$AMZN to $1110 – Needham Upgrades Amazon to Buy as it has U.S. Dominance and International Growth Drive Rating

1. CYTX: $CYTX Cytori Therapeutics IDE Approved by FDA for Pilot Clinical Trial to Evaluate Cytori Cell Therapy

2. GERN:  $GERN Geron Corp & Janssen Research has completed 2nd internal data reviews of Imerge & Imbark -Reuters

3. AKRX:  $AKRX Fresenius in talks to buy U.S. pharma Akorn – MW

4. SWFT:  $SWFT Knight Transportation and Swift Transportation merge in $6 billion deal – MW

5. RCII:  $RCII Rent-A-Center Announces New Strategic Plan; Offers FY18, FY19 Targets – SI

6. XCRA:  $XCRA Xcerra Corporation to be Acquired for Approximately $580M by Unic Capital Management Co. – GN

7. BHP:  $BHP BHP Billiton Says Costs of Elliot’s Proposals Would Significantly Outweigh Benefits – SI

8. BHP:  $BHP Activist fund Elliott urges BHP Billiton to spin off US petroleum assets – FT

9. MESO:  $MESO Mesoblast shares all a flutter on heart failure trial success – Australian Financial Review

10. TSLA:  $TSLA Piper UGs Tesla to Overweight, Slashes EPS Estimates, $368 PT

11. CY:  $CY SunTrust Robinson Humphrey Upgrades Cypress Semi to Buy, $17 PT

12. MDLZ:  $MDLZ Mondelez lays groundwork to replace its CEO: WSJ

13. ULTA:  $ULTA Loop Captial UGs ULTA Salon to Buy; Best Story in Retail and Overdue for a Stock Split, $350 PT

14. WFC:  $WFC Piper Jaffray Upgrades Wells Fargo to Neutral

15. AMZN:  $AMZN Needham Upgrades Amazon to Buy; U.S. Dominance and International Growth Drive Rating, $1100 PT

16. WFC:  $WFC Wells Fargo Claws Back $75 Million More From John Stumpf and Former Retail Bank Head – WSJ

17. BCS:  $BCS Barclays C.E.O. Investigated Over Treatment of Whistle-Blower – NYT

18. LEN: $LEN Lennar reports one-time charge for litigation from 2008 – Reuters

19. GOOGL, LPL: $LPL Google $GOOGL is reportedly investing $875M in LG Display to give the Pixel a curved screen – TC

20. SJM: $SJM Morgan Stanley Downgrades J.M. Smucker to Underweight, $126 PT

21. AZN, BMY:  $AZN Jefferies DGs AstraZeneca to Hold; Sees Bristol-Myers $BMY as More Logical Consolidation Target

22. NFG:  $NFG New York State Executive Branch Agency Denies Permits for Northern Access Pipeline Project – BW

23. SNOW:  $SNOW Intrawest Resorts Agrees to Be Acquired for $23.75/Share, or $1.5B – SI

24. OMED:  $OMED OncoMed’s Phase 2 Demcizumab Pancreatic Cancer Trial Misses Primary Endpoint – GN

25. TXMD:  $TXMD TherapeuticsMD Receives FDA Letter Identifying TX-004HR NDA Deficiencies – SI

1. AMZN:$AMZN Needham Upgrades Amazon to Buy; U.S. Dominance and International Growth Drive Rating, $1100 PT

2. CY:$CY SunTrust Robinson Humphrey Upgrades Cypress Semi to Buy, $17 PT

3. QIWI:#QIWI upgraded to overweight from neutral at JPMorgan. Price target raised by $8 to $23. $QIWI 4/7 close: 16.14…

4. WFC:$WFC Piper Jaffray Upgrades Wells Fargo to Neutral

DOWNGRADES

1. AZN, BMY:$AZN downgraded to Hold frm Buy at Jefferies Sees $BMY as more logical consolidation target.

2. HMN:Horace Mann Educators downgraded to underperform from market perform at KBW. Price target $37. $HMN 4/7 close: 40.0…

3. NFG:UPDATE: Jefferies Downgrades National Fuel Gas $NFG to Underperform

4. SJM:$SJM Morgan Stanley Downgrades J.M. Smucker to Underweight, $126 PT

Trending Social Alerts

1. XCRA:Xcerra $XCRA Acquired for ~$580M by Unic Capital Management Co

2. STRP:Whoa! Closed $36.48 last Friday! $STRP

3. AXON:$AXON halted, news pending

4. TXMD:$TXMD the FDA has identified deficiencies that preclude discussion of labeling and postmarketing requirements/commitments at this time.

