On Friday, Shares of Staples, Inc. (NASDAQ:SPLS), lost -1.45% to $13.60.
Staples declared that it will present at the Goldman Sachs Global Retailing Conference on Wednesday, September 9, 2015 at about 8:50 a.m. Eastern Time.
Staples, Inc., together with its auxiliaries, operates office products superstores. It operates through three segments: North American Stores & Online, North American Commercial, and International Operations.
Shares of Sysco Corporation (NYSE:SYY), declined -0.85% to $39.57, during its last trading session.
Sysco Corporation has updated its online sustainability report, providing information on the company’s economic, environmental and social responsibility performance. The report, titled “Delivering on Our Commitments,” outlines Sysco’s planned approach to sustainability in its three focus areas of food, operations, and community. Some notable highlights in the report comprise:
- Food - Our industry-leading Integrated Pest Administration Program has expanded to comprise standards that assist protect bee populations.
- Operations - Warehouse efficiency initiatives have generated energy savings of nearly 40 percent since the program’s inception in 2006.
- Community - Purchases from minority- and women-owned suppliers more than doubled in the past eight years, increasing from $400 million to $925 million.
Other activities, such as Sysco’s commitment to sustainable sourcing of wild-caught seafood species and internal recycling programs, are featured. Additionally, Sysco recently named Catherine Kayser to the newly created role of vice president-Corporate Social Responsibility, who will lead the further development of enterprise-wide socially responsible strategies.
Sysco Corporation, through its auxiliaries, markets and distributes a range of food and related products primarily to the foodservice or food-away-from-home industry. It distributes a line of frozen foods, such as meats, seafood, fully prepared entrees, fruits, vegetables, and desserts; a line of canned and dry foods; fresh meats and seafood; dairy products; beverage products; imported specialties; and fresh produce.
Finally, Texas Instruments Inc. (NASDAQ:TXN), ended its last trade with -1.96% loss, and closed at $46.53.
Texas Instruments Orbit Research and the American Printing House for the Blind (APH) recently unveiled the Orion TI-30XS MultiView Talking Scientific Calculator, the world’s first fully accessible multi-line scientific calculator, created for students who are visually impaired, and available for the forthcoming school year. Based on the popular TI-30XS Multiview™ scientific calculator from Texas Instruments, the Orion TI-30XS represents a breakthrough in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education for students with vision impairment.
Today, millions of scientific calculators are used in classrooms around the world and are an integral part of the high school math and science curriculum. However, the popularity and usefulness of scientific calculators has posed a challenge for students who are visually impaired since advanced models used in classrooms have not been accessible, until now. With the introduction of the Orion TI-30XS MultiView, visually impaired students now have access to the same technology as their peers as they tackle demanding subjects such as algebra, statistics, and chemistry.
Texas Instruments Incorporated designs, manufactures, and sells semiconductors to electronics designers and manufacturers worldwide. It operates through two segments, Analog and Embedded Processing.
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