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FOX News Channel (FNC) has marked yet another historic milestone, notching its 18 th consecutive year as the number one cable news network, according to Nielsen Media Research. Since January 2002, FNC has been the most-watched cable news network in both primetime and total day across total viewers and in the 25-54 demo. This month, FNC also scored its highest-rated month in total viewers since February 2017 with total day and November 2016 with prime. For the 43 rd straight month, FNC crushed...

Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) today announced a quarterly common stock dividend of $0.51 per share, payable March 1, 2020 to stockholders of record on Feb. 7, 2020, as approved today by the Wells Fargo board of directors. Wells Fargo has approximately 4.1 billion shares outstanding. About Wells Fargo Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) is a diversified, community-based financial services company with $1.9 trillion in assets. Wells Fargo’s vision is to satisfy our customers’ financial needs...

The Schall Law Firm , a national shareholder rights litigation firm, announces that it is investigating claims on behalf of investors of Grand Canyon Education, Inc. (“Grand Canyon” or “the Company”) (NASDAQ: LOPE ) for violations of the securities laws. The investigation focuses on whether the Company issued false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose information pertinent to investors. Grand Canyon is the focus of a report issued by Citron Research on January 28, 2020,...

FOX Business Network (FBN) trounced CNBC across Business Day and Market Hours, in addition to claiming the top three programs on business television for the entire month of January 2020, according to Nielsen Media Research. The network’s strong start to the year also delivered placements among the top three programs on business television. FBN’s Lou Dobbs Tonight (weekdays 7-8PM/ET), Varney & Co. (weekdays 9AM-12PM/ET), and Trish Regan Primetime (8-9PM/ET) finished first, second, and third...

Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) conducted a large-scale earthquake exercise on Thursday, Jan. 23, at its new emergency operations center in Vacaville. Hundreds of PG&E employees at that location and elsewhere across the service area took part in the emergency exercise, which simulated a magnitude 7.0 earthquake with the epicenter near Oakland and subsequent aftershocks in the East Bay Area. The company was joined by representatives of several agencies, as either observers or...

Euronext: MEDCL “Clinical development will become a significant part of MedinCell’s expenses and will define the time to market of our products. Bringing on board Richard, with his wealth of knowledge in pharmaceutical development, clinical trial strategy and design optimization will be instrumental to our performance,” states Christophe Douat, CEO of MedinCell. To access the complete version of the press release, visit https://invest.medincell.com/#news About MedinCell MedinCell is a...

Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, today announced that the Board of Directors has declared a quarterly dividend of $0.61 per share of the company’s common stock for the second quarter of 2020. Payment will be made on April 7, 2020 to shareholders of record at the close of business on March 16, 2020. About Merck For more than a century, Merck, a leading global biopharmaceutical company known as MSD outside of the United States and Canada, has been inventing...

AM Best has affirmed the Financial Strength Rating (FSR) of A (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings (Long-Term ICR) of “a+” of the members of Mercury Casualty Group (Mercury) (headquartered in Los Angeles, CA). Concurrently, AM Best has affirmed the Long-Term ICR of “bbb+” of the organization’s publicly traded ultimate parent, Mercury General Corporation (MGC) (Los Angeles, CA) [NYSE: MCY]. In addition, AM Best has affirmed the Long-Term Issue Credit Rating of “bbb+”...

PTC (NASDAQ: PTC) today announced it has been named a leader in a new evaluation of Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) software platforms issued by Forrester Research, entitled, “ The Forrester Wave™: Industrial IoT Software Platforms, Q4 2019 .” The PTC ThingWorx ® IIoT platform offers a broad set of capabilities that provide industrial companies with rich functionality and flexibility, while offering the security and scalability required to deploy IIoT solutions throughout their...

With thunderstorms, a polar vortex and a 133-degree temperature swing between high and low temperatures, Chicago-area weather in 2019 was challenging. Yet, thanks to smart grid investments and the work of ComEd’s 6,000 people, customers enjoyed the best-ever electric reliability. Families and businesses across northern Illinois experienced record-low frequency and duration of outages and overall reliability that improved more than 70 percent since 2012, when the company began investing in a...

