Diligent shares jump as first-quarter figures show growth slowing less than feared

Diligent shares jump as first-quarter figures show growth slowing less than feared
By Suze Metherell April 16 (BusinessDesk) – Diligent Board Member Services stock rose as much as 12 percent after the governance app developer posted quarterly figures showing sales growth hasn’t slowed as much as some investors had expected. The New York-based, New Zealand-listed company added a net 113 new client agreements in the three months ended March 31, taking its total number of customers to 2,563. That’s up 28 percent from the same quarter of 2013, when it added 201 customers. Diligent shares rose 9.4 percent to $4.43 and earlier...