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Active Stocks News Review: Dow Chemical Co (NYSE:DOW), Gilead Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ:GILD), Best Buy Co Inc (NYSE:BBY), Dollar General Corp. (NYSE:DG)

On Tuesday, Dow Chemical Co (NYSE:DOW)’s shares inclined 1.23% to $43.61.

Jim Fitterling Vice Chairman, Business Operations of The Dow Chemical Company (DOW) will present at the Credit Suisse Basic Materials Conference in New York, NY at 8:00 a.m. (EDT), September 17, 2015.

Fitterling will provide details on Dow’s planned efforts to optimize its portfolio footprint, counting details on the Dow Chlorine Products transaction. In addition he will talk about the Company’s focused approach on long-term competitive advantage through operational expertise, innovation and targeted capital allocation.

The Dow Chemical Company manufactures and supplies products that are used primarily as raw materials in the manufacture of customer products and services worldwide. It operates through Agricultural Sciences, Consumer Solutions, Infrastructure Solutions, Performance Materials & Chemicals, and Performance Plastics segments.

Gilead Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ:GILD)’s shares gained 1.55% to $111.05.

Gilead Sciences, Inc. (GILD) declared that John F. Milligan, PhD, Gilead’s President and Chief Operating Officer, will take part in a fireside chat at the Morgan Stanley Global Healthcare Conference in New York on Wednesday, September 16 at 1:05 p.m. Eastern Time.

Gilead Sciences, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, discovers, develops, and commercializes medicines in areas of unmet medical need in North America, South America, Europe, and the Asia-Pacific.

At the end of Tuesday’s trade, Best Buy Co Inc (NYSE:BBY)‘s shares dipped -0.03% to $38.47.

Best Buy Co., Inc. declared the appointment of Karen McLoughlin to its Board of Directors. McLoughlin is the chief financial officer at Cognizant Technology Solutions (Nasdaq: CTSH), a Fortune 500 company and leading provider of information technology, business process and consulting services.

McLoughlin, 50, joined Cognizant in 2003 and has spearheaded several critical transformation initiatives during her time with the company. She has been the chief financial officer since 2012, overseeing the company’s worldwide accounting and controllership, enterprise risk administration, financial planning and analysis, internal audit, investor relations, tax and treasury functions.

Best Buy Co., Inc. operates as a retailer of technology products, services, and solutions in the United States and internationally. Its stores offer consumer electronics comprising primarily of television and home theaters; digital cameras and camcorders; DVD and Blu-ray players; portable electronics, such as MP3 devices, headphones and speakers, car stereo, navigation and satellite radio; and related accessories.

Dollar General Corp. (NYSE:DG), ended its Tuesday’s trading session with 1.39% gain, nd closed at $70.06s.

The Dollar General Literacy Foundation this morning awarded over $4 million to about 870 schools, nonprofits and literacy organizations to enhance and support youth literacy and education across the 43 states Dollar General serves.

These youth literacy grants are awarded at the starting of the academic year in an effort to give teachers, schools and organizations a great start with the funding and resources they need for the forthcoming school year.

Dollar General Corporation, a discount retailer, provides various merchandise products in the southern, southwestern, midwestern, and eastern United States. The company offers consumable products, counting paper and cleaning products comprising paper towels, bath tissues, paper dinnerware, trash and storage bags, and laundry and other home cleaning supplies; packaged food products, such as cereals, canned soups and vegetables, condiments, spices, sugar, and flour; perishables comprising of milk, eggs, bread, frozen meals, beer, and wine; snacks that comprise candies, cookies, crackers, salty snacks, and carbonated beverages; health and beauty products, such as over-the-counter medicines, in addition to soap, body wash, shampoo, dental hygiene, and foot care products; pet products, which comprise pet supplies and pet food; and tobacco products.

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