On Tuesday, Zillow Group Inc (NASDAQ:Z)’s shares declined -1.39% to $91.65, hitting its lowest level, as The 30-year fixed mortgage rate on Zillow(R) Mortgages is presently 3.58 percent, up three basis points from this time last week. The 30-year fixed mortgage rate rose throughout the week before dipping to the current rate on Tuesday.
“Rates inched up last week as new data suggested the U.S. economy is on increasingly stable ground despite March’s weak jobs report,” said Erin Lantz, vice president of mortgages at Zillow. “Mortgage markets remain extremely sensitive to the ups and downs of economic news, but overall we expect the trend of gradually rising rates to continue this week.”
Zillow’s real-time mortgage rates are based on thousands of custom mortgage quotes presented daily to anonymous borrowers on the Zillow Mortgages site, and reflect the most recent changes in the market. These are not marketing rates, or a weekly survey.
The rate for a 15-year fixed home loan is presently 2.87 percent, while the rate for a 5-1 adjustable-rate mortgage (ARM) is 2.83 percent.
Zillow Group, Inc. operates real estate and home-related information marketplaces on mobile and the Web in the United States. It offers a portfolio of brands and products to assist people find vital information about homes, and connect with local professionals.
Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc (NASDAQ:SBGI)’s shares dropped -1.39% to $31.12, during the last trading session on Tuesday, after Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc (SBGI) and Technicolor (TCLRY), declared the successful demonstration of the world’s first UltraHD (UHD) with High Dynamic Range (HDR) live broadcast based on projected ATSC 3.0 technologies. The demonstration marks a noteworthy step forward in the distribution of live UHD and HDR content for future broadcasting systems.
The series of broadcasts, integrated into Sinclair’s experimental OFDM transmission system and transmitted under real-world conditions outside of a laboratory, delivered high quality HDR content broadcast at HD and 4K/UHD resolutions in a single-layer with backwards compatible standard dynamic range. Both HDR and legacy devices, counting fixed position TVs and mobile devices, were all able to receive and display the broadcast signal. Based on open standards from MPEG (HEVC, SHVC, 3D Audio from MPEG-H) plus HDR, with MMT and DASH transport streaming standards, and Technicolor’s Staggercast and Fast Channel Change technologies, the broadcast met the most ATSC 3.0 requirements of any formerly demonstrated system. Mobile tests yielded a received signal at up to 60 miles away and, separately, the receipt of the mobile broadcast signal at up to 120 miles/hour.
“We’re building a path toward new broadcast TV services that are appropriate for UHD and HDR,” said Vince Pizzica, Technicolor SEVP of corporate development and technology. “We’re excited to reach the first milestone in our testing of real-world, challenging environments. This latest series of over-the-air tests confirms that Technicolor’s HDR video solutions support broadcast at HD and 4K resolutions, in addition to for standard dynamic range and mobile devices, presenting a whole new world of opportunities for broadcasters.”
Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc., a diversified television broadcasting corporation, owns and operates, programs, or provides sales services to television stations in the United States. It broadcasts free over-the-air programming, such as network offered programs, news produced locally, local sporting events, programming from program service arrangements, syndicated entertainment programs, and other locally produced programs.
At the end of Tuesday’s trade, Brookdale Senior Living, Inc (NYSE:BKD)‘s shares dipped -1.38% to $37.85, after Twenty Brookdale skilled nursing communities have received the highest possible overall rating of five stars from U.S. News & World Report in the magazine’s seventh annual Best Nursing Homes review. U.S. News awarded the “Best Nursing Home” designation to communities that received the highest rating in February2015 from Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), which sets and enforces federal requirements and standards for nursing homes certified to receive Medicare and Medicaid payments. The ratings are based on a community’s performance in care, safety, health inspections and staffing.
“Having 20 Brookdale communities receive the highest rating from CMS speaks volumes about our community associates who are dedicated to providing quality care to our residents,” said Kim Estes, senior vice president of clinical services. “As important as the rating system is, we encourage consumers to tour the skilled nursing facilities they are considering to get a firsthand understanding of the overall environment they offer.”
Brookdale Senior Living Inc. owns and operates senior living communities in the United States. It operates through five segments: Retirement Centers, Assisted Living, Ongoing Care Retirement Communities (CCRCs)Rental, Brookdale Ancillary Services, and Administration Services. The Retirement Centers segment owns or leases communities comprising independent living and assisted living units in a single community that are primarily designed for middle to upper revenue senior citizens.
Symantec Corporation (NASDAQ:SYMC)’s shares dropped -1.35% to $23.81, during the last trading session on Tuesday, as declared the expansion of Incident Response Services into several new markets, a move that enables organizations to proactively address security needs, enable continual security improvement and overall cyber resiliency. As of April, Symantec’s Incident Response Emergency Response service is accessible globally, and Symantec’s Incident Response Retainer Services are accessible in North America, the UK and select Asia-Pacific regions.
Symantec Corporation, together with its auxiliaries, provides security, backup, and availability solutions worldwide. Its products and services protect people and information in any environment from mobile devices and enterprise data centers to cloud-based systems. The corporation operates in three segments: User Productivity & Protection; Information Security; and Information Administration. The User Productivity & Protection segment provides Norton solutions, endpoint security and administration, encryption, and mobile offerings.
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