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Several people online across a range of industries said they received emails containing what looked like a link to a Google Doc that appeared to come from someone they know.

We removed the fake pages pushed updates through Safe Browsing and our abuse team is working to prevent this kind of spoofing from happening again.

3. Here’s what to do if you opened that sketchy google doc

A number of people have been victims of an apparent phishing attempt where hackers try to get you to click on sketchy links by an unknown organization starting around am PT today.

A Google spokesperson said in a statement that the company has disabled the accounts where the hack originated pushed updates through Safe Browsing and our abuse team is working to prevent this kind of spoofing from happening again.

The attack hit an unknown number of employees within BuzzFeed and seems to also target people outside of the organization including school districts and universities.

4. So “move fast and break things” isn’t the best philosophy for social norms about violence.

On a platform nearly billion users strong the company have better anticipated the sheer statistical inevitability that someone would use Facebook to broadcast acts of violence and had more robust measures in place to make such harder to pull off.

When a Gizmodo reporter uncovered ideological bias in Trending Topics Facebook overcorrected by getting rid of human curators altogether relying on algorithms that pushed hoaxes as news.

When critics argued the company had a responsibility to exert editorial control over content proliferating on the site it failed to act until the spread of false stories helped shape the outcome of the presidential election.

5. Work. Play. Turn Up. Listen to new tracks on The Upload. It’s just what you do:

With a constantly expanding mix of music uploaded to SoundCloud every day now made it easier to filter through it all.

The Upload is all about surfacing more of what into or what you might be and is the destination for a regularly updated bespoke playlist of new music relevant to you.

This new feature is another opportunity for creators on SoundCloud to get their music heard by our global community and a great way for listeners to be on the pulse of next now.

6. Apple: we will stop paying Qualcomm licensing fees. Qualcomm: WE WILL STOP IPHONES AT THE BORDER.

Incensed over Apple decision to stop paying it billions of dollars in licensing fees for smartphone chips Qualcomm plans to retaliate by asking a trade agency to ban the imports of iPhones according to a person familiar with the strategy.

The ITC is a agency in Washington that has the power to block the import of goods into the and processes cases more quickly than federal district courts the venue in which the companies are accusing each other of lying making threats and trying to create an illegal monopoly.

Qualcomm offered fair terms as required under rules governing the licensing of patents Apple Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook said when asked about the possibility the chipmaker could try to halt iPhone sales anywhere in the world.

7. WhatsApp Status rockets to 175M daily users in 10 weeks despite living in a separate tab. Now bigger than Snapchat

Mark Zuckerberg today announced on earnings call that WhatsApp Status now has million daily users after only launching in.

is aware of the issue and working to fix it as soon as possible a spokesperson told TechCrunch and it expects service to be restored soon.

But deep traction in international markets where Snapchat caught on yet gave it an opportunity to be the first popular app to offer Stories in many countries.

8. So to keep social media safe you DO need editorial judgment. Facebook’s claim not to be a media company just died:

9. Google accused Uber of creating a shell company with its former engineer in order to steal

At stake is a market that could one day be worth tens of billions of dollars and upend everything from the automotive industry to the business that Uber has pioneered to become the world most valuable private tech company.

An Uber representative disputes the characterization and told reporters during a court break that the document was from August when the acquisition closed and to include his time at Otto.

Yet Judge Alsup warned that Waymo still has proved there a direct link between Levandwoski stealing the files and what products Uber is working on that would warrant a halt to its car research.

10. “They concocted a story for public consumption,” and tech press fell hook line and sinker

An Uber representative disputes the characterization and told reporters during a court break that the document was from August when the acquisition closed and to include his time at Otto.

Yet Judge Alsup warned that Waymo still has proved there a direct link between Levandwoski stealing the files and what products Uber is working on that would warrant a halt to its car research.

Early movers: $AAPL, $ADP, $EL, $GRMN, $HUM, $DLPH, $YUM, $MDLZ & More pre-market

by Alpha | May 3, 2017 | Business

PRE-MARKET MOVERS

1. AZN, PIRS:

$PIRS AstraZeneca $AZN commits $57.5M to seed Anticalin R&D pact with Pieris, a biotech on a roll

2. STRP:

$STRP Straight Path says revised offer to buy Co for $135.96/share constitutes “superior proposal”

3. OB:

$OB OneBeacon Insurance Group Agrees to be Acquired for $18.10/Share – SI

4. WTW:

$WTW Weight Watchers Surges After Oprah Effect Helps Fuel Profit – BBG

5. FEYE:

$FEYE FireEye beats on earnings and guidance, stock soars – MW

6. MYGN:

$MYGN Myriad Genetics shares jump on earnings beat, outlook – MW

7. BGFV:

$BGFV Big 5 Sporting Tops Q1 Earnings & Sales, Stock Up – Zacks

8. FSLR:

$FSLR First Solar Jumps 8% as It Raises Forecast – Barron’s

9. CTXS:

$CTXS Bain, Carlyle, Thoma Bravo Are Among Bidders for Citrix – BBG

10. HUBS:

$HUBS HubSpot Surges on Q1 Beat, Higher Forecast – Barron’s

11. DPLH:

$DPLH Delphi Automotive Q1 Earnings Beat Estimates, Up Y/Y – Zacks

12. DLPH:

$DLPH Delphi announces spinoff of powertrain business – Reuters

13. NVO:

$NVO Novo Nordisk earnings beat views; narrows guidance – MW

14. MDLZ:

$MDLZ Mondelez’s results beat on better pricing, cost cuts – Reuters

15. PAYC:

$PAYC Paycom Software Q1 Earnings & Revenues Beat Estimates – Zacks

16. TEX:

$TEX Terex Corporation Announces First Quarter 2017 Financial Results – BW

17. EL:

$EL Estée Lauder Tops Q3 EPS by 18c, Beats on Revenue; Confirms FY Guidance – SI

18. NXST, TRCO:

$TRCO Sinclair, Nexstar $NXST also said to be preparing bids for Tribune – BBG

19. ALL:

$ALL Allstate Starts 2017 With Strong Profitability – PRN

20. VICL:

$VICL Vical Highlights Successful Outcome of Phase 1 Trial of VL-2397 Novel Antifungal – GN

21. YUM:

$YUM Taco Bell serves up strong growth for Yum Brands; shares rise – Reuters

22. EXC:

$EXC Exelon Announces First Quarter 2017 Results – BW

23. SO:

$SO Southern Company Q1 Earnings and Sales Beat Estimates – Zacks

24. TWX:

$TWX Time Warner beats Q1 earnings expectations thanks to success of ‘LEGO Batman’ – MW

25. CTRP, MMYT: $MMYT MakeMyTrip to raise $330 million from Naspers, Ctrip $CTRP and others – ETTech

26. CLX:

$CLX Clorox tops profit estimates as sales climb – MW

27. DB:

$DB HNA raises stake in Deutsche Bank to nearly 10% – FT

28. TSLA:

$TSLA Insider reveals possible SpaceX IPO, Tesla shareholders reportedly have early access – Teslarati

