On Wednesday, Shares of Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO), lost -2.62% to $37.23.
Yahoo, declared the new Yahoo Sports Daily Fantasy — one-day and one-week fantasy contests for cash prizes. For nearly two decades, Yahoo Sports has entertained fans around the world with the most engaging content, news and fantasy experiences. Recently, we’re taking the game to the next level and giving fans what they’ve always wanted — the chance to compete with their friends and win cash, everyday. With today’s launch, Yahoo becomes the first major sports site and the only technology company of its scale to offer its own Daily Fantasy experience.
“For more than 16 years, we’ve built the best fantasy experience for our fans. Our users spend nearly 30 billion minutes a year playing fantasy sports on Yahoo, and recently we’re thrilled to introduce a daily fantasy experience designed for the modern fan,” said Simon Khalaf, SVP Product and Engineering at Yahoo. “The growing popularity of Daily Fantasy games is a fantastic opportunity for us to bolster our leadership by providing our millions of existing fantasy users as well new fans out there with a unique take on this game genre.”
Yahoo has designed this experience for the mobile fantasy player and is the only company to offer Daily Fantasy, Full Season Fantasy, and real-time sports news and scores as an all-in-one experience. Now users can join a new contest with their friends every day with the chance to win real cash prizes, and a simplified salary cap makes it fast and easy. Users can go to Yahoo Sports Daily Fantasy and update or download the Fantasy Sports App from the App Store to play natively on the iPhone and on any device through their browser.
Yahoo! Inc. provides search and display advertising services on Yahoo properties and associate sites worldwide. The company offers Yahoo Search that serves as a starting point to navigate the Internet and discover information; and Yahoo Answers, which enables users to seek, discover, and share knowledge and opinions across mobile phones, tablets, and desktops.
Shares of Medtronic plc (NYSE:MDT), declined -0.83% to $72.85, during its last trading session.
Medtronic plc, declared the launch of the CD HORIZON® SOLERA® VOYAGER(TM) Spinal System for Minimally Invasive Spine procedures. Accessible recently in countries around the world, the CD HORIZON® SOLERA® VOYAGER(TM) System expands upon the transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF) procedure by offering multiple, minimally invasive rod insertion options and enabling a seamless 3D-navigated surgical experience. The declaration was made during the 22nd annual international Meeting on Advanced Spine Techniques (IMAST) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
With the CD HORIZON® SOLERA® VOYAGER(TM) System, surgeons have the flexibility to use either a percutaneous or Wiltse minimally invasive approach for rod insertion depending upon their preference. The system also features a low-profile, extended-tab screw with inner threading, which eases rod insertion and facilitates rod reduction. In addition, the system is part of Medtronic`s Surgical Synergy(TM) Spinal Platform - the most integrated portfolio of navigated surgical technologies - which seeks to minimize the operating room from interruption and constraints and gives surgeons the freedom to focus wholly on their patients.
Medtronic plc manufactures and sells device-based medical therapies worldwide. The company’s Cardiac and Vascular Group segment offers pacemakers, implantable cardioverter defibrillators, implantable cardiac resynchronization therapy devices, AF products, diagnostics and monitoring devices, and remote monitoring and patient-centered software; and heart valves, percutaneous coronary intervention stent products, surgical valve replacement and repair products, endovascular stent grafts, and peripheral vascular intervention products.
Finally, Ameren Corporation (NYSE:AEE), ended its last trade with -0.81% loss, and closed at $39.28.
Warner L. Baxter, chairman, president and CEO of Ameren Corporation, will join Martin J. Lyons, executive vice president and CFO of Ameren Corp., to talk about second quarter 2015 earnings and other matters related to the company in a conference call with financial analysts on Friday, July 31, at 9 a.m. Central Time (10 a.m. Eastern Time).
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.
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