On Tuesday, United Parcel Service, Inc. (NYSE:UPS)’s shares inclined 0.35% to $99.62.
United Parcel Service, Inc. (UPS) declared that the company has been named to Maclean’s/L’Actualité’s annual list of “50 Most Socially Responsible Corporations in Canada.” The program audits and ranks companies in Canada on the basis of their performance across 75 different indicators counting a broad range of environmental, social and governance (ESG) aspects tracked by Sustainalytics, a global responsible investment research firm specialized in ESG research and analysis.
Ranked among the top transportation and logistics companies, UPS’s inclusion marks the fourth straight year the company has appeared on the prestigious list. UPS has a legacy of connecting and improving the communities where our employees live and work. In every aspect of the business UPS strives to do more, whether through efforts to lessen environmental impact, enhance the economy and develop empowered people.
United Parcel Service, Inc., a package delivery company, provides transportation, logistics, and financial services in the United States and internationally. It operates in three segments: U.S. Domestic Package, International Package, and Supply Chain & Freight. The U.S. Domestic Package segment offers time-definite delivery of letters, documents, small packages, and palletized freight through air and ground services in the United States. The International Package segment provides guaranteed day and time-definite international shipping services in Europe, Asia, Canada and Latin America, the Indian sub-continent, the Middle East, and Africa.
Newell Rubbermaid Inc. (NYSE:NWL)’s shares gained 0.62% to $40.43.
Newell Rubbermaid Inc. (NWL) declared it will reaffirm its fiscal year 2015 outlook, as offered in its first quarter 2015 earnings press release dated May 1, 2015, during its presentation tomorrow at the Deutsche Bank Global Consumer Conference in Paris, France.
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Newell Rubbermaid Inc. manufactures and markets consumer and commercial products worldwide. It operates through five segments: Writing, Home Solutions, Tools, Commercial Products, and Baby & Parenting. The Writing segment offers writing instruments, such as markers and highlighters, pens, and pencils; art products; fine writing instruments; and labeling solutions under the Sharpie, Paper Mate, Expo, Parker, Waterman, and Dymo Office brand names.
At the end of Tuesday’s trade, Hess Corp. (NYSE:HES)‘s shares surged 0.89% to $65.57.
Hess Corp. (HES) declared a regular quarterly dividend of 25 cents per share payable on the Common Stock of the Corporation on June 30, 2015 to holders of record at the close of business on June 16, 2015
Hess Corporation, an exploration and production company, develops, produces, purchases, transports, and sells crude oil, natural gas liquids, and natural gas. The company primarily operates in the United States, Denmark, Equatorial Guinea, the Joint Development Area of Malaysia/Thailand, Malaysia, and Norway. As of December 31, 2014, it had total proved reserves of 1,431 million barrels of oil equivalent. The company was founded in 1920 and is headquartered in New York, New York.
Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ:ILMN), ended its Tuesday’s trading session with 2.34% gain, and closed at $215.59.
Illumina, Inc. (ILMN) declared the formation of the Global Fertility Alliance, a new partnershipto advance excellence in fertility technologies and processes within the assisted reproductive treatment (ART) laboratory. The alliance is a partnership between Illumina, Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, and Genea, which develops innovative fertility technologies.
The alliance aims to improve the consistently in ART worldwide and addresses the need for more standardization of fertility processes within the ART laboratory. The three companies will launch their initiative at the 31st Annual Meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE) in Lisbon, Portugal, on 13 June 2015. This is another important step for Illumina towards establishing global standards in the growing market of fertility technologies and the ultimate aim of assisting families to have a baby.
Illumina, Inc. provides sequencing and array-based solutions for genetic analysis in North America, Europe, Latin America, the Asia-Pacific, the Middle East, and South Africa. The company’s products comprise sequencing platforms that are based on its SBS technology, which provides researchers with various ranges of applications and the ability to sequence mammalian genomes; and array platforms comprise of HiScan and iScan systems, in addition to NextSeq 550 system that are array scanners for DNA and RNA analysis applications, counting single nucleotide polymorphism genotyping, copy number variations analysis, gene expression analysis, and methylation analysis. It also offers various library preparation and sequencing kits to simplify workflows and accelerate analysis. In addition, the company provides genotyping, noninvasive prenatal test, and whole-genome sequencing services.
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