29. HRS:

$HRS Harris Corporation Beats on Earnings & Revenues in Q3 – Zacks

30. S:

$S Sprint’s loss narrows as company adds phone subscribers – CNBC

31. AAPL:

$AAPL Apple stock drops after it misses on revenue, signals softness ahead – BI

32. GILD:

$GILD Gilead Sciences Falls as Antiviral Drug Sales Miss Mark – BBG

33. PRGO:

$PRGO Justice Department raids generics maker Perrigo in drug price-fixing probe – USA Today

34. ADP:

$ADP ADP tops 3Q profit forecasts – AP

35. RXDX:

$RXDX Ignyta Plans 10M Share Offering of Common Stock – SI

36. APC:

$APC Anadarko Petroleum posts bigger-than-expected loss as costs rise – Reuters

37. NANO:

$NANO Nanometrics Reports First Quarter 2017 Financial Results – GN

38. FTR:

$FTR Frontier Communications -3.3% on worse Q1 loss than expected – SA

39. OCLR:

$OCLR Oclaro Down: FYQ3 Beats, Q4 Rev View Misses by a Mile – Barron’s

40. DXCM:

$DXCM DexCom shares drop on Q1 miss – Mass Device

41. CRAY:

$CRAY Cray Misses Q1 EPS by 21c; Guides Well Below Views – SI

42. IPHI:

$IPHI Inphi Corp. Reports In-Line Q1 EPS; Warns for Q2 – SI

43. GRPN:

$GRPN Groupon’s stock plummets on sales miss – MW

44. AKAM:

$AKAM Akamai Technologies Stock Falls; EPS, Revenue Guidance Miss – IBD

45. ETSY:

$ETSY Etsy posts loss, ousts CEO, announces layoffs – MW

46. LCI:

$LCI Lannett misses Street 3Q forecasts – AP

47. TWLO:

$TWLO Twilio shares plummet as outlook falls short of Wall Street view – MW

48. DRYS:

$DRYS DryShips Says 1-for-7 Reverse Stock Split will Take Effect on May 11 – SI

UPGRADES

1. ARRY:$ARRY upgraded to Overweight from Neutral at JPMorgan. PT $10

DOWNGRADES

1. DXCM:BTIG Downgrades DexCom $DXCM to Neutral

2. FIS:Compass Point Downgrades Fidelity National Information Services $FIS to Neutral

3. QTS:JPMorgan Downgrades QTS Realty Trust $QTS to Neutral

4. SYF:Guggenheim Downgrades Synchrony Financial $SYF to Neutral

EARNINGS

1. AMRN:$AMRN reports FQ1 earnings of -8c EPS and $34.64M Revs –

2. BCC:$BCC reports FQ1 earnings of 26c EPS and $974.44M Revs –

3. BG:$BG reports FQ1 earnings of 35c EPS and $11.12B Revs –

4. CRCM:$CRCM reports FQ1 earnings of 7c EPS and $43.37M Revs –

5. FUN:$FUN reports FQ1 earnings of $-1.16 EPS and $48.32M Revs –

6. ORBK:$ORBK reports FQ1 earnings of 46c EPS and $187.65M Revs –

7. SUM:$SUM reports FQ1 earnings of -50c EPS and $259.04M Revs –

8. WD:$WD reports FQ1 earnings of $1.35 EPS and $158.51M Revs –

9. WCG:$WCG reports FQ1 earnings of $1.61 EPS and $3.85B Revs –

10. EMES:$EMES reports FQ1 earnings of -38c EPS and $75.30M Revs –

11. CNK:$CNK reports FQ1 earnings of 68c EPS and $779.60M Revs –

12. LFUS:$LFUS reports FQ1 earnings of $1.69 EPS and $285.44M Revs –

13. SCMP:$SCMP reports FQ1 earnings of 23c EPS and $56.30M Revs –

14. HFC:$HFC reports FQ1 earnings of -19c EPS and $3.08B Revs –

15. OCN:$OCN reports FQ1 earnings of -26c EPS and $321.86M Revs –

16. FLOW:$FLOW reports FQ1 earnings of -1c EPS and $433.20M Revs –

17. HRS:$HRS reports FQ3 earnings of $1.38 EPS and $1.49B Revs –

18. CLX:$CLX reports FQ3 earnings of $1.31 EPS and $1.48B Revs –

19. CLX:$CLX reports inline with the Estimize EPS Consensus and misses the Estimize Revenue Consensus by $3.40M –

20. DNOW:$DNOW reports FQ1 earnings of -15c EPS and $631M Revs –

21. EL:$EL reports FQ3 earnings of 91c EPS and $2.86B Revs –

22. SO:$SO reports FQ1 earnings of 66c EPS and $5.77B Revs –

23. DLPH:$DLPH reports FQ1 earnings of $1.59 EPS and $4.29B Revs –

24. KLIC:$KLIC reports FQ2 earnings of 40c EPS and $199.60M Revs –

25. ENR:$ENR reports FQ2 earnings of 50c EPS and $359M Revs –

26. TWX:$TWX reports FQ1 earnings of $1.66 EPS and $7.74B Revs –

27. YUM:$YUM reports FQ1 earnings of 65c EPS and $1.42B Revs –

28. CDW:$CDW reports FQ1 earnings of 75c EPS and $3.32B Revs –

29. HSC:$HSC reports FQ1 earnings of 11c EPS and $372.54M Revs –

30. CRTO:$CRTO reports FQ1 earnings of 46c EPS and $209.97M Revs –

31. CPK:$CPK reports FQ1 earnings of $1.17 EPS and $185.16M Revs –

32. MBUU:$MBUU reports FQ3 earnings of 49c EPS and $77.15M Revs –

33. GRMN:$GRMN reports FQ1 earnings of 52c EPS and $638.55M Revs –

34. NCI:$NCI reports FQ1 earnings of 27c EPS and $257.84M Revs –

35. ADP:$ADP reports FQ3 earnings of $1.31 EPS and $3.41B Revs –

36. Q:$Q reports FQ1 earnings of $1.01 EPS and $1.91B Revs –

37. SSTK:$SSTK reports FQ1 earnings of 31c EPS and $130.22M Revs –

38. ACCO:$ACCO reports FQ1 earnings of 4c EPS and $359.80M Revs –

39. BDC:$BDC reports FQ1 earnings of 92c EPS and $551.38M Revs –

40. CLH:$CLH reports FQ1 earnings of -19c EPS and $688.94M Revs –

41. ICE:$ICE reports FQ1 earnings of 74c EPS and $1.16B Revs –

42. ICE:$ICE reports inline with the Estimize EPS Consensus and misses the Estimize Revenue Consensus by $4.63M –

43. NI:$NI reports FQ1 earnings of 71c EPS and $1.63B Revs –

44. RAI:$RAI reports FQ1 earnings of 56c EPS and $2.95B Revs –

45. SPR:$SPR reports FQ1 earnings of $1.17 EPS and $1.69B Revs –

46. VSH:$VSH reports FQ1 earnings of 28c EPS and $606.26M Revs –

47. SR:$SR reports FQ2 earnings of $2.38 EPS and $663.40M Revs –

48. SR:$SR reports inline with the Estimize EPS Consensus and misses the Estimize Revenue Consensus by $14.06M –

49. INXN:$INXN reports FQ1 earnings of 16c EPS and $121.38M Revs –

50. S:$S reports FQ4 earnings of -7c EPS and $8.54B Revs –

51. OPHT:$OPHT reports FQ1 earnings of $-1.20 EPS and $1.66M Revs –

52. SBGI:$SBGI reports FQ1 earnings of 32c EPS and $649.94M Revs –

53. CVLT:$CVLT reports FQ4 earnings of 29c EPS and $172.93M Revs –

54. CVLT:$CVLT reports inline with the Estimize EPS Consensus and beats the Estimize Revenue Consensus by $4.75M –

55. AAWW:$AAWW reports FQ1 earnings of 31c EPS and $475.39M Revs –

56. EXC:$EXC reports FQ1 earnings of 65c EPS and $8.72B Revs –

57. MTOR:$MTOR reports FQ2 earnings of 35c EPS and $806M Revs –

58. TAP:$TAP reports FQ1 earnings of 76c EPS and $2.45B Revs –

59. VRTV:$VRTV reports FQ1 earnings of -14c EPS and $2B Revs –

