On Tuesday, Allstate Corp (NYSE:ALL)’s shares inclined 0.99% to $67.33.
Allstate Corp (ALL) is offering a unique job-training program for California’s military veterans and active National Guard and Reserve members. The program includes training in insurance and financial services with the potential for job placement in a local Allstate agency office.
The program is available to military veterans who have been honorably discharged, as well as active members of the National Guard and Reserves, and provides the opportunity to be trained as a licensed sales professional.
The training program consists of a self-paced virtual education course to prepare for the California Property and Casualty insurance licensing exam, followed by a completion bonus when the exam is passed. The program also offers job placement training to help candidates prepare for an interview with an Allstate agency owner. While there are currently many job openings for licensed sales professionals at Allstate agencies, candidates are not required to commit to accepting a job in an Allstate agency.
The Allstate Corporation is a holding company for Allstate Insurance Company. The Company and its auxiliaries, counting Allstate Insurance Company, Allstate Life Insurance Company and other auxiliaries (collectively, Allstate) are engaged in the property-liability insurance and life insurance business. It offers its products in the United States and Canada. Allstate operates in four business segments: Allstate Protection, Suspended Lines and Coverages, Allstate Financial, and Corporate and Other.
Valeant Pharmaceuticals Intl Inc (NYSE:VRX)’s shares dropped -0.81% to $228.70.
ValueAct Capital Administration, L.P. declared recently that it has sold 4.2 million shares of Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. (VRX) in brokers’ transactions on the NYSE.
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Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. develops, manufactures, and markets pharmaceuticals, over-the-counter products, and medical devices worldwide. The company offers Solodyn to treat red and pus-filled pimples of acne in patients, in addition to Ziana, Acanya, Atralin, Retin- A Micro, and ONEXTON gel; Wellbutrin XL for major depressive disorder in adults; Jublia for onychomycosis of the toenails; Xenazine for chorea; Targretin for Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma; Arestin, a subgingival sustained-release antibiotic; and PROVENGE for the treatment of prostate cancer.
At the end of Tuesday’s trade, Baidu Inc (ADR) (NASDAQ:BIDU)‘s shares dipped -0.35% to $205.00.
Baidu Inc (ADR) (NASDAQ:BIDU) declared that the company’s paid streaming subscribers have reached five million as of June 15, 2015, a 765% annual enhance.
iQIYI’s paid subscription provides a wide range of premium content to members. In 2014, iQIYI hosted over 60% of the movies played in cinemas in China. Over 80% of movies whose box office income exceeded 100 million RMB in China in 2014 can be found on iQIYI, together with over 400 internet-only movies.
In the future, iQIYI will continue to provide more excellent domestic and international content to members. In 2015, iQIYI plans to acquire about a thousand titles from Hollywood.
Baidu, Inc. provides Internet search services in China and internationally. It offers Chinese language search platform on its Baidu.com Website that enables users to find relevant information online, counting Web pages, news, images, documents, and multimedia files through links offered on its Website; and international products and services to users in other countries.
Accenture Plc (NYSE:ACN), ended its Tuesday’s trading session with 0.95% gain, and closed at $96.70.
In recently digital world of connected devices, energy consumers are nearly twice as likely to trust their energy providers to safeguard their personal data than to advise them on energy consumption, according to new research by Accenture (ACN).
Accenture’s sixth annual survey this year comprised of more than 11,000 energy consumers in 21 countries. The report, The New Energy Consumer: Unleashing Business Value in a Digital World, found that 65 percent of consumers showed confidence in their energy provider to secure and protect their personal data and information about their energy usage. This rose to 76 percent among regular users of digital channels. In contrast, only 36 percent said that they trust their energy provider to inform them about actions they can take to optimize their energy use.
Accenture plc provides administration consulting, technology, and business process outsourcing services worldwide. The company’s Communications, Media & Technology segment offers enterprise and industry-customized services in network engineering and integration, field force enablement, and IP network migration; provides online customer and enterprise relationship administration services; and assists customers in developing video-over-IP platforms, and transforming legacy broadcast platforms to digital.
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