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1. AUPH: $AUPH Aurinia Selects Worldwide Clinical Trials as its CRO for Phase 3 Lupus Nephritis Trial – SI

2. SMCI:  $SMCI Super Micro Computer Tops Q2 EPS by 2c, Q3 Guidance Tops Views – SI

3. WYNN:  $WYNN Wynn Resorts shares surge 7 percent after revenue beats on new Macau casino – CNBC

4. SYNA:  $SYNA Synaptics FYQ2 Beats, Q3 Rev View Tops Consensus – Barron’s

5. MXIM:  $MXIM Maxim Integrated Products Inc. Announces 43% Advance In Q2 Earnings – Nasdaq

6. EPE:  $EPE EP Energy Announces Permian Drilling JV & Acceleration of Wolfcamp Program Development – PRN

7. KLAC:  $KLAC KLA-Tencor Rising: FYQ2 Rev, EPS Beat – Barron’s

8. GHL:  $GHL Greenhill & Co. Tops Q4 EPS by 10c – SI

9. VMW:  $VMW VMware shares rise on strong earnings, stock buyback – MW

10. AAL:  $AAL American Airlines, Qantas may revive joint venture plan under Trump – Reuters

11. AAL:  $AAL American Airlines Reports In-Line Q4 EPS, Approves $2B Buyback – SI

12. MSFT:  $MSFT Microsoft’s Profit Rises 4 Percent, as Cloud Business Booms – NYT

13. INTC:  $INTC Data center growth drives Intel’s fourth-quarter revenue, profit beat – Reuters

14. GD:  $GD General Dynamics Beats on Q4 Earnings; Revenues Miss – Zacks

15. OSIS: $OSIS OSI Systems Inc. Q2 Income Advances 57% – Nasdaq

16. HON: $HON Honeywell sales fall short of estimates, reaffirms 2017 guidance – MW

17. MSCC:  $MSCC Microsemi meets 1Q profit forecasts – AP

18. GOOGL:  $GOOGL Alphabet Misses on Q4 Earnings, Beats Revenues – Zacks

19. AMGN, NVS:  $NVS After FDA rejection, Novartis pulls Amgen $AMGN biosim candidate from EMA – FierceBiotech

20. PYPL:  $PYPL PayPal Slips: Q4 In-Line, Q1, Year Views Light – Barron’s

21. CVX:  $CVX Chevron Posts Q4 EPS of $0.22, Sales Miss – SI

22. APD:  $APD Air Products Sees Q2, FY17 Adj. EPS Below Market View; Says Cautious On Outlook – Nasdaq

23. UBS:  $UBS UBS Clients Pull $15 Billion in Quarter as Margins Decline – BBG

24. PFPT:  $PFPT Proofpoint shares slide while earnings top Street view – MW

25. SBUX:  $SBUX Starbucks Mobile Orders Grow, But Not Enough To Lift Q1 Sales Above Expectations – Forbes

26. RHI:  $RHI Robert Half misses Street 4Q forecasts – AP

27. CL:  $CL Colgate-Palmolive misses on fourth-quarter revenue, reports in-line earnings – MW

28. JNPR:  $JNPR Juniper Networks Drops: Q4 Beats, Q1 Profit View Light – Barron’s

29. GNTX:  $GNTX Gentex Corp Misses Q4 EPS by 1c – SI

30. KEYW:  $KEYW KeyW Announces 8.5M Public Offering of Common Stock – SI

31. ATHX:  $ATHX Athersys Announces Proposed Public Offering of Common Stock – GN

1. CAT:Caterpillar upgraded to Outperform from Market Perform at Wells Fargo $CAT

2. F:#Ford Motor upgraded to outperform from sector perform at RBC. Price target raised $1 to $14. $F 1/26 close: 12.37…

3. MSFT:Microsoft upgraded at Citi, others raise PT; shares +2% premarket

4. STM:$STM Upgradeds CS UP to N JPM UP to N Equita raising to Buy Alpha value raising to buy

1. APD:$APD reports FQ1 earnings of $1.47 EPS and $1.88B Revs –

2. HON:$HON reports FQ4 earnings of $1.74 EPS and $9.99B Revs –

3. POL:$POL reports FQ4 earnings of 38c EPS and $787.70M Revs –

4. POL:$POL reports inline with the Estimize EPS Consensus and beats the Estimize Revenue Consensus by $4.01M –

5. CL:$CL reports FQ4 earnings of 75c EPS and $3.72B Revs –

6. EVER:$EVER reports FQ4 earnings of 34c EPS and $243.11M Revs –

7. HRC:$HRC reports FQ1 earnings of 75c EPS and $637.40M Revs –

8. AAL:$AAL reports FQ4 earnings of $1.48 EPS and $9.79B Revs –

9. GD:$GD reports FQ4 earnings of $2.62 EPS and $8.23B Revs –

10. ABBV:$ABBV reports FQ4 earnings of $1.20 EPS and $6.78B Revs –

11. GNTX:$GNTX reports FQ4 earnings of 31c EPS and $419.91M Revs –

12. BEN:$BEN reports FQ1 earnings of 77c EPS and $1.56B Revs –

13. NEE:$NEE reports FQ4 earnings of $1.21 EPS and $3.70B Revs –

14. CVX:$CVX reports FQ4 earnings of 22c EPS and $31.50B Revs –

1. NOVN:$NOVN halted Novan Topical Acne Pdt Candidate Achieves Statistical Significance on All Three Co-Primary Endpoints

