$TSLA Tesla Strikes Deal With Shanghai to Build Factory in China

1. AIMT:  $AIMT DBV shares are crushed — while rival Aimmune soars — after PhIII flop for peanut allergy med

2. PETS:  $PETS PetMed’s stock soars after profit, revenue beat by wide margin – MW

3. AGEN, GSK:  $AGEN Agenus Granted FDA Approval for GlaxoSmithKline $GSK Shingles Vaccine w QS-21 Stimulon Adjuvant

4. EVOK:  $EVOK Evoke to submit U.S. marketing application for Gimoti in Q1 – SA

5. STX:  $STX Shares of disk-drive maker Seagate jump about 6% as earnings top estimates – MW

6. PSTI:  $PSTI Pluristem Expands Reach in Treatment of Impaired Hematopoietic Systems with a European Patent

7. VFC:  $VFC V.F. Corp Tops Q3 EPS by 12c, Beats on Revs; Boosts FY17 EPS/Rev Outlook Above Consensus – SI

8. SYBX:  $SYBX FDA Orphan Drug Des forSynlogic’s SYNB1618 for phenylketonuria. – SA

9. MNKD:  $MNKD MannKind, BIOMM Submit Registration Dossier in Brazil – SI

10. DEL, PCH:  $PCH Potlatch to Combine With Deltic Timber in Stock Swap – WSJ $DEL

11. TIG:  $TIG TiGenix Granted FDA Orphan Drug Designation for Cx601 – SI

12. BSFT, CSCO:  $BSFT Cisco $CSCO Buys Software Maker BroadSoft for About $1.9 Billion – BBG

13. TSLA:  $TSLA Tesla Strikes Deal With Shanghai to Build Factory in China – WSJ

14. ACHN:  $ACHN Achillion Announces Presentation of Data From OMEGA-1 Phase 2b Trial – GN

15. TMUS:  $TMUS T-Mobile quarterly profit tops estimates as subscribers grow – Reuters

16. VCYT:  $VCYT Veracyte performance of Afirma GSC ensemble machine in thyroid cancer to be presented at ATA

17. KMB:  $KMB Kimberly-Clark Announces Third Quarter 2017 Results – MI

18. NVS:  $NVS Novartis gets FDA breakthrough status for Tafinlar, Mekinist combination – Reuters

19. AET, HIG:  $AET Hartford $HIG to Acquire Aetna Group Life, Disability Business – WSJ

20. JPM:  $JPM JPMorgan partners with data start-up to boost fixed-income trading – Reuters

21. UTHR: $UTHR United Therapeutics announces FDA approval of nebulizer for the Tyvaso Inhalation System – SA

22. ENTA: $ENTA Enanta Pharmaceuticals Positive Phase 1 a/b Clinical Results for its Lead FXR Agonist, EDP-305

23. ALIM: $ALIM Form 8-K ALIMERA SCIENCES INC For: Oct 20

24. JNJ:  $JNJ J&J Wins Reversal of $417 Million California Talc Verdict – BBG

25. BIIB:  $BIIB Biogen and Eisai Expand Existing Alzheimers Collaboration Agreement – BW

26. ZSAN:  $ZSAN Zosano Pharma Announces Stock Purchase Agreement with Lincoln Park Capital – SI

27. HAL:  $HAL Halliburton posts international revenue growth, unlike Schlumberger – Reuters

28. HAS:  $HAS Hasbro beats profit and revenue expectations, but gives downbeat sales growth outlook – MW

29. VKTX:  $VKTX Viking Therapeutics Presents Results from Proof-of-Concept Study of VK0214 – PRN

30. GBT:  $GBT Global Blood shelves lung disease program on weak study results – STAT

31. ATRS:  $ATRS Antares Pharma Receives Complete Response Letter From the FDA for XYOSTED™ – GN

32. DBVT:  $DBVT DBV Technologies Says Phase III Trial of Viaskin Peanut Did Not Reach Primary Endpoint – SI

33. EXAC: $EXAC Exactech Enters Definitive Agreement with TPG Capital to Go Private – BW

34. CETX, KTCC: $KTCC CEMTREX $CETX ANNOUNCES REVISED EXCHANGE OFFER FOR KEY TRONIC CORP. VALUED AT $11 PER SHARE

1. ILMN:Janney Montgomery Scott Upgrades Illumina $ILMN to Neutral

2. NOW:Piper Jaffray Upgrades ServiceNow $NOW to Overweight

3. SRRA:$SRRA upgraded to Buy from Hold at Jefferies. PT $4 frm $1.50

1. BHP, RIO:Rio Tinto downgraded by RBC on exposure to commodity volatility

2. BIIB:$BIIB downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Citi

3. CELG:$CELG downgraded to Neutral from Overweight at Piper. PT $133 from $145

4. EGP:Mizuho Securities Downgrades EastGroup Properties $EGP to Neutral

5. GE:UPDATE: UBS Downgrades General Electric $GE to Neutral

6. GE, MS:General Electric was Downgraded to a Sell Rating at Morgan Stanley $GE $MS

