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A landmark bill which sets out and governs the powers available to the police security and intelligence agencies to gather and access electronic communications has received Royal Assent.

In receiving Royal Assent the government has fulfilled its commitment to pass the legislation before the Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Act DRIPA sunsets on December.

I want to pay tribute to the independent reviewers organisations and Parliamentarians of all parties for their rigorous scrutiny of this important law which is vital for the safety and security of our families communities and country.

3. Mozilla: “We’ve found the bug being used and are working on a patch”

On Tue Nov at firstwatch at wrote This is an Javascript exploit Thanks.

I pointed some folks on irc to this mail and Daniel Veditz Mozilla Security Team said the Firefox team was sent a copy of that this morning.

And somewhere in there people will look at the bug and see whether they think it really does apply to Tor Browser.

4. The FBI, NSA and CIA are likely to gain new surveillance powers under Trump

You will now receive the Game Plan newsletter The fights expected to play out in the coming months in Senate confirmation hearings and through executive action legislation and litigation also will set up an early test of relationship with Silicon Valley giants including Apple and Alphabet Google.

James Comey director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation has said he also wants to renew a debate early next year about whether Apple and other companies can resist court warrants seeking to unlock encrypted communications.

While the FBI dropped that case against Apple after buying a tool to hack into the phone the increasing use of encryption on mobile devices and messaging services remains a challenge to national security and law enforcement agencies.

5. Introducing real-time co-authoring in PowerPoint on Windows Desktop. Learn more:

6. Our founder Sir Tim Berners-Lee answers 3 questions on the #IPBill, now passed into law:

Image copyrightThinkstockImage caption The UK internet service providers will need to install new equipment to log their customers net habits The Investigatory Powers Bill will get royal assent on Tuesday.

The fact that it has attracted more than signatures means that it will get debated in Parliament but there seems little chance of ministers taking any more notice than they did of the call for an exploration vessel to be named Boaty McBoatface.

Image copyrightGetty ImagesThe most contentious part of the forthcoming law is a requirement that communication providers keep a log of their customers net browsing behaviour for a year.

7. So many #driverless questions raised by this exchange: U.S. letter reveals details of GM self-driving vehicle system

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration NHTSA said in a letter to GM that it was permissible for the automaker to automatically activate hazard lights if a driver fails to respond to alerts by a vehicle that has brought itself to a stop but it raised concerns that the system is safe.

GM monitoring system has facial recognition software that can detect if a driver is falling asleep or not paying attention spokesman Kevin Kelly said Monday.

Concerns about vehicles that drive themselves for limited periods were raised after the May death of Ohio technology company owner Joshua Brown in a Tesla Motors Inc Model S while the car Autopilot system was engaged.

8. Powerful piece by @brianpaddick – proud that @libdems voted against but why is Labour so quiet, & abstaining, again!

Well I do not need to ask you because the government is passing a law about to finish its final stages in parliament that will force your internet service provider whether it be Virgin Media Sky or BT to keep that list for you.

Would you then be surprised to hear that in parliament on Monday the chief executive of TalkTalk Dido Harding now a Conservative baroness and voted in favour of storing her own web histories so they could be handed over to the police on demand.

Would you be equally surprised that while Diane Abbott the shadow home secretary said on Tuesday that the new law the investigatory powers bill was and that the legislation her Labour party colleagues in the House of Lords were voting with the Tory government against a Liberal Democrat amendment that would have stopped connection ICRs aka your web history being stored by the internet companies.

9. #IPBill “one of the worst examples in democratic world of government trampling on human rights online” – @AFJellema

Rudd the UK Home Secretary described the Investigatory Powers Bill as.

She is right only in that it sets out one of the worst examples in the democratic world of government trampling on human rights online legalising the sweeping abuses under PRISM revealed by Edward Snowden.

everything you do online can be spied on by a long list of government agencies will inevitably take away some of our precious freedom to use the web as a space for exploration and dissent.

10. …I called it first :p

The feature is new to mobile devices though Twitter previously brought this design to the web in June.

The new design also includes conversation counts so you can see which tweets are generating the most abuse and harassment at a glance.

Twitter is a free app and you can download it on Android and iOS if you want.

