During Wednesday’s current trade, Eastman Chemical Company (NYSE:EMN)’s shares gained 1.92%, to $78.44.
Mark Costa, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Eastman Chemical Company (EMN), will address the Deutsche Bank Global Industrials and Basic Materials Conference in Chicago on June 4, 2015 at 10:40 a.m. CT.
Eastman Chemical Company, a specialty chemical company, manufactures and sells materials, chemicals, and fibers in the United States and internationally. The company’s Additives & Functional Products segment offers solvents, such as specialty coalescents and ketones and esters, glycol ethers, and alcohol solvents; cellulose and polyester-based specialty polymers, and paint additives; insoluble sulfur products; antidegradants; hydrocarbon resins; specialty intermediates, performance products, and formic acid; and alkylamine derivatives.
H & R Block Inc (NYSE:HRB)’s shares jumped 0.88% to $32.24, during the current trading session Wednesday’s.
H&R Block, Inc. (HRB) transformation from a diversified financial services company into a focused tax services play as a driver of earnings growth acceleration, with the anticipated divestiture of HRB Bank serving as an intermediate-term catalyst for growth and returns,” analysts said.
They added that increasing tax complexities from the Affordable Care Act, improving employment trends in the U.S. and positive execution by new administration combine to create an attractive operating outlook.
However, they noted some key risks, which comprise cyclical exposure, heavy competition, failure to divest retail bank, regulatory risk, and integration risk.
H&R Block provides tax preparation and related services to the general public primarily in the U.S., Canada, and Australia.
H&R Block, Inc., through its auxiliaries, provides tax preparation and related services to the general public primarily in the United States, Canada, and Australia. The company offers assisted income tax return preparation and related services through a system of retail offices operated directly by the company or by franchisees; and online tax services, such as tax advice, professional and do-it-yourself (DIY) tax return preparation, and electronic filing services through its Website hrblock.com.
In a mid-morning trade, DiamondRock Hospitality Company (NYSE:DRH)‘s shares declined -0.64%, to $13.19.
Diamondrock Hospitality Co. (DRH) declared that its Board of Directors declared a quarterly dividend of $0.125 per share to stockholders of record as of June 30, 2015. The dividend will be paid on July 14, 2015.
DiamondRock Hospitality Company, a lodging focused real estate company, owns premium hotels and resorts in North America. The company operates its hotels under the Hilton, Marriott, and Westin brand names in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston, and Atlanta; and in destination resort locations, such as the United States Virgin Islands and Colorado.
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