by Alpha | May 1, 2017 | Pre-Market
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1. DNKN:#Dunkin’ Brands upgraded to outperform from sector perform at RBC. Price target raised $10 to $64. $DNKN #stocks
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2. SHOP:Hearing Shopify $SHOP Downgraded to Neutral at Monness
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1. TWTR:Is Bloomberg going to wind up being the savior of Twitter? $TWTR up 3.5% #premarket on news of Bloomberg partnership for streaming news.
2. ITCI:FDA to $ITCI – we can’t stop you from filing an NDA, but you might wanna think twice before doing so
3. JIVE:$JIVE Halted, news pending
4. OCN:$OCN: GapUP 0.15[+6.6%,fill:30%], PrvCl:2.29, PrvHi:2.36, 0NewHi, AtPivR2, 2:1Accel+, tf:0111111, medFlt:86M, HiPctSht[17%],
6. AEZS:$AEZS halt
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1. Twitter Teams Up With Bloomberg for Streaming News
Twitter is joining forces with Bloomberg to create a service that will stream news produced solely for the social-media company 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
2. Exclusive: Blackstone’s GSO snaps up J. Crew debt in restructuring gambit
GSO Capital Partners, private equity firm Blackstone Group LP’s (BX.N) credit arm, is acquiring more of J. Crew Group Inc’s debt, hoping for a profitable trade that could also give the U.S. fashion retailer more time to stave off bankruptcy, people familiar with the matter said.
3. Dish Network Profit, Revenue Fall; No Letup In Subscriber Losses
Dish Network’s adjusted Q1 adjusted profit fell 11% but was still above analyst estimates. Dish said it lost about 143,000 net pay-TV subscribers.
4. May Day rallies across U.S. to target Trump immigration policy
Labor unions and immigrant advocacy groups will lead May Day rallies in cities across the United States on Monday, with organizers expecting larger-than-usual turnouts to protest the immigration policies of President Donald Trump.
5. Urban Outfitters Board Slammed by Group for ‘Extreme Insularity’
An Urban Outfitters Inc. investor group is urging shareholders to vote against the re-election of two directors, saying the board’s “extreme insularity” has contributed to its weak performance.
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Continue reading the main story It also ends opposition hopes that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan may ease the crackdown and build greater national consensus after his narrow victory in a recent referendum to expand the power of his office.
The government justified the ban by claiming that the articles constituted smear campaign against Turkey in the international arena according to a statement published by Anadolu Agency the news wire.
In another restriction announced this weekend the government decreed that television channels could no longer broadcast dating programs a staple on Turkish daytime TV and a major source of advertising revenue.
Continue reading the main story It also ends opposition hopes that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan may ease the crackdown and build greater national consensus after his narrow victory in a recent referendum to expand the power of his office.
The government justified the ban by claiming that the articles constituted smear campaign against Turkey in the international arena according to a statement published by Anadolu Agency the news wire.
In another restriction announced this weekend the government decreed that television channels could no longer broadcast dating programs a staple on Turkish daytime TV and a major source of advertising revenue.
Sexual harassment bullying and racist stereotyping are common in the technology industry creating a culture that drives underrepresented employees out of their jobs new research has found.
A large tech firm that pays engineers an average of could lose due to their workplace culture pushing employees out the survey said.
A report analyzed the reasons why tech workers leave their jobs and found a common thread of sexual harassment bullying and stereotyping.
Continue reading the main story It also ends opposition hopes that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan may ease the crackdown and build greater national consensus after his narrow victory in a recent referendum to expand the power of his office.
The government justified the ban by claiming that the articles constituted smear campaign against Turkey in the international arena according to a statement published by Anadolu Agency the news wire.
In another restriction announced this weekend the government decreed that television channels could no longer broadcast dating programs a staple on Turkish daytime TV and a major source of advertising revenue.
Lotinga says that while there has been an increase in sales of ebooks and subscriptions in areas such as education and academic titles there are certain types of consumer books people prefer to read in paper format.
Issues with a slowdown in ereaders being bought linked to the rise of smartphones has contributed to the decline in ebook popularity and renewed surge in book sales.
Despite this success Lotinga warned that with Europe the largest market for UK books accounting for of international sales it is imperative that Theresa Brexit deal protects the publishing industry.
