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Midday Stars To Watch: Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR), E I Du Pont De Nemours And Co (NYSE:DD), AT&T Inc (NYSE:T), Rite Aid Corporation (NYSE:RAD)

Midday Stars To Watch: Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR), E I Du Pont De Nemours And Co (NYSE:DD), AT&T Inc (NYSE:T), Rite Aid Corporation (NYSE:RAD)

March 16, 2015 3:58 pm by: Category: Business & Finance Leave a comment A+ / A-

Following U.S. Stocks are among the “Most Active” Stocks in the course of recent trading session, Monday: Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR), E I Du Pont De Nemours And Co (NYSE:DD), AT&T Inc (NYSE:T), Rite Aid Corporation (NYSE:RAD)

  • E I Du Pont De Nemours And Co (NYSE:DD), with shares declined -2.24% is now trading at $78.68. The Stock is active as 5.58M shares changed hands versus its average volume of 4.61M shares.
  • AT&T Inc (NYSE:T) with shares raised 0.64% is now trading at $32.97. The Stock is active as 2.53M shares changed hands versus its average volume of 25.14M shares.
  • Rite Aid Corporation (NYSE:RAD) with shares enhanced 0.13% is now trading at $7.46. The Stock is active as 6.21M shares changed hands versus its average volume of 20.27M shares.
  • Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR), with shares dipped -0.51% is now trading at $46.42. The Stock is active as 4.66M shares changed hands versus its average volume of 22.16M shares.

Latest NEWS regarding these Stocks are depicted underneath:

  1. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (NYSE:DD)

According to Reuters, Trian Fund Administration LP said there was “strong interest” among large E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (DD), shareholders to add to the chemical conglomerate’s board a “Trian principal”, a reference to the hedge fund’s Chief Executive Nelson Peltz.

DuPont on Friday rejected Trian’s proposal to add two nominees each to its board and the board of a unit the corporation plans to spin off.

The corporation said it was prepared to accept one of the fund’s nominees, John Myers, in an attempt to end the proxy war.

Trian, which owns a 2.7 percent stake in DuPont, said it was “open to discussing a realistic settlement”, in a letter to the corporation’s board on Monday. The fund said it had received “positive feedback” from DuPont shareholders regarding all of its nominees.

The activist investor is asking DuPont shareholders to elect a “Trian principal” and three other nominees. The fund has also identified chief investment officer Edward Garden as a “Trian principal”, or an alternative to Nelson Peltz.

  1. I. du Pont de Nemours and Corporation operates as a science and technology based corporation worldwide. The corporation’s Agriculture segment offers corn hybrid, soybean, canola, sunflower, sorghum, inoculants, seed products, wheat, rice, herbicides, fungicides, and insecticides.

AT&T, Inc. (NYSE:T)

Today, AT&T, Inc. (T), has invested nearly $300 million in its best-in-class wireless and wired networks in West Virginia between 2012 through 2014, driving a wide range of upgrades to reliability, coverage, speed and performance for residents and business customers.

As part of its Project Velocity IP (VIP), an investment plan focused on network enhancement and expansion, AT&T in 2014 made 217 wireless network upgrades and built 27 new cell sites in West Virginia. Notable investments comprise new LTE cell sites in Braxton, Charleston and Fairmont, expanded network capacity in Beckley, Charleston and Huntington, and mobile internet expansions in Buckhannon, Cabell and Hamlin.

Notable West Virginia network enhancements in 2014 comprised of:

  • LTE expansion in Morgantown
  • LTE cell site upgrades in Logan and Stanaford
  • Mobile internet expansion in Mercer, Milton and Peterstown.

AT&T Inc. provides telecommunications services in the United States and internationally. The corporation operates through two segments, Wireless and Wireline.

Rite Aid Corporation (NYSE:RAD)

On March 10, Rite Aid Corporation (RAD), declared the grand opening of a new store in Harrisburg, Pa. Located at 4999 Jonestown Road, this is the first net-new store built by the Corporation since 2010. U.S. Congressman Lou Barletta (PA-11) joined John Standley, Rite Aid chairman and CEO and Ken Martindale, Rite Aid president and chief operating officer and president of The Rite Aid Foundation, for a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the store.

The new store, which is more than 14,500 sq. ft., features the Corporation’s highly popular wellness store format, of which there are presently more than 1,500 of nationwide. Rite Aid’s wellness store format, which first debuted in spring of 2011, is part of the corporation’s continued commitment to providing services, products and resources to assist its customers and their families live healthy lives.

Twitter, Inc. (NYSE:TWTR)

On March 12, GSV Capital Corp. (GSVC), declared financial results for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2014. Net assets totaled $285.9 million or $14.80 per share at December 31, 2014, as contrast to $15.17 per share at September 30, 2014, and $14.91 per share at December 31, 2013. Twitter (TWTR), GSV’s largest position (presently 15.5% of total portfolio value), declined in stock price over the course of the fourth quarter, from $51.58 per share on September 30, 2014 to $35.87 per share on December 31, 2014. The net effect of this resulted in a decrease in net assets of $9.8 million, or about $0.51 per share. Subsequent to quarter end, Twitter’s stock has raised to $46.27 per share (as of March 11, 2015).

GSV Capital Corp. (GSVC) is a publicly traded investment fund that seeks to invest in high-growth, venture-backed private companies.

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.

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Midday Stars To Watch: Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR), E I Du Pont De Nemours And Co (NYSE:DD), AT&T Inc (NYSE:T), Rite Aid Corporation (NYSE:RAD) Reviewed by on . Following U.S. Stocks are among the "Most Active" Stocks in the course of recent trading session, Monday: Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR), E I Du Pont De Nemours And Co Following U.S. Stocks are among the "Most Active" Stocks in the course of recent trading session, Monday: Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR), E I Du Pont De Nemours And Co Rating: 0

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