On Friday, Shares of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (NYSE:FCAU), lost - 0.34% to $14.57.
Runners and walkers from all over the Detroit area will be taking over the vehicle test track at FCA US headquarters for the first ever “Taking Strides for Healthy Minds 5K Walk/Run” to benefit the Ruth Ellis Center (REC) on Saturday, August 29, 2015, at 9 a.m. The Ruth Ellis Center provides short and long-term residential safe space and support services for runaway, homeless, and at-risk lesbian, gay, bi-attractional, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) youth.
Proceeds from “Taking Strides for Healthy Minds 5K Walk/Run” will benefit REC’s mental health services, operations and Family Preservation and Acceptance program. Registration in $40 per participant and free for children age 12 and under and comprises a t-shirt and race time. Entertainment and refreshments will be accessible throughout the event for the entire family to enjoy.
It is estimated that up to 40 percent of all runaway and homeless youth in the U.S. identify as LGBTQ. Disproportionately affected, most often due to family rejection, these youth are at much greater risk of suicide, depression, substance abuse and HIV infection. This alarming statistic is the impetus behind “Taking Strides for Healthy Minds 5K Walk/Run.”
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V., an automotive group, designs, engineers, manufactures, distributes, and sells vehicles and components. It offers passenger cars, light trucks, and light commercial vehicles under the Abarth, Alfa Romeo, Chrysler, Dodge, Fiat, Fiat Professional, Jeep, Lancia, and Ram brand names, in addition to after-sales services and parts under the Mopar brand name.
Shares of Baidu Inc (ADR) (NASDAQ:BIDU), declined -2.85% to $152.91, during its last trading session.
MIT Technology Review revealed its annual list of Innovators Under 35. For over a decade, the global media company has recognized a list of exceptionally talented technologists whose work has great potential to transform the world.
Dr. Adam Coates of Baidu Research, a division of Baidu, Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU), has been recognized on the list as a visionary for his work in the field of software.
Over the past six years, Adam has been a leading researcher and advocate in the area of deep learning, a branch of artificial intelligence. His thesis at Stanford University investigated the development of deep learning methods, particularly the success of large neural networks trained from large datasets.
Baidu, Inc. provides Internet search services in China and internationally. It offers Chinese language search platform on its Baidu.com Website that enables users to find relevant information online, counting Web pages, news, images, documents, and multimedia files through links offered on its Website; and international products and services to users in other countries.
At the end of Friday’s trade, Shares of VMware, Inc. (NYSE:VMW), lost -2.37% to $84.38.
VMware, unveiled the speaker lineup and sponsorship list for VMworld 2015 U.S.
Highlighting the conference theme of “Ready for Any,” VMworld 2015 U.S. — which kicks off on Aug. 30 — will feature more than 400 unique breakout sessions from VMware and its community of partners and customers. With more than 23,000 predictable attendees, this year’s conference is supported by 248 sponsors and exhibitors, counting Global Diamond Sponsors Dell, EMC, HP, NetApp and Palo Alto Networks.
VMware’s General Session Keynotes, presented Monday and Tuesday, will feature senior executives who will bring to life VMware’s software-defined approach to running and building applications. On Monday, Aug. 31, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. PDT, the event will kick off with Carl Eschenbach, VMware’s president and COO. Eschenbach will talk about how VMware is empowering businesses to take advantage of the company’s One Cloud, Any Application, Any Device™ architecture for IT. On Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2015, at 9:00 a.m. PDT, VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger and a group of senior executives from various VMware business units will showcase how VMware is enabling applications to be delivered through business mobility with security from the device to the cloud.
VMware, Inc. provides virtualization infrastructure solutions in the United States and internationally. The company’s virtualization infrastructure solutions comprise a suite of products designed to deliver a software-defined data center (SDDC), run on industry-standard desktop computers and servers, and support a range of operating system and application environments, in addition to networking and storage infrastructures.
Finally, Darden Restaurants, Inc. (NYSE:DRI) ended its last trade with -2.00% loss, and closed at $70.18.
Darden Restaurants, declared that Bill Lenehan has been named CEO of Four Corners Property Trust, Inc., the real estate company that is predictable to be separated from Darden later this year in a spin-off, split-off or similar transaction. Four Corners is predictable to elect to be subject to tax as a real estate investment trust (REIT) effective January 1, 2016. Until the separation, Lenehan will report to Darden CEO Gene Lee. Lenehan’s appointment as CEO of Four Corners is effective August 17.
“The Board and I have been incredibly impressed with Bill’s leadership, knowledge, and skill related to the Four Corners transaction,” said Darden CEO Gene Lee. “We have also been impressed with his vision and capability, which gives us confidence he will be able to lead and transform Four Corners into a leading growth company. We are extremely happy to have a leader with Bill’s level of expertise for this very exciting new company.”
Because of this appointment, Lenehan, who presently sits on Darden’s Board of Directors and is running for reelection at the company’s 2015 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, will resign from the Board if and when the separation of Four Corners occurs. He also will no longer serve on any of the independent committees of Darden’s Board effective right away.
Darden Restaurants, Inc., through its auxiliaries, owns and operates full-service restaurants in the United States and Canada. As of July 8, 2015, it owned and operated about 1,500 restaurants under the Olive Garden, LongHorn Steakhouse, Bahama Breeze, Seasons 52, The Capital Grille, Eddie V’s, and Yard House brand names.
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