It made me feel not valued excluded with no opportunities for White Female Engineer Women reported a range of experiences from being passed over for promotions to stereotyping and harassment.
I felt Hispanic Female Developer Underrepresented people of color were seeking both better compensation and job promotions AND more meaningful balanced work within a positive and inclusive environment.
Better pay Greater balance and schedule flexibility Create a more positive and respectful work environment Improved company leadership Change in job responsibilities and requirements.
With slowing growth it needed a big change to reinvigorate its aging app and make it easier for people who browse tweets constantly.
But as Snapchat became the defacto teen messaging app and everyone that everyone knew signed up courtesy and social contract obliged people to follow even their more boring acquaintainces.
Algorithmically sorting the feed based on whose Stories you typically watch and who you chat with could make it much easier to drop into Snapchat and immediately get the most delight per minute.
ET After a frenzied when venture money gushed into apps providing home services from meal delivery to massages funding for startups was supposed to enter what industry insiders called.
For some of those darlings capital did freeze up forcing them to fold shrink or merge with competitors.
industry is suffering a different headache too much money.
Continue reading the main story It also ends opposition hopes that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan may ease the crackdown and build greater national consensus after his narrow victory in a recent referendum to expand the power of his office.
The government justified the ban by claiming that the articles constituted smear campaign against Turkey in the international arena according to a statement published by Anadolu Agency the news wire.
In another restriction announced this weekend the government decreed that television channels could no longer broadcast dating programs a staple on Turkish daytime TV and a major source of advertising revenue.
Earlier today the NSA announced its intentions to limit a surveillance technique that had a nasty side effect of sweeping up communications to and from Americans.
In a rare unprompted press statement the NSA explained that it would halt upstream internet communications that are solely a foreign intelligence target restricting its surveillance to messages sent or received by foreign intelligence targets.
TechCrunch spoke with General Michael Hayden former director of the NSA and CIA about how the shift will be implemented and the reasoning behind the surprise decision.
by Alpha | Apr 28, 2017 | Pre-Market
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2. GM:$GM reported first-quarter records for revenue , EBIT-adjusted and EBIT-adjusted margin .…
3. CYTR:$CYTR prices 30m shares at $.50/share… YIKES!
5. CVX:$CVX Chevron Q1 17 Earnings Results: -Adj EPS Ex-Gain: $1.10 -Revenue: $33.42B
6. XOM:#BREAKING: Exxon Mobil $XOM Q1 Revenue, $63.29B vs. $67.34B expected
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1. Sarepta CEO Exits Along With a Sanofi Director, So Let’s Speculate About a Possible Deal
The timing of these two departures could be coincidental and mean nothing, or they might signal Sanofi’s interest in acquiring Sarepta.
2. ‘Get off of Twitter’: As Trump nears Day 100, some stirrings of discontent
Some of his supporters fret that President Donald Trump is backing himself into a corner with promises that can’t be kept. Others lament he is not pulling America from international conflicts as he vowed – or say he should “get off of Twitter.”
3. US Q1 GDP grew at 0.7% pace vs. 1.2% estimate
The government released its first reading on first-quarter GDP on Friday. Economists polled by Reuters had expected a rate of 1.2 percent.
4. With Exondys 51 approved, Sarepta chief Ed Kaye to bow out | FierceBiotech
He was for a long time an interim chief executive, then a full CEO and president, but Ed Kaye, who did what looked impossible a year ago and got Sarepta’s controversial Duchenne med approved, will now step down later this year.
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SAN FRANCISCO Reuters Facebook Inc acknowledged on Thursday that it has become a battleground for governments seeking to manipulate public opinion in other countries and outlined new measures it is taking to combat what it calls that go well beyond the phenomenon known as fake news.
Facebook said its security team would now fight information operations which it regards as a more complex problem than traditional hackers and scammers by suspending or deleting false accounts after identifying them with a combination of machine learning and intelligence analysis.
Facebook said it would go after amplifier accounts based on behavioral analysis that shows signs of inauthenticity such as sudden bursts of activity or repeated posting of the same material without regard to the politics of the content.