60. HSNI:$HSNI reports FQ1 earnings of 40c EPS and $785.44M Revs –

61. GRPN:$GRPN reports FQ1 earnings of 1c EPS and $673.63M Revs –

62. INSM:$INSM reports FQ1 earnings of -60c EPS and $0M Revs –

63. ASC:$ASC reports FQ1 earnings of -6c EPS and $49.67M Revs –

64. MMP:$MMP reports FQ1 earnings of 96c EPS and $642.07M Revs –

65. NYT:$NYT reports FQ1 earnings of 11c EPS and $398.80M Revs –

66. BERY:$BERY reports FQ2 earnings of 79c EPS and $1.81B Revs –

67. SMP:$SMP reports FQ1 earnings of 74c EPS and $282.38M Revs –

Trending Social Alerts

1. PIRS:Now you see why $PIRS is the top scoring name in my model!! Join BioPsi for more ideas!

2. TWLO:$TWLO -32.76%

3. STRP:Company “to acquire 100% of the issued and outstanding shares of Straight Path for $135.96 per share” $STRP

4. TWX:Time Warner beats by $0.20, beats on revenue

5. ARRY:$ARRY up 7% this morning on upgrade…fortunate timing ay?

6. GILD:No $GILD M&A Yet, but CEO Offers Hint of Deals to Come —>

7. FEYE:$FEYE FireEye beats on earnings and guidance, stock soars – MW

Trending News Headlines

1. SEC Probes Solar Companies Over Disclosure of Customer Cancellations

Federal regulators are investigating whether solar-energy companies are masking how many customers they are losing, according to a person familiar with the matter.

2. Bain, Carlyle, Thoma Bravo Are Among Bidders for Citrix

Private equity firms Bain Capital, Carlyle Group LP and Thoma Bravo are among bidders for cloud-services company Citrix Systems Inc., people familiar with the matter said.

3. Larry Dignan on Twitter

“NYT added 308,000 net digital news subscriptions in Q1.”

4. Strong demand at Taco Bell drives Yum Brands’ profit beat

Yum Brands Inc (YUM.N) reported a better-than-expected quarterly profit due to strong global same-store sales growth, driven by robust demand at its Taco Bell restaurants and lower costs at its KFC chain.

5. No Gilead Sciences M&A Yet, but CEO Offers Hint of Deals to Come

Gilead’s first-quarter conference call delivered another opportunity for analysts to ask management, “Who are you going to buy and when?”

6. MakeMyTrip to raise $330 million from Naspers, Ctrip and others – ETtech

MakeMyTrip has unveiled aggressive plans, particularly in the hotels and packages segment, to consolidate its leadership position in the country.

7. Tesla Earnings: What to Watch

Tesla Inc.’s first-quarter financial results are expected to be released after the market closes on Wednesday.

8. Tesla is the most painful stock to be short so far in 2017

Traders short selling Tesla’s soaring stock have lost $3.7 billion this year, eclipsing the combined losses of traders shorting Apple, Amazon.com and Netflix.

Technology News

1. All anyone wanted was a MacBook Air with a Retina Display, and Microsoft gave it to ‘em.

As is tradition Panos Panay handed out the Surface Laptop to an audience member to demonstrate the new burgundy color.

The Surface Laptop will ship in four colors platinum burgundy cobalt blue and graphite gold and it under three pounds in weight.

Microsoft has integrated vapor chambers into the aluminum finish on the rear of the device to help keep the Surface Laptop cool.

2. You can’t ignore Microsoft’s new Surface laptop, a $999 machine that boots up in seconds

During a tour at sprawling Redmond Washington headquarters last month the Surface team showed off the evolution starting from the first more than a mashup of parts from older Microsoft the finished product.

The engineers and designers spent two years working on the machine creating multiple prototypes and inviting partners like Intel to set up shop right on campus.

The finished laptop milled from a slab of custom aluminum alloy has no screws or holes save for a pair of microphones to converse with Cortana voice assistant.

3. Samsung’s DeX is the closest thing we have to using our phones as PCs

Between the cost in addition to the dock you also have to supply a mouse keyboard monitor and the Galaxy to make it all work and limitations which get into most people are still better served by a standard Windows or Mac laptop or even a Chromebook.

The browser does have its limits it struggles with the proprietary content management system we use at The Verge and Adobe Flash support is obviously out of the question but for the most part it loads pages just like Chrome or Safari does on a full computer.

More frustrating is that the system remember any of my window arrangements when I switch modes so every time I sit down at my desk and dock the phone I have to reopen my apps and rearrange my workspace.

4. Okay, students and teachers, this one’s for you. Who’s ready to code and create create the world of tomorrow?

Teachers also choose Windows for rich peripheral support including amazing new STEM lesson plans with Arduino boards Education tools to enable accessibility virtual reality headsets interactive whiteboards and more.

Together with OneNote Class Notebooks and new assignment and quiz experiences teachers can easily distribute content grade work personalize learning and communicate with students parents and staff.

STEM Saturdays bring classrooms to Microsoft Store and offer experiences like building a sensor that measures the flexion and extension of a finger to learn about the anatomy of a human hand.

5. ICYMI Our AirPods study revealed a 98% customer satisfaction rating. Even more shocking was the 75 promoter score.

Right now that can be done manually or by asking Siri to turn the volume up or down or skip to next song but it appears some way to have more control of media by touching or tapping the AirPods themselves is desirable.

What makes this question interesting is the fact that while our respondents mainly lean to early tech adoption we do not have a massive group of hardcore Apple fanatics.

Lastly we wanted to see how much our participants in the study still defaulted to old habits or trust AirPods enough to completely go wireless and fully ditch their wired headphones.