PRE-MARKET | November 29, 2016 | $TSLA, $AAPL #trade, $GOLD, $USO, $CL_F, $JAZZ, $PFE, $REGN, $IBB

by Alpha | Nov 29, 2016 | Pre-Market

PRE-MARKET MOVERS

1. NOVN:

$NOVN Novan reports statistically significant phase 2 clinical trial results for sb206 – Reuters

2. THO:

$THO Thor Crushes Forecasts, Sees Need For More Production Capacity – IBD

3. TIF:

$TIF Tiffany & Co. Sales Increase – WSJ

4. NFLX, TIVO:

$TIVO TiVo and Netflix $NFLX Enter Into Product and Intellectual Property Agreements – Biz Wire

5. ARIA:

$ARIA ARIAD Pharma’s Iclusig Granted Full FDA Approval – Street Insider

6. UNH:

$UNH UnitedHealth Gives Upbeat Outlook for 2017 – WSJ

7. ZTO:

$ZTO ZTO Reports Third Quarter 2016 Unaudited Financial Results – PRNewswire

8. MNK:

$MNK Mallinckrodt plc Reports Fiscal 2016 Fourth Quarter and Full-Year Results – PRN

9. JAZZ:

$JAZZ Jazz Pharmaceuticals Announces That Patient Enrollment Complete for the Ph 3 Study of JZP-110

10. BSX, NVRO: $BSX Nevro $NVRO Files Lawsuit for Patent Infringement Against Boston Scientific in the U.S. – PRN

11. TSLA: $TSLA SEC knocks Tesla over ‘tailored’ accounting in earnings release – MarketWatch

12. VNET: $VNET 21Vianet Group Tops Q3 EPS by 1c – Street Insider

13. ALL:

$ALL Allstate to Acquire Squaretrade in $1.4 Billion Deal – WSJ

14. COTV:

$COTV Cotiviti Announces Secondary Public Offering – Business Wire

15. SITE:

$SITE SiteOne Landscape Supply, Inc. Announces Launch of Secondary Public Offering of Common Stock – BW

16. TCBI:

$TCBI Texas Capital Bancshares, Inc. Prices Common Stock Offering – Nasdaq Read more:

17. SCVL:

$SCVL Shoe Carnival shares fall on results, outlook – MarketWatch

18. FOLD:

$FOLD Amicus shares drop 28% after FDA denies quick drug approval – MarketWatch

19. NVLS:

$NVLS Nivalis Therapeutics plummet as cystic fibrosis drug study fails – MarketWatch

UPGRADES

1. ALXN:UPDATE: Barclays Upgrades Alexion Pharmaceuticals $ALXN to Overweight

2. BAC:$BAC Upgrade DJ Bank of America Raised to Outperform From Market Perform by Keefe Bruyette & Woods Tue Nov 29 05:46:52 2016 EDT

3. OLBK:Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Upgrades Old Line Bancshares $OLBK to Outperform

4. PFE:$pfe upgraded to overweight by Barclays

5. TSCO:$TSCO gapping higher on zero volume on an upgrade from Northcoast , upgrading to BUY with a $102 price tgt

6. VCYT:$VCYT upgraded to Buy from Neutral at Janney

DOWNGRADES

1. AKS:Macquarie Downgrades AK Steel $AKS to Neutral

2. BNCN:Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Downgrades BNC Bancorp $BNCN to Market Perform

3. CSL:Longbow Research Downgrades Carlisle $CSL to Neutral

4. FFIN:Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Downgrades First Financial Bankshares $FFIN to Underperform

5. KEY:KeyCorp was Downgraded to a Hold Rating at KBW $KEY

6. LABL:KeyBanc Downgrades Multi-Color Corp $LABL to Underweight

7. MBWM:Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Downgrades Mercantile Bank Corporation $MBWM to Market Perform

