During Tuesday’s Current trade, Shares of Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (NYSE:APC), gain 0.69% to $68.81.
The Board of Directors of Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (APC) declared a quarterly cash dividend on the company’s common stock of 27 cents per share, payable Sept. 23, 2015, to stockholders of record at the close of business on Sept. 9, 2015.
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation engages in the exploration, development, production, and marketing of oil and gas properties. It operates through three segments: Oil and Gas Exploration and Production; Midstream; and Marketing. The Oil and Gas Exploration and Production segment explores for and produces natural gas, oil, condensate, and natural gas liquids (NGLs).
Shares of Anthem Inc (NYSE:ANTM), inclined 1.81% to $146.98, during its current trading session.
A.M. Best has upgraded the financial strength rating to A- (Excellent) from B++ (Good) and the issuer credit rating to “a-” from “bbb” of Sterling Life Insurance Company (Sterling) (Chicago, IL). Additionally, A.M. Best has revised the under review implications status on the ratings to developing from positive.
The rating action follows the accomplished acquisition of Sterling by Cigna Corporation (Cigna) [NYSE:CI]. Sterling should benefit from Cigna’s financial strength and parental support if needed. The acquisition of Sterling fits Cigna’s strategy to further enhance the scale of its Medicare supplement business. The ratings of all Cigna’s auxiliaries remain under review with developing implication following the declarement of Cigna’s acquisition by Anthem, Inc. (Anthem) [NYSE:ANTM]. That acquisition is subject to multiple regulatory approvals and is predictable to close in late 2016.
Anthem, Inc., through its auxiliaries, operates as a health benefits company in the United States. It operates through three segments: Commercial and Specialty Business, Government Business, and Other. The company offers a spectrum of network-based managed care health benefit plans to large and small employer, individual, Medicaid, and senior markets.
Vantiv Inc (NYSE:VNTV), during its Tuesday’s current trading session gained 1.93% to $45.49.
Vantiv, Inc. (VNTV), a leading provider of payment processing services and related technology solutions for merchants and financial institutions of all sizes, declared recently that company executives will present at two financial technology conferences this month.
On Thursday, Sept. 10, Nathan Rozof, senior vice president of investor relations at Vantiv, will speak at 2:40 p.m. EDT at the Goldman Sachs Fifth Annual Financial Technology Conference, being held at the Goldman Sachs Conference Center in New York City.
On Thursday, Sept. 17, Charles Drucker, chief executive officer at Vantiv, and Rozof will present at 10:20 a.m. PDT at the Deutsche Bank Technology Conference at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas hotel in Las Vegas.
Vantiv, Inc., through its partner, Vantiv Holding, LLC. provides payment processing services in the United States. It operates through two segments, Merchant Services and Financial Institution Services. The Merchant Services segment offers merchant acquiring and payment processing services, such as authorization and settlement, customer service, chargeback and retrieval processing, and interchange administration to merchants, and regional and small-to-mid sized businesses.
Finally, Ameren Corp (NYSE:AEE), gained 1.13%, to $38.58.
Martin J. Lyons, Jr., executive vice president and chief financial officer of Ameren Corporation (AEE), will meet with institutional investors starting Wednesday, Sept. 9, and ongoing through Thursday, Sept. 10, counting a presentation at the Barclays Energy-Power Conference starting at 11:45 a.m. ET on Thursday, Sept. 10.
Ameren Corporation operates as a public utility holding company in the United States. The company engages in the rate-regulated electric generation, transmission, and distribution; and rate-regulated natural gas transmission and distribution businesses. It primarily generates electricity through coal, solar, wind, nuclear power, natural gas, methane gas, hydroelectric power, and oil. As of February 25, 2015, the company had 2.4 million electric customers and about 900,000 natural gas customers. It serves residential, commercial, and industrial customers in Missouri and Illinois. The company was founded in 1881 and is headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri.
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