6. Tim Cook says to CNBC: ‘Reports about future products’ likely delayed quarter’s iPhone purchases

We are seeing a kind of delay in purchasing behavior that we think is a consequence of the number of rumors and reports about future products Apple CEO Tim Cook told CNBC Josh Lipton.

But Wall Street is counting on one key statistic to drive the company earnings higher later this year million iPhones may be set for an upgrade this fall according to venture capitalist Gene Munster.

Apple biggest Asian revenue source has been under pressure as the strength of the Hong Kong dollar dampens shopping from mainland China.

7. Apple’s services business is its fastest-growing segment. That’s… not great.

and slightly lower than the billion that Wall Street expected.

Once again Apple CEO Tim Cook touted the services business this time in the second paragraph of its earnings press release.

thrilled with the strong momentum of our Services business with our highest revenue ever for a Services revenue grew about billion versus the quarter the best of product segments.

8. Why is Microsoft seeking a resurgence in schools? Because students grow up to buy tech

The new version of its operating system Windows S will run only applications that have been vetted by Microsoft and placed in its online app store to prevent students from downloading software that could slow the performance of their computers.

Karon Weber demonstrated projects from the Hacking STEM Ian Bates for The New York Times The tools are designed to be easy enough for teachers to use since many schools do not have dedicated technology administrators.

Officials at Omaha Public Schools which spends about annually on Microsoft software and is investing million to buy students Windows devices welcomed the more comprehensive approach to the classroom.

9. Ok, you lost me here.

About CEO Neil Vogel said the dot is a nod to the period that was core to the old logo while a dash is a typographic symbol used to move things toward next.

parent the company IAC decided to rebrand the publisher because while it had name recognition its articles were so broad that nobody thought of it as a resource for any one topic.

a new name that takes you out of the realm of a consumer offer and into one that speaks specifically to the advertising community that makes a lot of sense said Rick Wise the CEO of brand strategy firm Lippincott.

10. I was really surprised how well Samsung’s DeX works. Light years ahead of Continuum:

$TWTR Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey Buys Another 574K Shares | and Market Updates

by Alpha | May 1, 2017 | Pre-Market

PRE-MARKET MOVERS

1. BX, FOXA, TRCO:

$TRCO Twenty-First Century Fox $FOXA in talks with Blackstone $BX to buy Tribune – Reuters

2. JMEI:

$JMEI Jumei Files 2016 Annual Report on Form 20-F – SI

3. XXII:

$XXII 22nd Century Group Receive FDA Clearance for Trial of BRAND B Low Tar-to-Nicotine Ratio Cigarettes

4. TWTR:

$TWTR Twitter Teams Up With Bloomberg for Streaming News – BBG

5. TWTR:

$TWTR Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey Buys Another 574K Shares, Bringing YTD Purchases to 1M Shares – SI

6. L:

$L Loews Q1 Earnings Beat Estimates, Revenues Improve – Zacks

7. JIVE:

$JIVE Jive Software Enters Agreement to be Acquired for $5.25/Share – SI

8. RDUS:

$RDUS Radius Health Reports First Quarter 2017 Financial and Operating Results – GN

9. TEN:

$TEN Tenneco Reports First Quarter 2017 Results – BW

10. VRX:

$VRX Valeant Pharma Reduces Debt by Another ~$220M – SI

11. SQ, TWTR:

$SQ Jack Dorsey buys $9.5 million in Twitter $TWTR stock while continuing to sell Square – MW

12. COH: $COH Coach tipped as favourite to bag Jimmy Choo in £1bn deal – The Telegraph

13. CRR: $CRR Carbo Ceramics announces exploring options to monetize some of its international assets – Reuters

14. URBN: $URBN Urban Outfitters Board Slammed by Group for ‘Extreme Insularity’ – BBG

15. DO:

$DO Diamond Offshore Announces First Quarter 2017 Results – PRN

16. BSFT:

$BSFT BroadSoft Reports First Quarter 2017 Financial Results – GN

17. DRE, HTA:

$HTA Healthcare Trust of America Acquires Duke Realty’s $DRE Medical Office Portfolio for $2.75B

18. DISH:

$DISH Dish Network Profit, Revenue Fall; No Letup In Subscriber Losses – IBD

19. NTRP:

$NTRP Neurotrope stock drops on midstage trial results for Alzheimer’s drug – MW

20. ITCI:

$ITCI Intra-Cellular Therapies Announces Update On Schizophrenia Program Following Dialogue w FDA – SI

21. AEZS:

$AEZS Aeterna Zentaris Phase 3 Study of Zoptrex Doesn’t Achieve Primary Endpoint – SI

UPGRADES

1. DNKN:#Dunkin’ Brands upgraded to outperform from sector perform at RBC. Price target raised $10 to $64. $DNKN #stocks

2. ESS:Mizuho Securities Upgrades Essex Property Trust $ESS to Buy

3. FSLR:Credit Suisse Upgrades First Solar $FSLR to Neutral, “Protectionist Probabilities Pierce Bear …

4. MDSO:Jefferies Upgrades Medidata Solutions $MDSO to Hold

5. MYL:Mylan on watch after BMO Capital upgrade

6. TBBK:Bancorp Inc was Upgraded to a Buy Rating at BTIG $TBBK

DOWNGRADES

1. LLL:Barclays Downgrades L-3 Communications to Hold $LLL

2. SHOP:Hearing Shopify $SHOP Downgraded to Neutral at Monness

EARNINGS

1. BWP:$BWP reports FQ1 earnings of 47c EPS and $367M Revs –

2. DO:$DO reports FQ1 earnings of 17c EPS and $374.23M Revs –

3. DO:$DO reports inline with the Estimize EPS Consensus and misses the Estimize Revenue Consensus by $3.64M –

4. DISH:$DISH reports FQ1 earnings of 76c EPS and $3.68B Revs –

5. CNA:$CNA reports FQ1 earnings of 87c EPS and $2.33B Revs –

6. CAH:$CAH reports FQ3 earnings of $1.53 EPS and $31.82B Revs –

7. AWI:$AWI reports FQ1 earnings of 55c EPS and $315.40M Revs –

8. HURN:$HURN reports FQ1 earnings of 55c EPS and $188.85M Revs –

9. ARLP:$ARLP reports FQ1 earnings of $1.10 EPS and $461.08M Revs –

10. AMG:$AMG reports FQ1 earnings of $3.21 EPS and $544.30M Revs –

11. BSFT:$BSFT reports FQ1 earnings of 19c EPS and $79.67M Revs –

12. CMS:$CMS reports FQ1 earnings of 71c EPS and $1.83B Revs –

13. NSP:$NSP reports FQ1 earnings of $1.84 EPS and $882.66M Revs –

14. TEN:$TEN reports FQ1 earnings of $1.53 EPS and $2.29B Revs –

15. ENSG:$ENSG reports FQ1 earnings of 34c EPS and $441.74M Revs –

16. PLT:$PLT reports FQ4 earnings of 81c EPS and $209.80M Revs –

17. MCY:$MCY reports FQ1 earnings of 20c EPS and $847.50M Revs –

Trending Social Alerts

1. TWTR:Is Bloomberg going to wind up being the savior of Twitter? $TWTR up 3.5% #premarket on news of Bloomberg partnership for streaming news.

