On Wednesday, Shares of Barrick Gold Corporation (USA)(NYSE:ABX), lost -0.32% to $12.
Barrick Gold Corporation, declared that Dr. David Naylor has elected to leave the company’s Board of Directors in order to focus on the resumption of his academic duties on a full-time basis.
“We thank David for his valuable contributions to Barrick, and wish him well in his future endeavors,” said Barrick Chairman John L. Thornton.
Barrick Gold Corporation produces and sells gold and copper. The company is also involved in exploration and mine development activities. It conducts mining, development and exploration, and other activities in various countries, counting the United States, Canada, Australia, Argentina, Chile, Peru, the Dominican Republic, Papua New Guinea, Tanzania, Zambia, and Saudi Arabia.
Shares of Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ:SBUX), declined -0.76% to $51.03, during its last trading session.
Starbucks Corporation declared the company will present at the Bernstein Planned Decisions Conference on Wednesday, May 27, 2015, at 3:00 p.m. ET.
Starbucks Corporation operates as a roaster, marketer, and retailer of specialty coffee worldwide. The company operates in four segments: Americas; Europe, Middle East, and Africa; China/Asia Pacific; and Channel Development.
At the end of Wednesday’s trade, Shares of Schlumberger Limited.(NYSE:SLB), gained 0.21% to $90.75.
On May 5, Cameron (CAM) and OneSubsea®, a Cameron and Schlumberger (SLB) company, have won Spotlight on New Technology Awards at the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) by meeting the criteria for new, innovative, proven products of broad interest that have noteworthy impact.
Cameron won an award for its Mark IV High Availability (HA) Control System for Blowout Preventers (BPs). Cameron’s Mark IV HA control system is the industry’s first three-POD control system. The new system allows drillers to continue operating when one POD becomes unavailable. Because of this configuration, the Mark IV HA BOP control system improves operational availability to as much as 98% and reduces the likelihood of a POD-related stack pull by up to 73%. This system builds on the success of the Mark III control system by streamlining the POD design, making it smaller and lighter in addition to increasing functionality.
Schlumberger Limited supplies technology, integrated project administration, and information solutions to the oil and gas exploration and production industries worldwide. The company operates through Reservoir Characterization Group, Drilling Group, and Production Group segments.
Finally, TJX Companies Inc (NYSE:TJX), ended its last trade with -1.06% lost, and closed at $68.46.
TJX Companies declared sales and earnings results for the first quarter ended May 2, 2015. Net sales for the first quarter of Fiscal 2016 raised 6% to $6.9 billion, and merged comparable store sales raised 5%. Net income for the first quarter was $475 million, and diluted earnings per share were $.69, an 8% enhance over the preceding year.
Carol Meyrowitz, Chief Executive Officer of The TJX Companies, Inc., stated, “We are extremely happy with our continued momentum and first quarter performance. Our 5% merged comparable store sales growth and 8% enhance in earnings per share were both well above our plan. Our outstanding values and exciting mix of apparel and home fashions continue to resonate with shoppers across all of our geographies. It was great to see that, similar to last quarter, comp sales were almost entirely driven by customer traffic and we had a noteworthy enhance in units sold. At the same time, we also saw a strong enhance in our merchandise margins. We were very happy that we achieved these strong results despite noteworthy foreign currency headwinds and while simultaneously investing in our business to support our growth aims. Our underlying business remains strong, our values are better than ever, and we have many exciting initiatives planned for the remainder of the year to continue driving sales and customer traffic. Further, we are thrilled to see our retail brands becoming more powerful and recognizable with consumers. We are raising our full year earnings per share and comp sales guidance based on the strength of our first quarter results. The second quarter is off to a very strong start and we are confident in our ability to achieve our plans for 2015. We remain convinced that we have the right strategy in place to achieve our long-term growth aims as TJX continues on the path to becoming a $40 billion-plus global, value retailer!”
The TJX Companies, Inc. operates as an off-price apparel and home fashions retailer in the United States and internationally. It operates through four segments: Marmaxx, HomeGoods, TJX Canada, and TJX Europe.
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