On Friday, Shares of Box Inc (NYSE:BOX), gained 10.85% to $15.53.
Box, declared that 25-year IT industry veteran Paul Chapman has joined the company as its Chief Information Officer (CIO), responsible for driving a broad range of IT initiatives to support the company’s more than 1,200 employees worldwide and customer base of 47,000 organizations. Chapman, most recently CIO of HP Software for Hewlett-Packard Company (HP), brings a track record of leadership in optimizing business operations and driving productivity across global workforces.
“Paul has demonstrated outstanding leadership throughout his career in managing IT as a planned asset and growth lever,” said Aaron Levie, co-founder and CEO of Box. “His proven ability in creating initiatives that build business value and support employees, customers and partners will be invaluable as we continue to scale and create transformative software that assists businesses become digital enterprises.”
Box, Inc. provides a cloud-based enterprise content partnership platform that enables organizations of various sizes to access, store, share, and manage their content/information.
Shares of Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ:ILMN), inclined 0.40% to $210.50, during its last trading session.
Illumina, declared Illumina Accelerator—the world’s first business accelerator focused solely on creating an innovation ecosystem for the genomics industry—has selected three new startups for its second funding cycle. Selected from a competitive pool of highly qualified applicants, the new startups from across the globe are spurring genomics innovation in healthcare, agriculture, and the winemaking industry.
“We are delighted to invite such a promising group of cutting-edge startups to Illumina Accelerator,” said Illumina Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Mostafa Ronaghi, Ph.D. “Their ability to build innovative solutions to shape the future of genomics inspires us, and we’re thrilled to provide them with tools and resources to build a successful future.”
Illumina, Inc. provides sequencing and array-based solutions for genetic analysis in North America, Europe, Latin America, the Asia-Pacific, the Middle East, and South Africa. The companys products comprise sequencing platforms that are based on its SBS technology, which provides researchers with various ranges of applications and the ability to sequence mammalian genomes; and array platforms comprise of HiScan and iScan systems, in addition to NextSeq 550 system that are array scanners for DNA and RNA analysis applications, counting single nucleotide polymorphism genotyping, copy number variations analysis, gene expression analysis, and methylation analysis.
At the end of Friday’s trade, Shares of Scientific Games Corp (NASDAQ:SGMS), lost -0.62% to $12.77.
Scientific Games Corporation, stated results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2015.
“Throughout the second quarter we made further noteworthy progress on implementing our key initiatives targeting revenue growth opportunities, advancing our comprehensive integration efforts and implementing our planned cost savings,” said Gavin Isaacs, Scientific Games’ President and Chief Executive Officer. “We have heightened our focus on innovation to take advantage of the unique value proposition we can deliver to drive growth for our customers, and we’re looking forward to a strong showing next week at the Australia Gaming Expo, and demonstrating our entire portfolio of innovative solutions in the next two months at the Global Gaming Expo (“G2E”) and National Association of State and Provincial Lotteries (“NASPL”) conference.
Impact of Certain Noteworthy Charges and Other Items
In the 2015-second quarter, the Company recorded certain charges and other items, counting items related to the integration of the Bally and WMS acquisitions that influenced the comparability of stated results. In the 2014-second quarter, the Company had recorded employee termination and restructuring costs of $4.9 million and M&A and other charges of $2.9 million primarily associated with the WMS acquisition, together with $0.4 for legal contingencies and settlements.
Scientific Games Corporation develops technology-based products and services, and associated content for the gaming and lottery industries worldwide. The company operates through three segments: Gaming, Lottery, and Interactive.
Finally, Vishay Intertechnology (NYSE:VSH), ended its last trade with -0.75% loss, and closed at $10.53.
Vishay Intertechnology, declared its results for the fiscal quarter and six fiscal months ended July 4, 2015.
Revenues for the fiscal quarter ended July 4, 2015 were $590.5 million, contrast to $641.9 million for the fiscal quarter ended June 28, 2014. The net earnings attributable to Vishay stockholders for the fiscal quarter ended July 4, 2015 were $26.3 million, or $0.17 per diluted share, contrast to $35.6 million, or $0.23 per diluted share for the fiscal quarter ended June 28, 2014.
Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. manufactures and supplies discrete semiconductors and passive components in the United States, Europe, and Asia. The company operates in five segments: MOSFETs, Diodes, Optoelectronic Components, Resistors & Inductors, and Capacitors.
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