2. ITCI:FDA to $ITCI – we can’t stop you from filing an NDA, but you might wanna think twice before doing so

3. JIVE:$JIVE Halted, news pending

4. OCN:$OCN: GapUP 0.15[+6.6%,fill:30%], PrvCl:2.29, PrvHi:2.36, 0NewHi, AtPivR2, 2:1Accel+, tf:0111111, medFlt:86M, HiPctSht[17%],

5. NRZ:Ocwen jumps after New Residential announces strategic business deal $OCN $NRZ $ASPS

6. AEZS:$AEZS halt

Trending News Headlines

1. Twitter Teams Up With Bloomberg for Streaming News

Twitter is joining forces with Bloomberg to create a service that will stream news produced solely for the social-media company 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

2. Exclusive: Blackstone’s GSO snaps up J. Crew debt in restructuring gambit

GSO Capital Partners, private equity firm Blackstone Group LP’s (BX.N) credit arm, is acquiring more of J. Crew Group Inc’s debt, hoping for a profitable trade that could also give the U.S. fashion retailer more time to stave off bankruptcy, people familiar with the matter said.

3. Dish Network Profit, Revenue Fall; No Letup In Subscriber Losses

Dish Network’s adjusted Q1 adjusted profit fell 11% but was still above analyst estimates. Dish said it lost about 143,000 net pay-TV subscribers.

4. May Day rallies across U.S. to target Trump immigration policy

Labor unions and immigrant advocacy groups will lead May Day rallies in cities across the United States on Monday, with organizers expecting larger-than-usual turnouts to protest the immigration policies of President Donald Trump.

5. Urban Outfitters Board Slammed by Group for ‘Extreme Insularity’

An Urban Outfitters Inc. investor group is urging shareholders to vote against the re-election of two directors, saying the board’s “extreme insularity” has contributed to its weak performance.

Technology News

1. Turkish crackdown on dissent and free expression: – No Wikipedia – No TV dating shows – 3,974 civil servants fired

Continue reading the main story It also ends opposition hopes that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan may ease the crackdown and build greater national consensus after his narrow victory in a recent referendum to expand the power of his office.

The government justified the ban by claiming that the articles constituted smear campaign against Turkey in the international arena according to a statement published by Anadolu Agency the news wire.

In another restriction announced this weekend the government decreed that television channels could no longer broadcast dating programs a staple on Turkish daytime TV and a major source of advertising revenue.

2. Wasn’t long ago when Turkey seen as example for the Middle East. Now Turkey just another example of the Middle East

The government justified the ban by claiming that the articles constituted smear campaign against Turkey in the international arena according to a statement published by Anadolu Agency the news wire.

3. U.S. study finds 1 in 10 women in tech experience unwanted sexual attention:

Sexual harassment bullying and racist stereotyping are common in the technology industry creating a culture that drives underrepresented employees out of their jobs new research has found.

A large tech firm that pays engineers an average of could lose due to their workplace culture pushing employees out the survey said.

A report analyzed the reasons why tech workers leave their jobs and found a common thread of sexual harassment bullying and stereotyping.

4. Also: 140,000 people dismissed from jobs; 1,500 civil society groups closed; 120 journalists jailed;

The government justified the ban by claiming that the articles constituted smear campaign against Turkey in the international arena according to a statement published by Anadolu Agency the news wire.

5. Blogs and Twitter are taking a chunk out of ebook sales.

Lotinga says that while there has been an increase in sales of ebooks and subscriptions in areas such as education and academic titles there are certain types of consumer books people prefer to read in paper format.

Issues with a slowdown in ereaders being bought linked to the rise of smartphones has contributed to the decline in ebook popularity and renewed surge in book sales.

Despite this success Lotinga warned that with Europe the largest market for UK books accounting for of international sales it is imperative that Theresa Brexit deal protects the publishing industry.

6. Unfairness costs tech companies $16B a year in employee churn. The @kaporcenter tech leavers survey results are out

It made me feel not valued excluded with no opportunities for White Female Engineer Women reported a range of experiences from being passed over for promotions to stereotyping and harassment.

I felt Hispanic Female Developer Underrepresented people of color were seeking both better compensation and job promotions AND more meaningful balanced work within a positive and inclusive environment.

Better pay Greater balance and schedule flexibility Create a more positive and respectful work environment Improved company leadership Change in job responsibilities and requirements.

7. Snapchat messaging & Stories got their start by being the anti-Facebook but now that philosophy is holding it back

With slowing growth it needed a big change to reinvigorate its aging app and make it easier for people who browse tweets constantly.

But as Snapchat became the defacto teen messaging app and everyone that everyone knew signed up courtesy and social contract obliged people to follow even their more boring acquaintainces.

Algorithmically sorting the feed based on whose Stories you typically watch and who you chat with could make it much easier to drop into Snapchat and immediately get the most delight per minute.

8. China has 131 billion-dollar startups, 30 more than the US. One reason: $199b in new venture funds looking to invest

ET After a frenzied when venture money gushed into apps providing home services from meal delivery to massages funding for startups was supposed to enter what industry insiders called.

For some of those darlings capital did freeze up forcing them to fold shrink or merge with competitors.

industry is suffering a different headache too much money.

9. Erdogan, whose referendum win Trump applauded, is cracking down anew. And Duterte is coming to the White House.

The government justified the ban by claiming that the articles constituted smear campaign against Turkey in the international arena according to a statement published by Anadolu Agency the news wire.

10. Why would Mikey Hayden be the go to expert on upstream problems? He left years before NSA first confessed to probs.

Earlier today the NSA announced its intentions to limit a surveillance technique that had a nasty side effect of sweeping up communications to and from Americans.

In a rare unprompted press statement the NSA explained that it would halt upstream internet communications that are solely a foreign intelligence target restricting its surveillance to messages sent or received by foreign intelligence targets.

TechCrunch spoke with General Michael Hayden former director of the NSA and CIA about how the shift will be implemented and the reasoning behind the surprise decision.