8. NEWT:KBW Downgrades Newtek Business to Hold $NEWT

9. PSTB:Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Downgrades Park Sterling Bank $PSTB to Market Perform

10. RNST:Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Downgrades Renasant Corp $RNST to Market Perform

11. SGEN:$SGEN downgraded to Equal-Weight from Overweight at Barclays

12. SSB:Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Downgrades South State $SSB to Market Perform

13. UTHR:UPDATE: Barclays Downgrades United Therapeutics Corp. $UTHR to Underweight

14. VRTX:$VRTX downgraded to Equal-Weight from Overweight at Barclays

15. WEN:$WEN downgraded to Neutral at Goldman Sachs

16. WOR:Macquarie Downgrades Worthington Industries $WOR to Underperform

17. X:$X downgraded to Hold at Argus Research

EARNINGS

1. MNK:$MNK reports FQ4 earnings of $2.04 EPS and $887.20M Revs –

2. TIF:$TIF reports FQ3 earnings of 76c EPS and $949.30M Revs –

3. SFL:$SFL reports FQ3 earnings of 35c EPS and $93.53M Revs –

4. BERY:$BERY reports FQ4 earnings of 73c EPS and $1.62B Revs –

Trending Social Alerts

1. CYTR:$CYTR Reports Statistically Significant Updated Results from Pivotal P3 Trial of Aldoxorubicin

2. X:Good start to the day with $X down over $1.20,

3. TIF:Tiffany Q3 EPS $0.76, Revenue $949M vs $927M Est $TIF

4. MTSC:$MTSC Halted, news pending

5. BLUE:Piper sees bluebird regaining ‘mojo and momentum’ $BLUE

6. TRIL:$TRIL CC and Webcast on Dec’5th to Discuss TTI-621 Data Presented at #ASH16

7. PFE:UPDATE: Barclays Upgrades Pfizer $PFE to Overweight

8. CL_F:Crazy 80 cent drop in crude futures $CL_F

9. USO:iranian oil minister says will not cut production. $USO $CL_F

Trending News Headlines

1. CytRx CEO Pockets Millions of Dollars as Failed Sarcoma Drug Moves to FDA

CytRx announced a plan Tuesday to seek U.S. marketing approval of aldoxorubicin based more on hocus-pocus than credible science.

2. In OPEC Poker Game, Iran and Iraq Call Saudi Arabia’s Bluff

For decades, Saudi Arabia has had its way at OPEC. All of a sudden the position has turned: Riyadh finds its power waning against a resurgent Iran and Iraq.

3. Exclusive: ECB ready to buy more Italian bonds if referendum rocks market – sources

The European Central Bank is ready to temporarily step up purchases of Italian government bonds if the result of a crucial referendum on Sunday sharply drives up borrowing costs for the euro zone’s largest debtor, central bank sources told Reuters.

4. Don’t Be Surprised When Activision Blizzard CEO Does a Big Deal

Activision Blizzard Inc. is giving Chief Executive Officer Robert Kotick major financial incentives to do deals — a form of compensation that’s become increasingly unusual amid investor scrutiny.

5. Iran, Iraq at loggerheads with Saudis ahead of OPEC meeting

Iran and Iraq are resisting pressure from Saudi Arabia to curtail oil production, making it hard for the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries to reach a global output-limiting deal when it meets on Wednesday.

6. Amazon Said to Plan Premium Alexa Speaker With Large Screen

Amazon.com Inc. is developing a premium Echo-like speaker with a screen, a sign the world’s largest online retailer is trying to capitalize on the surprise success of its voice-controlled home gadgets and fend off competition from Google and Apple Inc.

7. Jeweler Tiffany posts first sales rise in eight quarters

Tiffany & Co (TIF.N) reported its first rise in sales in eight quarters as strong sales in Japan and China more than offset a decline in the United States, its biggest market.

8. In OPEC’s High-Stakes Poker Game, Iran and Iraq Call Saudi Bluff

For decades, Saudi Arabia has had its way at OPEC. All of a sudden the position has turned: Riyadh finds its power waning against a resurgent Iran and Iraq.

9. Trillium Therapeutics Announces Conference Call and Webcast on December 5th to Discuss TTI-621 Data Presented at ASH

Trillium Therapeutics Inc. , a clinical stage immuno-oncology company developing innovative therapies for the treatment of cancer, today announced that it will host a conference call and webcast at 8:30 …

Technology News

1. What we learned when we tracked down and talked to a fake news creator in the suburbs

What that turned into was a state representative in the House in Colorado proposing actual legislation to prevent people from using their food stamps to buy marijuana based on something that had just never happened Coler says.

It was just anybody with a blog can get on there and find a big huge Facebook group of kind of rabid Trump supporters just waiting to eat up this red meat that they about to get served Coler says.

So it seems to be a kind of arbitrary step that they taking either based on I do know if it was my reputation within the industry or specifically the Denver Guardian site that angered them or I do know what it is but back to your question there hundreds of people that will work with me.

