On Thursday, Shares of Twitter, Inc. (NYSE:TWTR), settled at $36.83.
CEO Dick Costolo spoke recently at the Code Conference about Twitter’s future plans on building its audience, according to CNBC.com.
Costolo said that the company’s path to growth is through a combination of building technology internally and acquiring talented entrepreneurs, CNCB.com added.
Despite a poor earnings report last month, the CEO’s mission for Twitter hasn’t changed, as it’s showing tweets to people outside of Twitter, on TV or other platforms like Flipboard, Re/code stated.
Twitter, Inc. operates as a global platform for public self-expression and conversation in real time. It offers various products and services for users, counting Twitter that allows users to create, distribute, and discover content; and Vine and video, a mobile application that enables users to create and distribute short looping videos.
Shares of Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE:LUV), closed at $36.81, during its last trading session.
Southwest Airlines, declared Jason Van Eaton has joined the Company as its new Managing Director of Governmental Affairs. In the newly created position, Van Eaton will lead the Governmental Affairs Team, which is devoted to building and fostering relationships and advocating for Southwest in local communities, at the state level, and in Washington, D.C.
Van Eaton formerly served as former United States Senator Kit Bond’s State Director, in addition to in a number of Leadership roles in the private sector, most recently as Managing Partner of Kit Bond Strategies. Jason returns to the North Texas region, where he received his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and History from Texas Christian University (TCU).
Southwest Airlines Co. operates passenger airlines that provide planned air transportation services in the United States and near-international markets. As of December 31, 2014, it operated 665 Boeing 737 aircraft; and had 12 Boeing 717 aircraft.
At the end of Thursday’s trade, Shares of Orbitz Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE:OWW), closed at $11.17.
Orbitz Worldwide, declared that it is the first travel company to integrate Smart Lock for Passwords, a secure password manager from Google, into Orbitz.com and the Orbitz app for Android.
Customers that sign in to Orbitz.com using Chrome or the Orbitz app for Android will now have the option to save their password with Smart Lock. Smart Lock will remember the password and automatically sign the customer in when they return to Orbitz.com or the app — even when using a different device — minimizing data entry and making it faster to receive the full benefits accessible to signed-in users, which comprise:
- Booking faster: Save recent trip searches across multiple devices — search a trip on one device and book it later using a different device. Plus, check out faster by storing payment information and never worry about remembering passwords.
- Saving money: Get up to 50 percent off thousands of exclusive insider hotel deals in destinations around the world.
- Getting even more value: Become a member of the Orbitz Rewards loyalty program and earn up to 5 percent when booking hotels.
- Becoming an insider: Receive real-time travel details and alerts such as flight delays, gate changes, cancellation and baggage carousel location plus get information about special deals and promotions.
Orbitz Worldwide, Inc. operates as an online travel company worldwide. It uses technology that enables leisure and business travelers to research, plan, and book a range of travel products and services, counting hotels, flights, vacation packages, car rentals, rail tickets, cruises, travel insurance, destination, services and event tickets.
Finally, PPL Corporation (NYSE:PPL), ended its last trade at $34.80.
Unit 2 at PPL Corporation’s Susquehanna nuclear plant in Luzerne County, Pa., resumed generating safe, reliable electricity for the power grid Monday (5/25) after concluding its planned refueling and maintenance outage.
Susquehanna’s nuclear professionals replaced about 40 percent of the unit’s uranium fuel, and performed maintenance and ongoing upgrades. The Susquehanna plant’s two generating units have planned refueling and maintenance outages every 24 months.
The turbine modifications address blade cracking issues the plant has practiced in the past. Similar modifications were accomplished on Unit 1 in 2014. With modifications now complete on both units, the Susquehanna plant does not expect to require any additional special turbine maintenance outages related to this issue.
Additionally, the plant recently accomplished construction of a new facility, in addition to testing and integration of improved portable backup equipment that is part of the U.S. nuclear power industry’s response to the 2011 accident at the Fukushima plant in Japan.
PPL Corporation, an energy and utility holding company, generates, transmits, distributes, and sells electricity to wholesale and retail customers in the United States and the United Kingdom. It operates in four segments: U.K. Regulated; Kentucky Regulated; Pennsylvania Regulated; and Supply.
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