On Monday, Southern Co (NYSE:SO)’s shares inclined 1.14% to $45.20.
Georgia Power reminds customers to shop and save this weekend during the state of Georgia’s annual sales tax holiday for energy efficient ENERGY STAR® products. Friday through Sunday across the state, shoppers who make a qualifying purchase are exempt from paying state and local sales tax on a number of household items such as appliances, compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs), doors/windows and thermostats.
In addition to saving on sales tax this weekend, customers who purchase qualified ENERGY STAR appliances counting refrigerators, air conditioners, clothes washers and more may be eligible to receive additional rebates from Georgia Power. The company is also offering additional instant savings of $2 – $6 on select packs of ENERGY STAR certified CFL’s and LED’s at participating Costco, The Home Depot and Walmart locations through the end of November.
Georgia’s sales tax holiday marks the start of National Energy Awareness Month, an annual recognition of the central role energy plays in national prosperity, security, and environmental well-being. Throughout October, Georgia Power is sharing news and information on the month-long event using #EnergyAwarenessMonth on Twitter, in addition to creative ways to save money and energy every day using #GAEnergyTips.
Georgia Power is the largest partner of Southern Company (SO).
The Southern Company, together with its auxiliaries, operates as a public electric utility company. It is involved in the generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity through coal, nuclear, oil and gas, and hydro resources in the states of Alabama, Georgia, Florida, and Mississippi.
Newfield Exploration Co. (NYSE:NFX)’s shares gained 2.36% to $36.36.
Newfield Exploration Company (NFX) released its annual corporate responsibility report. The new report highlights the Company’s commitment to corporate responsibility and sustainable business practices in its domestic areas of operation, governance, safety and environmental stewardship, workforce development and community support.
Newfield’s report, Building the Best, captures the sustainable practices presently in place at the Company, and covers the steps the Company plans to take to enhance the future quality and content of its corporate responsibility reporting. The report was developed in accordance with the core level options of the Global Reporting Initiative G4 Guidelines and the disclosures and performance data were cross-referenced with sector-specific reporting guidelines, based on IPIECA/API/IOGP Oil and Gas Industry Guidance on Voluntary Sustainability Reporting. A comprehensive index of reporting elements and environmental, social and governance performance data also is accessible at www.newfield.com/CR.
Newfield Exploration Company, an independent energy company, engages in the exploration, development, and production of crude oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids. The company’s primary areas of operation comprise the Mid-Continent, Rocky Mountains, and onshore Gulf Coast regions in the United States.
At the end of Monday’s trade, Viacom, Inc. (NASDAQ:VIAB)‘s shares surged 2.55% to $45.46.
Viacom Inc. (VIAB,) declared that it will open a two-stage, 88,000 square foot, state-of-the-art production facility in Miami, Florida. The new studio, which was built by the Miami Omni Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) as a public-private partnership with EUE/Screen Gems Studios, will serve as a production hub for Viacom’s global entertainment brands counting Nickelodeon, MTV and Comedy Central.
Located in central Miami, the studio location offers access to a highly skilled, multi-lingual talent pool essential to creating global productions in multiple languages. The facilities will comprise two modern sound stages equipped to create a variety of content simultaneously, from daily scripted series, music specials and game shows to short form content for mobile, digital and on-air.
Viacom Inc. operates as an entertainment content company in the United States and internationally. The company creates television programs, motion pictures, short-form video, applications, games, consumer products, social media, and other entertainment content.
Paychex, Inc. (NASDAQ:PAYX), ended its Monday’s trading session with 1.90% gain, and closed at $48.68.
Paychex, Inc. (PAYX) will hold its Annual Meeting of Stockholders on Wednesday, October 14, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. ET at The Strong Museum, One Manhattan Square, Rochester, New York. This meeting will be simultaneously broadcast over the Internet.
Paychex, Inc. provides payroll, human resource, insurance, and benefits outsourcing solutions for small to medium-sized businesses in the United States and Germany.
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