As Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ:CMCSA) tries to win over regulators reviewing its controversial merger with Time Warner Cable, its well-honed lobbying campaign often highlights a company program offering Internet to low-income families. In the Washington area, ads promoting the program, known as Internet Essentials, plaster the Metro and flood radio waves during the morning commute. In a recent video on Comcast’s Web site, NBC News reporter Andrea Mitchell touted the benefits of the program, which offers Internet for $10 a month to families whose children qualify for free or reduced-price lunches at school. Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ:CMCSA) net profit margin is 10.90% and weekly performance is 4.60%. On last trading day company shares ended up $51.00. Analysts mean target price for the company is $60.77. Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ:CMCSA) distance from 50-day simple moving average (SMA50) is 1.09%.
Synergy Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:SGYP) announced that updated preclinical data on the company’s second-generation uroguanylin analog, SP-333, will be presented during a poster session at Digestive Disease Week (DDW) in Chicago, May 3 – May 6, 2014. Synergy Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:SGYP) shares fell 0.80% in last trading session and ended the day on $3.78. SGYP Gross Margin is return on assets is -89.10%. Synergy Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:SGYP) quarterly performance is -25.74%.
On May 1, 2014, Imperva Inc (NYSE:IMPV), pioneering the third pillar of enterprise security with a new layer of protection designed specifically for physical and virtual data centers, announced financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2014. Revenue: Total revenue for the first quarter of 2014 was $31.5 million compared to $28.6 million in the first quarter of 2013. Within total revenue, product revenue was $12.0 million compared to $14.2 million in the same period last year. Imperva Inc (NYSE:IMPV) shares moved down -0.48% in last trading session and was closed at $18.57, while trading in range of $18.40 – $193.18. Imperva Inc (NYSE:IMPV) year to date (YTD) performance is -61.42%.
Norway-based oil-and-gas company Statoil (STO) has awarded CHC Group Ltd (NYSE:HELI) Canada a contract to provide vital helicopter transportation to Statoil’s new exploration rig in the Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Newfoundland. The 18-month contract calls for CHC Canada to operate two Sikorsky S-92 aircraft on behalf of Statoil. The helicopters will fly between their home base in St. John’s, Newfoundland, where CHC Canada is establishing a local presence, and Statoil’s West Hercules rig. The service is anticipated to begin in the fall of 2014. CHC Helicopter’s parent company is CHC Group (HELI). CHC Group Ltd (NYSE:HELI) ended the last trading day at $6.10. Company weekly volatility is calculated as 4.13% and price to cash ratio as 5.62. CHC Group Ltd (NYSE:HELI) showed a negative weekly performance of -10.69%.