On Tuesday, Shares of Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE:NSC), loss -3.08% to $100.
Norfolk Southern Corporation, stated financial results for first-quarter 2015. Net income for the quarter was $310 million, 16 percent lower contrast with $368 million during the same period of 2014. Diluted earnings per share were $1.00 contrast with $1.17 per diluted share earned in the first quarter last year.
FIRST-QUARTER 2015 RESULTS
- Railway operating revenues totaled $2.6 billion.
- Income from railway operations was $606 million.
- Net income totaled $310 million.
- Diluted earnings per share were $1.00.
- The railway operating ratio was 76.4 percent.
Norfolk Southern Corporation, together with its auxiliaries, engages in the rail transportation of raw materials, intermediate products, and finished goods. As of December 31, 2014, it operated about 20,000 miles of road in 22 states and the District of Columbia.
Shares of XOMA Corporation (NASDAQ:XOMA), declined -3.08% to $3.15, during its last trading session.
XOMA Corporation, declared that Paul Rubin, the Company’s Senior Vice President, Research and Development, and Chief Medical Officer, is planned to present at the Credit Suisse Antibody Day on May 6, 2015 at 8:35 a.m. Eastern time.
XOMA Corporation discovers and develops antibody-based therapeutics in the United States, Europe, and the Asia Pacific. The company’s lead product candidate comprises gevokizumab, a proprietary humanized allosteric-modulating monoclonal antibody that binds to the inflammatory cytokine interleukin-1 beta, which is in Phase III clinical trial for NIU and Behçet’s disease uveitis, pyoderma gangrenosum, active non-infectious anterior scleritis, autoimmune inner ear disease, and cardiovascular diseases, in addition to diseases under the neutrophilic dermatoses designation, Schnitzler syndrome, and other diseases; and various proof-of-concept studies comprising polymyositis/dermatomyositis, Schnitzler syndrome, and giant cell arteritis.
At the end of Tuesday’s trade, Shares of Rite Aid Corporation (NYSE:RAD), dipped -3.08% to $7.88.
Rite Aid Corporation, declared that an improved version of its award-winning loyalty program, wellness+, is now accessible to consumers, thanks to the company’s participation in Plenti. Through Plenti, the first U.S.-based consumer loyalty coalition, Rite Aid will transition its existing loyalty program, of which there are nearly 25 million active members, to wellness+ with Plenti. As part of the Plenti coalition, Rite Aid joins other major retailers counting AT&T, ExxonMobil, Macy’s, Nationwide Insurance, Enterprise Rent-A-Car, Direct Energy and Hulu to offer consumers numerous ways to earn Plenti points and use them for savings.
New and existing wellness+ members can now sign up for wellness+ with Plenti at any Rite Aid store nationwide or online at www.riteaid.com/plenti. Once enrolled, members of wellness+ with Plenti will earn Plenti points on featured items they buy every day at any participating Plenti partner. These points can be used for at least two years for savings at Rite Aid and certain Plenti partners counting Exxon, Macy’s and Mobil.
Rite Aid Corporation, through its auxiliaries, operates a chain of retail drugstores in the United States. The company sells prescription drugs and a range of other merchandise, counting over-the-counter medications, health and beauty aids, personal care items, cosmetics, household items, food and beverages, greeting cards, seasonal merchandise, and other every day and convenience products.
Finally, Delta Air Lines, Inc. (NYSE:DAL), ended its last trade with -3.07% loss, and closed at $43.81.
Delta Air Lines, stated financial and operating performance for April 2015.
Merged passenger unit revenue (PRASM) for the month of April reduced 3.5 percent year over year, as stable domestic unit revenues were offset by foreign exchange pressure and lower surcharges in international markets.
Delta Air Lines, Inc. provides planned air transportation for passengers and cargo worldwide. The company operates in two segments, Airline and Refinery. Its route network comprises various gateway airports in Amsterdam, Detroit, Los Angeles, Minneapolis-St. Paul, New York-LaGuardia, New York-JFK, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Salt Lake City, Seattle, and Tokyo-Narita.
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