The music legend loved idea a Shark Tank competition for new apps and before long persuaded him and TV producer Ben Silverman to pitch it to Eddy Cue who runs Apple services business and is the conduit to Hollywood.
In the coming months Apple Music plans to start streaming Carpool Karaoke a spinoff of James popular celebrity singalong segment one episode will see John Legend and Alicia Keys driving around and belting out their hits.
Like many tech companies Apple long resisted getting into the content game opting instead to sell other music TV shows and movies and making money flogging hardware.
SAN FRANCISCO Facebook Inc acknowledged on Thursday that it has become a battleground for governments seeking to manipulate public opinion in other countries and outlined new measures it is taking to combat what it calls that go well beyond the phenomenon known as fake news.
In a report and summary of response plans on its website on Thursday Facebook describes and subtle efforts by nations and other organizations to spread misleading information and falsehoods for geopolitical goals.
Facebook said its security team would now fight information operations which it regards as a more complex problem than traditional hackers and scammers by suspending or deleting false accounts after identifying them with a combination of machine learning and intelligence analysis.
Image AP RisbergBack in January Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said he was proud of the impact that we were able to have on civic discourse doubling down on his stance that the rise of misinformation spread of outright propaganda and rapid erosion of trust in the fourth estate were problems but his.
Image screengrab from DiscordWhether through coordinated action by a mix of legitimate and illegitimate accounts to dominate conversation as in the case of or using Twitter bot armies like the one commanded by the mysterious MicroChip to push hashtag campaigns to the masses malicious groups have known how to exploit social networks with terrifying efficiency.
Facebook will continue to contribute in this area by offering training materials cooperating with government cybersecurity agencies looking to harden their and social media activity against external attacks and deploying communications designed to reinforce observance of strong security practices.
At Google Foster stepped into a new role vice president of hardware product development working on the company Pixel smartphone and Home speaker an Echo competitor.
The hardware division also competes with Apple Amazon and other companies building devices tied to intelligent software like digital assistants that could upend existing models for media and advertising markets that Google now leads.
Earlier this week German publication WinFuture reported that it uncovered evidence of three planned Google devices in Android code information online.
If it happens this time the new Apple product would compete with offerings from big banks as well as PayPal its subsidiary Venmo as well as Square Cash in the increasingly competitive world of digital.
spent heavily in insuring their cards were top of wallet when they all built and rolled out Apple Pay said Cherian Abraham a digital payments executive at Experian.
Square Cash service offers a similar virtual debit card and CEO Jack Dorsey talked about this very use case at a recent Recode Code Commerce event.
by Alpha | Apr 27, 2017 | Pre-Market
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4. SGYP:$SGYP downgraded to Sell at Citi
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1. BMY:$BMY 1Q17 US Opdivo sales $761M BEAT consensus of $690M ex-US Opdivo sales $366M BEAT consensus of $341M
2. CELG:$CELG Positive Ph2 STEPSTONE data with $RCPT ozanimod in Crohn’s disease; Phase III trial initiation planned by year-end
3. ABBV:$ABBV revenues were $6.538B vs. $6.484B consensus forecast; adj EPS: $1.28 vs. $1.26 consensus.
4. CMCSA:#BREAKING: Comcast $CMCSA Q1 Earnings Per Share Excluding Items beats estimates, $0.53 vs. $0.44 expected
5. SNCR:*SYNCHRONOSS CEO, CFO STEPPING DOWN $SNCR cc: @RodBoydILM @SIRF_Report
11. DPZ:Now they’re just showing off. Domino’s 1Q domestic comps up 10.2%. $DPZ
12. PFE:$PFE next-gen ALK/ROS1 Inhibitor, Lorlatinib, Granted Breakthrough Therapy Designation from FDA for ALK-Positive NSCLC
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1. TESARO Initiates Registrational Development Program for Anti-PD-1 Antibody TSR-042
TSR-042 is the first TESARO immuno-oncology candidate to enter a registration programOngoing clinical trial expanded to enroll patients with endometrial cancerPatient-centric administration schedule with every 6 week dosing WALTHAM, Mass., April 27, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — TESARO, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSRO), an oncology-focused biopharmaceutica…
2. Ford’s Profit Falls 35% on Recall Costs, Weaker U.S. Sales
Ford’s first-quarter net income fell 35%, dented by safety-recall expenses, higher engineering and commodity costs, and weaker sales in the U.S.