Regulatory News : Communiqué de presse - Paris, le 28 janvier 2020 Pernod Ricard (Paris:RI) et les plus grands producteurs mondiaux de bières, vins et spiritueux réunis au sein de l’IARD s’engagent à la mise en place de 5 actions concrètes, partout dans le monde, visant à combattre la consommation d’alcool des mineurs. Afin d’empêcher que les mineurs consomment de l’alcool, la mesure la plus emblématique concerne l’apposition d’un logo ou d’une mention écrite de l’âge...

MetLife, Inc. (MetLife) announced today that it has entered into an agreement with Lockheed Martin Corporation (NYSE: LMT) to provide annuity benefits through its subsidiary, Metropolitan Tower Life Insurance Company, to approximately 20,000 retirees and beneficiaries in Lockheed Martin’s defined benefit (DB) pension plans, representing pension obligations of approximately $1.9 billion. “We are pleased to have been selected to provide guaranteed lifetime income to Lockheed Martin’s...

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Regulatory News: Advicenne (Euronext : ADVIC - FR0013296746 ), société pharmaceutique spécialisée dans le développement et la commercialisation de traitements innovants pour maladies orphelines rénales publie aujourd’hui son calendrier financier indicatif pour l’année 2020. Evénement Date* Résultats annuels 2019 Le vendredi 13 mars 2020 Assemblée générale Le mardi 26 mai 2020 Résultats semestriels 2020 Le vendredi 25 septembre 2020 Clôture de l’exercice au 31 décembre * Sous...

Regulatory News: Advicenne (Euronext: ADVIC - FR0013296746), a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of therapeutic products for rare kidney disease, today published its indicative financial calendar for the year 2020. Event Date* Annual results 2019 Friday, March 13, 2020 General Meeting Tuesday, May 26, 2020 Half-Year Results 2020 Friday, September 25, 2020 Financial year end on December 31 * Subject to change. Publication before market opens. About...

Regulatory News: ABIONYX Pharma (Paris:ABNX) (FR0012616852 - ABNX - PEA PME eligible), a new generation biotech company dedicated to the discovery and development of innovative therapies for patients, today announces its financial agenda for 2020. Events Date* Cash position and activity update for Q4 2019 February 4, 2020 2019 Annual Results March 19, 2020 Cash position and activity update for Q1 2020 April 23, 2020 Cash position and activity update for Q2 2020 July 23, 2020 2020 Half Year...

Regulatory News : ABIONYX Pharma, (Paris:ABNX) (FR0012616852 – ABNX – éligible PEA PME) , société biotech de nouvelle génération dédiée à la découverte et au développement de thérapies innovantes, annonce aujourd’hui son calendrier prévisionnel de communication financière pour l’année 2020. Événements Date* Position de trésorerie et point sur l'activité du T4 2019 4 février 2020 Résultats annuels 2019 19 mars 2020 Position de trésorerie et point sur l'activité du T1...

Williams’ (NYSE: WMB) board of directors has approved a regular dividend of $0.40 per share, or $1.60 annualized, on the company’s common stock, payable on March 30, 2020, to holders of record at the close of business on March 13, 2020. This is a 5.3% increase from Williams’ first-quarter 2019 quarterly dividend of $0.38 per share, paid in March 2019. Some portion of this distribution may be considered a return of capital for tax purposes. Additional information regarding return of capital...

Regulatory News: Abivax (Euronext Paris : FR0012333284 – ABVX) (Paris:ABVX), société de biotechnologie au stade clinique qui mobilise le système immunitaire afin de développer de nouveaux traitements contre les maladies inflammatoires, les maladies virales et le cancer, organisera un Satellite Symposium lors du 15 ème Congrès d’ECCO , le 13 février 2020 de 12h00 à 13h00 CET. Le congrès d’ECCO est le congrès mondial le plus important dans le domaine des maladies inflammatoires...

Fastly, Inc. (NYSE: FSLY), provider of an edge cloud platform, today announced Cloud Optimizer , a new offering that enables critical, high-traffic content delivery by sitting between a company’s content delivery network (CDN) and its central cloud. Cloud Optimizer brings customers with multi-cloud or multi-CDN architectures, especially within commerce and high tech verticals, the real-time control and visibility required to make informed business decisions as quickly as possible, without the...