On Wednesday, Shares of Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO), gained 2.30% to $28.91.
Yahoo declared the launch of Yahoo Real Estate and Yahoo Celebrity, the newest category-specific Digital Magazines from the company. Yahoo Real Estate and Yahoo Celebrity are the latest additions to Yahoo’s portfolio of Digital Magazines, which are quickly outpacing industry competitors and comprise category leaders like Yahoo Movies, Yahoo Travel and Yahoo Parenting.
Yahoo Real Estate is a highly-visual resource that guides users with personalized listings and original editorial content. Led by Editor Jennifer Karmon, Yahoo Real Estate features property transactions, breaking news, lifestyle rankings, original videos, and slideshows that assist users navigate the housing market with ease.
Yahoo is adding to their collection of entertainment magazines with the launch of Yahoo Celebrity led by Josh Wolk, Executive Editor of Yahoo Entertainment, and Rebecca Detken, managing editor of Yahoo Celebrity. This new Digital Magazine joins Yahoo Movies, Yahoo TV, and Yahoo Music. We will continue to deliver the latest in entertainment news, reporting on everything from celebrity celebrations, scandals, and everything in between.
Yahoo! Inc. is a technology company. The Company is engaged in providing Internet search, communication and digital content. The Company manages its business geographically: the Americas; Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), and Asia Pacific. The Company’s products comprise Search, Communications, Digital content, Flickr, and Tumblr.
Shares of Alcoa Inc (NYSE:AA), inclined 2.12% to $9.65, during its last trading session.
The Board of Directors of Alcoa declared (a) a quarterly common stock dividend of 3 cents per share payable November 25, 2015 to holders of record of the common stock at the close of business on November 6, 2015; and (b) a dividend of 93.75 cents per share on Alcoa’s $3.75 cumulative preferred stock (“Class A Stock”) payable January 1, 2016 to holders of record of the Class A Stock at the close of business on December 11, 2015.
Alcoa Inc. (Alcoa) is engaged in lightweight metals engineering and manufacturing. The Company operates in four segments: Alumina, Primary Metals, Global Rolled Products, and Engineered Products and Solutions. Its products, which comprise aluminum, titanium and nickel, are used in aircraft, automobiles, commercial transportation, packaging, building and construction, oil and gas, defense, consumer electronics, and industrial applications across the world.
Shares of Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ), inclined 0.30% to $93.32, during its last trading session.
Johnson & Johnson will host a conference call for investors at 8:30 a.m. (Eastern Time) on Tuesday, Oct. 13th, to review third-quarter results. Gary Pruden, Worldwide Chairman, Medical Devices; Dominic Caruso, Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer and Louise Mehrotra, Vice President, Investor Relations, will host the call.
Johnson & Johnson is a holding company. The Company is engaged in the research and development, manufacture and sale of a range of products in the health care field. The Company has more than 265 operating companies conducting business around the world.
Finally, Medtronic PLC (NYSE:MDT), ended its last trade with 0.86% gain, and closed at $66.94.
Medtronic declared it has attained Lazarus Effect, a Campbell, Calif.-based and privately-held medical device company focused on acute ischemic stroke products that facilitate the capture and removal of clots. The acquisition is another example of the company`s commitment to its key growth strategy of therapy innovation.
The Lazarus Effect acquisition by Medtronic is an all-cash transaction of $100 million at closing.
“With this acquisition, Medtronic reinforces its commitment to providing innovative solutions to clinicians and patients fighting stroke,” said Brett Wall, president of the Neurovascular division, which is part of the Restorative Therapies Group at Medtronic. “Lazarus Effect`s `mesh cover` technology complements our ischemic stroke portfolio, and further enhances our Neurovascular business`s ability to deliver next generation technologies.”
The Lazarus CoverTM Cover(TM) device is an innovative differentiating technology that is complementary to Medtronic`s Solitaire(TM) stent retriever platform. This technology is designed to address clinical needs with a novel nitinol “mesh cover” that folds over a stent retriever device during clot retrieval and “candy wraps” the stent with the clot inside.
Medtronic plc (Medtronic) is a medical technology and services company. The Company develops, manufactures and markets its medical devices and technologies to hospitals, physicians, clinicians and patients in about 160 countries.
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