2. cats outta the bag now.. CNN buys Casey Neistat’s video app Beme

ET CNN has acquired startup Beme a social media app launched last year by popular YouTube star Casey Neistat the network announced Monday.

The Beme app which allowed users to shoot and share quick unedited video clips had an auspicious start thanks in large part to diehard social media following.

The Beme app will be shuttered with the employees joining CNN to form a separate technology unit focusing on the new media venture and wider mobile video efforts.

3. Silicon Valley plan to solve poverty: 1: Invite-only event on Stanford campus 2. Palantir demo 3. Uber ride home

Tomorrow the White House will partner with Stanford University and the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative a limited liability corporation launched by the CEO of Facebook and his wife to the Summit on Poverty and Opportunity a event held on the campus.

The list of attendees and speakers also includes CEO Steve Ballmer White House CTO Megan Smith formerly a top executive at Google Martin Ford author of two books on automation including Rise of the Robots Marian Edelman founder of the Defense Fund Nobel economist Ken Arrow and Bryan Desloge president of the National Association of Counties who backed Donald Trump in the presidential election and has participated in a previous White House summit on poverty.

This event comes at a time when tech moguls like Mark Zuckerberg and Sean Parker have been subject to increased scrutiny for their approach to doing good which eschews nonprofit foundations for traditional investment vehicles labeled as philanthropy.

4. CNN is bringing Casey Neistat — and, it hopes, his youthful audience — in-house

CNN announced on Monday that it had agreed to acquire the technology and talent behind Beme the social media app built and started by Neistat and Matt Hackett a former vice president of engineering at Tumblr.

Beme saw early traction especially among avid personal following but failed to capture a large part of the social sharing market amid competitors like Instagram Facebook and others.

AMC the network known for the hit series Walking Dead announced this month that it had taken a minority stake in Funny or Die the digital comedy site founded by Will Ferrell and Adam McKay.

5. NPR tracked down the owner of one of the biggest fake news businesses in the country.

It was just anybody with a blog can get on there and find a big huge Facebook group of kind of rabid Trump supporters just waiting to eat up this red meat that they about to get served Coler says.

6. AT&T has fully committed itself to the war to destroy net neutrality. Its vanguard is free stuff.

At an event in New York City today AT T has announced that its mobile subscribers will be able to stream its new DirecTV Now service without using their data.

AT T is just the latest to challenge the ruling but with a new and likely more lenient administration at least on net neutrality the bet to go against the FCC may just pay off.

DirecTV Now will be available on November and will offer over channels starting at a month for a limited time.

7. How Germany has become a test case for how Facebook polices what may be published online, via @markscott82 @meddynyt

The incident is one of several examples including threats of regulation and attempts to prosecute chief executive Mark Zuckerberg of how Germany has become an important test case globally for how the social network polices what may be published online and how it should respond to inappropriate and illegal content.

a mural by Günther Schaefer that depicts a Star of David on a German flag is painted on the remains of the Berlin Phil Moore for The New York Times recognize that this is a work in progress Richard Allen director of policy in Europe said in an interview.

Jun recently filed a complaint with Munich authorities seeking prosecution of Zuckerberg and other senior Facebook executives on charges they failed to sufficiently tackle the widespread wave of hate speech in Germany.

8. This doesn’t seem openly and blatantly anti-competitive at all.

At an event in New York City today AT T has announced that its mobile subscribers will be able to stream its new DirecTV Now service without using their data.

AT T is just the latest to challenge the ruling but with a new and likely more lenient administration at least on net neutrality the bet to go against the FCC may just pay off.

DirecTV Now will be available on November and will offer over channels starting at a month for a limited time.

9. Silicon Valley is going to explain things about poverty and income inequality to the White House tomorrow

10. Nevada DMV official: Self-driving truck company @Otto flouted & ignored autonomous testing rules. Important read.

In April of this year Steve Hill executive director of the Nevada Office of Economic Development GOED wrote an email to Jude Hurin the administrator in charge of autonomous vehicle AV regulation at the DMV.

Otto had now come full circle from a tiny startup intent on disrupting taxis in Las Vegas to maverick autonomous truckers to a key part of the biggest company on the planet.

The testing facility a wholly owned subsidiary called Nevada ATCF LLC received its license from the DMV at the end of September and is currently hiring staff and remodeling a building in southwest Las Vegas.

