On Friday, Shares of Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO), gained 0.50% to $44.09.
Yahoo, released a number of major updates to Flickr, desktop and mobile, introducing a more intelligent search tool and set of features that make it easier to access, organize, find and share photos and videos across devices. The overhaul brings a seamless, unified experience to the community of over 112 million users, and allows them to more efficiently manage over 11 billion photos on Flickr recently.
Three new noteworthy components of this launch comprise:
Uploadrs: Users can upload as many as half a million photos from their desktop, an external hard drive, iPhoto, their mobile phone and more, using Yahoo’s new Uploadr for Mac and Windows and Yahoo’s new Auto-Uploadr for their mobile device. Photos and videos presently on the device or captured as new will be uploaded automatically and marked as private, and duplicates will be removed.
Camera Roll in the Cloud: Navigate through thousands of photos and videos in the new interface, supported by advanced image recognition technology. The dynamic Magic View feature organizes a user’s photos automatically across over 60 categories (landscapes, animals, black and white, portraits, etc.). Users can also browse their Camera Roll by date. For the first time, users can bulk download photos and videos or share privately via link, email, Instagram, Facebook and more with one swipe.
Unified Search Experience: Flickr’s advanced search technology and powerful computer vision algorithms also provide a smarter and faster search experience. Users can easily search for images of specific items or places, or search by holiday, date or location. Just as easily, users can search for images of the London Eye because now Flickr understands a user’s intent and finds photos of the giant ferris wheel, not just photos of countless eyes taken in London. A user can also filter images by color, size, and orientation, discovering panoramic shots of the sky with blue and magenta hues.
Yahoo! Inc. provides search and display advertising services on Yahoo properties and associate sites worldwide. The company offers Yahoo Search that serves as a starting point to navigate the Internet and discover information; and Yahoo Answers, which enables users to seek, discover, and share knowledge and opinions across mobile phones, tablets, and desktops.
Shares of XOMA Corporation (NASDAQ:XOMA), inclined 12.46% to $3.70, during its last trading session.
XOMA Corporation, declared recent achievements and financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2015.
Recent Achievements
- One ocular exacerbation away from reaching the targeted number of exacerbations in the pivotal Phase 3 EYEGUARD-B clinical study of gevokizumab in Behcet’s disease uveitis.
- Servier, XOMA’s gevokizumab development partner, initiated a 370-patient Phase 2 study of gevokizumab in patients with diabetic nephropathy.
- Presented positive Phase 1 data from XOMA 358 at the ENDO Conference 2015. XOMA 358, a first-in-class, fully human, allosteric monoclonal antibody that down-regulates the insulin receptor, is being evaluated for the treatment of non-drug-induced, endogenous hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia (low blood glucose caused by excessive insulin produced endogenously).
- Obtained a $20.0 million secured loan from Hercules Technology III, L.P., as lender, and associate of Hercules Technology Growth Capital, Inc., as agent. The Company used a portion of the proceeds to repay General Electric Capital Corporation’s outstanding principle balance and interest of $5.5 million. The remaining proceeds will be used for general corporate purposes.
- Renegotiated the terms of Servier’s loa contract.
- Declared the promotion of Thomas Burns to Chief Financial Officer and the retirement of Fred Kurland.
XOMA Corporation discovers and develops antibody-based therapeutics in the United States, Europe, and the Asia Pacific. The company’s lead product candidate comprises gevokizumab, a proprietary humanized allosteric-modulating monoclonal antibody that binds to the inflammatory cytokine interleukin-1 beta, which is in Phase III clinical trial for NIU and Behçets disease uveitis, pyoderma gangrenosum, active non-infectious anterior scleritis, autoimmune inner ear disease, and cardiovascular diseases, in addition to diseases under the neutrophilic dermatoses designation, Schnitzler syndrome, and other diseases; and various proof-of-concept studies comprising polymyositis/dermatomyositis, Schnitzler syndrome, and giant cell arteritis.
At the end of Friday’s trade, Shares of Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE:HPQ), gained 1.80% to $33.41.
Hewlett-Packard Company, will conduct a live audio webcast of its conference call to review its financial results for the second fiscal quarter ended April 30, 2015.
The call is planned for Thursday, May 21, at 5 p.m. ET / 2 p.m. PT, and the webcast will be accessible at www.hp.com/investor/2015Q2Webcast.
Hewlett-Packard Company, together with its auxiliaries, provides products, technologies, software, solutions, and services to individual consumers and small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), in addition to to the government, health, and education sectors worldwide.
Finally, McDonald’s Corp. (NYSE:MCD), ended its last trade with 1.50% gain, and closed at $98.23.
McDonald’s Corporation, declared that global comparable sales reduced 0.6% in April. Performance by segment was as follows:
- S. down 2.3%
- Europe up 1.0%
- Asia/Pacific, Middle East and Africa (APMEA) down 3.8%
U.S. comparable sales reduced 2.3% in April in the face of ongoing competitive activity and negative customer traffic. To improve sales, the U.S. is working to leverage its decentralized operating structure, simplified menu and consumer insights to deliver value initiatives and menu offerings that resonate with the local markets.
Europe’s comparable sales rose 1.0% in April as solid results in the U.K. and Germany were partly offset by negative performance in France and Russia. McDonald’s Europe continues to target opportunities to enhance its popular promotional menu options and build on its value, breakfast and family business amid ongoing macro-economic headwinds across much of the segment.
In APMEA, comparable sales declined 3.8% in April due to continued challenges in Japan partly offset by strong results in Australia and other markets. Strengthening McDonald’s quality and value perceptions remains a top priority for APMEA.
Strong comparable sales in McDonald’s Other Countries & Corporate segment, which comprises Latin America and Canada, contributed positively to the Company’s global comparable sales performance for the month.
McDonald’s Corporation operates and franchises McDonald’s restaurants in the United States, Europe, the Asia/Pacific, the Middle East, Africa, Canada, and Latin America. The company’s restaurants offer various food products, soft drinks, coffee, and other beverages.
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