Month: June 2015

Healthcare information software solutions provider Merge Healthcare Incorporated MRGE recently launched its ground-breaking mobile app – Study Connect – to facilitate clinical researchers. Researchers in possession of Merge’s eClinicalOS (eCOS) cloud-based system can now perform a wide range of clinical trial management functions using this app on their iOS-based mobile devices. This multi-functioning app will allow researchers to manage randomized data, inventory, unblind individual subjects in trial and stay connected with real-time customized notifications, among several other significant operations. […]

In a bid to expand its Indian portfolio, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Inc. ’s HOT subsidiary, St. […]

Pharmacy healthcare services provider CVS Health Corp. CVS recently entered into a strategic partnership with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to make available significant information about preventive health services on its websites, MinuteClinic.com and CVS.com/myhealthfinder […]

NBCUniversal, which owns the Spanish language television arm Telemundo, is gearing up to cover the FIFA Women’s World Cup Canada 2015. The event will be kicked off by an opening match between host Canada and China on Jun 6, 2015. Notably, NBCUniversal is a unit of Comcast Corporation CMCSA […]

Recently, United Airlines – the wholly owned subsidiary of United Continental Holdings Inc. UAL – extended its bilateral codeshare agreement with Air China by introducing 22 new air routes between the U.S. and China […]

Alaska Air Group, Inc. ALK posted a significant rise in air traffic for the month of May, this year. Traffic – measured in revenue passenger miles (RPMs) – came in at 2.79 billion, up 10.4% from 2.53 billion recorded in the comparable month a year ago. […]

Reportedly, Yahoo! Inc. YHOO has partnered with National Football League (NFL) to offer the first-ever live online streaming of a single regular-season football game for free. Per the agreement, Yahoo will provide live streaming video of NFL’s International Series game, to be held in London on Oct 25 this year […]

Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. CNQ declared the pricing of medium-term notes worth C$500 million. […]

Security solution provider FireEye Inc. FEYE recently collaborated with the world’s leading payment technology solution provider Visa Inc. […]

NCR Corporation NCR recently announced that Dunkin’ Donuts – part of Dunkin' Brands Group Inc. DNKN – has incorporated its restaurant technology and cloud solutions in the first franchised outlet in Brazil. Dunkin’ Donuts intends to open 65 restaurants using NCR solutions in the country across the Federal District and Goias in the coming years […]

Keeping in line with its acquisitions strategy, Acadia Healthcare Company Inc. ACHC recently announced three acquisitions – two in the U.K. and one in the U.S […]

The J.M. Smucker Company SJM , a leading manufacturer of food products, posted lower-than-expected earnings in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2015, while revenues came ahead of expectations on acquisitions. Adjusted earnings of 98 cents per share missed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 99 cents per share by 1% in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2015 […]

Joy Global Inc. ’s JOY adjusted earnings of 59 cents per share in the second quarter of fiscal 2015 were down 22.4% from 76 cents per share a year ago. Earnings were ahead of the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 55 cents by 7.3%. […]

With a rate hike in the cards and a slew of mixed economic reports, the U.S. stock market might see a tough ride in the months ahead. The Fed is on track to raise the interest rates for the first time since 2006, provided the world's largest economy continues to improve […]

On Jun 4, we issued an updated research report on Reinsurance Group of America Inc. RGA . The company, one of the world’s leading life reinsurers, is recognized for its expertise in risk assessment and capital management, its ability to develop new, highly innovative solutions, and its proven commitment toward its clients. […]

In line with its strategy of achieving growth via acquisitions, Archer-Daniels-Midland Company ADM announced a deal with California Gold Almonds for the purchase of the latter’s tree nut and seed processing assets and operations in Modesto, CA. Per the terms of the transaction, the Modesto processing plant will be acquired on lease, while Archer Daniels will buy ownership rights of the plant’s assets, which include the processing equipment. […]

Pentagon’s prime contractor Lockheed Martin Corp. ’s LMT business unit, Lockheed Martin Missiles & Fire Control (“MFC”), has received a $226.9 million fixed-price-incentive, foreign military sales contract from the U.S. Army for the procurement of several rockets. […]