3. ECB Keeps Policy Settings Unchanged Awaiting Political Clarity
The European Central Bank kept interest rates unchanged at record lows and maintained its quantitative-easing program as officials monitor the economic recovery and the risk of political turbulence in the region.
4. Acceleron Provides Clinical Development Updates on Luspatercept Program
Acceleron Pharma Inc. (NASDAQ:XLRN), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of innovat
5. Dow Chemical profit beats as consumer market focus pays off
Dow Chemical Co (DOW.N) reported a bigger-than-expected quarterly profit as the seeds and chemical maker benefited from its consumer-markets focus, and said it has had “substantive discussions” with regulators over its merger with DuPont (DD.N).
6. Brad Loncar on Twitter
“$BMY – even some drug named Yervoy showed some nice growth again.”
7. Bristol-Myers Squibb Reports First Quarter Financial Results
Increases First Quarter Revenues 12% to $4.9 Billion Posts First Quarter GAAP EPS of $0.94 and Non-GAAP EPS of $0.84 Achieves Key Regulatory Milestones For Opdivo in the U.S. and Europe Advances Immuno-Oncology Collaborations with Incyte and Exelixis to include Phase 3 Trials Increases 2017 GAAP and Non-GAAP EPS Guidance Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE:BMY) today reported results for the first quarter of 2017, which were highlighted by strong sales for key products Opdivo and Eliquis, regulatory approval for Opdivo in advanced bladder cancer in the U.S., positive opinions from the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) for advanced bladder and head and neck cancers in Europe, and strategic transactions in oncology that further strengthened the company’s pipeline. “During the first quarter we delivered strong sales and earnings growth, achieved important regulatory milestones for Opdivo in the U.S. and Europe and presented important new data across our Immuno-Oncology
8. dough on Twitter
“STIFEL cheat sheet for $CELG earnings today”
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Pai speech was rife with hyperbole inaccuracies and misstatements Georgetown Law lecturer Andrew Schwartzman an attorney who specializes in media and telecommunications policy told Ars.
To remind people that ISPs have blocked Internet content in numerous instances advocacy group Free Press published an updated list of such incidents featuring the likes of Comcast AT T and Verizon.
The Internet Association a trade group whose members include Amazon Facebook Google Microsoft Netflix and other Web companies countered arguments that net neutrality rules have inhibited network investment.
But as The Nilay Patel and former FCC Counselor Gigi Sohn point out companies change their terms of service all the time and as yet we heard of anything in plan that would stop them from doing so.
As Sohn explains name for the Pai Plan might be Trust Hardly a comforting thought in a market where ISPs face little competition and serve as the sole gatekeeper to the I.
The net neutrality rules are crucial for the Internet they help make sure that ISPs run their networks in ways that are fair to users and innovators alike.
You can add a note like spot add the amount of time left before the meter expires and even get a reminder alert minutes before it does save an image of your parking spot and send your parking location to friends.
This is in addition to the automatic parking detection you might have already noticed in Google Maps for iOS.
If you connect to your car using USB audio or bluetooth your parking spot will be automatically added to the map when you disconnect and exit the vehicle.
Photos can be saved to an ongoing look book that will log what users wear every day so as to not duplicate outfits and the pics can be shared easily on social networks or through texts.
Taking a video allows users to quickly replay the clip on their phone so they can see their outfit from every angle in the moment making it easier to decide on what to wear.
Echo Look also comes equipped with a machine learning feature called Style Check allowing users to take two pictures of two separate outfits and compare the two in order to make the best choice.
The marketing copy on the Echo Look product page includes a hodgepodge of tech buzzwords like computer vision and machine learning.
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has previously expressed his intrigue with the power of combining human taste with computer recommendations to make styling decisions.
Recode previously reported the company is working on an Alexa device that would have phone call and intercom features that could include a video camera.
Among them are a feed ranked by personalization algorithms rather than by chronology live streaming the ability to post photo galleries and a controversial new app design and logo.
More than percent of users are now outside the United States and the service is growing especially quickly in parts of Asia and South America that are dogged by underpowered Android phones and slow cellular networks.
