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Who is stepping into the ring? The Madison Square Garden Company (NYSE:MSG) today announced that John Sykes, one of the industry’s leading entertainment and media executives, has joined its board of directors as a new independent Class A director. The Madison Square Garden Company is currently pursuing a spin-off of its sports and entertainment business […]

For 400,000 rural locations Windstream (NASDAQ:WIN) has accepted $175 million annually for seven years from Phase II of the Connect America Fund to expand and support broadband service to approximately 400,000 rural locations in 17 states. Administered by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the Connect America Fund provides ongoing funding to support and expand rural […]

Contract to Improve Service Consolidation Efforts for VA Facilities Nationwide Windstream (NASDAQ:WIN), a leading provider of advanced network communications and managed services, announced today that it is one of three awardees of a contract to provide voice, data and Internet services for the federal government’s Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Office of Information and Technology...

Baxalta shares (NYSE:BXLT) shares have risen by more than 13% to 38.47 today following publication of a hostile takeover bid by Shire PLC (LSE:SHP). U.S.-based Baxalta is a $6 billion global biopharmaceutical leader, developing, manufacturing and commercializing therapies for orphan diseases and underserved conditions in hematology, oncology and immunology. Baxalta’s broad and diverse pipeline...

Reported Adjusted EBITDA in excess of capital expenditures QEP Resources, Inc. (NYSE:QEP) today reported second quarter 2015 financial and operating results. The Company reported a net loss from continuing operations of $76.3 million, or $0.43 per diluted share, for the second quarter 2015 compared with a net loss from continuing operations of $106.1 million, or […]

Company hail “Solid Improvement in Sales, Operating Profits and Earnings Per Share” Delta Apparel, Inc. (NYSE:DLA) today reported net sales growth in its fiscal 2015 third quarter ended June 27, 2015, of 1.7% after adjustment to exclude the recently sold The Game branded business. Without such adjustment, net sales for the fiscal 2015 third quarter […]

Total revenue of $70.9 million QuinStreet, Inc. (Nasdaq:QNST), a leader in performance marketing online, today announced financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended June 30, 2015. For the fourth quarter, the Company reported total revenue of $70.9 million, an increase of 5% compared to the same quarter last year. Adjusted EBITDA for […]

Selected to Provide Project Management Oversight Services to the University of Connecticut Hill International (NYSE:HIL), the global leader in managing construction risk, announced today that it has received a contract from the University of Connecticut to provide project management oversight services on an as-needed basis for projects on the University’s main campus at Storrs, the...

What are the details? Reflecting its confidence in the company’s financial strength and capital adequacy, the Board of Directors of American National Insurance Company (NASDAQ:ANAT) declared a quarterly dividend of 80 cents per share, an increase of 3 cents from the prior quarter, on its common stock CUSIP #028591-105, at a meeting held on July […]

Dividend of 10 cents per share approved BP today reported its results for the second quarter of 2015. Underlying replacement cost profit1 for the quarter was $1.3 billion, compared with $2.6 billion for the previous quarter and $3.6 billion for the second quarter of 2014. The result reflected the impact of continued low oil and […]