Stock News: Microsoft (NASDAQ MSFT) Acquires An Analytics Provider

Microsoft (NASDAQ MSFT) has made yet another acquisition. Satya Nadella led company has purchased Analytics provider HockeyApp. HockeyApp is a company which helps app developers with anaytics and distribution. Microsoft has been increasingly leaning to be a mobile-first, cloud-first company and this acquisition proves to be another step in the same direction. HockeyApp is a…

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On Dec 02, Rite Aid Corporation (NYSE: RAD) said that it will release financial results for its Fiscal 2015 Third Quarter, which ended Nov. 29, 2014, on Thursday, Dec. 18, 2014. The company will hold an analyst call at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time with remarks by Rite Aid’s management team. Rite Aid Corporation (NYSE:RAD) belongs…

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Saudi Aramco Mobil Refinery Company Limited (SAMREF), a joint venture of Saudi Aramco and Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM), has completed construction of major desulfurisation facilities, including a new hydrotreater, that dramatically cuts sulfur levels in gasoline and diesel. The project is the largest investment in SAMREF’s history and will reduce the sulfur levels in gasoline…

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Alcatel Lucent SA (ADR) (NYSE:ALU) has appointed ex-Riverbed VP Willem Hendrickx as its President for Europe, Middle East and Africa. At his new role with the France-based vendor he will be responsible for the entire sales and operational management of the company’s activities in the EMEA region. Alcatel Lucent SA (ADR) (NYSE:ALU) belongs to Technology…

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