$GOOGL Earnings, Revenue Blow Past Estimates | $GOOG and More Pre Market News

by Alpha | Apr 28, 2017 | Pre-Market

PRE-MARKET MOVERS

1. NTRP:

$NTRP Neurotrope Bioscience Results From Ph 2 Clinical Trial Alzheimer’s Disease on May 1 – PRN

2. ALGN:

$ALGN Align Technology shares surge after hours on outlook – MW

3. LPLA:

$LPLA LPL Financial tops Street 1Q forecasts – AP

4. WDC:

$WDC Western Digital Surges 9% on FYQ4 View – Barron’s

5. RBS:

$RBS Royal Bank of Scotland swings back into profit in first quarter – FT

6. TRMB:

$TRMB Trimble Reports First Quarter 2017 Results – PRN

7. GOOG, GOOGL:

$GOOG Google $GOOGL Earnings, Revenue Blow Past Estimates – IBD

8. HON:

$HON Third Point Calls for Honeywell to Spin Off Aerospace Unit – WSJ

9. UBS:

$UBS UBS Clients Return From Sidelines as Wealth Business Surges – BBG

10. IDXX:

$IDXX IDEXX Laboratories Beats on Q1 Earnings & Revenues – Zacks

11. AMZN:

$AMZN Amazon revenue soars as cloud, retail businesses dominate – Reuters

12. RXDX:

$RXDX Ignyta Updates Progress towards Entrectinib Dual TRK and ROS1 NDA Submissions – BW

13. SNE:

$SNE Sony forecasts its highest profits in 20 years – FT

14. CY:

$CY Cypress Semi +2.4% after beating with record revenue – SA

15. EHTH:

$EHTH eHealth, Inc. Announces First Quarter 2017 Results – BW

16. SRPT:

$SRPT Sarepta Therapeutics Misses Q1 EPS by 24c, Revenue Beats – SI

17. XOM:

$XOM Exxon Mobil profit more than doubles on cost cuts, oil price rise – Reuters

18. ADNT:

$ADNT Adient delivers strong FY 2017 Q2 results; increases full year earnings expectations – PRN

19. SRPT:

$SRPT With Exondys 51 approved, Sarepta chief Ed Kaye to bow out – Fierce Biotech

20. PSX:

$PSX Phillips 66 Beats Q1 Earnings & Revenue – Zacks

21. SNY:

$SNY Sanofi profit jumps on sale of animal-health unit – MW

22. ROP:

$ROP Roper Industries Tops Q1 EPS by 12c, Offers Guidance – SI

23. HMC:

$HMC Honda sees auto sales edging up, profit sliding in 2017/18 – Reuters

24. GPRO:

$GPRO GoPro’s Sales Jump 19%, But It’s Not Enough To Curb Losses – Forbes

25. COG:

$COG Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation Announces First Quarter 2017 Results – PRN

26. GM:

$GM General Motors Beats Q1 Forecasts On U.S. Truck, Crossover Sales – IBD

27. HRC: $HRC Hill-Rom Exceeds Guidance W Strong Fiscal 2nd Q Financial Results And Raises 2017 FY Outlook

28. VRSN: $VRSN Verisign Reports First Quarter 2017 Results – BW

29. APO, WSTC: $WSTC Apollo Global $APO in advanced talks to buy West Corp – sources – Reuters

30. LUV: $LUV Southwest Airlines to end practice of overbooking flights – Chicago Tribune

31. MSFT: $MSFT Microsoft Sees FYQ4 Revenue Below Consensus; Surface Weighed Down Q3 – Barron’s

32. LYB:

$LYB LyondellBasell Q1 Earnings Miss Estimates, Sales Beat – Zacks

33. EXPE:

$EXPE Expedia shares slide after earnings miss – MW

34. BIDU:

$BIDU Baidu: Stock Plunges Despite Earnings Beat – Barron’s

35. INTC:

$INTC Intel shares fall, but PC sales help earnings rise – MW

36. AAPL, QCOM:

$QCOM Qualcomm cuts Q3 fiscal guidance as Apple $AAPL holds back royalties – CNBC

37. CL:

$CL Colgate-Palmolive shares slip after first-quarter earnings miss – MW

38. SBUX:

$SBUX Starbucks shares fall 4 percent after US sales fail to gain traction – CNBC

39. STAY:

$STAY Extended Stay America Prices 30M Paired Shares for Gross Proceeds of $520.5M – SI

40. RMD:

$RMD ResMed Inc. Announces Results for the Third Quarter of Fiscal Year 2017 – PRN

41. MHK:

$MHK Mohawk Industries Reports In-Line Q1 EPS – SI

42. BCS:

$BCS Barclays Shares Fall After Surprise Drop in Trading Revenue – BBG

43. VFC:

$VFC Wrangler and North Face parent VF Corp. misses profit and sales expectations – MW

44. FTNT:

$FTNT Fortinet Reports First Quarter 2017 Financial Results – GN

45. CLD:

$CLD Cloud Peak Incurs Loss in Q1, Revenues Lag Estimates – Zacks

46. TRXC:

$TRXC TransEnterix Announces Proposed Public Offering of Common Stock and Warrants – BW

47. GIMO:

$GIMO Gigamon Reports First Quarter 2017 Financial Results – PRN

48. ATHN:

$ATHN athenahealth Misses on Earnings & Revenues in Q1 – Zacks

49. TIME:

$TIME Time Inc no sale; Board Determines to Pursue the Company’s Own Strategic Plan – BW