For instance after Instagram began Stories the show feature it took from Snapchat it spent a month adding speed improvements for international markets.
Even as he acknowledged the importance of an open internet FCC Chairman Ajit Pai on Wednesday set his telecom agency on a course to scrap the tough broad net neutrality protections imposed by the Obama administration.
During a major speech in Washington Pai outlined the need for a total revision of existing federal rules that seek to prevent companies like AT T Charter and Verizon from blocking or slowing down web content including the movie or music offerings from their competitors.
On Wednesday though Pai told a different story In his speech he attributed the net neutrality rules to politics even alleging that Democrats sought to implement them to motivate voters after the party faltered in the congressional elections.
by Alpha | Apr 25, 2017 | Pre-Market
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1. MCD:McWow. Earnings and sales beat for McDonald’s. $MCD up 2% #premarket. All-time high.
2. BIIB:$BIIB actual vs consensus: Avonex $537M v $535M Tysabri $545M v $484M Tecfidera $958M v $987M Spinraza $47M v $15M Rev $2.811B v $2.736B
5. APFH:$APFH being bought $40.25/share by $TSN – Booya!
7. ESRX:$ESRX Evercore ISI: implied EBITDA contribution >$2B is over most estimates; how many other clients/customers will flee, a la MHS > low $50s
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1. Coca-Cola boosts savings target; sees smaller profit drop
Coca-Cola Co (KO.N) on Tuesday expanded its savings target and said it now expected the decline in 2017 adjusted profit to be smaller than it previously forecast.
2. Novartis Moves M&A Search to Early-Stage Drugs on Price Gain
Swiss drugmaker Novartis AG said it will scout for medicines that are in earlier stages of development as acquisition price tags climb across the industry.
3. Regeneron and Sanofi Announce FDA Approval of a New Once-Monthly Dosing Option for Praluent® (alirocumab) Injection (NASDAQ:REGN)
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Yik Chief Executive Officer Tyler Droll will not join Square the person added asking not to be identified talking about a private matter.
Square led by Twitter Jack Dorsey has made acquisitions in recent years to expand into loans food delivery and software services.
Yik Yak which started in created a smartphone app that allowed people to contribute to anonymous chat groups in a narrow geographical radius like college campuses.
If you are a user of and do not receive an email from our Security Team with these instructions we have found no evidence that you are affected by this incident.
the attacker may have accessed user account information including name email address and hashed password.
While HipChat Server uses the same library it is typically deployed in a way that minimizes the risk of this type of attack.
Branded postpaid phone Average Revenue per User ARPU was in up from primarily due to benefits from Data Stash a net positive impact from the ONE rate plans inclusive of Next and the MVNO Transaction.
Important factors that could affect future results and cause those results to differ materially from those expressed in the statements include among others the following adverse economic or political conditions in the and international markets competition in the wireless services market including new competitors entering the industry as technologies converge the effects any future merger or acquisition involving us as well as the effects of mergers or acquisitions in the technology media and telecommunications industry challenges in implementing our business strategies or funding our wireless operations including payment for additional spectrum or network upgrades the possibility that we may be unable to renew our spectrum licenses on attractive terms or acquire new spectrum licenses at reasonable costs and terms difficulties in managing growth in wireless data services including network quality material changes in available technology the timing scope and financial impact of our deployment of advanced network and business technologies the impact on our networks and business from major technology equipment failures breaches of our our third party networks information technology and data security natural disasters terrorist attacks or similar incidents existing or future litigation any changes in the regulatory environments in which we operate including any increase in restrictions on the ability to operate our networks any disruption or failure of our third or key provisioning of products or services material adverse changes in labor matters including labor campaigns negotiations or additional organizing activity and any resulting financial operational reputational impact the ability to make payments on our debt or to repay our existing indebtedness when due adverse change in the ratings of our debt securities or adverse conditions in the credit markets changes in accounting assumptions that regulatory agencies including the Securities and Exchange Commission may require which could result in an impact on earnings and changes in tax laws regulations and existing standards and the resolution of disputes with any taxing jurisdictions and other risks described in our filings with the SEC including those described in our most recently filed Annual Report on Form You should not place undue reliance on these statements.
