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1. ALNY, IONS: $ALNY Alnylam Pharma on Watch Following Ionis $IONS Phase 3 NEURO-TTR Study Data – SI

2. FOLD:  $FOLD Amicus Announces Positive Functional Data from Initial Patients in Pompe Ph 1/2 Study – GN

3. RXDX:  $RXDX FDA grants Ignyta breakthrough therapy designation for entrectinib – Reuters

4. CYTK:  $CYTK Cytokinetics Receives FDA Orphan Drug Des for CK-2127107 for Spinal Muscular Atrophy – SI

5. AIG:  $AIG AIG Names Turnaround Expert Duperreault as CEO – Fox Biz

6. ABBV:  $ABBV AbbVie Announce IMBRUVICA® Pooled Outcomes Data from Three Phase 3 Studies – SI

7. NVCR:  $NVCR Novocure™ Receives Humanitarian Use Device Designation for Treatment of Pleural Mesothelioma -SI

8. WDC:  $WDC Western Digital takes legal action to block sale of Toshiba’s chip unit – Reuters

9. MCO: $MCO Moody’s strikes €3bn deal to buy Dutch information provider Bureau van Dijk – FT

10. BIIB: $BIIB Biogen to Acquire Remedy Pharmaceuticals’ Phase 3 Candidate CIRARA for Large Hemispheric Stroke

11. AERI: $AERI Aerie Pharmaceuticals Announces FDA Acceptance of NDA Submission for Rhopressa™ – BW

12. VOD: $VOD Vodafone Sells $2.6 Billion Safaricom Stake to S. African Unit – BBG

13. IONS:  $IONS Ionis Pharma’s inotersen successful in late-stage FAP study but side effects pressure shares

1. AMTD:Amertirade upgraded at Wells Fargo on Scottrade deal; +1.3% premarket

2. AZN:AstraZeneca was Upgraded to a Hold Rating at Credit Suisse $AZN

3. C, WETF:Citigroup Upgrades WisdomTree Investments to Buy $WETF $C

4. EXC:UBS Upgrades Exelon $EXC to Buy

5. FMC:UPDATE: Wells Fargo Upgrades FMC Corp. $FMC to Outperform; CEO on Dupot Asset Acquisition, ‘The …

6. HAYN:UPDATE: Longbow Research Upgrades Haynes International $HAYN to Buy; ‘Channel Confidence & Better …

7. JNJ:UPDATE: JPMorgan Upgrades Johnson & Johnson $JNJ to Overweight; ‘Revenue & EPS Growth to …

8. WETF:WisdomTree up 2% after Citi upgrade

9. XYL:Barclays Upgrades Xylem $XYL to Overweight

1. AAPL, AMZN, TSLA:Tesla downgraded to Equal Weight from Overweight at Morgan Stanley $TSLA $AAPL $AMZN

2. COH, JCP:J.C. Penney downgraded to Hold from Buy at Deutsche Bank $JCP $COH

3. LVLT:Level 3 was Downgraded to a Sell Rating at Raymond James $LVLT

4. MS, TSLA:Morgan Stanley Downgrades Tesla Motors to Hold $TSLA $MS

5. SSYS:Stratasys pauses big run after downgrade

1. SPNS:$SPNS reports FQ1 earnings of 2c EPS and $56.53M Revs –

2. WLB:$WLB reports FQ1 earnings of $-1.98 EPS and $339.74M Revs –

1. IONS:$IONS ↓ 10% PM

2. ALNY:$ALNY trading above $65 pre-market, took a look at this one 2-13 when it was $45, June 50’s remain in OI as do Jan…

3. AMAT:Applied Materials reiterated at buy at Needham. Price target raised from $43 to $50 $AMAT +1.29% at 44.00 premarket…

4. TGTX:Blackrock also adds 2.66M $TGTX shares in the quarter to 03/31. I am sure that they see value before adding

5. CRM:$CRM

6. AUPH:$AUPH Q1, Announces Initiation of Phase 3 Aurora Clinical Trial

7. FEYE:Cyberattack Is Likely to Keep Spreading – WSJ

1. Aurinia Reports First Quarter 2017 Financial Results, Announces Initiation of Phase III Aurora Clinical Trial, and Provides Operational Highlights

2. Cyberattack Is Likely to Keep Spreading

3. Thermo Fisher to buy drug ingredients maker Patheon for $5.2 billion

4. Biogen Acquires Remedy Pharmaceuticals’ CIRARA™ for Large Hemispheric Stroke

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6. Ionis Pharmaceuticals Announces Phase 3 NEURO-TTR Study of Inotersen (IONIS-TTR Rx) Meets Both Primary Endpoints

1. Awesome: 22-year-old kid who lives with his parents stopped the ransomware cyber attack

The ransomware used in attack wreaked havoc on organisations including FedEx and Telefónica as well as the National Health Service NHS where operations were cancelled test results and patient records became unavailable and phones did not work.

