PRE-MARKET | December 01, 2016 | $FIT, $BLUE, $MCD, $DG, $DRYS, $KR, $ES_F, $CL_F, $ESRX

1. BLUE: $BLUE After Juno deaths, bluebird posts positive CAR-T safety, efficacy signals – Fierce Bio

2. TLLYS:  $TLLYS Tilly’s Third Quarter Net Sales of $152.1 Million; Comp Store Sales Increased 4.4% – BW

3. CLC, PH:  $CLC Parker Hannifin $PH to buy Clarcor in a $4.3 billion deal – MarketWatch

4. SKX:  $SKX Skechers USA CEO Buys 500K Shares – Street Insider

5. SMTC:  $SMTC Semtech tops 3Q profit forecasts- AP

6. LZB:  $LZB La-Z-Boy turns in better-than-expected earnings, hikes dividend – MarketWatch

7. BEAV, COL:  $COL Starboard Said to Push Rockwell Collins to Reconsider B/E $BEAV Deal – Street Insider

8. BOX:  $BOX Box Boosts Outlook as Sales Rise 31% – WSJ

9. KZ:  $KZ Kongzhong Corporation enters into definitive agreement for going private transaction – Reuters

10. BLUE, CELG:  $CELG Bluebird $BLUE, Celgene myeloma treatment impresses in tiny study – CNBC

11. DIS, NFLX:  $NFLX Bernstein ‘Surprisingly’ Likes the Idea of Disney $DIS Buying Netflix

12. FIT:  $FIT Fitbit is buying troubled smartwatch maker Pebble for around $40 million – TechCrunch

13. NWY: $NWY New York & Company, Inc. Announces 2016 Third Quarter Results and Introduces Q4 Guidance – BW

14. BAM: $BAM Brookfield Said in Exclusive Talks to Buy Bharti Infratel – BBG

15. CG, MCD: $CG Citic and Carlyle on the cusp of buying McDonald’s $MCD China: FT sources

16. PSTG: $PSTG Pure Storage, Inc. Tops Q3 EPS by 5c, Offers FY Guidance – Street Insider

17. SNPS: $SNPS Synopsys Slips: FYQ4 Revenue Beats, Q1 View Tops Consensus – Barrons

18. GNC:  $GNC GNC Sale Said to Stall as Chinese Suitors Eschew U.S. Operations – BBG

19. BEAV, COL:  $BEAV Starboard questions Rockwell Collins’ $COL B/E Aerospace deal: source – Reuters

20. RXN:  $RXN Rexnord Announces Public Offering of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock – Biz Wire

21. KR:  $KR Kroger shares slip on weak guidance – MarketWatch

22. XNCR:  $XNCR Xencor, Inc. Prices Public Offering of Common Stock – PRN

23. LE:  $LE Lands’ End posts Q3 loss of $0.23/share – Reuters

24. DG:  $DG Dollar General Just Delivered One of the Most Shockingly Awful Quarters in Retail – TheStreet

25. GES:  $GES Guess Cuts Outlook, Posts Disappointing Results – WSJ

26. EXPR:  $EXPR Express slashes outlook, sees weak holiday season – MarketWatch

27. PTN:  $PTN Palatin Technologies Prices $16.5M Common Stock, Warrants Offering – Street Insider

28. HTBX:  $HTBX Heat Biologics Takes Heat For Failed Bladder Cancer Trial – RTT

1. AXL, DAN:Deutsche Bank Upgrades American Axle $AXL and Dana to $DAN Buy

2. CBRL:Argus Upgrades Cracker Barrel $CBRL to Buy

3. DE:$DE upgraded to Buy at BankofAmerica

4. DRI:Darden was Upgraded to a Buy Rating at Guggenheim $DRI

5. LNN:Stifel Nicolaus Upgrades Lindsay Corp. to Hold $LNN

6. NGG:Argus Upgrades National Grid $NGG to Buy

7. RES:Seaport Global Securities Upgrades RPC Inc. $RES to Buy

