Performant Financial Corporation (NASDAQ:PFMT) announced that it has decided to withdraw its proposed public offerings of convertible senior notes and common stock. Proceeds of the financings were intended to fund the purchase price for the acquisition of Premier Healthcare Exchange, Inc. (PHX). On Friday shares of Performant Financial Corporation (NASDAQ:PFMT) closed at $4.96. Company’s sales growth for last 5 years was 20.90% and EPS growth for next 5 years is recorded as 10.00%.
It was reported on 20 January 2015 that Coeur Mining Inc. (NYSE:CDE) has an agreement to buy the gold mine from its parent company, Goldcorp Inc., for $105 million. Coeur Mining expects to close the sale by the end of March, pending U.S. antitrust approval. Coeur Mining, Inc. (NYSE:CDE) in last trading activity advanced 6.06% to close at $6.30. Company weekly performance is 5.18% while its quarterly performance stands at 50.00%. Coeur Mining, Inc. (NYSE:CDE) is -47.76% away from its 52 week high.
Ariad Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ:ARIA) CEO Harvey J. M. D. Berger bought 25,000 shares of Ariad Pharmaceuticals stock on the open market in a transaction that occurred on Friday, January 23rd. The stock was purchased at an average cost of $6.17 per share, for a total transaction of $154,250.00. Following the purchase, the chief executive officer now directly owns 1,163,564 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $7,179,189.88. On Friday shares of Ariad Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ:ARIA) closed at $6.45. Company’s sales growth for last 5 years was 45.10% and EPS growth for next 5 years is recorded as 41.40%.
Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ:CMCSA) just suffered another setback in its efforts to buy Time Warner Cable Inc. A fresh hurdle to the $45.2 billion deal emerged after regulators at the U.S. Federal Communications Commission changed how they measure what constitutes broadband, or high-speed Internet access. On Friday shares of Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ:CMCSA) closed at $53.15. Company’s sales growth for last 5 years was 13.40% and EPS growth for next 5 years is recorded as 17.00%.
America Movil S.A.B. de C.V. (NYSE:AMX)’s mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) TracFone agreed to pay $40 million to the FTC for throttling data speeds on its unlimited data plan. The FTC claimed that not only did the prepaid carrier slow data connections for its users, but that it also cut services completely at times. On last trading day America Movil S.A.B. de C.V. (NYSE:AMX) decreased -2.55% to close at $21.39. Its volatility for the week is 2.16% while volatility for the month is 2.11%. AMX’s sales growth for past 5 years was 17.90% and its EPS growth for past 5 years was 5.30%. America Movil S.A.B. de C.V. (NYSE:AMX) monthly performance is -3.26%.