On Thursday, Paychex, Inc. (NASDAQ:PAYX)’s shares inclined 0.71% to $47.65.
Paychex, Inc. (PAYX) CEO Martin Mucci stated in a phone interview, they believe that this is not the start of a trend but indicative of what they have seen with economic data as it has been inconsistent but still showing overall moderate growth. While the index showed a decline, the trend still signals moderate growth as the reading is over 100.”
A monthly measure of change in small business employment in the U.S., the Paychex/IHS Small Business Jobs Index tracks worker counts. An upward trend represents a strengthening job market, while a downward trend is a sign of a slowdown.
Many regions registered a decline last month. The West-North Central area exhibited the lowest growth rate for the second successive month. The East-North Central region now has the top-ranked position of all the regional indices.
On the state level, Indiana was the one with the highest ranking, demonstrating the best one-month and 12-month growing rates. After having solid total employment growth in April and May as stated by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Indiana’s ranking climbed to 103.65. Illinois also logged growth, of 0.34%, in May contrast April. With a 102.31 ranking, Michigan saw improvement as its economy transitions to being more technology-based and has call centers, Mucci explained.
Paychex, Inc. provides payroll, human resource, insurance, and benefits outsourcing solutions for small to medium-sized businesses in the United States and Germany. The company offers payroll processing services that comprise the calculation, preparation, and delivery of employee payroll checks; production of internal accounting records and administration reports; preparation of federal, state, and local payroll tax returns; and collection and remittance of clients payroll obligations.
News Cor p(NASDAQ:NWSA)’s shares dropped -0.27% to $14.60.
Realtor.com®, a leading provider of online real estate services operated by News Corp (Nasdaq:NWS) partner Move, Inc., recently revealed that millennials have become more positive when it comes to taking the plunge into home ownership and are primed to gain market share in the second half of the year, based on the results of its consumer behavior survey of more than 12,000 respondents conducted from Jan. 1, 2015 to June 15, 2015.
Jonathan Smoke, chief economist for realtor.com®, revealed an in-depth analysis of these survey findings during Wednesday’s Mortgage Availability for Millennials and Other First-Time Buyers panel talk about at the National Association of Real Estate Editors conference in Miami.
In the first part of the year, millennials were held back by some noteworthy market challenges and were especially influenced by the lack of affordable inventory. Forty-one percent of older millennial home buyers cited that they “have not yet found a house that meets their needs” as the biggest factor holding them back from a purchase. Other reasons comprised of difficulty finding a good house within budget, not spending enough time looking, needing to improve credit score, lacking a down payment, and presently being in a lease.
News Corporation, a media and information services company, focuses on creating and distributing authoritative and engaging content to consumers and businesses worldwide. The company operates through News and Information Services, Cable Network Programming, Digital Real Estate Services, Book Publishing, and Digital Education segments.
At the end of Thursday’s trade, Steel Dynamics, Inc. (NASDAQ:STLD)‘s shares dipped -1.97% to $20.45.
Steel Dynamics, Inc. (STLD) the company offered second quarter 2015 adjusted earnings guidance in the range of $0.20 to $0.24 per diluted share
Estimated second quarter adjusted earnings are higher than sequential first quarter 2015 adjusted earnings of $0.17 per diluted share and lower than prior-year second quarter earnings of $0.31 per diluted share. Counting the above items, earnings guidance for the second quarter 2015 is in the range of $0.11 to $0.15 per diluted share.
Profitability from the company’s steel operations for the second quarter 2015 is predictable to be similar in comparison to the sequential first quarter 2015 results. Improved second quarter 2015 shipments will be offset by unpredictable metal margin compression, driven by steel imports remaining much higher than originally anticipated, resulting in average quarterly steel prices decreasing more than average quarterly scrap prices. The benefit of reduced scrap pricing was realized in the second quarter; but, the continued flood of steel imports thus far in 2015 continued to pressure steel product pricing to a greater degree. However, steel pricing has recently begun to stabilize and domestic steel demand remains solid.
Continued demand for the company’s fabricated steel joist and decking products indicates the non-residential construction market is ongoing a positive trend. Second quarter 2015 profitability from the company’s fabrication operations is predictable to be higher than near-record sequential first quarter 2015 results.
Steel Dynamics, Inc., together with its auxiliaries, manufactures and sells steel products, processes and sells recycled ferrous and nonferrous metals, and fabricates and sells steel joist and decking products in the United States and internationally. The company operates in three segments: Steel Operations, Metals Recycling and Ferrous Resources Operations, and Steel Fabrication Operations. The Steel Operations segment provides a range of sheet steel products, such as hot roll, cold roll, and coated steel products; structural steel beams and pilings to construction market; various rail products for the railroad industry; rounds, round-cornered squares, and round engineered bars; angles, plain rounds, flats, channels, and billets; and merchant beams, channels, and specialty structural steel sections.
Philip Morris International Inc. (NYSE:PM), ended its Thursday’s trading session with -0.21% loss, and closed at $81.17.
Philip Morris International Inc. (PM) declared a regular quarterly dividend of $1.00 per common share, payable on July 10, 2015, to shareholders of record as of June 25, 2015. The ex-dividend date is June 23, 2015. For more details on stock, dividends and other information, see www.pmi.com/investors.
Philip Morris International Inc., through its auxiliaries, manufactures and sells cigarettes, other tobacco products, and other nicotine-containing products. Its portfolio of brands comprise Marlboro, Merit, Parliament, Virginia Slims, L&M, Chesterfield, Bond Street, Lark, Muratti, Next, Philip Morris, and Red & White. The company also owns various cigarette brands comprising Sampoerna, Dji Sam Soe, and U Mild in Indonesia; Fortune, Champion, and Hope in the Philippines; Diana in Italy; Optima and Apollo-Soyuz in Russia; Morven Gold in Pakistan; Boston in Colombia; Belmont, Canadian Classics, and Number 7 in Canada; Best and Classic in Serbia; f6 in Germany; Delicados in Mexico; Assos in Greece; and Petra in the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
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