On Thursday, Shares of The Chemours Company (NYSE:CC), gained 3.42% to $6.04.
The Chemours Company, has signed a definitive agreement to sell its aniline facility in Beaumont, Texas to The Dow Chemical Company (Dow) for about $140 million in cash. The transaction close is subject to customary approvals and closing conditions.
As part of this transaction, Chemours has reached a contract to meet Dow’s additional aniline requirements with supply from its Pascagoula, Mississippi facility. Chemours will continue to serve other aniline customers from its Pascagoula plant.
“We have moved rapidly since Chemours was created in July to capture substantial cost reductions and streamline our portfolio,” said Mark Vergnano, Chemours president and CEO. “We will continue to take actions to deliver on every aspect of our five-point transformation plan, and to enable greater focus on our businesses that have the strongest advantages and greatest market opportunities.”
The Chemours Company, a chemical company, provides titanium technologies, fluoroproducts, and chemical solutions. Its flagship products comprise brands, such as Teflon, Ti-Pure, Krytox Viton, Opteon, and Nafion.
Shares of Foot Locker, Inc. (NYSE:FL), inclined 0.73% to $61.55, during its last trading session.
Kids Foot Locker, part of New York-based specialty athletic retailer Foot Locker, Inc. (FL), is kicking off its “Week of Greatness,” with a 30-second spot featuring NBA star Stephen Curry. Kids Foot Locker’s “Week of Greatness” event – a week of the most anticipated sneaker and gear releases – starts Saturday, Nov. 21 at Kids Foot Locker stores nationwide.
The commercial, titled “Just Like The Pros,” features Curry on the sidelines as a group of kids finish playing a pick-up basketball game. The kids are decked out in the latest Under Armour gear from Kids Foot Locker and tell Curry they want to be just like the pros. Curry doesn’t realize how similar they want to be until he’s hit with evasive answers when posing light-hearted questions.
“We like to have fun with our ‘Week of Greatness’ spots and Stephen Curry was up for the challenge and a really good sport,” said Stacy Cunningham, Executive Vice President of Marketing for Foot Locker. “This is a great way to kick off ‘Week of Greatness,’ our biggest week, showcasing the brand new premium sneakers, apparel and gear that will be available during the holiday season.”
Foot Locker, Inc. operates as an athletic shoes and apparel retailer. The company operates in two segments, Athletic Stores and Direct-to-Customers. The Athletic Stores segment retails athletic footwear, apparel, accessories, and equipment under various formats, counting Foot Locker, Lady Foot Locker, Kids Foot Locker, Champs Sports, Footaction, and SIX:02, in addition to Runners Point, and Sidestep.
Finally, Shares of Western Digital Corp (NASDAQ:WDC), ended its last trade with -3.47% loss, and closed at $62.01.
WDLabs, a business growth incubator of storage solutions leader Western Digital Corp. (WDC), and world leader in storage solutions, introduced a new software platform to simplify and speed up the creation and deployment of VIDITY™ enabled products and services. VIDITY gives consumers the freedom and flexibility to download and store their movies on a wide range of devices and delivers the highest quality playback of content counting 4K Ultra HD movies with high dynamic range (HDR).
The VIDITY Software Platform by WDLabs is built around open standards and will bring VIDITY protocols, security and standards-based manageability into one integrated solution optimized for next generation premium 4K Ultra HD HDR video devices such as TVs, optical media players, and digital media players. The VIDITY Software Platform by WDLabs is supported and validated by the established and expanding VIDITY hardware, software, and certification ecosystem that will provide common building blocks for next generation video devices and Over-The-Top (OTT) services. This new software platform accelerates the availability of VIDITY enabled 4K Ultra HD HDR devices by enabling innovators to focus on value-added features and differentiation.
Western Digital Corporation, together with its auxiliaries, engages in the development, manufacture, sale, and provision of data storage solutions that enable consumers, businesses, governments, and other organizations to create, manage, experience, and preserve digital content worldwide.