On Monday, Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN)’s shares inclined 2.09% to $543.68.
Audible Studios, a production arm of Audible.com, declared the release of Locke & Key, a dramatic adaptation of the critically acclaimed graphic novel series by Joe Hill, performed by Haley Joel Osment of Entourage fame and Orphan Black’s Tatiana Maslany. The audiobook, produced in association with IDW Publishing, comprises special appearances by Hill, Kate Mulgrew of Orange is the New Black, comic book illustrator Gabriel Rodriguez, and over 50 professional actors. Recorded at a decrepit and purportedly haunted mansion in New England, Locke & Key’s state-of-the-art sound design and a powerful original score heighten the story’s supernatural twists and turns just as the artwork does in the comic book version. The audiobook is accessible as a free audio download from October 5th to November 4th at audible.com/lockeandkey.
To celebrate the release of the fully dramatized audio production, Audible has also created an immersive virtual reality experience that will be showcased at New York Comic Con startning October 8. The experience, which will be accessible at the Audible booth at the Javits Center, in addition to on YouTube 360, lets fans step into the Locke & Key world and relive a famous scene from the series via a combination of the graphic novel’s breathtaking artwork and the intimacy of Audible narration.
In addition to Osment, Maslany, and Mulgrew, among the acclaimed performers who have narrated operates of literature for Audible are Dan Stevens, Jake Gyllenhaal, Kate Winslet and Tim Robbins.
Audible, Inc., an Amazon.com, Inc. partner (AMZN).
Amazon.com, Inc. operates as an online retailer in North America and internationally. It operates through the North America, International, and Amazon Web Services (AWS) segments.
VIVUS, Inc. (NASDAQ:VVUS)’s shares gained 2.94% to $1.75.
VIVUS, Inc. (VVUS) declared that its Board of Directors has determined that it expresses no opinion and remains neutral toward the unsolicited tender offer by IEH Biopharma LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly-owned partner of Icahn Enterprises Holdings L.P., to purchase any and all of VIVUS’s 4.50% Convertible Senior Notes due 2020.
The Company noted that its Board believes each noteholder should make their own decision as to whether to tender in connection with the Icahn Group’s unsolicited tender offer based on the noteholder’s particular circumstances. It further indicated that its Board believes the determination is a financial decision to be made by each noteholder based on the terms of the tender and the cash price being offered by the Icahn Group. Accordingly, the Board concluded that it would be appropriate to remain neutral as to whether the noteholders should or should not tender the notes.
VIVUS, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, develops and commercializes therapies to address unmet needs in obesity, sleep apnea, diabetes, and sexual health in the United States and the European Union.
At the end of Monday’s trade, ConAgra Foods Inc (NYSE:CAG)‘s shares surged 1.31% to $42.38.
A new study conducted by Creighton University and presented at the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics’ 2015 Food & Nutrition Conference & Expo™ (FNCE®) shows that selecting a high protein breakfast, like egg whites, may not only affect how full and satisfied young women feel during the morning, but may assist them eat less throughout the entire day.
The study found that college-age women ate 10 percent fewer calories daily when they ate a protein-rich egg white breakfast made with Egg Beaters® Original instead of toaster pastries. They also raised their daily protein intake by 24 percent and felt more full and satisfied. Egg Beaters® is simply the egg minus the yolk and provides complete, high-quality protein without the fat and cholesterol of whole eggs.
These findings build on previous research showing that egg whites – with the same calories and twice the volume of whole eggs – are an excellent choice for breakfast, as they assist people feel more satisfied than a whole egg breakfast.
This research was supported by ConAgra Foods, Inc. (CAG).
ConAgra Foods, Inc. operates as a food company primarily in North America. The company operates through three segments: Consumer Foods, Commercial Foods, and Private Brands.
Forum Energy Technologies Inc (NYSE:FET), ended its Monday’s trading session with 6.36% gain, and closed at $13.21.
Forum Energy Technologies, Inc. (FET) declared that it will host its third quarter 2015 earnings conference call at 8:00 AM CDT on Friday, October 23, 2015. Forum will issue a press release regarding its third quarter 2015 earnings proceeding to the conference call.
Forum Energy Technologies, Inc. designs, manufactures, and distributes products to the oil and natural gas industry in the United States and internationally. The company operates in two segments, Drilling & Subsea, and Production & Infrastructure.
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