Shares of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN), lost -0.42% to $669.83.
Audible Studios, a production arm of Audible.com, the world’s leading provider of digital spoken-word entertainment, recently received its third Grammy nomination in the Best Spoken Word Album category, for the audio book Patience and Sarah. Written by Isabel Miller, the recording features breathtaking performances by Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Janis Ian and Emmy Award-winning actress Jean Smart.
Ian brought the project to Audible Studios, complete with her vision for two voices on the program.
Patience and Sarah is a meticulously researched historical novel that quickly became a classic of LGBT literature when it was self-published in 1969, garnering so much attention that the American Library Association created its first Stonewall Award specifically for the title in 1971. This is the first time the book has ever been brought to life in audio. Ian and Smart perform the title characters in this dual-point-of-view love story about two young women whose romantic bond does not sit well with the puritanical New England farming community in which they live.
Shares of Holly Frontier Corp (NYSE:HFC), declined -3.80% to $46.08, during its last trading session.
Holly Frontier Corporation, declared that George Damiris is being promoted to President and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Damiris has been Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer since September 2014. This promotion will be effective January 1, 2016, and he has been designated to the Company’s Board of Directors effective recently. He formerly held the positions of Senior Vice President, Supply and Marketing, and Vice President, Corporate Development. Preceding to joining the Company in 2007, he progressed through numerous positions in the refining and petrochemical industries at British Petroleum and Koch Industries associates. Mr. Damiris holds both a BS in Chemical Engineering and an MBA from Case Western Reserve University.
Michael Jennings will assume the position of Executive Chairman of Holly Frontier Corporation on January 1, 2016 and will continue as Chief Executive Officer and President of Holly Energy Partners (HEP). Mr. Jennings has served as CEO of Holly Frontier since July 2011 and preceding to that was Chairman and CEO of Frontier Oil Corporation. He has served as the CEO of HEP since January 2014 and as the President of HEP since October 2015.
Mr. Jennings commented, “George has been a key member of our senior administration team and an important contributor to our business success. His promotion to CEO will provide our Company with strong planned focus and continued ability to achieve the growth and returns set out in our formerly declared Business Plan. We are excited about having George in this top leadership role.”
Finally, Shares of Mylan NV (NASDAQ:MYL), ended its last trade with -0.62% loss, and closed at $51.09.
Mylan, declared the pricing of a private placement of $1 billion aggregate principal amount of senior notes, comprised of $500 million aggregate principal amount of 3.000% senior notes due 2018 at an issue price of 99.874% and $500 million aggregate principal amount of 3.750% senior notes due 2020 at an issue price of 99.968%. Mylan intends to use the net proceeds from the offering to repay the amounts outstanding under its revolving credit facility and its accounts receivable securitization facility and to finance a portion of the repurchase of its ordinary shares following its formerly declared share repurchase program. Subject to customary closing conditions, the sale of the notes is predictable to close on or about December 9, 2015.
The notes will be sold only to qualified institutional buyers in the United States in reliance on Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, and outside the United States to non-U.S. persons in reliance on Regulation S under the Securities Act. The projected issuance of the notes will not be registered under the Securities Act, and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from registration requirements.