On Friday, Workday Inc (NYSE:WDAY)’s shares inclined 2.62% to $74.09.
Workday, Inc. ( WDAY), a leader in enterprise cloud applications for finance and human resources, recently unveiled Workday Learning, a new application intended to offer a more personalized, meaningful learning experience for organizations to evolve and encourage career development at every stage of the employee lifecycle. Workday Learning will be built into the fabric of Workday`s unified suite of applications counting Workday Human Capital Administration (HCM) and Workday Financial Administration, providing customers with a single system to cultivate their workforce, close talent gaps, and drive business growth.
Declared at Workday Rising Las Vegas 2015, Workday Learning embodies a shift from talent administration to people enablement focused on engaging individuals with more rewarding, diverse work experiences that drive greater alignment between employee development, workforce productivity, and better business outcomes.
Workday, Inc. provides enterprise cloud applications for finance and human resources in the United States and internationally. It offers applications for customers to manage critical business functions that enable them to optimize their financial and human capital resources.
St. Jude Medical, Inc. (NYSE:STJ)’s shares gained 1.67% to $63.81.
S&P 500 constituent Joy Global Inc. (JOY) will replace Thoratec Corp. (THOR) in the S&P MidCap 400, and Verisk Analytics Inc. (VRSK) will replace Joy Global in the S&P 500 after the close of trading on Wednesday, October 7. S&P 500 constituent St. Jude Medical Inc. (STJ) is acquiring Thoratec in a deal predictable to be accomplished on or about that date, pending final approvals. Joy Global has a market capitalization more representative of the mid-cap market space.
Joy Global Inc. manufactures and services mining equipment. Headquartered in Milwaukee, WI, the company will be added to the S&P MidCap 400 GICS (Global Industry Classification Standard) Construction Machinery & Heavy Trucks Sub-Industry index.
Verisk Analytics provides information about risk to professionals in insurance, healthcare, financial services, government, supply chain, and risk administration. Headquartered in Jersey City, NJ, the company will be added to the S&P 500 GICS Research & Consulting Services Sub-Industry index.
St. Jude Medical, Inc., together with its auxiliaries, develops, manufactures and distributes cardiovascular medical devices for cardiac rhythm administration, cardiovascular, and atrial fibrillation therapy areas worldwide. It operates in two divisions, Implantable Electronic Systems, and Cardiovascular and Ablation Technologies.
At the end of Friday’s trade, 3D Systems Corporation (NYSE:DDD)‘s shares surged 2.28% to $11.20.
3D Systems (DDD) declared that, for the third successive year, it is supporting the Inspired Minds education program at TCT + Personalize, to be held in Birmingham, UK on September 30 — October 1, 2015. As part of its commitment to promoting and advancing digital literacy in K-12 education, 3DS will provide its flagship Cube(R) desktop 3D printers and SenseTM 3D scanners for the program, enabling students to experience real world design and manufacturing thinking.
3DS offers educators complete solutions to make 3D design and printing easy, accessible and impactful, empowering students with tomorrow’s skill recently. 3DS’ Education Kits comprise a full ecosystem of 3D printers, scanners, design software and Common-Core guided curriculum.
3DS’ leading desktop and professional solutions will also be on display at TCT + Personalize in several of its partners’ booths, counting Cadventure (Hall 3A, Stand C28), CDG (Hall 3A, Stand K14), Europac 3Dimensional (Hall 3A, Stand E44), Faro Technologies UK Ltd (Hall 3A, Stand B32), HK 3D Solutions (Hall 3A, Stand A36), Physical Digital (Hall 3A, Stand D32) and Print It 3D (Hall 3A, Stand D28).
3D Systems Corporation, through its auxiliaries, operates as a provider of 3D printing centric design-to-manufacturing solutions in the Americas, Germany, and the Asia-Pacific, in addition to other European, the Middle East, and African countries.
B&G Foods, Inc. (NYSE:BGS), ended its Friday’s trading session with 0.25% gain, and closed at $35.80.
General Mills, Inc., (GIS) declared recently it has reached a definitive agreement to sell its Green Giant and Le Sueur vegetable businesses to B&G Foods, Inc., (BGS) for about $765 million in cash, subject to an inventory adjustment at closing.
General Mills will continue to operate the Green Giant business in Europe and select other export markets under license from B&G Foods.
The sale reinforces General Mills’ planned preceding to shape its portfolio for growth, focusing its resources on the brands, categories, and geographic markets that have the greatest future growth opportunities.
The Green Giant and Le Sueur businesses comprised of in the projected transaction, comprised of the U.S., Canada, and select other markets, generated annual net sales of about $585 million in fiscal 2015.
The transaction, which is subject to regulatory approval, is predictable to close by the end of the calendar year. General Mills anticipates to use the net proceeds for share repurchases and debt reduction. The company anticipates the transaction will be dilutive to fiscal 2016 earnings per share in the range of about 5 to 7 cents, not taking into account transaction costs and a one-time gain on the sale.
B&G Foods, Inc. manufactures, sells, and distributes shelf-stable food and household products in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. Its portfolio of products comprise hot cereals, fruit spreads, canned meats and beans, bagel chips, spices, seasonings, hot sauces, wine vinegar, maple syrup, molasses, salad dressings, Mexican-style sauces, dry soups, taco shells and kits, salsas, pickles, peppers, tomato-based products, puffed corn and rice snacks, nut clusters, Greek yogurt coated granola bars and bites, and other specialty products.
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