On Thursday, Shares of McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE:MCD), lost -0.49% to $97.10.
McDonald’s Corporation, declared results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2015.
Second quarter results comprised of:
- Global comparable sales decrease of 0.7%, reflecting negative guest traffic in all major segments
- Merged revenues decrease of 10% (enhance of 1% in constant currencies)
- Merged operating income decrease of 16% (6% in constant currencies), due in part to about $45 million of restructuring charges incurred to optimize the Company’s global operating structure
- Diluted earnings per share of $1.26, a decrease of 10% (1% in constant currencies)
- Returned $2.5 billion to shareholders through share repurchases and dividends, bringing the year-to-date return to shareholders to $3.9 billion in connection with our 3-year target to return $18-20 billion to shareholders by the end of 2016.
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.
Shares of NXP Semiconductors NV (NASDAQ:NXPI), inclined 3.01% to $93.00, during its last trading session.
Blackboard, declared that, in partnership with NXP Semiconductors N.V. (NXPI), they have shipped more than one million near-field communication (NFC)-compatible campus cards since 2012. This milestone further demonstrates Blackboard’s continued commitment to providing education institutions with the most secure, flexible, and open-standard campus card/credential solutions.
Institutions nationwide counting UCLA, Quinnipiac University, Liberty University, University of Oklahoma, and Central Michigan University, are utilizing these cards to provide higher levels of service for students through faster and more secure transactions at all types, both on- and off-campus. By aligning with the open NFC standard, these schools are able to provide their students with a highly secure credential that continues while paving the way for the introduction of truly native NFC mobile solutions.
NXP Semiconductors N.V., a semiconductor company, provides high performance mixed signal and standard product solutions for radio frequency (RF), analog, power administration, interface, security, and digital processing products worldwide.
Finally, Entegris Inc (NASDAQ:ENTG), ended its last trade with -0.96% loss, and closed at $13.37.
Entegris, launched a newly branded suite of products designed to monitor liquid chemical delivery systems used on process tools in semiconductor manufacturing. The products, to be marketed under the InVue(TM) brand, allow customers to better monitor their liquid processes by providing a real-time “window” into critical process parameters.
The initial suite comprises of a series of chemical concentration monitors, integrated flow controllers, flowmeters and oxygen sensors that are primarily used in CMP, plating and wet etch and clean applications. They are designed to support greater process efficiencies in front-end-of-line, back-end-of-line and sub-fab liquid chemical delivery systems by enabling reduced chemical costs and increasing wafer throughput.
Entegris, Inc. manufactures and sells a range of products and services for purifying, protecting, and transporting the critical materials used in processing and manufacturing in the microelectronics and other high-technology industries worldwide.
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