PRE-MARKET | November 28, 2016 | $AMZN, $DG, $TIME, $CUBA, $DTLR, $DX, $COP, $TWTR, $AAPL, $NFLX

by Alpha | Nov 28, 2016 | Business

PRE-MARKET MOVERS

1. REPH:

$REPH Recro Pharma Reports Positive Top-Line Results from Pivotal Ph III Clinical Trial of IV Meloxicam

2. CUBA:

$CUBA Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fund Set to Open Higher Following Death of Fidel Castro – SI

3. IDRA:

$IDRA Idera Pharma, Vivelix Pharma Enter Exclusive IMO-9200 Licensing Agreement – Street Insider

4. TIME:

$TIME Time Inc. rejects buyout bid from billionaire Edgar Bronfman Jr. – NYPost

5. CTSH:

$CTSH Elliott Management Sends Letter to Cognizant Technology Outlining Value-Enhancement Plan – Biz Wire

6. FNSR:

$FNSR Needham & Company Upgrades Finisar to Strong Buy; Expect a Beat and Raise

7. COP:

$COP Goldman Sachs Upgrades ConocoPhillips to ‘Buy’ and Adds Stock to Conviction List, $54 PT

8. HZNP:

$HZNP BMO Sees Favorable Risk/Reward for Horizon Pharma Ahead of phase 3 Data for Actimmune in FA

9. EPZM:

$EPZM Epizyme Updates on Clinical Programs; Tazemetostat Granted FDA Fast Track Designation in DLBCL

10. IIIN, LFUS: $IIIN Insteel Industries will replace Littelfuse $LFUS in the S&P SmallCap 600 – SI

11. LFUS, LXK: $LFUS Littelfuse will replace Lexmark $LXK in the S&P MidCap 400 – SI

12. EW: $EW Edwards Lifesciences to buy Israel’s Valtech for up to $690 million – Reuters

13. AYA: $AYA Amaya Founder Finds Additional Hong Kong Funds for Takeover – BBG

14. JNJ: $JNJ Actelion and J&J Are in Talks About Takeover of Swiss Drugmaker – BBG

15. UTX: $UTX Deal for Carrier to Keep U.S. Plant Open May Hinge on Tax Overhaul – WSJ

16. TSLA:

$TSLA Tesla’s Model X is ‘fast and flawed,’ Consumer Reports says’ – MarketWatch

17. BA:

$BA Boeing Faces WTO Sanctions – WSJ

18. C:

$C Jefferies Downgrades Citi to Hold

19. HRB:

$HRB BTIG Downgrades H&R Block to Sell; Sees Negative Impact from Trump Administration, $18 PT