1. HAS:$HAS reports FQ3 earnings of $2.05 EPS and $1.79B Revs –

2. HAL:$HAL reports FQ3 earnings of 42c EPS and $5.44B Revs –

3. VFC:$VFC reports FQ3 earnings of $1.23 EPS and $3.51B Revs –

4. STT:$STT reports FQ3 earnings of $1.71 EPS and $2.97B Revs –

5. KMB:$KMB reports FQ3 earnings of $1.60 EPS and $4.64B Revs –

6. SALT:$SALT reports FQ3 earnings of -15c EPS and $38.61M Revs –

7. TMUS:$TMUS reports FQ3 earnings of 73c EPS and $9.95B Revs –

8. LII:$LII reports FQ3 earnings of $2.53 EPS and $1.05B Revs –

9. STX:$STX reports FQ1 earnings of 96c EPS and $2.63B Revs –

10. ITW:$ITW reports FQ3 earnings of $1.71 EPS and $3.62B Revs –

11. THR:$THR reports FQ2 earnings of 15c EPS and $61.63M Revs –

12. PETS:$PETS reports FQ2 earnings of 43c EPS and $66.71M Revs –

1. GBPUSD:GBPUSD : Long ;Inverted Head And Shoulder $GBPUSD

2. PCH:Potlatch beats by $0.04, revenue in-line #premarket $PCH

3. KMB:#BREAKING: Kimberly-Clark $KMB Q3 Revenue, $4.64B vs. $4.66B expected

4. TWTR:Helping your Twitter investment $TWTR

5. MNKD:$MNKD *DJ MannKind Restructures Near-Term Debt Obligations

6. MSFT:$MSFT

7. ES_F:New $ES_f alerts have recently been posted. Check them out now.

8. GM:Been waiting all weekend to post this. Great story by @DavidWelchBN, even if it could use some more dino art. $GM…

9. DJIA:Stocks are incredibly overbought why thats not nearly as scary as it sounds $DJIA #wlst

10. CETX:$CETX halt

11. VZ:Verizon Communications Inc. $VZ Expected to Earn Q1 2018 Earnings of $1.01 Per Share

12. KO:$ko moves up a seasoned #bfy as pres of ccna .

13. AMD:$AMD looking at this long term chart – upside breakout looks very promising

14. EXAC:$EXAC Halt – News Pending. Halt time: 08:10:07.

15. VFC:V.F. beats by $0.11, beats on revenue

1. Ill-Timed Uber Investment Roils a Giant Saudi Fund

2. Agenus creates New Cell Therapy subsidiary named AgenTus Therapeutics

3. Enanta Pharmaceuticals Announces Positive Phase 1 a/b Clinical Results for its Lead FXR Agonist, EDP-305

4. Hartford to Acquire Aetna Group Life, Disability Business

5. Prince Alwaleed says bitcoin will implode: ‘Enron in the making’

6. Eiger Announces Positive Phase 2 Interim 24-Week Data with Pegylated Interferon Lambda in Hepatitis Delta Virus (HDV) Infection at the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) Meeting

7. Evoke Pharma Announces Positive Topline Results from Comparative Exposure Pharmacokinetic Study for Gimoti™

8. Achillion Announces Presentation of Data From OMEGA-1 Phase 2b Trial With Odalasvir, AL-335, and Simeprevir (JNJ-4178) at the 2017 Liver Meeting

9. AstraZeneca and Merck Rapidly Advance LYNPARZA® (olaparib) in Japan With a Second Regulatory Submission

1. How one woman lies and lockpicks her way into heavily guarded spaces—and gets paid to do it

She specializes in social engineering security assessments including physical voice vishing and text phishing.

She consults in remediation and prevention of security incidents through creation of policy and procedures as well as customized training for your individual office culture.

I gained network access and stole several thousands of dollars in physical primitives by picking my way through cheap locks credit to Deviant Ollam for the rad lockpicking animations.

2. Why did it take a Weinstein scandal and a @kimmasters expose for Amazon to act on sexual harassment allegations?

recent actions took place in the middle of a firestorm over revelations in The New York Times and The New Yorker about another entertainment industry figure Harvey Weinstein who has been accused of decades of sexual harassment and abuse.

On the same day Price was suspended an actress Rose McGowan posted a series of messages on Twitter saying she had previously told the head of Amazon Studios the movie and television group that Weinstein had raped her.