But the spread of the attack was brought to a sudden halt when one UK cybersecurity researcher tweeting as malwaretechblog with the help of Darien Huss from security firm Proofpoint found and inadvertently activated a in the malicious software.

By Friday evening the ransomware had spread to the United States and South America though Europe and Russia remained the hardest hit according to security researchers Malware Hunter Team.

2. Australia, a wealthy nation with an envied quality of life, lags in one big area of modern life: its internet speed

More broadly Australia risks being left behind at a time when countries like China and India are looking to nurture their own cultures to match the success of Silicon Valley and keep their economies on the cutting edge.

The internet modernization plan has been hobbled by cost overruns partisan maneuvering and a major technical compromise that put technology between the digital backbone and many of its homes and businesses.

was the first country where a totally national plan to cover every house or business was considered said Rod Tucker a University of Melbourne professor and a member of the expert panel that advised on the effort.

3. The global cyberattack could be magnified on Monday as users return to their offices and turn on their computers

Five businesses in South Korea reported ransomware attacks over the weekend according to the internet security agency and a Korean theater chain said moviegoers on Sunday alerted them when computer ransom notes appeared on screens instead of programmed advertisements.

Among the organizations hit were FedEx in the United States the Spanish telecom giant Telefónica the French automaker Renault universities in China federal railway system and Interior Ministry.

in July that updating hardware and software was matter of urgency and noted that one hospital had already had to pay about to repair a breach that began after an employee clicked on a web link in an unsafe email.

4. Global “Wana” Ransomware Outbreak Earned Perpetrators ~ $26,000 To Date

As thousands of organizations work to contain and clean up the mess from this devastating Wana ransomware attack the fraudsters responsible for releasing the digital contagion are no doubt counting their earnings and congratulating themselves on a job well done.

The Wana ransomware became a global epidemic virtually overnight this week after criminals started distributing copies of the malware with the help of a security vulnerability in Windows computers that Microsoft patched in March.

As I observed on several occasions in my book Spam Nation which tracked the careers of some of the most successful malware writers and pharmacy pill spammers on the planet it was often disheartening to see how little money most of those guys made given the sheer amount of digital disease they were pumping out into the Internet on a daily basis.

5. This is crazy. You meet a stranger at the bar, exchange numbers, suddenly they can ring your Echo. You can’t block.

Amazon seems to have made a significant oversight in bringing voice calls and messaging to its Echo speakers no way to block communication that you might not want.

When you enable the calling and messaging features Amazon accesses your contacts list to determine who else has an Echo device in their home.

Amazon wants Alexa calling and messaging to gain popularity so taking a broad approach to populate that list quickly.

6. Damn. Google is going after Uber hard.

minivan in Detroit at the North American International Auto Show in Brett Carlsen for The New York Times SAN FRANCISCO As the race to bring vehicles to the public intensifies two of Silicon most prominent players are teaming up.

Waymo the car unit that operates under parent company has signed a deal with the Lyft according to two people familiar with the agreement who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly.

Continue reading the main story The deal between Waymo and Lyft has competitive implications for Uber the biggest company which has recently had to confront a spate of workplace and legal problems.

7. Terrifying story of private power in public ed: How Google Took Over the Classroom

really helped to drive adoption of Google in the classroom while Apple and Microsoft continued to leverage traditional sales channels said Phillip DiBartolo the chief information officer of Chicago Public Schools.

Casap quickly persuaded university officials to scrap their costly internal email service an unusual move at the time and replace it with a free version of the package that Google had been selling to companies.

a private company very creatively using public resources in this instance time and expertise to build new markets at low cost said Patricia Burch an associate professor of education at the University of Southern California.

8. @msuiche @ryanaraine This can be used to stop ransomware from running on all versions, regardless of kill switch

May HackerFantasticWCRY ransomware SLAP tool with version.

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9. A good lesson for ALL software devs (including malware authors) on the perils of hard-coded data:

10. COBOL still powers 95% of ATM swipes, 80% of in-person transactions, $3 trillion in commerce daily! Wow!

COBOL historically been the most attractive option for a hip young programmer admitted to Stuart McGill chief technology officer at development tools vendor Micro Focus.

In a March thread on Hacker News someone described learning COBOL as swallowing a barbed pill lamenting the legacy code with technical extended updated moved to new hardware over and Documentation if any is hopelessly out of.

Reuters reported that Hinshaw divides his time between children and grandchildren helping companies avert crippling computer When he started programming instructions were coded into punch cards which were fed into mainframes.