50. CYTR:

$CYTR CytRx Prices 30M Common Stock Offering at $0.50/Share – SI

DOWNGRADES

1. ALLE:Baird Downgrades Allegion $ALLE to Neutral

2. COLM:Canaccord Genuity Downgrades Columbia Sportswear to Hold $COLM

3. EFX:Stephens Downgrades Equifax $EFX to Equal Weight Citing Valuation

4. GIMO:Credit Suisse Downgrades Gigamon $GIMO to Neutral After Another Disappointment

EARNINGS

1. ZEUS:$ZEUS reports FQ1 earnings of 51c EPS and $334.89M Revs –

2. CPN:$CPN reports FQ1 earnings of -16c EPS and $2.28B Revs –

3. GPI:$GPI reports FQ1 earnings of $1.53 EPS and $2.52B Revs –

4. KBR:$KBR reports FQ1 earnings of 28c EPS and $1.11B Revs –

5. ALV:$ALV reports FQ1 earnings of $1.65 EPS and $2.61B Revs –

6. B:$B reports FQ1 earnings of 71c EPS and $341.80M Revs –

7. TRI:$TRI reports FQ1 earnings of 63c EPS and $2.82B Revs –

8. SYF:$SYF reports FQ1 earnings of 61c EPS and $3.59B Revs –

9. SAVE:$SAVE reports FQ1 earnings of 51c EPS and $591.75M Revs –

10. SAVE:$SAVE reports inline with the Estimize EPS Consensus and misses the Estimize Revenue Consensus by $1.91M –

11. COG:$COG reports FQ1 earnings of 19c EPS and $517.84M Revs –

12. POR:$POR reports FQ1 earnings of 82c EPS and $530M Revs –

13. LYB:$LYB reports FQ1 earnings of $2 EPS and $8.43B Revs –

14. CL:$CL reports FQ1 earnings of 67c EPS and $3.76B Revs –

15. ROP:$ROP reports FQ1 earnings of $2.11 EPS and $1.11B Revs –

16. VFC:$VFC reports FQ1 earnings of 55c EPS and $2.58B Revs –

17. CEMP:$CEMP reports FQ1 earnings of -44c EPS and $4.87M Revs –

18. AAN:$AAN reports FQ1 earnings of 80c EPS and $844.60M Revs –

19. HRC:$HRC reports FQ2 earnings of 88c EPS and $678.90M Revs –

20. LPNT:$LPNT reports FQ1 earnings of $1.07 EPS and $1.63B Revs –

21. AIMC:$AIMC reports FQ1 earnings of 53c EPS and $215.44M Revs –

22. TYPE:$TYPE reports FQ1 earnings of 16c EPS and $53.84M Revs –

23. WETF:$WETF reports FQ1 earnings of 5c EPS and $54.60M Revs –

24. IDXX:$IDXX reports FQ1 earnings of 65c EPS and $462.02M Revs –

25. MDXG:$MDXG reports FQ1 earnings of 7c EPS and $72.61M Revs –

26. WFT:$WFT reports FQ1 earnings of -32c EPS and $1.39B Revs –

27. SAIA:$SAIA reports FQ1 earnings of 44c EPS and $317.04M Revs –

28. GM:$GM reports FQ1 earnings of $1.70 EPS and $41.20B Revs –

29. PSXP:$PSXP reports FQ1 earnings of 60c EPS and $234M Revs –

30. GT:$GT reports FQ1 earnings of 74c EPS and $3.70B Revs –

31. AGCO:$AGCO reports FQ1 earnings of -2c EPS and $1.63B Revs –

32. CIR:$CIR reports FQ1 earnings of 32c EPS and $145.21M Revs –

33. RCL:$RCL reports FQ1 earnings of 99c EPS and $2.01B Revs –

34. XOM:$XOM reports FQ1 earnings of 95c EPS and $63.29B Revs –

35. MTRN:$MTRN reports FQ1 earnings of 29c EPS and $240.67M Revs –

36. PEG:$PEG reports FQ1 earnings of 92c EPS and $2.59B Revs –

37. BEN:$BEN reports FQ2 earnings of 74c EPS and $1.60B Revs –

38. CVX:$CVX reports FQ1 earnings of $1.14 EPS and $33.42B Revs –

Trending Social Alerts

1. TIME:$TIME stock down 21% pre-market

2. GM:$GM reported first-quarter records for revenue , EBIT-adjusted and EBIT-adjusted margin .…

3. CYTR:$CYTR prices 30m shares at $.50/share… YIKES!

4. SRPT:$SRPT With Exondys 51 approved, Sarepta chief Ed Kaye to bow out – Fierce Biotech

5. CVX:$CVX Chevron Q1 17 Earnings Results: -Adj EPS Ex-Gain: $1.10 -Revenue: $33.42B

6. XOM:#BREAKING: Exxon Mobil $XOM Q1 Revenue, $63.29B vs. $67.34B expected

7. SNY:$SRPT CEO Exits Along With a $SNY Director, So Let’s Speculate About a Possible Deal —>

8. GOOGL:Google’s virtual reality art gallery $GOOGL

9. MSFT:#StockAlert – Stocks to watch today on #Wallstreet $MSFT $INTC

10. SBUX:$SBUX Starbucks shares fall 4 percent after US sales fail to gain traction – CNBC

Trending News Headlines

1. Sarepta CEO Exits Along With a Sanofi Director, So Let’s Speculate About a Possible Deal

The timing of these two departures could be coincidental and mean nothing, or they might signal Sanofi’s interest in acquiring Sarepta.

2. ‘Get off of Twitter’: As Trump nears Day 100, some stirrings of discontent

Some of his supporters fret that President Donald Trump is backing himself into a corner with promises that can’t be kept. Others lament he is not pulling America from international conflicts as he vowed – or say he should “get off of Twitter.”

3. US Q1 GDP grew at 0.7% pace vs. 1.2% estimate

The government released its first reading on first-quarter GDP on Friday. Economists polled by Reuters had expected a rate of 1.2 percent.

4. With Exondys 51 approved, Sarepta chief Ed Kaye to bow out | FierceBiotech

He was for a long time an interim chief executive, then a full CEO and president, but Ed Kaye, who did what looked impossible a year ago and got Sarepta’s controversial Duchenne med approved, will now step down later this year.

Technology News

1. Facebook is dedicated to combating misinformation and information operations. Read our report here:

2. Here is the obituary of Net Neutrality

3. Facebook’s definitions for InfoOps are, IMVHO, far more careful than those a lot of the celebrity intel folks use.

4. A year late, @facebook wakes up to the fact that the Kremlin is running a massive influence op on US social media

SAN FRANCISCO Reuters Facebook Inc acknowledged on Thursday that it has become a battleground for governments seeking to manipulate public opinion in other countries and outlined new measures it is taking to combat what it calls that go well beyond the phenomenon known as fake news.

Facebook said its security team would now fight information operations which it regards as a more complex problem than traditional hackers and scammers by suspending or deleting false accounts after identifying them with a combination of machine learning and intelligence analysis.

Facebook said it would go after amplifier accounts based on behavioral analysis that shows signs of inauthenticity such as sudden bursts of activity or repeated posting of the same material without regard to the politics of the content.

5. Is it just me or is Apple building the same bloat into Apple Music that it previously built into iTunes

The music legend loved idea a Shark Tank competition for new apps and before long persuaded him and TV producer Ben Silverman to pitch it to Eddy Cue who runs Apple services business and is the conduit to Hollywood.

In the coming months Apple Music plans to start streaming Carpool Karaoke a spinoff of James popular celebrity singalong segment one episode will see John Legend and Alicia Keys driving around and belting out their hits.

Like many tech companies Apple long resisted getting into the content game opting instead to sell other music TV shows and movies and making money flogging hardware.

6. This is a big change: Facebook seems to be coming to terms with its impact on geopolitics.

SAN FRANCISCO Facebook Inc acknowledged on Thursday that it has become a battleground for governments seeking to manipulate public opinion in other countries and outlined new measures it is taking to combat what it calls that go well beyond the phenomenon known as fake news.

In a report and summary of response plans on its website on Thursday Facebook describes and subtle efforts by nations and other organizations to spread misleading information and falsehoods for geopolitical goals.

7. GoPro has lost money for the last six quarters

8. “The meat of the paper is FB admitting that it can be used as a highly-tuned, souped-up vehicle for propaganda.”

Image AP RisbergBack in January Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said he was proud of the impact that we were able to have on civic discourse doubling down on his stance that the rise of misinformation spread of outright propaganda and rapid erosion of trust in the fourth estate were problems but his.

Image screengrab from DiscordWhether through coordinated action by a mix of legitimate and illegitimate accounts to dominate conversation as in the case of or using Twitter bot armies like the one commanded by the mysterious MicroChip to push hashtag campaigns to the masses malicious groups have known how to exploit social networks with terrifying efficiency.

Facebook will continue to contribute in this area by offering training materials cooperating with government cybersecurity agencies looking to harden their and social media activity against external attacks and deploying communications designed to reinforce observance of strong security practices.

9. Google loses top hardware exec ahead of new Pixel release

At Google Foster stepped into a new role vice president of hardware product development working on the company Pixel smartphone and Home speaker an Echo competitor.

