Month: August 2015

GW Pharmaceuticals GWPH is set to report third-quarter fiscal 2015 results on Aug 6, before the market opens. Last quarter, the company posted a positive earnings surprise of 52.85%. […]

Scripps Networks Interactive Inc. SNI performed reasonably well in the second quarter of 2015 reporting higher-than-expected earnings and sales. […]

Medical device major Boston Scientific Inc. BSX recently entered into a strategic alliance with Preventice Solutions – a leading provider of wearable cardiac monitors – to expand its portfolio of remote monitoring solutions. […]

In its latest quarterly filing, The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. GS has raised estimates for potential legal losses by 55% to $5.9 billion. According to sources, the increase is triggered by a probable settlement with authorities regarding risky mortgage-backed securities. […]

Westport Innovations Inc. ’s WPRT share price lost 6.1% value to $4.03 on Jul 30 after the company reported loss in the second quarter of 2015. Loss per share in the reported quarter contracted to 27 cents from 42 cents in the prior-year quarter […]

After the recent acquisition of DIRECTV, U.S. telecom behemoth AT&T, Inc. […]

Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. ’s IBKR Electronic Brokerage segment reported a year-over-year improvement in its brokerage metrics for Jul 2015. The segment deals with clearance and settling of trades for both individual and institutional clients on a global basis. […]

After receiving necessary regulatory approvals in Jul 2015, CIT Group Inc. CIT completed the acquisition of IMB Holdco LLC, the parent company of OneWest Bank N.A. This led to the creation of a financial institution with over $65 billion in assets (based on financial data as of Mar 31, 2015) […]

Despite better-than-expected results, Twitter, Inc. TWTR has been sliding downward to a point where it has almost touched its IPO pricing. […]

Charter Communications Inc. CHTR reported mixed second-quarter 2015 financial results. […]

Meritor, Inc. ’s MTOR shares rallied 8.3% on Jul 29 after the company reported strong earnings for the third quarter of fiscal 2015 (ended Jun 30, 2015). […]

Regions Financial Corporation RF is keen on expanding its insurance business in Georgia. The company’s subsidiary, Regions Insurance, Inc., announced its plans to acquire the Georgia-based The A.I Group, Inc on Monday. The A.I Group provides insurance brokerage and employee benefits consulting services to mid-sized and large employers throughout the U.S., with offices in Greater Atlanta and Athens […]

ARIAD Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ARIA is scheduled to report second-quarter 2015 results on Aug 5, before the opening bell. ARIAD has a mixed track record with the company beating estimates in two of the last four quarters with an average positive earnings surprise of 17.55% […]

Duke Energy Corporation DUK is scheduled to report second-quarter 2015 results before the opening bell on Aug 6, 2015. Last quarter, the company posted a positive earnings surprise of 10.71%. […]

Following the furor surrounding the killing of the lion Cecil at Zimbabwe’s Hwange National Park, Georgia-based Delta Air Lines DAL , which has operations in Africa, issued a statement banning shipments of trophy kills on its aircraft. Cecil, who was part of a 13-year Oxford University study, was hunted down last month by a Minnesota-based dentist, Walter Palmer, along with a group of hunters including local guide Theo Bronkhorst, using bows and arrows. The dentist was on a vacation in Zimbabwe and, according to a report appearing in Fortune, paid a fee of $50,000 for the trophy hunting. […]

PartnerRe Ltd. PRE has finally chosen EXOR S.p.A. […]

Shares of Armstrong World Industries, Inc. AWI rose as much as 4.6% since the company reported its second-quarter 2015 results on Jul 30. […]