AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) will hire more than 3,000 retail sales and sales management employees nationwide over the next several months. The new employees are needed to meet increased customer demand in the company’s growing retail business. AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) shares after opening at $35.16 on last trade day and at the end of the day closed at $35.37. Company price to sales ratio in past twelve months was calculated as 1.43 and price to cash ratio as 55.16. AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) showed a positive weekly performance of 2.20%.
Banco Bradesco SA (ADR) (NYSE:BBD) will begin trading ex-dividend on April 02, 2014. A cash dividend payment of $0.008874 per share is scheduled to be paid on May 12, 2014. Shareholders who purchased BBD stock prior to the ex-dividend date are eligible for the cash dividend payment. This represents an 0.46% increase over the prior month. At the current stock price of $13.67, the dividend yield is .78%. Banco Bradesco SA (ADR) (NYSE:BBD) shares advanced 2.86% in last trading session and ended the day on $14.24. Banco Bradesco SA (ADR) (NYSE:BBD) yearly performance is 4.48%.
Mizuho upped their price objective on shares of Quest Diagnostics (NYSE:DGX) from $54.00 to $63.00 in a research note issued on Wednesday, Analyst Ratings Network.com reports. The firm currently has a “neutral” rating on the stock. Mizuho’s target price indicates a potential upside of 5.04% from the stock’s previous close. Quest Diagnostics Inc (NYSE:DGX) shares moved up 1.95% in last trading session and was closed at $61.15, while trading in range of $59.57 – $61.48. Quest Diagnostics Inc (NYSE:DGX) year to date (YTD) performance is 14.86%.
April is National Safe Digging Month, and CenturyLink, Inc. (NYSE:CTL) reminds Greenwood residents to always call 811 before beginning any digging project. When calling 811, homeowners and contractors are connected to the local one-call center, which notifies CenturyLink and utility companies of their intent to dig. Professional locators are then sent to the requested digging site to mark the approximate locations of underground lines with flags, paint or both. According to the Common Ground Alliance’s Damage Information Reporting Tool report, a utility line is damaged by digging once every three minutes nationwide, and one-third of these incidents are caused by failure of the professional excavator or homeowner to call 811 before beginning their digging project. CenturyLink, Inc. (NYSE:CTL) weekly performance is 2.76%. On last trading day company shares ended up $33.18. CenturyLink, Inc. (NYSE:CTL) distance from 50-day simple moving average (SMA50) is 9.74%. Analysts mean target price for the company is $33.41.