Atmos Energy Corporation, headquartered in Dallas, Texas, is one of the United States’ largest natural-gas-only distributors, serving about three million natural gas distribution customers in over 1,400 communities in nine states from the Blue Ridge Mountains in the East to the Rocky Mountains in the West. Atmos Energy also manages company-owned natural gas pipeline and…
Atlas America Inc.
Atlas America Inc., until its acquisition by Chevron in 2010, was a natural gas and oil extraction company based in suburban Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in the United States. The corporation was also involved in the transportation of resources and features a pipeline division. The base of operations for the company was in the Appalachian shale deposits,…
Atlantic Power Corporation
Atlantic Power Corporation headquartered in Dedham, Massachusetts, is a power generation and infrastructure company with a portfolio of assets in the United States and Canada. The company is engaged in power generation through hydro, natural gas, biomass, and coal fired power plants. Traded as: NYSE: AT; TSX: ATP; Russell 2000 Component Industry: Electric utility Founded: …
Global payment cards fraud losses to reach $40 billion in 10 years
NEW YORK: SmartMetric Inc. reports fraud losses worldwide reached $27.85 billion in 2018 and are projected to rise to $35.67 billion in five years and $40.63 billion in 10 years according to The Nilson Report, the leading global card and mobile payments trade publication. Losses of $27.85 billion in 2018 were up from $23.97 billion…
SGX seeks public comment on default management process
SINGAPORE: Singapore Exchange (SGX) is consulting the market on the process to manage outstanding securities transactions should a clearing member be in default. The proposal will align the Central Depository (CDP) default management practices with global default management practices, and improve the efficiency and speed with which defaults may be resolved. This in turn will…
AT&T Inc.
AT&T Inc. is an American multinational conglomerate holding company, Delaware-registered but headquartered at Whitacre Tower in Downtown Dallas, Texas. It is the world’s largest telecommunications company, the largest provider of mobile telephone services, and the largest provider of fixed telephone services in the United States through AT&T Communications. Since June 14, 2018, it is also…
Atento
Atento is a global provider of customer relationship management (CRM) and business-process outsourcing (BPO) services, including customer care, sales, collections, back office and technical support. Atento is the largest provider in Latin America, and among the top five providers globally, based on revenues. The Company tops the Latin American market with 17.3% market share at…
Assurant Inc.
Assurant Inc. is a global provider of risk management products and services with headquarters in New York City. Its businesses provide a diverse set of specialty, niche-market insurance products in the property, casualty, extended device protection, and preneed insurance sectors. The company’s three operating segments are Global Housing, Global Lifestyle, and Global Preneed. The company,…
Ashland Global Specialty Chemicals Inc.
Ashland Global Specialty Chemicals Inc. is an American chemical company which operates in more than 100 countries. Headquartered in Covington, Kentucky, the company traces its roots back to the city of Ashland, Kentucky, where it was headquartered from 1924 to 1999. The company currently has five wholly owned divisions, which include Chemical Intermediates and Solvents,…
Asbury Automotive Group
Asbury Automotive Group is a company based in Atlanta and was founded in 1995. The company operates auto dealerships in various parts of the United States. As of 2018 its rank in the Fortune 500 is 434 out of 500. As of December 2016, it is one of the largest automobile retailers in the United…
Asana Inc.
Asana is a web and mobile application designed to help teams organize, track, and manage their work. Forrester, Inc. reports that “Asana simplifies team-based work management.” It is produced by the company of the same name. (Asana, Inc.) It was founded in 2008 by Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz and ex-Google, ex-Facebook engineer Justin Rosenstein, who…
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. (AJG)
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. (AJG) is a US-based global insurance brokerage and risk management services firm headquartered in Rolling Meadows, Illinois (a suburb of Chicago). The firm was established in 1927 and is one of the largest insurance brokers in the world. Traded as: NYSE: AJG; S&P 500 Component Industry: Brokerage; Insurance Founded: 1927;…