On Wednesday, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc (NYSE:HOT)’s shares declined -0.35% to $82.39.
Accenture (ACN) declared it has signed a contract with Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (HOT), one of the world’s largest hotel and leisure companies, to continue providing a range of information technology (IT) outsourcing services. The original agreement began in 2009 and will be extended for an additional five years, building on the successful business relationship and delivery of application and infrastructure services.
Under the terms of the new agreement, Accenture will continue to provide services across the application, infrastructure, and security domains. Accenture will also assist Starwood’s transition to a new global operating model that will provide more agility and flexibility in response to the rapidly changing technology and digital landscape, assisting better meet business and owner requirements.
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc., together with its auxiliaries, operates as a hotel and leisure company worldwide. The company owns, operates, and franchises luxury and upscale full-service hotels, resorts, residences, retreats, select-service hotels, and extended stay hotels under the St. Regis, The Luxury Collection, W, Westin, Le Méridien, Sheraton, Four Points, Aloft, and Element brand names.
Humana Inc (NYSE:HUM)’s shares dropped -2.91% to $184.34.
Humana Inc (HUM) will honor 13 as Humana Game Changers, recognizing their spirit of determination and commitment to lifelong well-being. Hailing from across the country, these individuals will compete in various sports, including triathlon, basketball, tennis, track & field and volleyball, from July 3-16 in Bloomington/Minneapolis/Saint Paul, Minn., at the 2015 National Senior Games presented by Humana.
Humana Inc., together with its auxiliaries, operates as a health and well-being company. The company operates through three segments: Retail, Group, and Healthcare Services. The Retail segment provides Medicare and commercial fully-insured medical and specialty health insurance benefits, counting dental, vision, and other supplemental health and financial protection products directly to individuals. This segment has contract with Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to administer the Limited Income Newly Eligible Transition prescription drug plan program and state-based Medicaid businesses. The Group segment offers Medicare and commercial fully-insured medical and specialty health insurance benefits, counting dental, vision, and other supplemental health and voluntary benefit products, in addition to administrative services only products, and health and wellness solutions directly to employer groups.
At the end of Wednesday’s trade, Gannett Co., Inc. (NYSE:GCI)‘s shares dipped -2.50% to $37.01.
Gannett Co., Inc. (GCI) won 12 National Edward R. Murrow Awards counting two Overall Excellence awards: KING in Seattle, WA and The Burlington (VT) Free Press. The Edward. R. Murrow Awards honor outstanding achievements in broadcast and digital journalism and are sponsored by the Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA).
Gannett Co., Inc. operates as a media and marketing solutions company. It operates through three segments: Broadcasting, Publishing, and Digital. The Broadcasting segment owns and operates 46 television stations that produce local programming, such as news, sports, and entertainment; and associated online sites. The Publishing segment comprises 100 daily publications and digital platforms, counting about 400 non-daily publications in the United States and 125 such titles in the United Kingdom.
Allstate Corp (NYSE:ALL), ended its Wednesday’s trading session with -0.63% loss, and closed at $65.95.
The Allstate Corporation (ALL) will conduct a conference call and webcast at 9 a.m. Eastern Time (ET) on Tuesday, August 4 to talk about second quarter 2015 earnings. The company will issue a news release announcing quarterly results at or after 4:05 p.m. ET on Monday, August 3.
The Allstate Corporation, through its auxiliaries, engages in the property-liability insurance and life insurance businesses in the United States and Canada. The company’s Allstate Protection segment sells private passenger auto and homeowners insurance products under the Allstate, Encompass, Esurance brand names. It also provides specialty auto products, counting motorcycle, trailer, motor home, and off-road vehicle insurance policies; other personal lines products comprising renter, condominium, landlord, boat, umbrella, and manufactured home insurance policies; roadside assistance products; and commercial products for small business owners, in addition to insurance agency services. In addition, this segment sells retirement and investment products, counting mutual funds, fixed and variable annuities, disability insurance, and long-term care insurance products. Further, it sells its products through contact centers and Internet.
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