AK Steel Holding Corporation (NYSE:AKS) caters to the Basic Materials space. It has a net profit margin of -5.20% and weekly performance is 8.33%. On the last day of trading company shares ended up $2.99. AK Steel Holding Corporation (NYSE:AKS) distance from 50-day simple moving average (SMA50) is -8.29%.
AK Steel Holding Corporation (NYSE:AKS) is an integrated producer of flat-rolled carbon, stainless and electrical steels and tubular products through its wholly-owned subsidiary, AK Steel Corporation (AK Steel and, together with AK Holding, the Company). The operations of the Company and its wholly owned subsidiaries consist primarily of eight steelmaking and finishing plants, two coke plants and two tube manufacturing plants across six states, which include Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia.
AK Steel Holding Corporation (NYSE:AKS) is looking to hire as many as 100 people for its local operations. West Chester-based AK Steel (NYSE: AKS) will hold two job fairs this week to fill entry-level, hourly production positions at its Middletown Works. These are full-time jobs that start at $18.03 per hour and include benefits, company officials said on 24 August.
Vera Bradley, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRA) ended the last trading day at $10.47. Company weekly volatility is calculated as 5.15% and price to cash ratio as 4.28. Vera Bradley, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRA) showed a weekly performance of 4.70%.
Vera Bradley, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRA) is a designer of women’s handbags, accessories, luggage and travel items, eyewear, and stationery and gifts. The Company sells its products through two business segments: Direct and Indirect. The Direct business consists of sales of Vera Bradley products through the Company’s full-line and factory outlet stores in the United States, verabradley.com, direct-to-consumer eBay sales and the Company’s annual outlet sale in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
Zacks lowered shares of Vera Bradley Inc. (NYSE:VRA) from a hold rating to a sell rating in a report. According to Zacks, “Vera Bradley Designs, Inc. is a designer, producer, marketer and retailer of accessories for women. Its products include handbags, accessories and travel and leisure items.
Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ) shares decreased -0.26% in last trading session and ended the day at $46.07. VZ Gross Margin is 60.30% and its has a return on assets of 4.20%. Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ) quarterly performance is -6.40%.
Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ) is a holding company that, acting through its subsidiaries, provides communications, information and entertainment products and services to consumers, businesses and governmental agencies. Its segments include Wireless and Wireline. The Wireless segment includes the Cellco Partnership doing business as Verizon Wireless.
Verizon Wireless has named Keith Gladhill president of its Houston/Gulf Region. He replaces Krista Bourne, who was recently named president of the Carolinas and Tennessee region for Verizon Communication Inc. (NYSE:VZ). In this role, Gladhill will lead more than 1,500 employees and will be responsible for directing sales, marketing, operations and financial performance across an area stretching from southeastern Texas along the Gulf Coast to the Florida Panhandle.
Merck & Co. Inc. (NYSE:MRK) ended the last trading day at $55.37. Company weekly volatility is calculated as 7.30% and price to cash ratio as 13.72. Merck & Co. Inc. (NYSE:MRK) showed a weekly performance of -0.72%.
Merck & Co., Inc. (NYSE:MRK) is a global health care company. The Company offers health solutions through its prescription medicines, vaccines, biologic therapies and animal health products, which it markets directly and through its joint ventures. The Company’s Pharmaceutical segment includes human health pharmaceutical and vaccine products marketed either directly by the Company or through joint ventures.
Merck & Co. Inc. (NYSE:MRK) has recently suffered a setback in the Philippines, after the Health Department quietly abandoned a school-based free vaccination program against the cancer-causing human papilloma virus.
Pep Boys – Manny, Moe & Jack (NYSE:PBY) caters to the Services space. It has a net profit margin of -0.70% and weekly performance is 8.10%. On the last day of trading company shares ended up $11.74. Pep Boys – Manny, Moe & Jack (NYSE:PBY) distance from 50-day simple moving average (SMA50) is -0.49%.
Pep Boys-Manny, Moe & Jack (NYSE:PBY) is a service and automotive aftermarket company. The Company’s stores are organized into a hub and spoke network, including supercenters and service and tire centers. Supercenters average approximately 20,000 square feet and combine do-it-for-me (DIFM) service labor, installed merchandise and tire offerings with do-it-yourself (DIY) parts and accessories.
Automotive aftermarket service and retail chain Pep Boys – Manny, Moe & Jack (NYSE:PBY) will hold its second quarter fiscal year 2015 earnings conference call on Wednesday, 9 September 2015. The conference call will begin at 8:30 a.m. EDT.