discovery technology platforms to design and develop drug candidates, counting toll-like receptor targeting technology and gene silencing oligonucleotide (GSO) technology.
Umpqua Holdings Corp (NASDAQ:UMPQ), ended its Thursday’s trading session with 0.06% gain, and closed at $16.31.
Umpqua Holdings Corporation (UMPQ), parent company of Umpqua Bank and Umpqua Investments, declared that it will host its third quarter 2015 earnings conference call on Thursday, October 22, 2015, at 10:00 a.m. PST (1:00 p.m. EST). During the call, the Company will provide an update on recent activities and talk about its third quarter 2015 financial results, which are predictable to be released after the market closes on October 21, 2015. There will be a live question-and-answer session following the presentation.
Umpqua Holdings Corporation, through its auxiliaries, engages in the commercial and retail banking, and retail brokerage businesses. It operates through two segments, Community Banking and Home Lending.
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