8. SKX:$SKX upgraded to Buy at Buckingham

9. SMTC:UPDATE: Oppenheimer Upgrades Semtech Corp. $SMTC to Outperform

10. TI:Citi Upgrades Telecom Italia $TI to Neutral

1. CMI:CLSA Downgrades Cummins $CMI to Outperform

2. HP:Helmerich & Payne downgraded after yesterday’s melt-up

3. MCD:$MCD downgraded to Neutral at Guggenheim

4. NOV:National-Oilwell downgraded after blasting through price target

5. Q:Raymond James Downgrades Quintiles $Q to Market Perform

6. WEN:Guggenheim Downgrades Wendy’s $WEN to Neutral

7. WFC:$WFC downgraded to Neutral at Susquehanna

8. ZION:Susquehanna Downgrades Zions Bancorp $ZION to Neutral

EARNINGS

1. CBK:$CBK reports FQ3 earnings of 9c EPS and $106.67M Revs –

2. EXPR:$EXPR reports FQ3 earnings of 11c EPS and $506.09M Revs –

3. DG:$DG reports FQ3 earnings of 89c EPS and $5.32B Revs –

4. XCRA:$XCRA reports FQ1 earnings of 1c EPS and $80.08M Revs –

5. DCI:$DCI reports FQ1 earnings of 38c EPS and $553M Revs –

6. KR:$KR reports FQ3 earnings of 41c EPS and $26.56B Revs –

7. ISLE:$ISLE reports FQ2 earnings of 13c EPS and $198.56M Revs –

1. DG:Dollar General Q3 EPS $0.84 vs $0.93, Revenue $5.32B vs $5.37B Est $DG

2. KR:Kroger meets on earnings. Guidance merely in-line. Food deflation still an issue. Good for shoppers. Not investors. $KR down 3% #premarket.

3. DRYS:$DRYS DryShips Announces Bank Update

4. ESRX:We’ve been selling high-deductible plans to people who can’t afford them, $ESRX CMO Steve Miller tells @matthewherper at #ForbesHealth

5. MCD:$CG Citic and Carlyle on the cusp of buying McDonald’s $MCD China: FT sources

6. BLUE:$BLUE #PENN “Both groups are reporting very early data, from Phase 1 trials, in a handful of patients”

7. PH:Parker-Hannifin $PH to Acquire CLARCOR $CLC in $4.3B Deal $$

8. PFE:$PFE Lyrica Phase 3 Trial in Pediatric Epilepsy Meets Primary Endpoint

9. FIT:$FIT Fitbit is buying troubled smartwatch maker Pebble for around $40 million – TechCrunch

10. GES:$GES Guess Cuts Outlook, Posts Disappointing Results – WSJ

1. Apple Said to Fly Drones to Improve Maps Data and Catch Google

2. Barbarian Capital on Twitter

3. Bluebird, Celgene T-Cell Therapy Eliminates Multiple Myeloma with Minimal Side Effects

4. Russia’s Pledge to OPEC Will Mean ‘Herding Cats’ to Deliver Cuts

5. DryShips Announces Bank Update

6. blue-ex992_41.pptx.htm

7. Andy Biotech on Twitter

8. Early movers: DG, LE, MCD, CLC, MLBY, DIS, BOX, PVH & more

9. Gold Slides to 10-Month Low as Fund Selling Spree Continues

10. China Stands to Gain From OPEC Deal

11. Bernstein ‘Surprisingly’ Likes the Idea of Disney (DIS) Buying Netflix (NFLX)

1. Amazon Polly=astounding! $ aws polly synthesize-speech \ –output-format mp3 –voice-id Joanna \ #VoiceFirst

by Jeff Barr on NOV in AWS re Invent Polly Permalink As I was getting ready to write this post I thought back to my childhood largely spent watching TV and some of the popular computer and robot voices of the and.