UPGRADES

1. CNHI:Piper Jaffray Upgrades CNH Global NV $CNHI to Neutral

2. COP:$COP Goldman Sachs Upgrades ConocoPhillips to ‘Buy’ and Adds Stock to Conviction List, $54 PT

3. DE:Piper Jaffray Upgrades Deere to Hold $DE

4. ESS:Evercore ISI Upgrades Essex Property Trust $ESS to Buy

5. FCAU:ISI $FCAU “the day has come to upgrade FCA from Sell to Buy”

6. FNSR:$FNSR Needham & Company Upgrades Finisar to Strong Buy; Expect a Beat and Raise

7. NTES:$NTES upgraded to Buy at Jefferies

8. USB:Jefferies Upgrades U.S. Bancorp $USB to Buy

9. WPX:Deutsche Bank Upgrades WPX Energy $WPX to Buy

DOWNGRADES

1. BCO:Gabelli Downgrades Brinks Co. $BCO to Hold

2. BPFH:Jefferies Downgrades Boston Private Financial $BPFH to Hold

3. C:$C Jefferies Downgrades Citi to Hold

4. CBRL:$CBRL downgraded to Hold at Maxim Group

5. CBRL, DRI:Cracker Barrel , Darden downgraded to hold from buy at Maxim. $CBRL $DRI #stocks

6. CEB:RBC Capital Downgrades Corporate Executive Board to Hold $CEB

7. DRI:$DRI downgraded to Hold at MaximGroup

8. HBAN:Huntington Bancshares Inc. was Downgraded to a Hold Rating at Jefferies $HBAN

9. HIG:Hartford Financial , MetLife downgraded to market perform from outperform at FBR. $HIG…

10. HRB:$HRB BTIG Downgrades H&R Block to Sell; Sees Negative Impact from Trump Administration, $18 PT

11. KRC:Evercore ISI Downgrades Kilroy Realty $KRC to Hold

12. MAR:Evercore ISI Downgrades Marriott International $MAR to Hold

13. MET:FBR Capital Downgrades MetLife $MET to Market Perform

14. PNRA:$PNRA downgraded to Neutral at Wedbush – PT $220

15. RHI:RBC Capital Downgrades Robert Half $RHI to Sector Perform

16. SF:Macquarie Downgrades Stifel Financial $SF to Neutral

17. TUP:Tupperware downgraded ahead of F/X update

18. WFC:$WFC downgraded to Hold @ Jefferies

19. XYL:Boenning & Scattergood Downgrades Xylem $XYL to Neutral

Trending Social Alerts

1. REPH:$REPH Reports Positive Top-Line Results From Pivotal Phase 3 Trial of IV Meloxicam

2. HTBX:$HTBX continues its monster run… gapping up 22% in premarket

3. CTSH:$CTSH – Elliott Mgmt. sees $80-$90/share, guessing it is them that are the proud owners of the 30,000 April $55 calls bought recently

4. DXY:USD has popped from early weakness, but some definite evidence of consolidation in both $DXY & $TNX of late

5. IDRA:$REPH $IDRA halted

6. EW:Edwards Lifesciences [EW] Adds to Heart Care Portfolio with Valtech Cardio Acquisition $ew

7. BA:$BA Boeing Faces WTO Sanctions – WSJ

Trending News Headlines

1. Recro Pharma Reports Positive Top-Line Results from Pivotal Phase III Clinical Trial of IV Meloxicam

IV Meloxicam Achieves Primary Endpoint of Statistically Significant Reduction in SPID24 in Patients with Acute Postoperative Pain Following Abdominoplasty Surgery

2. OPEC makes last-ditch bid to save oil deal as tensions grow

OPEC was trying on Monday to rescue a deal to limit oil output as tensions grew among the producer group and non-OPEC member Russia, with top exporter Saudi Arabia saying markets would rebalance even without an agreement.

3. Actelion’s ambitious independent-minded CEO will drive up takeover price

Actelion Chief Executive Jean-Paul Clozel’s desire to keep Europe’s biggest biotech company independent after building it from scratch, means Johnson & Johnson will have to pay a steep premium if a takeover is to succeed.

4. OPEC May Give Trump Energy Goals a Boost

President-elect Donald Trump says he plans to make America energy independent. He may receive an unintended boost next week in the form of an oil production cut by OPEC, which could raise crude prices.

5. Oil Investors Have $490 Billion Riding on Big OPEC Decision

After two tough years of falling oil prices and company valuations, investors in the world’s biggest energy producers have some cause for hope as crude prices continue their recovery from a 12-year low. They will be looking to OPEC not to dash it.

6. Time Inc. rejects buyout bid from billionaire Edgar Bronfman Jr.

Edgar Bronfman Jr. is making a bid to buy Time Inc., publisher of People, Time and Sports Illustrated, The Post has learned. Bronfman, who is teaming up with Len Blavatnik’s Access Industries, rece…

7. OPEC’s Last Cut Shows Oil Market Could Get a Whole Lot Messier

Anyone planning to trade the outcome of this week’s OPEC meeting might consider the lessons of the group’s last production cut. Then take a deep breath.

Technology News

1. What we learned when we tracked down and talked to a fake news creator in the suburbs

It was just anybody with a blog can get on there and find a big huge Facebook group of kind of rabid Trump supporters just waiting to eat up this red meat that they about to get served Coler says.

2. Any conspiracy theory or McCarthyite attack is permitted in U.S. discourse as long as it involves Russia and Putin.

If readers had the opportunity to visit the site it would have become instantly apparent that this group of ostensible experts far more resembles amateur peddlers of primitive shallow propagandistic clichés than serious substantive analysis and expertise that it has a blatant demonstrable bias in promoting narrative about the world and that it is engaging in extremely dubious McCarthyite tactics about a wide range of critics and dissenters.

It actively calls on Congress and the White House to work our European allies to disconnect Russia from the SWIFT financial transaction system effective immediately and lasting for at least one year as an appropriate response to Russian manipulation of the.

