During Wednesday’s Current trade, Shares of Anthem Inc(NYSE:ANTM), gain 0.47% to $149.47.
Thanks to a generous $213,120 grant from the Anthem Foundation, the United States Association of Blind Athletes (USABA) is happy to implement the National Fitness Challenge for the fourth successive year. During the next year, the USABA is partnering with 12 agencies throughout the United States to provide more than 500 blind and visually impaired adults with opportunities to enhance their physical fitness levels and live healthier, more active lives.
The aim of this program is to raise the physical activity levels of each participant to the level recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). This year’s program will integrate the use of technology and social media to assist the participants set aims, create team environments and encourage leadership. The USABA will provide each participant with a Fitbit, which provides a universal way to measure many kinds of activities, calories burned and the number of steps taken. Some of the activities comprised of in this year’s challenge comprise aimball, indoor rowing (outdoor if accessible), running, judo, yoga and couch to 5k/half marathon programs.
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.
Shares of Tesoro Corporation (NYSE:TSO), inclined 3.67% to $97.82, during its current trading session.
Tesoro Corporation (TSO), together with Savage and BNSF Railway, recently gave local business leaders an opportunity to observe and learn about the improved safety features of Tesoro’s new DOT 120 crude oil rail cars at the Port of Vancouver USA.
In addition to showcasing the rail cars, officials with Tesoro and Savage, who are joint venture partners in the projected Vancouver Energy terminal at the Port of Vancouver USA, presented new public opinion research results showing strong support for the terminal by voters in Clark County.
The event focused on crude oil-by-rail safety in Washington state; the safe operations and handling of crude oil at the Port of Vancouver USA and projected Vancouver Energy crude oil-by-rail to marine loading terminal; and the DOT 120 rail cars’ additional features that make them safer and better equipped to transport crude oil than previous models. The rail cars meet the safety requirements of the new U.S. Department of Transportation standard with a thicker tank shell, full-height head shields, a tank jacket and upgraded bottom outlet valve handle. Features that exceed the new standard comprise a thicker tank head than required; both thermal protection and a high-flow pressure relief valve; protective housing for the manway; and two times the rated tank test pressure.
Tesoro Corporation, through its auxiliaries, engages in petroleum refining and marketing activities in the United States. It operates in three segments: Refining, Tesoro Logistics LP (TLLP), and Retail.
Nielsen Holdings PLC(NYSE:NLSN), during its Wednesday’s current trading session decreased -0.02% to $47.08.
Nielsen released Increasingly Affluent, Educated and Diverse: African-American Consumers - the Untold Story, the fifth installment in its Diverse Intelligence Series. This new report is inclusive of insights about affluent Black consumers with annual household incomes of $75,000 and higher and upends outdated stereotypes about African-Americans, from education and income to media consumption and social engagement. The report was released at a press conference during the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Inc.’s 45th Annual Legislative Conference in Washington, D.C.
Increasingly Affluent, Educated and Diverse: African-American Consumers - the Untold Story explores the evolution of upper-income Black Americans as the population continues to grow and change rapidly. At 45.7 million strong [1], the nation’s Black population grew at 17.7% from 2000 to 2014 — 35% faster than the total population and double the 8.2% growth rate of the White population. The growth rate of the Black population is partly attributed to the surge in Black immigration from the Caribbean, Africa and some European countries, making the overall population incredibly diverse. The number of foreign-born Blacks in the U.S. has quadrupled since 1980, accounting for 3.8 million of the nation’s Black population. Foreign-born Blacks are contributing to raised incomes in the African-American community: their median household incomes are 30% higher than U.S.-born Blacks.
Nielsen Holdings plc operates as an information and measurement company. The company provides media and marketing information, analytics, and manufacturer and retailer expertise about what and where consumers buy, read, watch, and listen. Its Buy segment provides data on retail measurement services, such as market share and competitive sales volumes; insights into distribution, pricing, merchandising, and promotion; consumer panel measurement, which offers insight into shopper behavior and customer segmentation; and consumer intelligence and analytical services for decision making in development and marketing cycles.
Finally, Thor Industries, Inc.(NYSE:THO), decreased -0.72%, to $50.95.
Thor Industries, Inc. (THO), the sole owner of operating auxiliaries that, combined, represent one of the world’s largest manufacturers of recreational vehicles, recently declared that its Heartland Recreational Vehicles, LLC partner (“Heartland”) has selected Nampa, Idaho, as the location for its new manufacturing facility to produce the company’s popular Heartland line of travel trailers. Once accomplished, Heartland anticipates to use the manufacturing facility to expand production for West Coast markets. The total estimated investment is about $11-12 million for the 248,000 square-foot facility, which is predictable to employ about 120 new workers and start production in the first quarter of calendar 2016.
The facility will initially employ about 120 people and house one production line together with a lamination line to support production. The complex will initially produce one of Heartland’s lightweight laminated product lines and Cruiser RV’s laminated travel trailers will be added when the second production line is established. Since the complex is located on 25 acres, Heartland will have additional opportunities for future expansion to effectively serve the needs of its western dealers.
Thor Industries, Inc., through its auxiliaries, designs, manufactures, and sells a range of recreational vehicles, and related parts and accessories in the United States and Canada. It operates through two segments, Towable Recreational Vehicles and Motorized Recreational Vehicles.
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