Steve Hackley, Senior Vice President of Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ:CMCSA) Greater Boston Region was joined by City of Boston Chief of Health and Human Services Felix Arroyo and Boston Celtics Rookie Marcus Smart to officially kick off Internet Essentials, Comcast’s innovative broadband adoption initiative, for this school year at the Boston Centers For Youth Families Perkins Community Center in Dorchester. At the event, Comcast announced it will include up to six months of complimentary service for any new family in Boston and nationwide that has not yet applied for Internet Essentials. Families who are approved for Internet Essentials by September 20, 2014 will receive up to six months of Internet service. On Thursday Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ:CMCSA) share price closed at $54.52. Company net profit margin stands at 11.20% whereas its return on equity (ROE) is 14.70%. Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ:CMCSA) is -3.49% away from its 52 week high and its 52 week range is $41.72 – 56.49.
Keryx Biopharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ:KERX) was a big mover last session, as its shares rose over 8% on the day. The move came on solid volume too with far more shares changing hands than in a normal session. This breaks the recent trend for the company, as the stock is now trading above the volatile price range of $15.00 to $16.76 in the past one-month timeframe.Keryx Biopharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ:KERX) traded 2.16 Million shares and its share price decreased -2.04% to close at $17.81. Company has 2.20% insider ownership. Keryx Biopharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ:KERX) quarterly performance is 34.92% while its year to date (YTD) performance is 37.53%.
On august 6, Owens Corning (NYSE:OC) announced that Cesar Conde, Executive Vice President, NBCUniversal and Maryann T. Seaman, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, FMC Technologies, Inc., have been elected to the company’s Board of Directors.On Thursday shares of Owens Corning (NYSE:OC) ended up at $35.87. This year Company’s Earnings per Share (EPS) growth is -1.10% and next year’s EPS growth is 46.85%. Beta of Owens Corning (NYSE:OC) is 1.69 while company weekly performance is -0.86%.
Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: PGC) and Peapack-Gladstone Bank announce the promotion of Michael Tormey to Senior Managing Director, Wealth Advisor. Mr. Tormey joined Peapack-Gladstone Bank in October 2002 bringing with him extensive wealth management experience in estate, trust and financial planning with expertise in working with high-net-worth individuals, along with their legal and tax advisors Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corp. (NASDAQ:PGC) decreased -0.69% to close at $18.61 on 28 August. Its return on assets (ROA) is 0.50% while return on investment (ROI) is 24.50%. Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corp. (NASDAQ:PGC) price to sales (P/S) ratio is 3.44.
TW Telecom Inc. (NASDAQ:TWTC) a leading provider of Business Ethernet and networking solutions, announced it will provide its industry-leading Business Ethernet network capabilities to Springs Hosting’s SSAE 16 Type II Data Center located at 1205 Shasta Dr. in Colorado Springs. tw telecom will offer these data center customers a local option for disaster recovery and access to a wide range of IPVPN products.On 28 August TW Telecom Inc. (NASDAQ:TWTC) ended the day at $40.73. Company net profit margin stands at 1.60% whereas its return on equity (ROE) is 4.30%. TW Telecom Inc. (NASDAQ:TWTC) is -7.75% away from its 52 week high.