On Thursday, Merck & Co., Inc. (NYSE:MRK)’s shares declined -1.13% to $58.43.
Merck (MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, recently declared that Pamela J. Craig, stepped down chief financial officer of Accenture, and Dr. Paul B. Rothman, dean of the medical faculty, vice president for medicine of The Johns Hopkins University and chief executive officer of Johns Hopkins Medicine, will join the company’s board of directors, effective Sept. 1, 2015.
The addition expands the Merck board to 14 members. Ms. Craig will serve as a member of the company’s audit committee, and Dr. Rothman will serve as a member of the company’s research committee. They will both stand for election by the company’s shareholders in May 2016.
Merck & Co., Inc. provides health care solutions worldwide. The company offer therapeutic and preventive agents to treat cardiovascular, type 2 diabetes, asthma, nasal allergy symptoms, allergic rhinitis, chronic hepatitis C virus, HIV-1 infection, fungal infections, intra-abdominal infections, hypertension, arthritis and pain, inflammatory, osteoporosis, male pattern hair loss, and fertility diseases.
Suncor Energy Inc. (USA) (NYSE:SU)’s shares gained 1.17% to $28.63.
Suncor Energy’s Board of Directors has approved a quarterly dividend of $0.29 per share on its common shares, payable September 25, 2015 to shareholders of record at the close of business on September 4, 2015.
Suncor Energy Inc. operates as an integrated energy company. The company primarily focuses on developing petroleum resource basins in Canada’s Athabasca oil sands; explores, acquires, develops, produces, and markets crude oil and natural gas in Canada and internationally; transports and refines crude oil; markets petroleum and petrochemical products primarily in Canada; and markets third party petroleum products. It operates in Oil Sands; Exploration and Production; Refining and Marketing; and Corporate, Energy Trading, and Eliminations segments.
At the end of Thursday’s trade, Canadian Natural Resource Ltd (USA) (NYSE:CNQ)‘s shares surged 2.29% to $25.05.
Canadian Natural Resources Limited (CNQ) declares its Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend on its common shares of C$0.23 (twenty-three cents) per common share. The dividend will be payable October 1, 2015 to shareholders of record at the close of business on September 11, 2015.
Canadian Natural Resources Limited acquires, explores for, develops, produces, markets, and sells crude oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids (NGLs). The company offers light and medium crude oil, primary heavy crude oil, Pelican Lake heavy crude oil, bitumen, and synthetic crude oil (SCO). Its midstream assets comprise three crude oil pipeline systems; and a 50% working interest in an 84-megawatt cogeneration plant at Primrose.
Pan American Silver Corp. (USA) (NASDAQ:PAAS), ended its Thursday’s trading session with 3.72% gain, and closed at $6.14.
Pan American Silver Corp. (PAAS) will declare its unaudited 2015 second quarter results on Thursday, August 13th after market close. A conference call and live audio webcast with a presentation to talk about the results will be held on Friday, August 14th at 1:00 pm ET (10:00 am PT).
Pan American Silver Corp., together with its auxiliaries, operates and develops, and explores for silver producing properties and assets in Mexico, Peru, Argentina, and Bolivia. The company also produces and sells gold, zinc, lead, and copper. It holds interests in the Huaron, Morococha, Alamo Dorado, Dolores, La Colorada, Manantial Espejo, and San Vicente mines. The company was founded in 1979 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.
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