In just a few minutes pleasant memories of Lost in Space the original Star Trek Computer and Rosie from The Jetsons all came to mind.

We asked each speaker to pronounce a myriad of representative words and phrases in their chosen language and then disassembled the audio into sound units known as diphones.

2. The vulnerable code in Firefox/Tor Browser that was used to hack dark web users had been there for 5 years.

3. Why is comma.ai giving away its self-driving software for free? To sidestep regulators. @sokane1 & I report

Hotz framed the software called Open Pilot as an source alternative to during a press event that was held in a San Francisco house that serves as headquarters.

Earlier this year Hotz announced ambitions to create and sell a kit called that could add capabilities to Honda Civics and some Acura cars.

strongly encourage you to delay selling or deploying your product on the public roadways unless and until you can ensure it is safe Paul Hemmersbaugh chief counsel wrote in the letter.

4. the most expansive surveillance rule in almost a decade just cleared the senate and will go into effect tomorrow

WASHINGTON A effort in the Senate to block or delay rule changes that would expand the government hacking powers failed Wednesday despite concerns the changes would jeopardize the privacy rights of innocent Americans and risk possible abuse by the incoming administration of Donald Trump.

Democratic Senator Ron Wyden attempted three times to delay the changes which will take effect on Thursday and allow judges will be able to issue search warrants that give the FBI the authority to remotely access computers in any jurisdiction potentially even overseas.

In an effort to address concerns Assistant Attorney General Leslie Caldwell wrote a blog post this week arguing that the benefits given to authorities from the rule changes outweighed any potential for unintended harm.

5. Reddit being torn apart by nazis plus its own long term dodging of responsibility.

Its members spread coded hate speech openly antagonize other Redditors and break the most basic rules with impunity while moderators feel the brunt of the abuse and Reddit leadership fail to adequately address the problem.

When asked what instances merit intervention by admins the Reddit spokesperson gave three examples targeted harassment or doxxing of an individual two mod teams requesting mediation to resolve a conflict with each other or the breach of a site rule.

And where a prejudicial agenda is concerned the and regressive beliefs held by own transition team are reflected in users who gleefully attack people on the basis of their religion race heritage sexuality gender identity or political leanings.

6. These new ML announcements highlighting how far behind AWS is compared to Google in this space #reinvent

7. AppNexus, last valued at $1.8 Billion, files confidentially for an IPO Profile:

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ET AppNexus an automated technology company has confidentially filed paperwork for an initial public offering that is likely to come in the second quarter of according to people familiar with the matter.

The company which was valued at billion in a funding round could seek a valuation between billion and billion in the offering though pricing talk is still fluid the people said.

8. Amazon Polly looks pretty cool. That they store all text submissions for 6 months is not that great.

by Jeff Barr on NOV in AWS re Invent Polly Permalink As I was getting ready to write this post I thought back to my childhood largely spent watching TV and some of the popular computer and robot voices of the and.

In just a few minutes pleasant memories of Lost in Space the original Star Trek Computer and Rosie from The Jetsons all came to mind.

We asked each speaker to pronounce a myriad of representative words and phrases in their chosen language and then disassembled the audio into sound units known as diphones.

9. “If Reddit is a city… The_Donald is a crumbling tenement next to a sewage plant.”

Its members spread coded hate speech openly antagonize other Redditors and break the most basic rules with impunity while moderators feel the brunt of the abuse and Reddit leadership fail to adequately address the problem.

When asked what instances merit intervention by admins the Reddit spokesperson gave three examples targeted harassment or doxxing of an individual two mod teams requesting mediation to resolve a conflict with each other or the breach of a site rule.

And where a prejudicial agenda is concerned the and regressive beliefs held by own transition team are reflected in users who gleefully attack people on the basis of their religion race heritage sexuality gender identity or political leanings.

10. Small sum but big deal for struggling wearables industry.

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