Gold futures climbed 0.2% to $1210.90 an ounce, in other markets. Crude-oil futures added 0.8% to $50.00 a barrel. Treasury prices dropped down, pushing the yield on the 10-year note up to 2.094% from 2.083% on Monday.
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Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC)’s shares picked up 0.51%, and is now trading at $34.24, , soon after the news release that Intel Corporation, declared that it will assist protect the LG Watch Urbane LTE with McAfee Mobile Security. Last June, the two companies declared that all LG G3 smartphones would come pre-installed with McAfee Mobile Security providing customers a more secure way to download new apps, shop online, interact on social networks and use their devices for banking and ecommerce.
The IDC predicts that over 112 million wearables will be sold globally by the year 2018. As wearable technology continues to grow, new security and privacy risks may emerge. Wearables often interact with other devices and some may collect data, which makes them a potential target for hackers who want to tap into and access sensitive personal information, such as location, login credentials, credit card information, health information and much more.
“As wearable devices gain critical mass, the data they store is likely to be increasingly targeted because the value of the data is roughly 10 times that of a stolen credit card,” said, John Giamatteo, senior vice president and general manager at Intel Security. “It’s important that security be integrated into these new devices in order to assist detect and protect against evolving threats. We are excited about working with a leader like LG Electronics, to offer users around the world our award-winning security software.”
LG G3 smartphone users are already protected with McAfee Mobile Security that integrates the LG Kill Switch feature allowing them to disable their phones remotely in the event of loss or theft. Now McAfee Mobile Security will also be accessible on the LG Watch Urbane LTE with anti-theft capabilities allowing them to lock, locate and wipe their devices, if needed. McAfee Mobile Security solution for LG watch Urbane LTE will be distributed by LG SmartWorld.
Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC), designs, manufactures, and sells integrated digital technology platforms worldwide. It operates through PC Client Group, Data Center Group, Internet of Things Group, Mobile and Communications Group, Software and Services, and All Other segments.
Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO) declined -1.39 %, and is now trading at $29.77, soon after the news release that At Mobile World Congress, Deutsche Telekom (DT) declared the launch of a Cloud VPN (Virtual Private Network) Service for small and medium businesses. The declaration builds on the longstanding partnership between DT and Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO), The Cloud VPN offering is DT’s first commercial service based on its centralized Pan-European IP network. It was designed and developed using a collaborative “devops” philosophy by Cisco and DT. The service is first accessible to customers via DT’s auxiliaries in Croatia, Hungary and Slovakia from March 2.
The Cloud VPN service uses a self-service online portal to give customers a simple way to select, subscribe to and activate highly secure and scalable Internet services. The service portfolio comprises branch, site-to-site and remote access encrypted VPNs, in addition to firewall and web security, all offered as a cloud-managed IT solution on a monthly subscription basis.
Customers have access to a administration dashboard on which they can track the status and performance of services and upgrade their service package, such as increasing the number of users or the bandwidth, with a click of a mouse. Provisioning is automatic and done in real time from DT’s data centre.
The design of this virtualized managed service is utilizing the Tail-F NCS platform and is fully based on Netconf/YANG, which are the emerging global standards for this type of virtualized services within the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). The service is built on Cisco® virtual security appliances, combined with DT’s OpenStack solutions.
Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO) 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.
TSR, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSRI), enhanced 23.70%, and is now trading at $5.25. The company has the market capitalization of $7.93M. The beta value of the stock is 0.20. On the other hand the stock’s volatility for the week is 0.70%%, and for the month is 1.58%. The stock price to book value is $0.92, however price to sale value is $0.15.
TSR, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSRI) provides contract computer programming services in the New York metropolitan area, New England, and the Mid-Atlantic region. It offers technical computer personnel to supplement the in-house information technology capabilities of its customers in the areas of mainframe and mid-range computer operations, personal computers and client-server support, Internet and e-commerce operations, and assist desk support, in addition to voice and data communications, counting local and wide area networks.
Pfizer Inc. (NYSE:PFE) dropped -0.37%, and is now trading at $34.64, soon after the news release that Pfizer Inc., declared that the European Commission approved an expanded indication for the use of Prevenar 13* (pneumococcal polysaccharide conjugate vaccine [13-valent, adsorbed]) for the prevention of pneumonia caused by the 13 pneumococcal serotypes in the vaccine in adults aged 18 years and older. The Summary of Product Characteristics has also been updated to comprise efficacy data from Pfizer’s landmark Community-Attained Pneumonia Immunization Trial in Adults (CAPiTA), which demonstrated statistically noteworthy reductions in first episodes of vaccine-type pneumococcal community-attained pneumonia (CAP), counting non-invasive/non-bacteremic CAP, and invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) in adults aged 65 and older.
“We welcome the approval of this new indication for Prevenar 13 in the EU, which will enable healthcare professionals to assist adults reduce their risk of pneumococcal pneumonia caused by the 13 serotypes in the vaccine. This is particularly important for older adults and those with medical conditions that may make them more vulnerable to this serious, debilitating and potentially deadly disease,” said Rene Reinert, Vice President, Pfizer Vaccines Medical and Scientific Affairs, Europe. “Pfizer looks forward to working with vaccine technical committees in Europe to talk about this new indication and the CAPiTA data, in addition to potential updates to recommendations for the use of Prevenar 13 in adults.”
Pfizer conducted the CAPiTA study (Community-Attained Pneumonia Immunization Trial in Adults) as part of its regulatory commitments to global regulatory authorities. The results have been presented to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and regulatory agencies in other major markets, counting Australia and Canada, for inclusion in the product’s labeling.
Pfizer Inc. (NYSE:PFE) a biopharmaceutical company, discovers, develops, manufactures, and sells healthcare products worldwide. The company operates through Global Innovative Pharmaceutical (GIP); Global Vaccines, Oncology and Consumer Healthcare (VOC); and Global Established Pharmaceutical (GEP) segments.
