On Thursday, Shares of Staples, Inc. (NASDAQ:SPLS), surged 1.29% to $16.44.
Staples, declared that it has collected 450 million ink and toner cartridges for recycling in the U.S. since 2005, averaging more than 60 million cartridges per year for the past four years. Through the cartridge recycling program, Staples has assisted recover and recycle 234 million pounds of plastics and metals, diverting roughly the weight of 8,000 full garbage trucks from landfills.
Staples’ ink and toner cartridge recycling program lets customers receive $2 back in Staples Rewards® per recycled cartridge, up to 10 per month. Used cartridges can be dropped off at any Staples retail location or through the online program. Ink Recycling Rewards can be used to buy almost anything from Staples, in-store or on Staples.com. In addition to recycling rewards, Staples Rewards members receive free shipping from Staples.com and up to five percent back on all purchases. Staples is happy to work together with HP to make cartridge recycling accessible to all our customers.
Staples, Inc., together with its auxiliaries, operates office products superstores. It operates through three segments: North American Stores & Online, North American Commercial, and International Operations.
Shares of Iron Mountain Inc. (NYSE:IRM), gained 1.29% to $36.88, during the last trading session on Thursday.
InSync Software, an ORBCOMM (ORBC) company, declared that Iron Mountain Inc. (IRM), the storage and information administration company, will be utilizing InSync’s iApp software and RFID-enabled Audit Carts (iRover) for its RFID-enabled Inventory Governance Solution. InSync’s best-in-class software is presently being installed at Iron Mountain’s storage sites around the world.
InSync Software worked closely with Iron Mountain to design, deploy and support a complete solution that provides its global customers with access to unsurpassed levels of stored records visibility, auditing and validation capabilities. InSync’s iApp software platform powers a mobile handheld application used for receiving, storing, locating and retrieving records, in addition to an RFID-enabled Cart software application used to perform audits. In addition, InSync’s applications are closely integrated with Iron Mountain’s existing asset administration software.
As part of Iron Mountain’s Inventory Governance Solution, InSync’s software enables Iron Mountain’s record center personnel to identify and locate RFID-tagged records at predetermined intervals or on demand based on a customer’s need. Iron Mountain employees will receive real-time confirmation of stored record locations via InSync’s distributed application running on an iRover mounted computer.
Iron Mountain Incorporated, together with its auxiliaries, provides storage and information administration services in North America, Europe, Latin America, and the Asia Pacific. It operates through North American Records and Information Administration Business, North American Data Administration Business, and International Business segments.
At the end of Thursday’s trade, Shares of Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ:ATVI), gained 1.27% to $23.18.
According to Bloomberg post of April 14, Activision Blizzard Inc. is reviving its Guitar Hero video game after a five-year hiatus, with a new version playable on tablets and mobile devices in addition to traditional game consoles.
Guitar Hero Live, which will cost $99, features filmed footage of an audience and bandmates rather than the cartoonish images of past releases. Players will be able to jam on a toy guitar with music videos released by artists such as the Black Keys and Fall Out Boy, in addition to those produced by Activision, the company said. The game goes on sale later this year.
Mobile represents the fastest-growing segment of the video-game industry, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers. That’s led companies such as Activision, the largest U.S. game publisher, to adapt their products.
The Santa Monica, Calif.-based game publisher said that “Guitar Hero Live” will be accessible this fall on Microsoft’s (NASDAQ:MSFT) Xbox 360 and Xbox One, Sony’s (NYSE:SNE) PlayStation 3 and 4 and Nintendo’s (OTCPK:NTDOY) Wii U console, in addition to select mobile devices. The game will cost $99 and comprise one controller.
Activision Blizzard, Inc. develops and publishes online, personal computer (PC), video game console, handheld, mobile, and tablet games worldwide. The company develops and publishes interactive entertainment software products through retail channels or digital downloads; and downloadable content to a range of gamers.
Finally, Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO), ended its Thursday’s trading session with 1.24% gain, and closed at $28.60.
Cisco® Consulting Services conducted a survey that uncovers the urgency for the oil and gas industry to adopt digital technologies powered by the Internet of Everything (IoE) — the networked connection of people, process, data, and things — to stay competitive. The survey identified intelligence from data as the key area needed to improve operational efficiency, and data analytics as the No. 1 IoE driver for faster, better decision-making.
Cisco Systems, Inc. designs, manufactures, and sells Internet Protocol (IP) based networking products and services related to the communications and information technology industry worldwide. It provides switching products, counting fixed-configuration and modular switches, and storage products that provide connectivity to end users, workstations, IP phones, wireless access points, and servers; and NGN routing products that interconnect public and private wireline and mobile networks for mobile, data, voice, and video applications.
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