On Tuesday, Home Depot Inc (NYSE:HD)’s shares inclined 0.42% to $115.38.
By purchasing a paper door for $2, our customers generously supported 182 Home Depot stores across Canada to raise $1,253,370 in 36 days, with the aim of putting an end to youth homelessness.
One hundred per cent of our customer donations support housing and life-skills development programs such as counselling, financial literacy, and employment preparation to give youth the practical tools they need to live to their full potential.
The Home Depot Canada Foundation match program means the top 10 fundraising communities based on top dollar sales and top sales as a percentage of transactions will receive a dollar-for-dollar match. This means:
- Bridging the Gap Halton in Milton, Ontario will receive $43,736
- Crisis Centre North Bay in North Bay, Ontario will receive $30,860
- Eva’s Initiatives for Homeless Youth in Toronto, Ontario will receive $50,548
- John Howard Society of Durham Region in Oshawa, Ontario will receive $34,312
- Ktunaxa Nation Council in Cranbrook, British Columbia will receive $20,104
- Maison Raymond Roy in Victoriaville, Quebec will receive $12,100
- Orillia Youth Centre in Orillia, Ontario will receive $34,908
- Our Place Peel in Etobicoke, Ontario will receive $55,860
- The Table Soup Kitchen Foundation in Huntsville, Ontario will receive $20,144
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.
NXP Semiconductors NV (NASDAQ:NXPI)’s shares gained 3.20% to $94.74.
NXP Semiconductors N.V. (NXPI) unveiled the industry’s most complete USB Type-C solution, counting authentication and power delivery capabilities to further deliver secure connections for a smarter world. The authentication capabilities can be used to validate a device and determine whether specific functionality of that device should be enabled. This will maximize battery life and could prevent safety hazards or equipment damage from low quality materials or non-compliant products. For example, detecting counterfeit power supplies before they are used for rapid charging functions.
USB Type-C connectors are predictable to become the new standard in device-to-device connectivity as they grow in popularity. Offering up to 10Gbps data rates and 100 watts of power, the USB Type-C connector and cable technology supports the growing demands of computing, mobile, and consumer products.
NXP Semiconductors N.V., a semiconductor company, provides high performance mixed signal and standard product solutions for radio frequency (RF), analog, power administration, interface, security, and digital processing products worldwide. It provides in-vehicle networking, car passive keyless entry and immobilization, and car radio and audio amplifiers; car solid state lighting drivers; communication products that are related to assisted and autonomous driving; ICs for e-government, transportation, and access administration; RF power amplifiers, small signal RF discretes, and RF ICs for mobile, consumer electronics, and cable television infrastructure; AC-DC power conversion ICs for notebook personal computers; low power audio ICs; and microcontrollers. The company also develops audio software solutions that enable mobile device manufacturers to produce hand held products.
At the end of Tuesday’s trade, Laredo Petroleum Inc (NYSE:LPI)‘s shares surged 5.59% to $11.81.
Laredo Petroleum, Inc. (LPI) will host a conference call on Thursday, August 6, 2015 at 9:00 a.m. CT (10:00 a.m. ET) to talk about its second-quarter 2015 financial and operating results. Laredo plans to release earnings the same day before market open. The Company also declares preliminary results for its commodity derivatives for the second quarter of 2015 and its updated basic and diluted weighted-average shares outstanding.
Laredo Petroleum, Inc. operates as an independent energy company in the United States. It focuses on the acquisition, exploration, and development of oil and natural gas properties primarily in the Permian Basin in west Texas. As of December 31, 2014, it had interests in the 196,683 net acres in the Permian Basin; and had total proved reserves of 247,322 thousand barrels of oil equivalent.
E I Du Pont De Nemours And Co (NYSE:DD), ended its Tuesday’s trading session with -0.13% loss, and closed at $59.43.
DuPont declared it has accomplished the separation of its Performance Chemicals segment through the spin-off of The Chemours Company (Chemours). Chemours starts “regular way” trading recently on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the symbol “CC”. Recently DuPont common stockholders receive one share of common stock of Chemours for every five shares of DuPont common stock they held at 5:00 p.m. ET on June 23, 2015. DuPont common stockholders will receive cash in lieu of fractional shares of Chemours.
DuPont (DD) has been bringing world-class science and engineering to the global marketplace in the form of innovative products, materials, and services since 1802. The company believes that by collaborating with customers, governments, NGOs, and thought leaders we can assist find solutions to such global challenges as providing enough healthy food for people everywhere, decreasing dependence on fossil fuels, and protecting life and the environment.
- I. du Pont de Nemours and Company operates as a science and technology based company worldwide. The company’s Agriculture segment offers corn hybrid, soybean, canola, sunflower, sorghum, inoculants, seed products, wheat, rice, herbicides, fungicides, and insecticides. Its Electronics & Communications segment provides various materials and systems, counting photopolymers and electronic materials for photovoltaic products, consumer electronics, displays, and advanced printing.
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