BlackBerry Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY) CEO John Chen has raised the chances of his company’s survival from the 50-50 he gave it a few months ago to 80-20 now. The comments, made at a technology conference in California, also pointed to some refinements in his company’s strategy. BlackBerry Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY) stock opened today at $7.68 and is currently trading at $7.74. The stock showed a positive weekly performance of 0.79%.
Online auctioneer eBay Inc (NASDAQ:EBAY) seems to be interested in encouraging Bitcoin as an online payment in future business. There appears to be growing interest among the companies to accept Bitcoin as a digital currency though the U.S. is yet to classify it as a currency. eBay Inc (NASDAQ:EBAY)’s chief executive officer, John Donahoe, favored Bitcoin as digital currency is set play a key role in future online shopping. He has indicated that there are plans to integrate digital currencies into PayPal wallet. He was airing his views on Bitcoin during the course of an interview to CNBC recently. eBay Inc (NASDAQ:EBAY) stock opened at $49.11, in current trading session and currently is at $48.64 , by losing -2.10%. The 52 week range of the stock is $48.06 – $59.70. Company’s market capitalization is $61.74 billion.
ON May 19, National CineMedia Inc. (NASDAQ:NCMI) announced it has entered into a definitive merger agreement with Screenvision, for $375 million of cash and stock on a debt-free, cash-free basis. The company is the managing member and owner of 45.8 percent of National CineMedia LLC, the operator of the largest in-theatre digital media network in North America. National CineMedia, Inc. (NASDAQ:NCMI) stock is currently trading at $16.92. The EPS of the stock is 0.68. Company’s market capitalization is $1.03 billion.
On May 14, 2014 Stock Building Supply Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:STCK) a large, diversified lumber and building materials distributor and solutions provider that sells primarily to new construction and remodeling contractors, today announced the opening of two new structural component plants serving customers in the Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina and Salt Lake City, Utah metropolitan areas. Stock Building Supply Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:STCK) stock opened the session at $ 20.09, and now is at $20.09. The 52 week range of the stock remained $12.45 – $23.33 and the day range was $20.09 – $20.09.
O May 30, Grifols SA, Barcelona (NASDAQ:GRFS) one of the world’s leading companies in the plasma-derived biological medicines and transfusion medicine sectors, has held its Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders on second call. 605 shareholders were represented; accounting for 163,557,616 Class A shares, representing 76.7% of the company’s voting share capital. Grifols SA, Barcelona (NASDAQ:GRFS) stock opened today at $45.60 and is currently trading at $45.98.