On Wednesday, Shares of Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM), gained 0.29% to $72.59.
Business Wire declares the newest episode of Biz Wire TV, a weekly series covering trending news stories published over the newswire’s distribution network. The show spotlights stories on disruptive startups and technologies, entrepreneurs and funding declaration, hot business trends and companies to watch.
This week’s episode features:
- Flexjet to purchase 20 Aerion supersonic business jets. Tweet this!
- Ford (NYSE:F) first automaker to test autonomous vehicle at Mcity. Tweet this!
- Taco Bell (YUM) to serve cage-free eggs in 100% of U.S. restaurants. Tweet this!
- Credit Karma gives away its one billionth free credit score. Tweet this!
- The Ovarian Cancer Institute and George Tech develop procedure to detect early-stage ovarian cancer. Tweet this!
- Xenex Germ-Zapping Robot destroys Ebola virus and Anthrax spores in new study. Tweet this!
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens is teaming up with Bloomingdales and Disney Consumer Products (DIS) to launch new charity initiative. Tweet this!
- Electronic Arts (EA) launches Star Wars Battlefront. Tweet this!
- Ronda Rousey featured on the cover of EA Sports UFC 2. Tweet this!
- Barnes & Noble (BKS) declares holiday ad campaign featuring Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga. Tweet this!
- Carvana opens world’s first, fully-automated, coin-operated car vending machine. Tweet this!
YUM! Brands, Inc., together with its auxiliaries, operates quick service restaurants. It operates in five segments: YUM China, YUM India, the KFC Division, the Pizza Hut Division, and the Taco Bell Division. The company develops, operates, franchises, and licenses a system of restaurants, which prepare, package, and sell various food items.
Shares of Whiting Petroleum Corp (NYSE:WLL), declined -0.12% to $17.16, during its last trading session.
Whiting Petroleum Corporation, declared it elected to redeem all of the outstanding $798 million aggregate principal amount of 8.125% Senior Notes Due 2019 of Kodiak Oil & Gas Corp. (now known as Whiting Canadian Holding Company ULC) on December 24, 2015. The redemption price will equal 104.063% of the aggregate principal amount of the notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to such date. Whiting intends to fund the redemption of the notes with borrowings under its $3.5 billion credit agreement, under which there were no borrowings as of September 30, 2015.
Whiting Petroleum Corporation, an independent oil and gas company, acquires, explores, develops, and produces crude oil, natural gas liquids, and natural gas in the Rocky Mountains and Permian Basin regions of the United States.
Finally, Shares of News Corp (NASDAQ:NWSA), remained flat at $14.43.
Move, declared the appointment of Suhail Ansari as chief technology officer. In this role, Ansari is responsible for overseeing the company’s technology strategy focused on accelerating innovation to empower people by making all things home simple, efficient and enjoyable.
Most recently, Ansari served as vice president of engineering, R&D at Pivotal Software, where he led research and development for Pivotal’s suite of big data products. Preceding to joining Pivotal in 2014, he spent 11 years at eBay, where he held several senior engineering positions and was most recently the vice president of engineering, buyer experience. In this role, he led a global team responsible for developing key areas of eBay’s commerce platform, counting the home page, search, merchandising, verticals, and SEO across eBay’s properties in 20-plus countries.
“Suhail is a leader with a proven track record for leveraging data and technology to improve customer insights and experiences,” said Ryan O’Hara, chief executive officer of Move, Inc. “We are committed to looking for new and innovative ways to assist home buyers and sellers with one of the biggest financial decisions they will ever make and Suhail’s experience will assist us move faster. We are excited to add such a talented executive to our leadership team.”
News Corporation, a media and information services company, focuses on creating and distributing content to consumers and businesses worldwide. The company distributes content and data products, such as The Wall Street Journal, Factiva, Dow Jones Risk & Compliance, Dow Jones Newswires, Barron’s, Market Watch, Dow Jones Private Markets, and DJX through various media channels, counting newspapers, newswires, Websites, newsletters, magazines, proprietary databases, conferences, and video, in addition to applications for mobile devices, tablets, and electronic readers.