2. AAL:EARNINGS ALERT: $AAL matches 4Q estimates earning $0.92/share

3. CVX:Chevron misses by $0.42, misses on revenue #premarket $CVX

4. GOOGL:$GOOGL Alphabet Misses on Q4 Earnings, Beats Revenues – Zacks

5. ATHX:$ATHX hearing $1.01 pricing

6. ABBV:Two Humira biosimilars get positive EMA vote on the same day as $ABBV results.

7. AUPH:$AUPH Aurinia Selects Worldwide Clinical Trials as its CRO for Phase 3 Lupus Nephritis Trial

1. Biotech stock mailbag: Trump, Aurinia, Immunomedics, Cellceutix

2. U.S. Economic Growth Cools on Biggest Trade Drag Since 2010

3. UBS Clients Pull $15 Billion in Quarter as Margins Decline

4. Q4 GDP Misses Big As Exports Tumble: US Economy Grows A Paltry 1.6% In 2016

5. Chasing Sanofi, Pfizer tees up phase 3 trials for C. diff vaccine | FierceBiotech

1. google now operating its own root CA; see

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2. Software eats networking: Nicira (NSX) will generate $1B revenue for VMWare this year

A key product from business software giant VMware is on track to bring in billion this fiscal year chief executive Pat Gelsinger said on Thursday.

The product NSX announced three years ago pools networking hardware like routers and switches and allows them to be reconfigured and managed via software.

Gelsinger said the company which last year bought Arkin Net and Plumgrid both virtualization specialists has done well with acquisitions and will continue to evaluate deals.

3. Secure Web, defined by Google: Google OS on Google device talks to Google DNS to reach Gmail funded by Google Ads

4. Your regular reminder that PETER THIEL IS STILL ON FACEBOOK’S BOARD

Peter Thiel the billionaire venture capitalist and Facebook board member is leading the Trump search to fill the two top antitrust enforcement jobs two people familiar with the matter have told BuzzFeed News.

Thiel who supported President Trump in the campaign and then joined his transition team is vetting candidates for chairperson of the Federal Trade Commission and antitrust chief at the Department of Justice the two officials who enforce the laws according to the people familiar with the matter.

As a businessman Thiel has praised monopolies saying that the profitability that comes with dominant market power can give companies the leeway to invest more in their employees and in risky research and development.

5. Peter Thiel is on the board of a literal monopoly and he’s picking the dudes who are supposed to break up monopolies

Peter Thiel the billionaire venture capitalist and Facebook board member is leading the Trump search to fill the two top antitrust enforcement jobs two people familiar with the matter have told BuzzFeed News.

Thiel who supported President Trump in the campaign and then joined his transition team is vetting candidates for chairperson of the Federal Trade Commission and antitrust chief at the Department of Justice the two officials who enforce the laws according to the people familiar with the matter.

As a businessman Thiel has praised monopolies saying that the profitability that comes with dominant market power can give companies the leeway to invest more in their employees and in risky research and development.

6. Has twitter ever launched a feature that people liked?

just making it easier to find what you Still it suggests a demotion for Moments which launched with a splashy marketing campaign in October but failed to attract the legions of new and lapsed users that executives had hoped for.

Twitter has always hosted lots of newsworthy exchanges viral photos comedy and celebrity antics but it has never known quite how to deliver them to users who following the relevant accounts.

Moments was designed to attract casual users but it produces a volume of stories each day that can be tedious to wade through.

7. Peter Thiel is running point on Trump antitrust appointments and is freezing out Google-friendly candidates

Peter Thiel the billionaire venture capitalist and Facebook board member is leading the Trump search to fill the two top antitrust enforcement jobs two people familiar with the matter have told BuzzFeed News.

Thiel who supported President Trump in the campaign and then joined his transition team is vetting candidates for chairperson of the Federal Trade Commission and antitrust chief at the Department of Justice the two officials who enforce the laws according to the people familiar with the matter.

As a businessman Thiel has praised monopolies saying that the profitability that comes with dominant market power can give companies the leeway to invest more in their employees and in risky research and development.

8. Story w @CarolineYLChen. Worth noting I’ve been told this sorta outside investment was goal for all Alphabet cos.

Alphabet medical arm Verily Life Sciences LLC is getting a major influx of cash from a investment company boosting the odds of taking their futuristic approach to healthcare into Asian markets.

a substantial network and insights into the economies in Asia Temasek will provide valuable guidance as we look to markets with our development partners Verily Chief Executive Officer Andrew Conrad said in the statement.

It has since expanded to a myriad of medical projects ranging from specialized spoons for disease patients and recently to a sterile mosquito breeding effort to combat the Zika virus.

9. I’ve lost count of the number of different ways Twitter has tried to reinvent the Explore tab

just making it easier to find what you Still it suggests a demotion for Moments which launched with a splashy marketing campaign in October but failed to attract the legions of new and lapsed users that executives had hoped for.

Twitter has always hosted lots of newsworthy exchanges viral photos comedy and celebrity antics but it has never known quite how to deliver them to users who following the relevant accounts.

Moments was designed to attract casual users but it produces a volume of stories each day that can be tedious to wade through.

10. Updated $GOOG numbers, still lol