Net debt excluding Tower Obligations to last twelve months Adjusted EBITDA ratio is calculated as follows The amortized imputed discount on EIP receivables previously recognized as Interest income has been retrospectively reclassified as Other revenues.
On anonymous online forums raters swap instance looking up rap video lyrics to scan quickly for profanity or skipping through a clip in chunks instead of watching the entire thing.
But while only machine intelligence can grapple with scale as company execs and representatives have stressed again and again until anyone smart enough to distinguish say truly offensive speech from other forms of expression on its own such efforts will still need to rely on people.
Big companies across the tech industry employ temporary workers to participate in repetitive tasks meant to train AI systems according to multiple ad raters WIRED spoke with.
ET has created a team focused on technology to help navigate the retail role in the of transportation according to people briefed on the matter.
Amazon quietly formed the team which has comprised about a dozen employees more than a year ago as part of its broader ambition to transport more of its goods itself.
For now Amazon intend to build a fleet of vehicles according.
With each connection you make the total reach of your professional community grows and so do your career opportunities.
Here are some other fun facts about how connected the LinkedIn global community is across industries countries and jobs.
The impact of half a billion professionals connecting and communicating is very real and very accessible to anyone who wants to take part today.
On Monday evening Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales launched Wikitribune an independent site not affiliated with Wikipedia or the Wikimedia Foundation brings journalists and a community of volunteers in a combination that Wales hopes will combat fake news online initially in English then in other languages.
The idea is that the professional journalists will be paid to write news stories while volunteer contributors will the facts helps make sure the language is factual and neutral and will to the maximum extent possible be transparent about the source of news posting full transcripts video and audio of interviews.
But Andrew Lih an associate professor at American University and the author of The Wikipedia Revolution thinks that Wikitribune has a lot more potential precisely because of its layer of professional journalists.
Sure we have a Terms of Service Agreement and a Privacy Policy that our users agree they have read and understand before they even sign up but the reality is most of us myself included do take the time to thoroughly review them.
So we need to do better for our users and will from this point forward with clearer messaging on our website in our app and in our FAQs.
The rest will remain the same providing a killer service that gives you hours back in your day while protecting your privacy and security above all else.
In other words until very recently NPD did have a very accurate idea of just how much US gamers were spending on game downloads and DLC across consoles PC and mobile phones.
A year ago NPD estimated that a healthy percent of industry spending was still devoted to physical discs and collector edition accouterments.
The idea of buying games on a tangible disc or cartridge is quickly becoming a shrinking niche completely overwhelmed by purely digital spending.
by Alpha | Apr 21, 2017 | Pre-Market
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2. OCN:Hearing Compass point upgrades $OCN to BUy, $5 pt
3. SKX:$SKX upgraded to Buy from Neutral at B. Riley. The analyst raised price target to $32 from $28. @DavidSeaburg
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1. SLB:*SCHLUMBERGER 1Q ADJ EPS 25C, EST. 25C; REV MISSES ESTIMATES $SLB
2. MAT:Too many toys? Mattel’s earnings woes are hurting Hasbro too. $MAT down 8% #premarket. $HAS down 2.5%.
3. PFPT:$PFPT now up 11% on results, 2,500 April 75/80 call spreads bought near the lows after the downgrade yesterday
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1. TherapeuticsMD Hormone Pill Faces Looming FDA Rejection and a Hostile Commercial Market
Postmenopausal women already have a broad menu of locally administered estrogen therapy products to treat vulvar and vaginal atrophy.
2. China renews anti-dumping duties on optical fiber from US, EU – People’s Daily Online
BEIJING, April 21 (Xinhua) — China has decided to renew anti-dumping duties on imports of optical fiber from the United Statesand the European Unionfor another five years as old taxes expired a year ago.
3. XBiotech Leaves European Meeting ‘Disappointed’ Over Colon Cancer Drug Rejection
XBiotech’s efforts to shade Xilonix’s clinical failings amounted to little more than hand waving when it mattered most. European regulators at the oral explanation meeting on Thursday were not fooled.
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Donald Trump was very clear will appoint a team to give me a plan within days of taking office he said in January after getting a intelligence assessment of Russian interference in last elections and promising to address cybersecurity.
the latest deadline set and missed from the press conference he said his wife would hold last fall to answer questions about her original immigration process to the plan to defeat ISIS that said would come within his first days in office.
