On Wednesday, Shares of Barrick Gold Corporation (USA) (NYSE:ABX), lost -2.95% to $5.93.
Barrick Gold Corporation has been named to the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index for the eighth successive year; the company was also comprised in the Dow Jones Sustainability North America Index for the ninth year in a row.
Each year, the Dow Jones Sustainability Index independently evaluates more than 2,500 companies using rigorous sustainability criteria to identify the top 10 percent of performers. Companies are evaluated on a range of sustainability metrics, counting governance, social performance, environment and economic contributions - taking into account both industry-specific trends in addition to sustainability issues facing multiple sectors.
Operating in a responsible manner creates noteworthy value for Barrick’s shareholders, employees, local communities and host countries. In 2014, Barrick contributed $9.7 billion in the form of wages and benefits, royalties and taxes, purchases of goods and services, and community investments in its host countries and communities. This comprises $3.6 billion in the developing and emerging countries where Barrick operates.
Barrick Gold Corporation (Barrick) is a gold mining company. The Company is engaged in the production and sale of gold and copper, in addition to related activities, such as exploration and mine development. The Company operates in segments: eight individual gold mines, Acacia and Pascua-Lama project.
Shares of Atmel Corporation (NASDAQ:ATML), inclined 0.87% to $8.08, during its last trading session.
Atmel Corporation declared it is shipping the industry’s lowest power, smallest footprint Bluetooth® Smart solution in production quantities. Consuming less than 4mA in RX and less than 3mA TX at 3.6V, the devices improvement battery life by as much as one year or more for certain applications.
Pushing the limits of space constrained areas, the Atmel SmartConnect Bluetooth Smart BTLC1000 solution footprint, in an unparalleled 2.2mm X 2.1mm Wafer Level Chipscale Package (WLCSP), is significantly smaller than what is available on the market recently. The extremely tiny, low-power solution takes the rapidly growing IoT and wearable markets to the next level in power consumption and form factor enabling extraordinary applications for smart wearables such as fitness trackers and medical devices, together with human Interface devices, asset trackers, beacons and much more. The new solutions support beacons and other application standards for leading smartphone operating systems.
The BTLC1000 is an ultra-low power Bluetooth SMART system-on-a-chip (SoC) with an integrated Atmel | SMART ARM® Cortex®-M0 MCU and Bluetooth transceiver. The solution can be used as a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) link controller that connects as a companion to any Atmel AVR or Atmel | SMART MCU. It can also be used as a standalone applications processor with embedded BLE connectivity and external memory for a variety of applications like beacons, mobile and human interface devices. Also available as a production-ready and fully-certified module for FCC ETSI/CE and IC regulations, the BTLC1000 solution significantly facilitates product design and reduces overall time-to-market.
Atmel Corporation is a designer, developer and supplier of microcontrollers. The Company operates through four segments: Microcontroller, Nonvolatile Memory, Automotive and Multi-Market and Other. The Microcontroller segment comprises the Company’s general purpose microcontroller and microprocessor families, AVR 8-bit and 32-bit products, Atmel SMART ARM based products, its 8051 8-bit products, and designated commercial wireless products, among others.
Shares of Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ:SBUX), inclined 1.17% to $57.79, during its last trading session.
Starbucks Corporation declared the nationwide availability of Mobile Order & Pay on iOS and Android devices, a new feature of the popular Starbucks® mobile app that allows customers to place and pay for their order in advance of their visit and pick it up at a participating Starbucks® location. Following successful launches in select U.S. cities, mobile ordering is emerging as the fastest and easiest way for Starbucks customers to order ahead, then pay and pick up their purchases – providing on-the-go customers a simple and quick alternative to get their favorite food or beverage item. Starbucks plans to introduce this feature in select company-owned stores in the UK and Canada in October.
Following the initial test of Mobile Order & Pay in Portland, Oregon in December 2014 and subsequent launch across the Pacific Northwest in March 2015, Starbucks expanded the program to 3,400 additional stores across 17 states in the U.S. earlier this summer. Recently’s declarement marks the completion of the national rollout with the feature now available on both iOS and Android devices to use at Starbucks more than 7,400 company-owned stores across the country.
The Mobile Order & Pay feature allows customers to choose a store from a map view, browse, select and customize beverage and food items, view the estimated timeframe the order will be ready, and pre-pay for the order - all within the Starbucks® Mobile App. Menu options highlight products available in specific geographic regions and stores, and orders are freshly prepared and ready for pick-up in the bar area.
Starbucks Corporation is the premier roaster, marketer and retailer of specialty coffee in the world, operating in 65 countries. The Company purchases and roasts high-quality coffees, together with handcrafted coffee, tea and other beverages and fresh food items, through company-operated stores.
Finally, 3D Systems Corporation (NYSE:DDD), ended its last trade with -1.62% loss, and closed at $12.16.
3D Systems Corporation declared that it will be taking part in Euromold, one of the world’s leading trade shows for moldmaking and tooling, in addition to 3D printing, which will be held this year in Dusseldorf, Germany, September 22-25.
3DS will showcase its wide range of software and 3D printing solutions, counting CimatronE, GibbsCAM(R) and Geomagic(R) software suites, in addition to its 3D printers and Quickparts cloud-based manufacturing services.
3DS is unique in its ability to offer integrated engineering solutions that encompass the entire spectrum of the digital thread for manufacturing, counting scanning, design, production and inspection. This combination of tools brings together both additive and traditional technologies, resulting in improved productivity and greatly improved interoperability.
3D Systems Corporation is a holding company. The Company is a provider of three-dimensional (3D) printing centric solutions. It provides 3D design-to-manufacturing solutions, counting 3D printers, print materials and cloud sourced custom parts.
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