On Thursday, McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE:MCD)’s shares declined -0.85% to $95.82.
McDonald’s Corporation (MCD) declared the appointments of Robert Gibbs as Executive Vice President, Global Chief Communications Officer and Silvia Lagnado as Executive Vice President, Global Chief Marketing Officer. Both will report to McDonald’s President and CEO Steve Easterbrook.
Gibbs joins McDonald’s from The Incite Agency, a planned communications advisory firm he co-founded in 2013. Prior to that he held several senior advisory roles in the White House, serving as President Barack Obama’s press secretary during his first term, then as senior campaign advisor during his re-election campaign. He will replace Bridget Coffing who declared her retirement earlier this year after 30 years with the company.
McDonald’s Corporation operates and franchises McDonald’s restaurants in the United States, Europe, the Asia/Pacific, the Middle East, Africa, Canada, and Latin America. The company’s restaurants offer various food products, soft drinks, coffee, and other beverages.
Avon Products, Inc. (NYSE:AVP)’s shares dropped -0.29% to $6.76.
Avon Products, Inc. (AVP) declared the launch of Beauty for a Purpose, a new global brand statement focused on the company’s commitment to empowering Avon Representatives and women around the world through beauty and financial independence.
Beauty for a Purpose provides a framework for the company to champion three defining areas: Avon’s beauty products of demonstrable quality and value; Avon’s earning opportunity, which allows millions of women around the world to build self-reliance and a better life for themselves and their families; and the network effect of empowered women empowering others.
The new branding effort will be powered through ongoing multi-channel communications campaigns designed to tell the whole Avon story to consumers and Representatives. The campaigns will be supported through paid media, and will also leverage the company’s digital and print channels as story-telling platforms. Central to the strategy is the launch of a new brand publishing site, BeautyforaPurpose.com, which comprises a digital gallery featuring Avon Representatives around the world who have uploaded their photos to social media using #BeautyforaPurpose.
Avon Products, Inc. manufactures and markets beauty and related products worldwide. It offers beauty products, such as skincare, and personal care products, in addition to fragrances and color cosmetics; and fashion and home products comprising of jewelry, watches, apparel, footwear, accessories, gift and decorative products, housewares, entertainment and leisure products, children’s products, and nutritional products. The company markets its products through direct selling and independent representatives. Avon Products, Inc. was founded in 1886 and is headquartered in New York, New York.
At the end of Thursday’s trade, Southern Co (NYSE:SO)‘s shares dipped -0.19% to $41.62.
Southern Company partner Southern Power declared that its commitment to develop renewable generation has surpassed 400 megawatts (MW) in the state of Georgia with the acquisition of the 20-MW Butler Solar Farm from Strata Solar.
Strata Solar launched the project, which was selected by Southern Company partner Georgia Power in a competitive process through the nationally recognized Georgia Power Advanced Solar Initiative.
To be located on about 150 acres in Taylor County, Georgia – about one mile from the formerly-attained 103-MW Butler Solar Facility – the Butler Solar Farm is predictable to enter commercial operation in the fourth quarter of 2015. It will comprise of more than 263,000 of First Solar, Inc.’s thin-film photovoltaic solar modules.
Construction is slated to start in July, with Strata Solar managing the engineering, procurement and construction of the facility. Southern Power will provide the onsite operation and maintenance of the facility in partnership with First Solar.
Georgia Power will purchase the energy generated from the 20-MW farm under a 20-year power purchase agreement. Southern Power will retain the associated renewable energy credits, which it may sell to third parties.
The Southern Company, together with its auxiliaries, operates as a public electric utility company. It is involved in the generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity through coal, nuclear, oil and gas, and hydro resources in the states of Alabama, Georgia, Florida, and Mississippi. The company also constructs, acquires, owns, and manages generation assets, counting renewable energy projects. As of December 31, 2014, it operated 33 hydroelectric generating stations, 33 fossil fuel generating stations, 3 nuclear generating stations, 13 combined cycle/cogeneration stations, 9 solar facilities, 1 biomass facility, and 1 landfill gas facility.
Newmont Mining Corp (NYSE:NEM), ended its Thursday’s trading session with -0.75% loss, and closed at $23.94.
Newmont Mining Corporation (NEM) declared it will report second quarter 2015 operations and financial results after the market closes on Wednesday, July 22, 2015. A conference call will be held on Thursday, July 23, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time (8:00 a.m. Mountain Time); it will also be carried on the Company’s website.
Newmont Mining Corporation operates in the mining industry. It primarily acquires, develops, explores for, and produces gold, copper, and silver deposits. The company’s operations and/or assets are located in the United States, Australia, Peru, Indonesia, Ghana, and New Zealand. As of December 31, 2014, it had proven and probable gold reserves of 82.2 million ounces and an aggregate land position of about 20,000 square miles. The company was founded in 1916 and is headquartered in Greenwood Village, Colorado.
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