During Thursday’s Morning trade, Shares of Unilever plc (NYSE:UL), gained 0.60% to $43.45.
Unilever, declared it has received a perfect score of 100 percent on the Human Right’s Campaign’s 2016 Corporate Equality Index (CEI). The CEI is a national benchmarking survey and report on corporate policies and practices related to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) workplace equality.
“We are honored to be recognized for an eighth straight year as one of the ‘Best Places to Work’ by the Human Rights Campaign,” said Mike Clementi, Vice President of Human Resources, Unilever North America. “As a company we work extremely hard to create an inclusive workplace—one where we uphold the belief that everyone should be treated equally and can feel comfortable bringing their whole selves to work each day.”
Unilever supports the LGBT community through its PRIDE Group and diversity and inclusion initiatives counting the Ad Council’s “Love Has No Labels” campaign. PRIDE (People Respecting Individuality, Diversity and Equality) is an LGBT Business Resource Group open to all Unilever employees that share a common aim of endorsing respect, individuality, diversity and equality throughout the organization.
Unilever PLC operates in the fast-moving consumer goods market in the Americas, Europe, Asia, Australasia, Africa, the Middle East, Turkey, the Russian Federation, Ukraine, and Belarus. The company operates through Personal Care, Foods, Refreshment, and Home Care segments. The Personal Care segment offers skincare and haircare products, deodorants, and oral care products. This segment markets its products under the Dove, Rexona, Axe, Lux, and Sunsilk brand names
Shares of The Chemours Company (NYSE:CC), inclined 5.14% to $6.14, during its current trading session.
The Chemours Company, has signed a definitive agreement to sell its aniline facility in Beaumont, Texas to The Dow Chemical Company (Dow) for about $140 million in cash. The transaction close is subject to customary approvals and closing conditions.
As part of this transaction, Chemours has reached a contract to meet Dow’s additional aniline requirements with supply from its Pascagoula, Mississippi facility. Chemours will continue to serve other aniline customers from its Pascagoula plant.
“We have moved rapidly since Chemours was created in July to capture substantial cost reductions and streamline our portfolio,” said Mark Vergnano, Chemours president and CEO. “We will continue to take actions to deliver on every aspect of our five-point transformation plan, and to enable greater focus on our businesses that have the strongest advantages and greatest market opportunities.”
The Chemours Company, a chemical company, provides titanium technologies, fluoroproducts, and chemical solutions. Its flagship products comprise brands, such as Teflon, Ti-Pure, Krytox Viton, Opteon, and Nafion. The company produces titanium dioxide, with Ti-Pure for coatings, plastics, laminates, and paper; and fluoroproducts, counting Teflon fluoropolymers, Krytox performance lubricants, Viton fluoroelastomers, and Opteon refrigerants.
Finally, EP Energy Corporation (NYSE:EPE), lost -5.97%, and is now trading at $5.51. The stock holds the market capitalization of $1.38B.
EP Energy Corporation, an independent exploration and production company, acquires and develops unconventional onshore oil and natural gas properties in the United States. The company primarily holds interests in various properties covering about 440,000 net acres that are located in various areas comprising Eagle Ford Shale, South Texas; Wolfcamp Shale, the Permian Basin, West Texas; the Altamont field in the Uinta Basin, northeastern Utah; and Haynesville Shale, North Louisiana.
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