On Wednesday, Altria Group Inc (NYSE:MO)’s shares declined -0.98% to $51.61.
On April 9, Altria Group Inc. will host a live audio webcast on Thursday, April 23, 2015, at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time to talk about its 2015 first-quarter business results. Altria will issue a press release containing its business results at about 7:00 a.m. Eastern Time the same day. The webcast can be accessed at altria.com.
During the webcast, Marty Barrington, Altria’s Chairman, CEO and President, and Billy Gifford, Chief Financial Officer, will talk about the Company’s 2015 first-quarter business results and answer questions from the investment community and news media.
Altria Group, Inc., through its auxiliaries, manufactures and sells cigarettes, smokeless products, and wine in the United States and internationally. It offers cigarettes primarily under the Marlboro brand; cigars principally under the Black & Mild brand; and moist smokeless tobacco products under the Copenhagen, Skoal, Red Seal, Husky, and Marlboro Snus brand names.
General Electric Company (NYSE:GE)’s shares dropped -0.97% to $27.46, during the last trading session on Wednesday.
Yesterday, General Electric Company (GE) and National Geographic Channel declared recently an unprecedented partnership to present BREAKTHROUGH, a new series produced by Imagine Entertainment and Asylum Entertainment.
Executive produced by Ron Howard, Brian Grazer, Steve Michaels, Jonathan Koch and Mark Dowley, BREAKTHROUGH is an anthology about leading scientists and how their cutting-edge innovations and advancements will change our lives in the immediate future and beyond. The series intends to bring to life the stories, people and technology behind these breakthroughs, and show how they are changing our world.
Each hour-long episode will be directed by a Hollywood visionary, with Angela Bassett, Peter Berg, Paul Giamatti, Akiva Goldsman, Ron Howard and Brett Ratner as the first six directors.
The first episodes, now in production, explore remarkable breakthroughs in brain science, longevity, water, energy, pandemics and cyborg technology. Howard will direct the longevity episode, Giamatti will investigate the latest in technology, Ratner will explore the brain, Berg will tackle pandemics, Bassett will deal with water issues and Goldsman will bring us energy.
Presented by National Geographic and GE, brands long dedicated to innovation, science and exploration, the series will air this fall on National Geographic Channels in 440 million homes in 171 countries and in 45 languages, in addition to on the Spanish language network Nat Geo Mundo. Additional executive producers comprise Michael Rosenberg from Imagine Entertainment, Ryann Lauckner and Kurt Sayenga from Asylum Entertainment, Beth Comstock from GE, and Michael Cascio and Allan Butler from National Geographic Channels.
General Electric Company (GE) operates as an infrastructure and financial services company worldwide. The company’s Power and Water segment offers gas, steam and aeroderivative turbines, nuclear reactors, generators, combined cycle systems, controls, and related services; wind turbines; and water treatment services and equipment.
At the end of Wednesday’s trade, Rite Aid Corporation (NYSE:RAD)‘s shares dipped -0.96% to $8.28.
On April 8, stated operating results for its fourth quarter and fiscal year ended February 28, 2015.
For the fourth quarter, the company stated revenues of $6.8 billion and net income of $1.835 billion, or $1.79 per diluted share. For the full year, the company stated revenues of $26.5 billion and net income of $2.109 billion, or $2.08 per diluted share. Current year results for both the fourth quarter and the full year were favorably influenced by a reduction of the deferred tax asset valuation allowance and a full year provision of income tax expense at a statutory tax rate, the net effect of which resulted in an income tax benefit of $1.716 billion, or $1.67 per diluted share and $1.682 billion, or $1.65 per diluted share in the fourth quarter and full year, respectively. The company stated Adjusted EBITDA of $343.3 million or 5.0 percent of revenues in the fourth quarter and $1,322.8 million or 5.0 percent of revenues for the full year.
The reduction of the tax valuation allowance represents a non-cash benefit to earnings in fiscal 2015. While the company will record charges for income taxes in future periods, it does not expect to pay noteworthy cash taxes for the foreseeable future.
“In the fourth quarter, our strong growth in same-store sales and prescription count in addition to strong cost control assisted drive continued profitability,” said Rite Aid Chairman and CEO John Standley.
Rite Aid Corporation, through its auxiliaries, operates a chain of retail drugstores in the United States. The company sells prescription drugs and a range of other merchandise, counting over-the-counter medications, health and beauty aids, personal care items, cosmetics, household items, food and beverages, greeting cards, seasonal merchandise, and other everyday and convenience products.
Cerner Corporation (NASDAQ:CERN), ended its Wednesday’s trading session with -0.95% loss, and closed at $72.98.
As Thirty years ago, Cerner welcomed its first Canadian client, The Ottawa Hospital, into the Cerner family, Cerner Canada now hosts more than 62,000 Millennium(R) users throughout the country,
Cerner, a global leader in health care information technology, collaborates with our clients to implement solutions that can assist eliminate medical errors, improve outcomes and raise efficiency in over 18,000 health care facilities around the world.
Today, Cerner Canada has 31 client facilities live with Computerized Provider Order Entry (CPOE) with more than 13,000 physicians, nurses, pharmacists and other authorized caregivers viewing patient status, considering evidence, entering orders, documenting their actions and sharing information in a single, easy-to-use patient record.
In 1985, The Ottawa Hospital in Ottawa, Ontario implemented Cerner laboratory solution — PathNet(R). Today, Cerner Canada connects people and systems across nine out of 10 provinces, and more than 400 facilities.
Today, Cerner Canada client Toronto East General Hospital (TEGH) was awarded HIMSS Analytics Stage 6 recognition for EMR Adoption Model℠. TEGH is only the fifth Canadian hospital to achieve Stage 6.
TEGH committed to achieving a fully automated medical record over 15 years ago, knowing this would be a key driver in supporting efficiency, effectiveness and quality in its core business, providing excellent patient care.
Cerner Corporation designs, develops, markets, installs, hosts, and supports healthcare information technology, healthcare devices, hardware, and content solutions for healthcare organizations and consumers in the United States and internationally. The company offers Cerner Millennium architecture, which comprises clinical, financial, and administration information systems that allow providers to access an individual’s electronic health record at the point of care, and organizes and delivers information for physicians, nurses, laboratory technicians, pharmacists, front and back-office professionals, and consumers.
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