On Thursday, Michael Kors Holdings Ltd (NYSE:KORS)’s shares declined -1.87% to $43.61.
Michael Kors (KORS), a global luxury lifestyle brand, declare that Daisuke Yamazaki has been named President of Japan, following the retirement of Toshi Tashiro. Mr. Yamazaki will report to Stephane Lafay, the Company’s President of Asia. Mr. Yamazaki’s appointment is effective August 10, 2015, and Mr. Tashiro will stay on through the end of 2015 in order to ensure a smooth transition of responsibilities.
Mr. Yamazaki most recently served as CEO of Roberto Cavalli Japan. Formerly, he was the CEO of the Alexander McQueen Division, at Gucci Japan Limited. Preceding to that he spent 15 years at Giorgio Armani Japan, where he held a variety of positions, counting heading sales and merchandising for both the women’s and men’s lines.
Michael Kors Holdings Limited engages in the design, marketing, distribution, and retailing of branded womens apparel and accessories, and mens apparel. The company operates in three segments: Retail, Wholesale, and Licensing. The Retail segment is involved in the sale of womens apparel; accessories, which comprise handbags and small leather goods, such as wallets; footwear; and licensed products comprising watches, jewelry, fragrances and beauty, and eyewear.
Calpine Corporation (NYSE:CPN)’s shares dropped -0.93% to $17.02.
The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) release of the Clean Power Plan represents a seminal moment for the power generation industry. Based on statements by President Obama and the EPA, it appears the plan mandates noteworthybut achievable CO2 emissions reductions while giving the states broad discretion in how to achieve those aims. Specifically, the plan provides a framework that will allow states to adopt a market-based approach to achieving reductions, easing the states’ burden while allowing market economics to decide the best mix of generation resources to achieve the aim. Importantly, these emissions reductions will be realized in a manner that ensures continued affordable and reliable electricity. Calpine Corporation (CPN) believes the plan, as broadly described, is a workable and achievable approach to control CO2 emissions that will benefit generations to come.
Calpine Corporation, a wholesale power generation company, owns and operates natural gas-fired and geothermal power plants in North America. It operates natural gas-fired combustion turbines and renewable geothermal conventional steam turbines. The company sells wholesale power, steam, capacity, renewable energy credits, and ancillary services to utilities, independent electric system operators, industrial and agricultural companies, retail power providers, municipalities, power marketers, and others.
At the end of Thursday’s trade, Fitbit Inc (NYSE:FIT)‘s shares surged 2.72% to $42.30.
Fitbit, Inc., the leader in the connected health and fitness market, recently declared the Fitbit for Windows 10 app, delivering a more engaging and fluid app design that lets users personalize the way they interact with key pieces of their health and fitness journey across all their Windows devices. Through new Windows 10 app features, people at all fitness levels can now more easily access and log their most important personalized data in real-time. Fitbit assists users track their steps, activity, exercise, food, weight and sleep, providing the information they need to more successfully reach their aims. Fitbit users can download the Windows 10 app from the Windows Store to their desktop and tablet. Fitbit for Windows 10 will be able for Windows 10 mobile and Xbox One later this year.
Key features of the new Fitbit for Windows 10 app:
Updated live tiles that have been redesigned with more information and new notification types to let users quickly access their most critical data to better enable them to reach their personalized health and fitness aims.
Quick actions to assist users log and track their health and fitness activities, such as food, water intake and exercise, as well as set alarms more efficiently with the simple click of a button, encouraging more frequent logging.
Cortana® support allows users to speak commands on Windows 10 tablets, PCs and mobile phones – such as “Fitbit, I ate chicken for dinner” or “Fitbit, I went for a three-mile run” – for automatic and easier food and activity logging.
Fitbit Inc. manufactures and provides wearable fitness-tracking devices worldwide. The company makes both wrist bands and clippable devices that monitor a users fitness activity by tracking the calories burned or distance covered. It manufactures and markets products that track peoples health and fitness activities, counting Fitbit Zip, a wireless tracker that allows users to track daily activity statistics, such as steps, distance, calories burned, and active minutes; Fitbit One, a clippable wireless tracker, which tracks stairs climbed and sleep; Fitbit Flex, a wristband-style tracker that tracks steps, distance, calories burned, active minutes, and sleep; and Fitbit Charge, a wireless activity and sleep wristband, which tracks steps, distance, calories burned, active minutes, floors climbed, and sleep.
General Mills, Inc. (NYSE:GIS), ended its Thursday’s trading session with -0.36% loss, and closed at $58.89.
General Mills unveiled its line-up of new products set to debut this summer. Leading this collection is a host of new products to align with growing consumer interest in wellness, counting new Yoplait Plenti, Nature Valley Toasted Oats Muesli, and Annie’s organic soups.
General Mills, Inc. manufactures and markets branded consumer foods in the United States and internationally. It also supplies branded and unbranded food products to the foodservice and commercial baking industries. The company operates in three segments: U.S. Retail, International, and Convenience Stores and Foodservice. Its products comprise ready-to-eat cereals; convenient meals, counting meal kits, ethnic meals, pizza, soups, side dish mixes, frozen breakfast, and frozen entrees; snacks comprising grain, fruit, and savory snacks, in addition to nutrition bars and frozen hot snacks; refrigerated yogurt products; ice creams; baking mixes and ingredients; refrigerated and frozen dough products; and frozen and shelf-stable vegetable products. In addition, the company’s products comprise organic products, such as meal kits, granola bars, and cereal.
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