On Thursday, Shares of HCA Holdings Inc (NYSE:HCA), lost -0.12% to $68.59.
HCA, declared the acquisition of Urgent Care Extra’s Nevada operations, which comprise 14 urgent care centers in Las Vegas.
The 14 centers join HCA’s Sunrise Health System in Las Vegas, which comprises four hospitals and four surgery centers. The purchase also comprises six additional urgent care centers that are under development in the market.
“This acquisition adds a strong network of leading urgent care centers to our Las Vegas network and complements our presence in the market,” said Sam Hazen, HCA’s chief operating officer. “Additionally, the acquisition builds on HCA’s strategy to improve patient access to our healthcare system in the markets we serve.”
In 2014, HCA attained 24 urgent care centers in the Dallas-Fort Worth area from CareNow. With this acquisition, HCA now has 65 urgent care centers in various markets.
HCA Holdings, Inc., through its auxiliaries, provides health care services in the United States. It operates general, acute care hospitals that offer medical and surgical services, counting inpatient care, intensive care, cardiac care, diagnostic, and emergency services; and outpatient services, such as outpatient surgery, laboratory, radiology, respiratory therapy, cardiology, and physical therapy services.
Shares of Southwest Airlines Co (NYSE:LUV), inclined 0.05% to $46.67, during its last trading session.
Southwest Airlines Co., stated its October and year-to-date preliminary traffic statistics. The Company flew 10.0 billion revenue passenger miles (RPMs) in October 2015, a 10.8 percent improvement from the 9.0 billion RPMs flown in October 2014. Available seat miles (ASMs) raised 7.2 percent to 11.6 billion in October 2015, contrast with the October 2014 level of 10.8 billion. The October 2015 load factor was a record for the month of October at 85.9 percent, contrast with 83.1 percent in October 2014. Based on these results and current trends, the Company continues to estimate its fourth quarter 2015 operating revenue per ASM (RASM) will improvement about 1.0 percent, contrast with fourth quarter 2014.
For the first ten months of 2015, the Company flew 97.7 billion RPMs, contrast with 90.3 billion RPMs flown for the same period in 2014, an improvement of 8.3 percent. Year-to-date 2015 ASMs raised 6.9 percent to a level of 116.7 billion, contrast with 109.2 billion for the same period in 2014. The year-to-date load factor was 83.7 percent, contrast with 82.7 percent for the same period in 2014.
Southwest Airlines Co. operates passenger airlines that provide planned air transportation services in the United States and near-international markets. As of December 31, 2014, it operated 665 Boeing 737 aircraft; and had 12 Boeing 717 aircraft. The company served 93 destinations in 40 states, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, in addition to 5 near-international countries, counting Mexico, Jamaica, The Bahamas, Aruba, and the Dominican Republic.
Finally, Shares of Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:ASTI), ended its last trade with -8.47% loss, and closed at $0.143.
Ascent Solar Technologies, declare the brand won 11 prestigious marketing awards in 2015, counting 3 from the International MARCOM Awards, 4 from the Hermes Creative Awards and 4 from the Colorado American Marketing Association.
EnerPlex garnered Colorado American Marketing Association (COAMA) awards in the Television/Radio and Tradeshow/Conference/Special Events categories. Counting Gold Awards in each category and COAMA’s top honor, the Grand Peak Award, given in recognition of the flagship launch commercial for the brand’s Surfr battery and solar case, which can be seen here.
Justin R. Jacobs, Manager of Brand Development for Ascent Solar & EnerPlex said, “The EnerPlex team is honored by these awards from the Colorado American Marketing Association, International MARCOM and Hermes Creative. At EnerPlex, we pride ourselves on not only providing innovative solutions for people’s mobility power needs, but finding inventive ways to communicate how our products can make lives easier, simpler and safer, a aim which is clearly recognized by these honors.”
Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc., a development stage company, designs and manufactures photovoltaic integrated consumer electronics; and portable power applications for commercial and military users. The company offers Surfr, a battery and a solar case for the Apple iPhone 4/4S smart phone, in addition to for the Samsung Galaxy S III smart phone; EnerPlex Kickr, a portable solar charging device; and EnerPlex Jumpr, a portable power bank.