Kraft said cutting the dividend will help the company reduce its debt faster, support its investments and help the company divest businesses that aren't supporting the bottom line.
As of Dec 31, 2018, QEP Resources had no cash and cash equivalents. The company’s long-term debt was $2,507.1 million, representing a debt-to-capitalization ratio of 47.7%.
We are also mindful of maintaining an appropriate mix of secured versus unsecured debt to ensure funding diversity for our business from both the sourcing and the maturity perspective. I'd like to take a moment to discuss our interest rate swaps and the downside protection feature of this risk management practice. As you may be aware, we implement fixed to floating interest rate swaps on our fixed rate liabilities to match the floating rate nature of our assets in falling interest rate environment, which typically coincide with periods of weaker economic sentiment, the cost of our liabilities will decrease in line with the drop in LIBOR.
Several research firms have recently weighed in on CBOE. Zacks Investment Research downgraded shares of Cboe Global Markets from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Thursday. Argus assumed coverage on shares of Cboe Global Markets in a research note on Friday. They set a “hold” rating for the company. Citigroup set a $115.00 price objective on shares of Cboe Global Markets and gave the company a “hold” rating in a report on Monday, November 5th. Wells Fargo & Co reissued a “buy” rating on shares of Cboe Global Markets in a report on Friday, February 8th. Finally, Bank of America lifted their price objective on shares of Cboe Global Markets from $113.00 to $122.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, November 5th. Nine analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and eight have assigned a buy rating to the stock. Cboe Global Markets presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $114.00.
On the other end, the vast majority of the consumer base is aging. This is the audience segment that’s actually growing the fastest in China and they are far more pragmatic towards purchases. We are looking forward to seeing more function-driven innovation for the older consumer base in years to come.
Oh, no. Just from the standpoint that each one takes on -- they're unique relative to each case is different and certainly that I was just going to comment that while there's no assurance of a particular outcome in this case, we do feel that it was important and a positive first step in a process for us and the others, who joined in the petition to restore fair competition, right, ultimately reflects our commitment to the acetone industry.
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In other Virtusa news, CEO Kris A. Canekeratne sold 1,480 shares of Virtusa stock in a transaction dated Friday, December 28th. The shares were sold at an average price of $41.16, for a total transaction of $60,916.80. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer now directly owns 683,907 shares in the company, valued at $28,149,612.12. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, EVP Thomas R. Holler sold 24,197 shares of Virtusa stock in a transaction dated Monday, February 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $49.00, for a total transaction of $1,185,653.00. Following the sale, the executive vice president now owns 58,184 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $2,851,016. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last quarter, insiders have sold 162,156 shares of company stock valued at $7,899,749. Company insiders own 5.11% of the company’s stock.
After leaving Washington D.C., he visited a Ford manufacturing factory in Atlanta and was amazed that they could produce 50 cars per hour, when, at the time, China was only able to manufacture 13,000 a year. He then visited Johnson Space Center in Houston before leaving for Seattle, where he toured an assembly line for Boeing 747 planes.
I'm here in the capital of China's Guangdong province to observe the Western etiquette, grooming and deportment course the 91-year-old Dally-Watkins has been teaching for the past five years. Her partner in the operation is the slender, meticulously groomed and unfailingly polite Zhang, who I discover is also a little vain, ducking and weaving questions about his age (he's 39).
The Portland Timbers have acquired right-back Jorge Moreira on loan from River Plate with an option to purchase.
A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Advisors Asset Management Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Cboe Global Markets by 21.7% during the second quarter. Advisors Asset Management Inc. now owns 3,960 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $412,000 after buying an additional 706 shares during the period. Bank of Montreal Can lifted its stake in shares of Cboe Global Markets by 3.2% during the third quarter. Bank of Montreal Can now owns 146,709 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $14,078,000 after buying an additional 4,510 shares during the period. First Hawaiian Bank acquired a new stake in shares of Cboe Global Markets during the third quarter worth $376,000. Oakbrook Investments LLC lifted its stake in shares of Cboe Global Markets by 29.2% during the third quarter. Oakbrook Investments LLC now owns 12,161 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $1,167,000 after buying an additional 2,750 shares during the period. Finally, Huntington National Bank lifted its stake in shares of Cboe Global Markets by 1,050.9% during the third quarter. Huntington National Bank now owns 6,744 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $647,000 after buying an additional 6,158 shares during the period. 81.98% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.
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