In August at a staff meeting for Amazon employees held at a basketball arena Bezos was asked about the dearth of diversity implying gender and race on his senior leadership team.

3. Amazon uses “maniacal” 10x more often and “insane” 26x more often in job posts than the rest of the tech industry.

recent actions took place in the middle of a firestorm over revelations in The New York Times and The New Yorker about another entertainment industry figure Harvey Weinstein who has been accused of decades of sexual harassment and abuse.

On the same day Price was suspended an actress Rose McGowan posted a series of messages on Twitter saying she had previously told the head of Amazon Studios the movie and television group that Weinstein had raped her.

In August at a staff meeting for Amazon employees held at a basketball arena Bezos was asked about the dearth of diversity implying gender and race on his senior leadership team.

4. *excellent* @rezendi piece on “end of current era” of startups:

Because all lived through massive worldwide hardware revolutions the growth of the Internet and the adoption of smartphones we erroneously assume another one is around the corner and once again a few kids in a garage can write a little software to take advantage of it.

However in fairness software and services built atop newly emerging hardware are likely an exception to the larger rule here startups in those niches have far better odds than most others.

True believers argue that cryptocurrencies will overturn everything in time but read this Twitter thread and see if like me you help but finding yourself nodding along even if like me you truly want the Internet and its economy to be decentralized.

5. My fuller, more nuanced rant on the Pixel 2 XL screen:

This situation upsets me because the XL has numerous desirable advantages over the much smaller bezels a larger battery that lasts longer and just a bigger canvas on which I can pen my letter of complaint to LG Display the maker of the offending screen in question.

The Verge Creative Director James Bareham sides with Google on this describing the Pixel XL as the phone screen tuned most closely to professional displays presents natural colors in terms of photos but is a little dark he says.

I have also photographed cats cars architecture and nighttime scenes and in each case looking at them on the XL made me want to edit some saturation in and modify the color balance.

6. Bright sides: Home Mini: No longer records everything by accident Pixel 2 XL: Screen burn-in, not literally on fire

First reported on Twitter by Android Alex Dobie multiple people have noticed that when you look at the screen with a gray background you can see faint outlines of the navigation buttons on the bottom.

Whatever it is worrisome so we reached out to Google for comment and the response from a spokesperson in full but obviously pay attention to the second part more than the rosy specs listed in the first half.

Having a portion of your screen permanently marred takes what was a negative point against the phone and turns it into something much closer to a.

7. It’s 2017 and Amazon only has one woman among its 18 most powerful executives

This group includes Jeff Blackburn the entertainment head and David Limp who oversees the Amazon devices division responsible for projects like the Echo and Alexa.

The dynamic at highest ranks has not become a major narrative over the last few years even as power has grown and the technology industry has come under fire for being dominated mainly by white men.

current and former employees are suggesting that the scarcity of women at the upper echelons of Amazon could have made the company more lenient toward Price until his actions became a public relations embarrassment The New York Times reported on Friday evening.

8. This is bravery Thx @susanthesquark 4 joining the movement #EnoughAlready #BeFierceBook @maureendowd @nytimes

Dressed in black jeans brown loafers a denim jacket only clothes I can fit and wearing a Fitbit with a hot pink band that cost her on Amazon Fowler is and seven months pregnant.

As Kara Swisher wrote in Recode Fowler did everyone in tech a favor by unmasking the donkeys as by the venture capitalists and investors and boards and even the media felling them with one blog post what happens when a hot company becomes hostage to its increasingly dysfunctional and toxic.

The blog post was notable for its dispassionate tone as the young engineer who had left the company after a year walked the reader through everything that had gone very very wrong in the brozilla culture of kegs sexual coarseness and snaky competition.

9. Zetter fleshes out a lot of what I posit here

In June Kaspersky revealed that it and a bunch of locales where negotiations over the Iran deal took place had been infected by Duqu a thread related to StuxNet.

Regin was a sophisticated spy tool Kaspersky found in the wild last year that was used to hack the Belgian telecom Belgacom and the European Commission.

She writes as emptywheel at her eponymous blog publishes at outlets including Vice Motherboard the Nation the Atlantic Al Jazeera and appears frequently on television and radio.

10. Why’s this in the Style section and what’s up with the title? Regardless, @susanthesquark is a badass bitch, period.

No doubt when Kalanick met the Fowler at the office Christmas party soon after she started it never entered his head that she would become the disciplinarian who effectively confiscated his car keys for reckless driving with one blog post.

The blog post was notable for its dispassionate tone as the young engineer who had left the company after a year walked the reader through everything that had gone very very wrong in the brozilla culture of kegs sexual coarseness and snaky competition.

When memo exploded Huffington oversaw the investigation by Eric Holder reached out and talked to employees and said she wanted to the leadership feet to the Uber later fired people including senior executives.