On Tuesday, Shares of Medtronic PLC (NYSE:MDT), remained flat at $ 76.56.
Medtronic plc, has conducted a preliminary review of the United States Department of Treasury`s Notice 2015-79, issued on November 19, 2015, which is aimed at addressing certain aspects of transactions known as “tax inversions.” Medtronic has concluded that the actions declared in Notice 2015-79 do not have a material financial impact on the company. Medtronic will continue to more fully assess Notice 2015-79 and will provide appropriate disclosure concerning any potential material impact on the company as necessary.
Medtronic`s acquisition of Covidien, which closed in January of 2015, was undertaken for planned reasons and has created a company that is positively impacting the lives of more patients, in more ways and in more places around the world.
Medtronic plc manufactures and sells device-based medical therapies worldwide. The company’s Cardiac and Vascular Group segment offers pacemakers, implantable cardioverter defibrillators, implantable cardiac resynchronization therapy devices, AF products, diagnostics and monitoring devices, and remote monitoring and patient-centered software; and heart valves, percutaneous coronary intervention stent products, surgical valve replacement and repair products, endovascular stent grafts, and peripheral vascular intervention products.
Shares of Vodafone Group Plc (ADR) (NASDAQ:VOD), declined -0.96% to $33.03, during its last trading session.
Verizon customers in Cleveland are enjoying all of the benefits of America’s most reliable network, according to the Metro Root Score Report, conducted by Seattle-based Root Metrics.
Scores are based on Root Metrics testing performed from October 16 through October 23, 2015. The company evaluated all four U.S. wireless providers in six network performance categories: overall, reliability, speed, data, call, and text performance.
The results are in and Verizon won the Overall Root Score award in Cleveland, scoring 98.3, and also was ranked 1st in data performance.
Vodafone Group Plc operates as a telecommunications company worldwide. The company offers voice, messaging, and data services across mobile and fixed networks; fixed broadband and TV services; cloud and hosting, in addition to Internet protocol-virtual private network services; roaming services; and unified communications services.
Finally, Shares of Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd (NYSE:RCL), ended its last trade with -3.04% loss, and closed at $92.04.
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., declared that it has accomplished the $200 million accelerated share repurchase program declared on October 23, 2015. Under the terms of the program, the company repurchased a total of 2,103,288 shares of common stock at a price per share of $95.0892.
The repurchase price was determined based on the average of the daily volume-weighted average prices of the stock during the term of the transaction, less a discount.
The ASR transaction was executed as part of an authorization by the company’s Board of Directors to repurchase up to $500 million of common stock. With the completion of the transaction $300 million remains under the share repurchase authorization. The company anticipates to complete the program by year-end 2016.
Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd. operates as a cruise company. The company operates cruisers under the Royal Caribbean International, Celebrity Cruises, Pullmantur, Azamara Club Cruises, CDF Croisières de France, and TUI Cruises brand names.