On Friday, News Corp (NASDAQ:NWSA)’s shares declined -3.75% to $12.82.
News Corp declared that Chief Financial Officer Bedi A. Singh will take part in the Bank of America Merrill Lynch 2015 Media, Communications & Entertainment Conference on Thursday, September 10, 2015, to be held in Los Angeles, CA. The session will start at 12:00 p.m. PDT (3:00 p.m. EDT).
News Corporation, a media and information services company, focuses on creating and distributing content to consumers and businesses worldwide. The company distributes content and data products, such as The Wall Street Journal, Factiva, Dow Jones Risk & Compliance, Dow Jones Newswires, Barron’s, MarketWatch, Dow Jones Private Markets, and DJX through various media channels, counting newspapers, newswires, Websites, newsletters, magazines, proprietary databases, conferences, and video, in addition to applications for mobile devices, tablets, and electronic readers.
Cablevision Systems Corporation (NYSE:CVC)’s shares gained -0.99% to $27.44.
Cablevision Systems Corporation (CVC) and CBS Corporation (NYSE: CBS.A and CBS) recently declared a broad-based multi-year content carriage agreement. The new deal covers retransmission consent for CBS-owned stations, and the continued carriage of SHOWTIME®, CBS Sports Network and Smithsonian Channel™. Financial terms were not revealed.
As part of the new agreement, Cablevision is the first cable or satellite provider to declare plans to distribute CBS All Access and SHOWTIME Internet services to its Optimum Online customers. Pricing plans, timing and other particulars will be offered at a later time.
Cablevision serves more than 3 million customers in the tri-state area with its Optimum-branded TV, phone and Internet services. Optimum TV offers customers access to hundreds of channels, counting more than 80 movie channels; 50 channels of commercial-free digital music; tens of thousands of titles accessible on demand at all times; an interactive programming guide; more than 160 high-definition channels; and uniquely valuable and relevant local content through News 12 Netoperates, MSG Varsity and their companion interactive television applications. Optimum Online offers an unparalleled internet experience, counting a wide range of high-speed internet product tiers that are designed to provide the right speeds for every type of user in addition to access to Optimum WiFi, the nation’s most robust WiFi network with more than 1.3 million hotspots across the tri-state area. For more information on Optimum services visit www.optimum.com.
At the end of Friday’s trade, United Parcel Service, Inc. (NYSE:UPS)‘s shares dipped -1.49% to $95.33.
UPS(R) (UPS) recently declared that ORION (On-Road Integrated Optimization and Navigation), has been named a 2015 Computerworld Data+ Editors’ Choice Award honoree. This prestigious honor recognizes the country’s most elite companies that are successfully leveraging big data initiatives to deliver noteworthy business value.
Each business day, the number of route combinations a UPS driver can make is extremely large and requires a complex mathematical problem to find the optimal path to follow. Using package-level detail and customized online map data, ORION technology comprises proprietary routing software that assists drivers select the most efficient delivery route each day, reducing miles, costs, fuel use and related vehicle emissions, while meeting customer requirements for time-sensitive pickup or deliveries.
The project was originally slated for complete U.S. implementation by 2017; but because of the overwhelming success of the initial rollout, UPS recently fast-tracked the U.S. timeline. UPS aims to deploy ORION to 70 percent of its routes by the end of 2015 and across the entire U.S. network by the end of 2016.
United Parcel Service, Inc., a package delivery company, provides transportation, logistics, and financial services in the United States and internationally. It operates in three segments: U.S. Domestic Package, International Package, and Supply Chain & Freight. The U.S. Domestic Package segment offers time-definite delivery of letters, documents, small packages, and palletized freight through air and ground services in the United States. The International Package segment provides guaranteed day and time-definite international shipping services in Europe, Asia, Canada and Latin America, the Indian sub-continent, the Middle East, and Africa. It offers three guaranteed time-definite express options, counting Express Plus, Express, and Express Saver.
Lowe’s Companies, Inc. (NYSE:LOW), ended its Friday’s trading session with -1.88% loss, and closed at $67.80.
Z-Wave Alliance, a global consortium of over 325 member companies supporting the Z-Wave wireless IoT standard, is excited to declare that home improvement company Lowe’s has joined its membership with the Iris by Lowe’s smart home solution. A retail destination for a variety Z-Wave smart home devices, Lowe’s joins a diverse and growing membership of companies committed to the Z-Wave brand.
Launched in July 2012, Iris by Lowe’s is a smart home solution created to monitor and control virtually everything in the home anytime, anywhere, from a computer, smart phone or tablet. Lowe’s was among the first companies to target the mass consumer market with a broad home automation solution and to introduce a truly open platform, with the customer support that consumers have come to trust from Lowe’s.
Lowe’s Companies, Inc. operates as a home improvement retailer. The company offers products for maintenance, repair, remodeling, and home decorating. It provides home improvement products under the categories of kitchens and appliances; lumber and building materials; tools and hardware; fashion fixtures; rough plumbing and electrical; lawn and garden; seasonal living; paint; home fashions; storage and cleaning; flooring; millwork; and outdoor power equipment. The company also offers installation services through independent contractors in various product categories; extended protection plans; and in-warranty and out-of-warranty repair services. It provides national brand-name merchandise and private branded products.
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