On Tuesday, Shares of Applied Materials, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMAT), gained 1.25% to $14.55.
Applied Materials - The Tech Museum of Innovation declared recently that Oakland-based Embrace — the 2012 Tech Awards laureate that makes a low-cost infant warmer used by more than 150,000 premature babies worldwide — has been named the second recipient of the Laureate Impact Award sponsored by PayPal. The award honors past Tech Awards laureates who have demonstrated noteworthy progress toward solving a global problem since winning the prize.
Also recently, The Tech Awards — presented by Applied Materials — declared this year’s crop of 10 international laureates using technology to benefit humanity. They comprise BeeLine Reader of Redwood City, which improves reading fluency and efficiency with a digital tool that guides the eye for online reading; and DayOne Response, based in San Francisco, which offers a lightweight, backpack-sized emergency water purifier system that has offered 7 million liters of clean water to global disaster victims. BeeLine Reader is a laureate in the Microsoft Education Award category, while DayOne is a laureate in the Intel Environment Award category.
This year marks the 15th annual gala of The Tech Awards, often referred to as the “Oscars of Silicon Valley.” It will take place on Thursday, Nov. 12, 2015, at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center.
Applied Materials, Inc. (Applied) provides manufacturing equipment, services and software to the global semiconductor, flat panel display, solar photovoltaic (PV) and related industries. Applied’s customers include manufacturers of semiconductor wafers and chips, flat panel liquid crystal displays (LSDs), PV cells and modules, and other electronic devices.
Shares of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (NYSE:FCAU), declined -1.13% to $12.21, during its last trading session.
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles declared recently that it will supply 9,113 new 2016 Ram ProMaster 2500 cargo vans to the United States Postal Service (USPS).
The 2016 Ram ProMaster 2500 cargo van selected by USPS features the award-winning, gasoline-fueled 3.6-liter Pentastar V-6 engine rated at 280-horsepower output with peak torque of 260 lb.-ft. The engine is paired with a proven, smooth-shifting, six-speed automatic transmission, upgraded to accommodate the ProMaster’s exceptional cargo-hauling capability.
The Postal Service operates one of the largest vehicle fleets in the nation. USPS uses an estimated 190,000 vehicles to collect and deliver mail, counting about 142,000 long-life vehicles (LLVs). The Ram ProMaster order is independent of USPS’ acquisition program to supply the next generation of its delivery vehicles.
About Ram ProMaster
The unibody system under the cab is an enabler for the ProMaster’s segment exclusive front-wheel-drive system.
Interior design and function are of primary importance for a light commercial vehicle in which the driver normally spends long hours at the wheel, often under demanding conditions. The cabin of the ProMaster was therefore designed with comfortable driving ergonomics, important because the ProMaster is a place of work.
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, as well as after-sales services and parts under the Mopar brand name.
Shares of Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX), inclined 0.63% to $76.27, during its last trading session.
Chevron Corporation one of the world’s leading energy companies, will hold its quarterly earnings conference call on Friday, October 30, 2015, at 11:00 a.m. ET (8:00 a.m. PT).
Chevron Corporation (Chevron) manages its investments in subsidiaries and affiliates. The Company operates through two segments: Upstream and Downstream. Upstream operations consist primarily of exploring for, developing and producing crude oil and natural gas; processing, liquefaction, transportation and regasification associated with liquefied natural gas (LNG); transporting crude oil through international oil export pipelines; transporting, storing and marketing natural gas, and operating a gas-to-liquids plant.
Finally, PPL Corp (NYSE:PPL), ended its last trade with 0.97% gain, and closed at $32.21.
PPL Corporation declared that William H. Spence, chairman, president and Chief Executive Officer will present to attendees at the Wolfe Research Power and Gas Leaders Conference in New York. Spence will speak at 1:30 p.m. on Wed., Sept. 30. Members of PPL’s senior leadership team will also be present to speak with investors and financial analysts during the conference.
PPL Corporation (PPL) is an energy and utility holding company. Through its subsidiaries, PPL delivers electricity to customers in the United Kingdom, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Virginia and Tennessee; delivers natural gas to customers in Kentucky; generates electricity from power plants in the northeastern, northwestern and southeastern United States, and markets wholesale or retail energy in the northeastern and northwestern parts of the United States.
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