Even more disturbing than the shoddy journalism in this instance is the broader trend in which any wild conspiracy theory or McCarthyite attack is now permitted in discourse as long as it involves Russia and Putin just as was true in the when stories of how the Russians were poisoning the water supply or infiltrating American institutions were commonplace.

3. NPR tracked down the owner of one of the biggest fake news businesses in the country.

It was just anybody with a blog can get on there and find a big huge Facebook group of kind of rabid Trump supporters just waiting to eat up this red meat that they about to get served Coler says.

4. if u think fake news and the facebook ecosystem are bad here you should read @sheeraf on what it’s doing in Myanmar

For nearly five decades Myanmar lived under military dictatorships that suppressed all forms of dissent and limited free speech leading to US and European sanctions that largely cut off the country from the rest of the world.

Dozens of people have been jailed for what written on Facebook though human rights groups say the exact number is unknown as many arrests go unreported especially outside the city centers where the legal system is not as closely monitored.

Facebook says constantly thinking about ways to improve digital literacy and that it will soon release a security awareness campaign designed specifically for Myanmar and that worked with local civil liberty groups to publish a pamphlet that includes a translated and illustrated version of its community standards.

5. Apple’s $1 billion site is way behind schedule because 3 people object

You will now receive the Game Plan newsletter vote to leave the European Union has threatened to upend arrangements with one of its largest trading partners while Donald election victory might undermine status as a haven for companies in Europe.

Local supporters fear that Apple may grow impatient prompting community leaders to organize a rally in favor of the project earlier this month.

was a gesture of solidarity with Apple to show that the vast majority of people in the area support the project said Peter Feeney a local councilor with Prime Minister Enda Fine Gael party.

6. “There was strong demand for Xbox hardware, accessories, games and Xbox Live engagement on Black Friday,” says Microsoft. No numbers though

7. Lots of critiques of WaPo story on Russia & fake news. Read them.

A number of the allies that PropOrNot lists on its the investigative blogger Eliot Higgins who runs a research entity called BellingCat that has used crowdsourcing to track Russian government activity in they have never heard of the group.

For example the article refers to what it calls useful idiots as being part of this campaign a group that includes any accounts which regurgitate Russian themes and without necessarily taking direction from Russia or collaborating in a fully informed manner.

The PropOrNot article which the Post said it was given prior to publication reportedly says the Russian campaign worked by harnessing the online fascination with content that is surprising and emotionally potent and tracks with popular conspiracy theories.

8. Note: This describes every website on the Internet, including mainstream media outlets:

One of the themes that has emerged during the controversy over and its role in the election of Donald Trump is the idea that Russian agents of various kinds helped hack the process by fueling this barrage of false news.

A number of the that PropOrNot lists on its the investigative blogger Eliot Higgins who runs a research entity called BellingCat that has used crowdsourcing to track Russian government activity in they have never heard of the group.

The PropOrNot article which the Post said it was given prior to publication reportedly says the Russian campaign worked by the online fascination with content that is surprising and emotionally potent and tracks with popular conspiracy.

9. Adobe noted top-selling electronics were Apple iPads, Samsung 4K TVs, Apple Macbook Air, LG TVs and Xbox

This trend continued into Black Friday as the sales event is currently tracking to bring in billion in revenue which is up percent.

toys included Lego Creator Sets electric scooters from Razor Nerf Guns DJI Phantom Drones and Barbie Dreamhouse.

We still expect Cyber Monday to surpass Black Friday and become the largest online sales day in history with.

10. The story behind the story. Ashton Kutcher and Guy Oseary’s Sound Ventures back Apptopia

The round which was led by Ashton Kutcher and Guy Sound Ventures brings total raise to date to million.

That has led it to attract a number of companies to sign up for its paid service including Google Pinterest Facebook NBC Universal Philips Deloitte Telerik Fyber Airpush Chartboost Startapp SendGrid and others.

Sapir admits to being something of an underdog in the space but one now rapidly growing after nearly having to shut down not too long ago when the marketplace failed.

Market Updates | November 27, 2016 | $SPX, $ES_F, $SPY, $GC_F, $GLD, $GDX, $ZN_F, $TLT, $CVX, $AAPL, $AMZN

by Alpha | Nov 28, 2016 | IKE, Market Update

The following charts provide some details on how major US indices are setting up!! Please check us in the room for further details, trade setups and ideas.. !