On Friday, Shares of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN), gained 0.57% to $659.37.
Amazon recently declared it has ordered three new Amazon Original Kids Series—Dino Dana, The Kicks and Lost in Oz—as well as half-hour special Shaun the Sheep: The Farmer’s Llamas to debut on Prime Video. The new series come from creative talent counting Aardman Animations, Bureau of Magic’s Mark Warshaw, Abram Makowka, Darin Mark and Jared Mark (East Los High, Smallville), novelist James Frey (I Am Number Four), and J.J. Johnson (Dino Dan, Annedroids). All three series will be available for Prime members in the US, UK, Germany and Austria and will debut next year. Shaun the Sheep: The Farmer’s Llamas will make its world debut for Prime members in the US on November 13.
“We’re excited to offer our Prime members a beautifully reimagined world in our first original kids 6-to-11 animated series and bring to the screen Alex Morgan’s successful book series with an inspirational role model at the core,” said Tara Sorensen, Head of Kids Programming at Amazon Studios. “Aardman and Sinking Ship are award-winning producers and we’re excited to debut Dino Dana and Shaun the Sheep on Prime Video.”
A follow up to the 2015 Emmy award-winning series Dino Dan, Dino Dana is a preschool program that takes viewers on a whole new level of dinosaur encounters. The series will feature 16 new prehistoric creatures, an adopted baby dino and, for the first time, two sisters. After a chance encounter with Trek and his Dino Field Guide, Dana, a “paleontologist in training,” and her teenage sister Emily, start to see dinosaurs all around them, leading to plenty of action and adventure. Created and directed by J.J. Johnson (Dino Dan, Annedroids), the series will be executive produced by Sinking Ship partners Johnson, Blair Powers and Matt Bishop, co-executive produced by Christin Simms (Dino Dan) and written by Johnson and Simms.
Amazon.com, Inc. operates as an online retailer in North America and internationally. It operates through the North America, International, and Amazon Web Services (AWS) segments. The company serves consumers through retail websites, such as amazon.com, amazon.ca, and amazon.com.mx, which primarily comprise merchandise and content purchased for resale from vendors and those offered by third-party sellers.
Shares of Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc (NYSE:HOT), inclined 0.01% to $77.75, during its last trading session.
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, declared that its Board of Directors declared a regular quarterly dividend of $0.375 per share. The regular quarterly dividend will be paid on December 23, 2015 to stockholders of record as of December 9, 2015.
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc., together with its auxiliaries, operates as a hotel and leisure company worldwide. The company owns, operates, and franchises luxury and upscale full-service hotels, resorts, residences, retreats, select-service hotels, and extended stay hotels under the St. Regis, The Luxury Collection, W, Westin, Le Méridien, Sheraton, Four Points, Aloft, and Element brand names.
Finally, Shares of TRI Pointe Group Inc (NYSE:TPH), ended its last trade with 5.56% gain, and closed at $13.29.
TRI Pointe Group, declared that it will host an Analyst & Investor Day event on Tuesday, November 10, 2015. Presenters at the event will comprise Doug Bauer, CEO, Thomas Mitchell, President and COO, Michael Grubbs, CFO and additional senior executives.
Portions of the Analyst & Investor Day event will be webcast for investors and other interested parties startning at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time.
TRI Pointe Group, Inc., through its partner, TRI Pointe Homes, Inc. designs, constructs, and sells single-family homes in the United States. The company also develops and sells land and lots. It operates a portfolio of six brands across eight states, counting Maracay Homes in Arizona; Pardee Homes in California and Nevada; Quadrant Homes in Washington; Trendmaker Homes in Texas; TRI Pointe Homes in California and Colorado; and Winchester Homes in Maryland and Virginia.