On Friday, Shares of Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL), lost -0.25% to $114.71.
On September 9, Apple declared the all-new Apple TV®, bringing a revolutionary experience to the living room based on apps built for the television. Apps on Apple TV let you choose what to watch and when you watch it. The new Apple TV’s remote features Siri®, so you can search with your voice for TV shows and movies across multiple content providers simultaneously.
The all-new Apple TV is built from the ground up with a new generation of high-performance hardware and introduces an intuitive and fun user interface using the Siri Remote™. Apple TV runs the all-new tvOS™ operating system, based on Apple’s iOS, enabling millions of iOS developers to create innovative new apps and games specifically for Apple TV and deliver them directly to users through the new Apple TV App Store™.
The new Siri Remote dramatically simplifies how you select, scroll and navigate through your favorite content while bringing unique interactivity to the new Apple TV by using a glass touch surface that handles both small, accurate movements in addition to big, sweeping ones. Adding touch to Apple TV creates a natural, connected experience, even if the TV screen is on the other side of the room. Developers can take advantage of the built-in accelerometer and gyroscope, and the touch surface on the Siri Remote to create games and other app experiences that have never been seen on TV before.
Apple Inc. (Apple) designs, manufactures and markets mobile communication and media devices, personal computers, and portable digital music players, and a variety of related software, services, peripherals, networking solutions, and third-party digital content and applications.
Shares of Dow Chemical Co (NYSE:DOW), declined -0.35% to $42.34, during its last trading session.
Working Mother magazine recently named The Dow Chemical Company (DOW) to the 2015 Working Mother 100 Best Companies list. This award honors companies that demonstrate commitment to progressive workplace programs, counting advancement of women, flexibility, child care and paid parental leave. Dow also declared recently its 2015 Working Mother of the Year, Mary Meyer. The Working Mother of the Year honor recognizes a working mom who succeeds in balancing work and family, serves as positive role model and mentor, and distinguishes herself in the community.
This year marks the third time in the award’s 30 year history that Dow has received this prestigious recognition from Working Mother. Dow and Meyer will be honored at the Working Mothers 100 Best Companies Work Life Congress on Oct. 14-15 at the New York Marriott Marquis in Times Square. Honorees will also attend the 100 Best Companies Gala Awards Dinner and take part in an awards presentation ceremony. The 100 Best Companies are featured in the October/November issue of Working Mother and on workingmother.com.
Dow’s 2015 Working Mother of the Year
Mary Meyer serves as Maintenance Group Leader for Plastics Central Maintenance at Dow Louisiana Operations. Meyer began her Dow career in 2006 as a maintenance and reliability engineer. Meyer lives in Brusly, La. with her husband, Justin, and they are the proud parents of four children. Beyond her professional role at Dow and her personal role as mother, Meyer is chairperson for the Louisiana Operations 2015 United Way Campaign, a Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) ambassador, and a Women’s Innovation Network (WIN) steering team member. She is also an active member of St. John the Baptist Catholic Church.
The Dow Chemical Company (Dow) is as an integrated science and technology company. The Company is a diversified, manufacturer and supplier of products used primarily as raw materials in the manufacture of customer products and services across the world.
Shares of Abbott Laboratories (NYSE:ABT), declined -2.58% to $40.86, during its last trading session.
The board of directors of Abbott Laboratories declared a quarterly common dividend of 24 cents per share.
This marks the 367th successive quarterly dividend to be paid by Abbott since 1924. The cash dividend is payable Nov. 15, 2015, to shareholders of record at the close of business on Oct. 15, 2015.
Abbott has raised its dividend payout for 43 successive years and is a member of the S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats Index, which tracks companies that have annually raised their dividend for 25 successive years.
Abbott Laboratories (Abbott) is engaged in the discovery, development, manufacture and sale of a range of health care products. Abbott operates in four business segments: Established Pharmaceutical Products, Diagnostic Products, Nutritional Products, and Vascular Products.
Finally, Atmel Corporation (NASDAQ:ATML), ended its last trade with -0.37% loss, and closed at $8.02.
Dialog Semiconductor (DLG.DE) and Atmel Corporation (ATML) declared recently that Dialog has agreed to acquire Atmel in a cash and stock transaction for total consideration of about $4.6 billion. The acquisition creates a global leader in both Power Administration (2) and Embedded Processing solutions. The transaction results in a fast growing and innovative powerhouse, supporting Mobile Power, IoT and Automotive customers. The combined company will address an attractive, fast growing market opportunity of about $20 billion by 2019.
Dialog will complement its leadership position in Power Administration ICs with a leading portfolio of proprietary and ARM® based Microcontrollers in addition to high performance ICs for Connectivity, Touch and Security. Dialog will also leverage Atmel’s established sales channels to significantly diversify its customer base. Through realized synergies, we expect the combination will deliver an improved operating model and enable new revenue growth opportunities.
“The rationale for the transaction we are proposing recently is clear – and the potential this combination holds is exciting. By bringing together our technologies, world-class talent and broad distribution channels we will create a new, powerful force in the semiconductor space. Our new, enlarged company will be a diversified, high-growth market leader in Mobile Power, IoT and Automotive. We firmly believe that by combining Power Administration, Microcontrollers, Connectivity and Security technologies, we will create a strong platform for innovation and growth in the large and attractive market segments we serve. This is an important and proud milestone in the evolution of our Dialog story,” said Jalal Bagherli, Dialog Chief Executive Officer.
“This transaction combines two successful companies and will create noteworthy value for Atmel and Dialog shareholders, customers and employees. Adding Dialog’s world-class capabilities in Power Administration with Atmel’s keen focus on Microcontrollers, Connectivity and Security will enable Dialog to more effectively target high-growth applications within the Mobile, IoT and Automotive markets,” said Steven Laub, Atmel President and Chief Executive Officer.
Atmel Corporation is a designer, developer and supplier of microcontrollers. The Company operates through four segments: Microcontroller, Nonvolatile Memory, Automotive and Multi-Market and Other. The Microcontroller segment comprises the Company’s general purpose microcontroller and microprocessor families, AVR 8-bit and 32-bit products, Atmel SMART ARM based products, its 8051 8-bit products, and designated commercial wireless products, among others.
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