Shares of Seadrill Ltd (NYSE:SDRL), gain 2.52% to $6.50.
Seadrill Ltd, declares Second Quarter 2015 Results:
- EBITDA of US$651 million
- 93% economic utilization
- Net income of $423 million and diluted earnings per share of $0.77
- The West Tellus and West Carina drillships commenced operations with Petrobras in Brazil on three year contracts
- Deferred the deliveries of two drillships presently under construction, the West Draco and West Dorado, until the end of the first quarter of 2017
- Deferred the deliveries of eight jack-ups presently under construction into 2016 and 2017
- Agreed to a revised leverage ratio with our banking group
- The West Polaris drillship was sold to Seadrill Partners
- The Seadrill Group achieved 94% economic utilization
- Seadrill Group orderbacklog of about $14.0 billion
- Seadrill Group cash savings of about $500 million predictable during 2015
Seadrill Limited, an offshore drilling contractor, provides offshore drilling services to the oil and gas industry worldwide. The company operates through Floaters and Jack-up Rigs segments.
Shares of CBS Corporation (NYSE:CBS), inclined 2.54% to $44.37, during its last trading session.
Cablevision Systems Corporation (CVC) and CBS Corporation (NYSE: CBS.A and CBS) recently declared a broad-based multi-year content carriage agreement. The new deal covers retransmission consent for CBS-owned stations, and the continued carriage of SHOWTIME®, CBS Sports Network and Smithsonian Channel™. Financial terms were not revealed.
As part of the new agreement, Cablevision is the first cable or satellite provider to declare plans to distribute CBS All Access and SHOWTIME Internet services to its Optimum Online customers. Pricing plans, timing and other particulars will be offered at a later time.
“This comprehensive new agreement builds on our strong relationship with CBS and ensures that every Optimum customer gets the highly popular CBS content they want across multiple platforms and screens,” said Tom Montemagno, executive vice president, programming, Cablevision. “As the first distributor to agree to provide CBS’ new Internet services, Cablevision continues to expand its portfolio of next-generation offerings, connecting customers to the programming they value when and where they want it.”
CBS Corporation operates as a mass media company worldwide. It operates through four segments: Entertainment, Cable Networks, Publishing, and Local Broadcasting. The Entertainment segment distributes a plan of news and public affairs broadcasts, and sports and entertainment programming; produces, acquires, and distributes programming, counting series, specials, news, and public affairs; operates online content networks for information and entertainment; and produces, acquires, and distributes theatrical motion pictures.
Finally, Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc (NYSE:HRC), ended its last trade with 2.76% gain, and closed at $52.84.
Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc, will host a conference for investors and analysts on Friday, September 25, in New York City. John J. Greisch, President and CEO of Hill-Rom, and other senior executives will talk about the Company’s business strategy and outlook.
The Company will webcast the entire conference startning at 9:00 a.m. EDT and ending at 12:00 p.m. EDT.
Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc. operates as a medical technology company worldwide. The company operates through three segments: North America, Surgical and Respiratory Care, and International.
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