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Pre-Market News Buzz on: Thompson Creek Metals Company (NYSE:TC), St. Jude Medical, (NYSE:STJ), General Dynamics (NYSE:GD), Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE:HPQ)

On Thursday, Thompson Creek Metals Company Inc (USA) (NYSE:TC)’s shares declined -7.97% to $0.635.

Thompson Creek Metals Company Inc (USA) (TC) declared an update on mill operations and throughput at Mount Milligan Mine. Over the past few months, various adjustments and modifications were made at Mount Milligan to address operational challenges practiced during the first quarter of 2015. While additional improvements are predictable to be accomplished in the second half of this year, during the month of May, daily mill throughput averaged 50,686 tonnes, and tonnage per operating hour averaged 2,198, contrast to 39,569 tonnes and 1,889 tonnes per hour, respectively, for the first quarter of 2015. Mill availability in May was about 96%, contrast to 87% in the first quarter.

Thompson Creek Metals Company Inc. engages in mining, milling, processing, and marketing of copper, gold and molybdenum products in the United States and Canada. It operates in three segments: Copper-Gold, US Operations Molybdenum, and Canadian Operations Molybdenum.

St. Jude Medical, Inc. (NYSE:STJ)’s shares gained 1.15% to $74.54.

St. Jude Medical, Inc. (STJ) declares that research investigators and scientists will present data from 32 accepted scientific abstracts or short articles at the International Neuromodulation Society (INS) 12th World Congress June 6-11 in Montreal, Canada. Throughout the congress, oral and poster presentations will highlight extensive research advancing St. Jude Medical’s product portfolio for the treatment of chronic pain, counting presentations related to radiofrequency ablation (RFA), and spinal cord stimulation (SCS) counting a focus on both Burst stimulation and stimulation of the dorsal root ganglion (DRG).

INS attendees will also have the opportunity to view St. Jude Medical’s latest technologies in the company’s Innovation Suite and at the St. Jude Medical booth (# 22). Highlighted products will comprise the Protégé MRI™ and Prodigy MRI™* chronic pain systems, the Axium™ Neurostimulator System* for DRG stimulation, St. Jude Medical’s RFA products, and other innovative technology.

St. Jude Medical, Inc., together with its auxiliaries, develops, manufactures and distributes cardiovascular medical devices for cardiac rhythm administration, cardiovascular, and atrial fibrillation therapy areas worldwide. It operates in two divisions, Implantable Electronic Systems, and Cardiovascular and Ablation Technologies.

At the end of Thursday’s trade, General Dynamics Corporation (NYSE:GD)‘s shares surged 1.24% to $144.03.

General Dynamics Corporation (GD) was awarded a contract to continue assisting the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Retiree Drug Subsidy (RDS) program. The indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract has a value of about $43.5 million, with a one-year base period and four option years.

The RDS program runs a website that serves as a comprehensive resource center for organizations participating in the program and encourages employers and unions to continue providing high-quality prescription drug coverage to their retirees. General Dynamics will deliver infrastructure, software and development, technical support, operations administration, education and training, payment and appeals processing, and compliance oversight for the RDS program’s public website and a secure website for plan sponsors.

General Dynamics Corporation operates as aerospace and defense company worldwide. It operates through four business groups: Aerospace; Combat Systems; Information Systems and Technology; and Marine Systems. The Aerospace group designs, manufactures, and outfits business-jet aircrafts; provides aircraft services, such as maintenance, repair work, fixed-based operations, and aircraft administration services; and performs aircraft completions for aircraft.

Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE:HPQ), ended its Thursday’s trading session with -0.16% loss, and closed at $30.40.

In conjunction with Helmerich & Payne, Inc.’s (HP) third quarter earnings release, you are invited to listen to its conference call that will be broadcast live over the Internet on Thursday, July 30, 2015, at 11:00 a.m. (ET) with John Lindsay, President and CEO, and Juan Pablo Tardio, Vice President and CFO.

Helmerich & Payne, Inc. primarily operates as a contract drilling company in South America, the Middle East, and Africa. It provides drilling rigs, equipment, personnel, and camps on a contract basis to explore for and develop oil and gas from onshore areas and fixed platforms, tension-leg platforms, and spars in offshore areas. As of November 13, 2014, the company’s fleet comprised of 333 land rigs in the U.S., 37 international land rigs, and 9 offshore platform rigs. Its contract drilling business operates through three reportable segments: U.S. Land, Offshore, and International Land.

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