On Friday, Shares of Darden Restaurants, Inc. (NYSE:DRI), gained 0.82% to $70.24.
Olive Garden and the NFHS Network, the nation’s leading high school sports media company, are teaming up to recognize Team Moms and the high school athletes they support. This partnership comprises the launch of GoTeamMoms.com, which will serve as a resource and destination to recognize Team Moms.
Team Moms volunteer to assist coaches and often lead team communications, fundraising, travel coordination and more. The website will feature Team Mom’s Best-Kept Secrets and game day highlights from high schools around the nation. In addition, coaches, athletes, family members and the community are invited to contribute shoutouts or photos of their favorite Team Mom using #GoTeamMoms on Twitter and Instagram to be featured on the website.
“The aim of the NFHS Network is to serve and support both the athletes and their fans,” said Christopher Young, senior vice president of sales for the NFHS Network. “There’s no bigger fan than a Team Mom and no better partner for the NFHS Network than Olive Garden, which resonates so deeply with our audience and shares our same commitment to families and the local community.”
Darden Restaurants, Inc., through its auxiliaries, owns and operates full-service restaurants in the United States and Canada. As of July 8, 2015, it owned and operated about 1,500 restaurants under the Olive Garden, LongHorn Steakhouse, Bahama Breeze, Seasons 52, The Capital Grille, Eddie V’s, and Yard House brand names. The company was founded in 1968 and is headquartered in Orlando, Florida.
Shares of Juno Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:JUNO), inclined 2.84% to $41.58, during its last trading session.
Juno Therapeutics, declared that it will webcast its presentation at the 2015 Morgan Stanley Global Healthcare Conference at 4:15 p.m. ET on Wednesday, September 16, 2015. The presentation will feature a business overview and update by Steve Harr, Juno’s Chief Financial Officer and Head of Corporate Development and Hy Levitsky, Juno’s Executive Vice President, Research and Chief Scientific Officer.
Juno Therapeutics, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, engages in developing cell-based cancer immunotherapies. The company develops cell-based cancer immunotherapies based on its chimeric antigen receptor and T cell receptor technologies to genetically engineer T cells to recognize and kill cancer cells.
At the end of Friday’s trade, Shares of VF Corp (NYSE:VFC), gained 0.67% to $71.02.
Timberland PRO has officially entered the workwear market by doing what it does best—building premium, technology-inspired, performance-driven products for industrial working consumers. Leveraging the brand equity already established by its successful footwear business, Timberland PRO workwear embodies the same comfort, durability and protection retailers and consumers have grown to expect from the brand. Timberland PRO has capitalized on its parent company, VF Corporation’s, expansive powerhouse engine and supply chain reach. By ongoing to deliver strong results to retail partners and best-in-class products to consumers, the Timberland PRO brand’s commitment to expansion fuels its continued growth in this competitive space.
“Entering into the workwear category is a natural progression for our brand,” said Jim O’Connor, Vice President, Timberland PRO. “After years of intensive planning and research, combined with the confidence of having the VF Corporation behind us, we are emerging into this market armed with a great-looking collection of thoughtfully-designed pieces that meet our core consumer’s unique comfort, performance and fit needs. We’ve chosen a smart mix of retail partners that share the same aims of business expansion and bottomline growth. The strong early reaction we’ve received, combined with our winning formula of knowledge and capabilities, further strengthens our confidence in bringing this comprehensive head-to-toe offering to market.”
V.F. Corporation designs, manufactures, markets, and distributes branded lifestyle apparel, footwear, and accessories in the United States and Europe. The company offers outdoor apparel, footwear and equipment, youth culture/action sports-inspired footwear, handbags, luggage, backpacks, totes, accessories, merino wool socks, women’s activewear, and travel accessories under the The North Face, Vans, Timberland, Kipling, Napapijri, Jansport, Reef, Smartwool, Eastpak, lucy, and Eagle Creek brands.
Finally, Flotek Industries Inc (NYSE:FTK), ended its last trade with -4.48% loss, and closed at $18.97.
Flotek Industries, in conjunction with the Company’s New York City Investor Day, declared the funding of an endowed professorship in oilfield chemistry at Texas A&M University in addition to offered an update on third quarter operations.
The Flotek Industries Professorship in Applied Oilfield Chemistry will endow a full-time professorship in the Harold Vance Department of Petroleum Engineering at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas. The creation of the professorship will also be used to expand educational opportunities for petroleum engineering degree candidates to gain exposure and expertise in chemistry applications in oil and gas drilling, completions and production.
“We are honored to partner with one of the premier petroleum engineering schools in the United States and the world to forge new ground in creating a chemistry component to an already exceptional menu of educational opportunities for petroleum engineering students at Texas A&M,” said John Chisholm, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Flotek. “As we believe chemistry is the next frontier in advancing oilfield productivity, we believe it is critical to expose the next generation of petroleum engineers to the importance and power of chemistry in the process. Our partnership with Texas A&M will do just that, through the classic educational experience in addition to internship opportunities with Flotek and joint research ventures focused on the next generation of oilfield chemistry technologies. We look forward to a long and mutually rewarding partnership with Texas A&M.”
Flotek Industries, Inc. develops and supplies oilfield products, services, and equipment to the oil, gas, and mining industries in the United States and internationally. Its Energy Chemical Technologies segment designs, develops, manufactures, packages, and markets specialty chemicals used in oil and gas well drilling, cementing, completion, stimulation, and production.
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