5. OMED:$OMED halted, news pending

6. BHP:$BHP BHP Billiton Says Costs of Elliot’s Proposals Would Significantly Outweigh Benefits – SI

7. MDVN:New $AXON CEO: $MDVN founder David Hung by @nathanvardi and me.

8. T:$T AT&T Announces Acquisition Of Straight Path, Valued At $95.63/Share In All Stock Deal

9. UAL:Fly the Friendly Skies. @united $UAL

10. RPRX:$RPRX halted, news pending

1. Barclays C.E.O. Investigated Over Treatment of Whistle-Blower

2. Wells Fargo board slams former CEO Stumpf and Tolstedt, claws back millions in pay

3. Matthew Herper on Twitter

4. Axovant Sciences Announces Appointment of Dr. David Hung as Chief Executive Officer and Expansion of Board of Directors

5. ‘Best banker in America’ blamed for Wells Fargo sales scandal

6. Scoop: Trump’s potentially explosive trade play​

1. NSA just lost control of its Top Secret arsenal of digital weapons; hackers leaked it. 1) 2)

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2. Infosec Twitter found in the #ShadowBrokers files a list of allies’ civil infrastructure unlawfully hacked by #NSA.

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3. Welcome to the family Tencent, @eBay (@ebayindia) & @Microsoft!

Tencent a leading provider of internet services in China joins as a strategic investor bringing experience in linking social networking and.

We look forward to helping Flipkart to deliver compelling experiences to users throughout India and to contribute to the development of the internet ecosystem there said Martin Lau Tencent President.

success has also emboldened a generation of Indian startups and entrepreneurial ventures fanning the zeal of entrepreneurs and attracting big investments in the sector.

4. DoL investigation surfaces info officials say suggests Google violates federal employment laws w/salaries for women

As part of an ongoing DoL investigation the government has collected information that suggests the internet search giant is violating federal employment laws with its salaries for women agency officials said.

Reached for comment Friday afternoon Janet Herold regional solicitor for the DoL said investigation is not complete but at this point the department has received compelling evidence of very significant discrimination against women in the most common positions at Google.

After the suit was originally filed a company spokesperson claimed that Google had provided of thousands of to the government and that the requests outlined in the complaint were overbroad revealed confidential information or violated privacy.

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Early and deal values increased QoQ Heightened median deal sizes kept deal value high across all venture stages companies including six unicorns were involved in either completed or filed IPOs last quarter signaling a possible resurgence of public exits.

6. So where did TheShadowBrokers learn English grammar? From Jar Jar Binks?

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Why you served search warrant to NYT Washington Post Goldman Sacks Jeff Bezos and all other Globalist for investigation and prosecution of treason sedition and activities during a time of war.

7. BTW, adviser is Bank Of America Merrill Lynch: TaskRabbit is looking into selling itself

Recode had contacted the company after hearing of the talks from sources as well as a hiring of Bank of America Merrill Lynch as advisers which came as the San chore service was in the process of raising another round of funding.

In a Recode Decode podcast last September said the company has been growing quickly and has struck a number of partnerships such as with furniture giant Ikea.

a former Google exec and a board member at HP took over the top job at TaskRabbit from founder Leah Busque exactly a year ago.

8. There were more than 1,000 #hackathons in 2016, according to @Devpost.

To push Watson its artificial intelligence platform IBM is now running a true marathon event with a more normal work schedule of three years with a million prize attached.

Devpost founder Brandon Kessler said recently noticed the rise of nontech companies and live events like Fashion Week in New York seeking to infuse technology into their main business by hosting and sponsoring hackathons.

Founders sometimes game competitions too using hackathons as a place to launch their mostly baked startup ideas and presenting polished projects that have been a steady focus for months rather than a basic prototype created in a flash of inspiration.

9. The rise of super-voting shares in Silicon Valley has given founders the ultimate job security.

Alphabet founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin were the first to introduce share structures to tech shortly before the search initial public offering.

Parker had learned the hard way about losing control of a company In addition to Napster he cofounded the online address book Plaxo and then was fired by his investors.

Ultimately the challenge with The argument for allowing a small set of founders complete control over their boards is the same one to be made for enabling benevolent dictatorships.

10. Read (or re-read) my story about @Something_Awful and then read this thread

Then about two weeks later there was a news article about how he went out and killed a mentally handicapped woman and her father and he was just completely insane and he was wearing a cape and a paintball mask at the time.

You have to put in a little investment if you want to participate and if you a real shithead you going to end up paying Rich like because you keep buying accounts which is good for the site and it also kind of funny to watch really really bad people shell out a lot of money.

For whatever reason it attracted a group of posters with a unique sense of humor a mix of high and low culture simultaneously crass and sophisticated.