Given the issues at play cyber security experts worry that missing this particular set deadline could have significant consequences and speaks to deeper concerns about the White House not grappling with clear threats.
President Trump Federal Communications Commission chief Republican Ajit Pai has made clear that he wants to roll back US rules protecting net neutrality the principle that all internet content should be equally accessible to consumers.
But the forthcoming Republican assault on net neutrality is just one component of an escalating effort by Trump FCC to deregulate the broadband industry in ways that benefit corporate giants like AT T and Verizon and hurt consumers according to public interest advocates.
And yet Trump FCC under Pai blithely asserts that there is strong competition in the business data services market hence the need to ease the regulatory burdens on BDS broadband providers like AT T and Verizon a contention that is vigorously contested by public interest advocates.
So now when I ask my Google Assistant for help it can distinguish my voice from my and I can hear my own personal playlists my own commute time my own schedule and more.
Once you see your Google Home in the list select your From there you teach your Assistant to understand you not your partner family member or vice versa based on speaking.
This feature will start rolling out today for Google Home users in the but will expand to the in the coming months.
President Trump Federal Communications Commission chief Republican Ajit Pai has made clear that he wants to roll back US rules protecting net neutrality the principle that all internet content should be equally accessible to consumers.
But the forthcoming Republican assault on net neutrality is just one component of an escalating effort by Trump FCC to deregulate the broadband industry in ways that benefit corporate giants like AT T and Verizon and hurt consumers according to public interest advocates.
And yet Trump FCC under Pai blithely asserts that there is strong competition in the business data services market hence the need to ease the regulatory burdens on BDS broadband providers like AT T and Verizon a contention that is vigorously contested by public interest advocates.
Donald Trump was very clear will appoint a team to give me a plan within days of taking office he said in January after getting a intelligence assessment of Russian interference in last elections and promising to address cybersecurity.
the latest deadline set and missed from the press conference he said his wife would hold last fall to answer questions about her original immigration process to the plan to defeat ISIS that said would come within his first days in office.
Given the issues at play cyber security experts worry that missing this particular set deadline could have significant consequences and speaks to deeper concerns about the White House not grappling with clear threats.
Facebook is talking to veterans of both the tech and media industries according to multiple sources but is having trouble finding someone with both the news and technology chops necessary to fill the role.
But sources say that whoever takes the job will help Facebook create news products for its media partners like Instant Articles as well as exploring ways to curb the spread of misinformation.
In recent months the company has created mechanisms to try to limit misinformation including flagging inaccurate news stories and working with fact checkers.
Conducted by Oxford Economics and commissioned by cyber security experts CGI the research also found that it also leads to a permanent fall in share prices.
is an example of a sector that suffers a large number of breaches but necessarily targeted because there many ways to monetise attacks on health companies he added.
A slap on the wrist fine by the ICO is least of their worries and Jon Fielding Managing Director of Apricorn in EMEA says should analyse the data they house and remove anything identified as unnecessary.
Plastc announced the news on its website today along with the fact that all its employees have been laid off.
The team writes that and emotionally distraught and while we know this is extremely disappointing for you we want our backers to know that we did everything we could to make Plastc Card a.
The company explains that it thought it would close million in funding in February this year but that fell through.
The company claims that it was expecting to close a million Series A funding round in late February and that it had functioning cards to show its investors.
This deal was scheduled to close last week and would propel development across the finish line as well as allow for Plastc Card to be shipped and for production to continue into a retail phase.
Crowdfunding darling Coin also announced early this year that it was longer manufacturing promoting or selling any new devices or By late February the company shut down.
So now when I ask my Google Assistant for help it can distinguish my voice from my and I can hear my own personal playlists my own commute time my own schedule and more.
Once you see your Google Home in the list select your From there you teach your Assistant to understand you not your partner family member or vice versa based on speaking.
This feature will start rolling out today for Google Home users in the but will expand to the in the coming months.
$TRCO Twenty-First Century Fox $FOXA in talks with Blackstone $BX to buy Tribune – Reuters
$HTA Healthcare Trust of America Acquires Duke Realty’s $DRE Medical Office Portfolio for $2.75B