On Thursday, Shares of Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO), gained 1.77% to $31.67.
Yahoo!, declared that more than 30 top brands have partnered with the company to kick off a new era of sports programming with the first global live stream of a regular season NFL game across devices. For the October 25th NFL International Series game between the Buffalo Bills and Jacksonville Jaguars from London’s Wembley Stadium, Yahoo’s live stream will feature video advertising from top brands during commercial breaks, in addition to exclusive pre-game and halftime presenting sponsorships. With Yahoo’s deep audience insights, advertisers will gain a better understanding of demographic and viewership data, contrast to traditional broadcast television, enabling brands to reconnect with viewers even after the game concludes. The live stream will appear on Yahoo and Tumblr, which reach more than one billion monthly users.
“We’re thrilled to have some of the world’s top brands working with Yahoo to engage NFL fans around this historic live stream,” said Lisa Utzschneider, Chief Revenue Officer, Yahoo. “We’ve created a new way for viewers to enjoy one of their favorite sports live on Yahoo, together with amazing opportunities for advertisers to reach these digital fans whether they watch on their desktop, smartphone, tablet or connected TV.”
For the NFL live stream on Yahoo, advertisers comprise American Express, Applebee’s, Arby’s, Bose, Burlington Stores, Cadillac, Chrysler, CiCi’s Pizza, Citi, CompareCards.com, Dairy Queen Brand, Danone Nations Cup, eHealth.com, Emirates Airline, Esurance, KFC, Kohl’s, Lincoln, Microsoft, Nationwide, Papa John’s, Redd’s Apple Ale, SNICKERS Brand, SUBWAY Restaurants, T-Mobile, Totino’s and Toyota, among others. The Dairy QueenBrand is the pre-game show sponsor on Yahoo, and Toyota will sponsor the halftime show.
Yahoo! Inc. provides search and display advertising services on Yahoo properties and associate sites worldwide. The company offers Yahoo Search that serves as a starting point to navigate the Internet and discover information; and Yahoo Answers, which enables users to seek, discover, and share knowledge and opinions across mobile phones, tablets, and desktops.
Shares of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (ADR) (NYSE:TEVA), declined -3.41% to $55.94, during its last trading session.
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, declared that it will host a conference call and live webcast together with a slide presentation on Thursday, October 29, 2015 at 8 a.m. ET to communicate its third quarter 2015 financial results.
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited develops, manufactures, markets, and distributes generic, specialty, and other pharmaceutical products worldwide. The company operates in two segments, Generic Medicines and Specialty Medicines. The Generic Medicines segment offers generic or branded generic medicines; specialized products, such as sterile products, hormones, narcotics, high-potency drugs, and cytotoxic substances; and active pharmaceutical ingredients.
Finally, Shares of U.S. Bancorp (NYSE:USB), ended its last trade with 1.80% gain, and closed at $41.84.
U.S. Bank has named Randi Bellner as market leader of The Private Client Reserve in the Cincinnati market. The company manages $126.1 billion of investments for clients, and its wealth administration business is ranked among the top 20 firms in the country. Bellner will lead The Private Client Reserve’s wealth administration team in Cincinnati. The company’s wealth administration team, counting The Private Client Reserve, manages $8.9 billion of assets within the Cincinnati market.
“The Cincinnati market is very important to our company,” said Terrance Dolan, vice chair of U.S. Bank’s Wealth Administration and Securities Services division. “U.S. Bank has been fortunate to serve many families in the greater Cincinnati region for decades, in addition to many of its newest residents. The market has been foundational to the culture and success of the organization over the years. We wanted to ensure that our Cincinnati leader embodies our culture.”
Bellner has more than 25 years of wealth administration and financial services experience. Recently, he was the market leader for Key Private Bank’s Indiana region. Preceding to his position with KeyCorp, Bellner served in leadership roles for PNC Financial Services.
U.S. Bancorp, a financial services holding company, provides a range of financial services in the United States. It offers depository services, which comprise checking accounts, savings accounts, and time certificate contracts; and lending services, such as traditional credit products, in addition to credit card services, leasing, financing and import/export trade, asset-backed lending, agricultural finance, and other products.