PRE-MARKET MOVERS
6. AVGO, BRCD: $BRCD Chipmaker Broadcom $AVGO to buy network gear maker Brocade for $5.5 billion – Reuters
15. ADP, WAGE: $ADP WageWorks $WAGE to buy two of Automatic Data Processing Inc’s businesses – Reuters
22. TRIL: $TRIL Trillium therapeutics says advances TTI-621 into early stage cohort expansion enrollment
33. DATA: $DATA Tableau stock tumbles on mixed earnings results in latest blow to data visualization company
36. ZAGG: $ZAGG ZAGG Inc Stock / Shares Take a Tumble on Reported Third Quarter Loss – Warrior Trading
UPGRADES
2. GILD:$GILD upgraded to Outperform at BMO Capital
DOWNGRADES
6. ILMN:$ILMN downgraded to Underweight at First Analysis
8. PFE:$PFE downgraded to Hold at Argus, downgraded to Market Perform at BMO Capital
EARNINGS
Trending Social Alerts
1. ANTM:$ANTM CEO Swedish on #Obamacare reforms: extend Cadillac Tax freeze, extend risk adjustment, flexibility on products, tighten grace period.
2. CEMP:Looks like Peter Griffin is back at posting adcomm briefing docs today. $CEMP #solithromycin
3. AGN:$AGN Announces $10 Billion Accelerated Share Repurchase, Initiation of Cash Dividend in 2017
4. BRCD:Broadcom to acquire Brocade Communications in $5.9B deal • $BRCD $AVGO
9. TWX:Time Warner Reports Q3 Adj. EPS $1.83 vs $1.37 Est., Sales $7.2B vs $7B Est. $TWX
10. TRIL:$TRIL Trillium Therapeutics Advances TTI-621 Into Phase 1b Cohort Expansion Enrollment #CD47
11. BABA:$BABA Alibaba Q3 16 Earnings Results: -Adj EPS: $0.79 -Revenue: $5.1B
Trending News Headlines
1. Gilead was great once but is now awful and depressing
2. Andy Biotech on Twitter
“$CEMP — Long list of safety/pharmacokinetic/efficacy issues that FDA identified”
3. Andy Biotech on Twitter
“$CEMP — FDA: “We conclude that these findings comprise a genuine liver injury signal. “”
4. Briefing Information for the November 4, 2016 Meeting of the Antimicrobial Drugs Advisory Committee (AMDAC)
5. 2016 Meeting Materials, Antimicrobial Drugs Advisory Committee (formerly known as the Anti-Infective Drugs Advisory Committee)
6. Palatin female libido-boosting shot fails crucial sex frequency test
Palatin appears be to playing a game of bait and switch with the design of its phase III studies.
7. Alibaba Jumps On Q3 Earnings Beat; Cloud Loss Narrowed
8. Andy Biotech on Twitter
“$CEMP — As expected, liver tox is the key focus of solithromycin safety issues”
9. U.S. Steel Cuts Annual View, Posts Third-Quarter Profit
10. Gilead Quarterly Profit Misses on Low Hepatitis C Drug Sales
11. zach on Twitter
12. Yelp shares jump after company reports surprise profit
13. Private companies created fewer jobs than expected in October as pace of growth slows
ADP also revised job creation numbers for other months as part of a new measuring model.
14. Chipmaker Broadcom to buy network gear maker Brocade for $5.5 billion
15. Allergan expands buyback to $15 billion, sets first quarterly dividend