On Wednesday, Shares of Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ:FB), gained 5.05% to $87.19.
Twitter Inc. and Facebook Inc. became the unwitting conduits of video of a shooting on live TV that killed a Virginia news reporter and a cameraman, enflaming debate over when it’s OK to show violence on social media, according to Bloomberg.
Two videos were uploaded showing the shooter’s perspective of the incident on Facebook and Twitter, where they started to go viral. The footage was quickly removed from both sites. Twitter users, counting a number of journalists, had urged others to not retweet the account that posted the clips. Bloomberg Reports
“Our #WDBJ crew was literally ambushed this morning,” Brent Watts, the chief meteorologist at the station, wrote in a tweet. “Please DO NOT share, or post the video.”
Facebook, Inc. operates as a social networking company worldwide. It provides a set of development tools and application programming interfaces that enable developers to integrate with Facebook to create mobile and Web applications.
Shares of American Airlines Group Inc. (NASDAQ:AAL), inclined 3.60% to $38.85, during its last trading session.
American Airlines and Cuba Travel Services plan to operate the first charter flights between Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) and Jose Marti International Airport (HAV) in Havana later this year, providing travelers the only nonstop service connecting the West Coast to Cuba since travel restrictions were eased.
American’s new charter service between Los Angeles and Havana will be sold by Cuba Travel Services and will operate on Saturdays starting Dec.12 with Boeing 737 aircraft. In addition, American will operate a Saturday flight between Miami International Airport and Havana, also sold by Cuba Travel Services.
American has operated charter flights to Cuba since 1991. With these additions, American will offer 22 weekly flights from Miami, Tampa and Los Angeles to five destinations in the country: Camaguey, Cienfuegos, Havana, Holguin and Santa Clara. This year, American will operate about 1,200 charter flights to Cuba, more than any other airline. American also is the leading carrier to the Caribbean with up to 150 daily flights to more than 30 destinations.
American Airlines Group Inc., through its auxiliaries, operates in the airline industry. As of December 31, 2014, the company operated 983 mainline jets, in addition to 566 regional aircrafts through regional airline auxiliaries and third-party regional carriers. It serves 339 destinations in 54 countries.
Finally, The Home Depot, Inc. (NYSE:HD), ended its last trade with 4.47% surge, and closed at $115.93.
The Home Depot declared that its board of directors declared a second quarter cash dividend of 59 cents per share. The dividend is payable on September 17, 2015 , to shareholders of record on the close of business on September 3, 2015 . This is the 114th successive quarter the company has paid a cash dividend.
The Home Depot, Inc. operates as a home improvement retailer. It operates The Home Depot stores that sell various building materials, home improvement products, and lawn and garden products, in addition to provide installation, home maintenance, and professional service programs to do-it-yourself, do-it-for-me, and professional customers.
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