The hardware division also competes with Apple Amazon and other companies building devices tied to intelligent software like digital assistants that could upend existing models for media and advertising markets that Google now leads.

Earlier this week German publication WinFuture reported that it uncovered evidence of three planned Google devices in Android code information online.

10. Apple is in talks to launch its own Venmo. Makes sense looking at Venmo’s payment growth:

If it happens this time the new Apple product would compete with offerings from big banks as well as PayPal its subsidiary Venmo as well as Square Cash in the increasingly competitive world of digital.

spent heavily in insuring their cards were top of wallet when they all built and rolled out Apple Pay said Cherian Abraham a digital payments executive at Experian.

Square Cash service offers a similar virtual debit card and CEO Jack Dorsey talked about this very use case at a recent Recode Code Commerce event.

Russia’s Yandex Extends Breakout On Strong Earnings After Google $GOOG Deal | $YNDX, $MGM, $F and More

by Alpha | Apr 27, 2017 | Pre-Market

PRE-MARKET MOVERS

1. GRUB:

$GRUB Grubhub Reports Record First Quarter Results – SI

2. TER:

$TER Teradyne Tops Q1 EPS by 6c, Beat on Revenue, Q2 EPS/Rev Guidance Well Above Est. – SI

3. NOK:

$NOK Nokia shares leap to 2017 high after stemming declines – FT

4. WTW:

$WTW Weight Watchers Names Mindy Grossman President and CEO – PRN

5. UA:

$UA Under Armour shares surge on smaller-than-expected loss – CNBC

6. NOW:

$NOW ServiceNow Tops Q1 EPS by 7c, Q2 Revenue Guidance Beats – SI

7. PYPL:

$PYPL PayPal partnerships pay off, and Venmo could take off next – MW

8. INTU:

$INTU Intuit shares rally as TurboTax unit sales grow over tax season – MW

9. GOOG, YNDX:

$YNDX Russia’s Yandex Extends Breakout On Strong Earnings After Google $GOOG Deal – IBD

10. XLNX:

$XLNX Xilinx Up 3%: FYQ4 Revenue, EPS Beat; Q1 Rev View Beats – Barron’s

11. MGM:

$MGM MGM Resorts shares jump 2.2% premarket after profit and revenue beat – MW

12. DPZ:

$DPZ Domino’s Pizza Delivers Hot Earnings Growth – IBD

13. ALSN:

$ALSN Allison Transmission tops Street 1Q forecasts – AP

14. HRB:

$HRB H&R Block shares rise on higher-than-average DIY online filings – MW

15. TSCO:

$TSCO Tractor Supply Posts In-Line Q1 Earnings, Down Y/Y – Zacks

16. CMCSA:

$CMCSA Comcast earnings beat as it gears up for wireless – MW

17. ABBV:

$ABBV AbbVie stock surges 1.5% after first-quarter profit, revenue beats – MW

18. UPS:

$UPS UPS wins $2.35 billion U.S. defense contract: Pentagon – Reuters

19. F:

$F Ford beats Street estimates, but profit dinged by recall costs – CNBC

20. PH:

$PH Parker-Hannifin Q3 Earnings, Revenues Trump Estimates – Zacks

21. DOW:

$DOW Dow Chemical profit beats as consumer focus pays off – Rueters

22. RTN:

$RTN Raytheon Tops Q1 EPS by 12c, Lifts FY EPS Guidance – SI

23. UPS:

$UPS UPS first-quarter profit tops estimates as revenue rises – Reuters

24. CHKP:

$CHKP Israel’s Check Point Q1 profit, revenue top estimates – Reuters

25. IPXL:

$IPXL Impax Announces FDA Approval and Launch of a Generic Version of Vytorin® – PRN

26. ROX:

$ROX Spirits Maker Castle Said to Weigh Sale Amid Takeover Interest – BBG

27. FDX:

$FDX Fedex wins $2.35 billion U.S. defense contract: Pentagon

28. APC: $APC Anadarko Shuts Wells in Colorado After Deadly Home Explosion – BBG

29. BP:

$BP BP to Sell Interest in SECCO to Sinopec for $1.68 Billion – SI

30. AZN:

$AZN AstraZeneca profit down as sales for key drug fall – MW

31. APD:

$APD Air Products Tops Q2 EPS by 4c; Maintains Outlook – SI

32. CELG:

$CELG Celgene Beats On Q1 Earnings, Misses On Sales – Zacks

33. AA:

$AA Alcoa files to say selling stockholders are offering about 13 mln shares – Rueters

34. AMGN:

$AMGN Amgen shares slide on weak Enbrel sales – MW

35. BWLD:

$BWLD Buffalo Wild Wings earnings miss could give Marcato the upper hand – CNBC

36. DB:

$DB Deutsche Bank’s Return to Growth Delayed as Trading Trails – BBG

37. KS:

$KS KapStone Reports First Quarter Results – PRN

38. CTXS:

$CTXS Citrix down as new product/licenses drag on revenues – SA

39. AAL:

$AAL American Airlines stock slumps after earnings – MW

40. CLF:

$CLF Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. Reports First-Quarter 2017 Results – PRN

41. ETH:

$ETH Ethan Allen misses Street 3Q forecasts – AP

42. BRKL:

$BRKL Brookline Bancorp, Inc. Announces Commencement of Common Stock Offering – GN

43. FFIV:

$FFIV F5 Networks plunges after earnings miss – MW

44. MLNX:

$MLNX Mellanox shares fall as quarterly results, outlook miss Street view – MW

45. PACB:

$PACB Pacific Biosciences Q1 Loss Wider than Estimated – Zacks

46. AMSC:

$AMSC American Superconductor Warns on Q4 Revenue; Q1 Rev. Guidance Falls Short – SI

UPGRADES

1. DISH:Barclays Upgrades Dish Network $DISH to Overweight, “Could emerge as Kingmaker”

DOWNGRADES

1. AAL, DAL, UAL:American Airlines downgraded to Neutral from Overweight at JPMorgan $AAL $DAL $UAL

2. MLNX:Credit Suisse Downgrades Mellanox Technologies $MLNX to Neutral

3. NTRI:Wunderlich Securities Downgrades Nutrisystem $NTRI to Hold Citing Lack Of NT Catalysts

4. SGYP:$SGYP downgraded to Sell at Citi

EARNINGS

1. ALLE:$ALLE reports FQ1 earnings of 73c EPS and $548.80M Revs –

2. EXAS:$EXAS reports FQ1 earnings of -32c EPS and $48.36M Revs –

3. WCC:$WCC reports FQ1 earnings of 76c EPS and $1.77B Revs –

4. WNS:$WNS reports FQ4 earnings of 46c EPS and $154.10M Revs –

5. ACOR:$ACOR reports FQ1 earnings of -8c EPS and $119.39M Revs –

6. BMS:$BMS reports FQ1 earnings of 58c EPS and $995.40M Revs –

7. PX:$PX reports FQ1 earnings of $1.37 EPS and $2.73B Revs –

8. PTEN:$PTEN reports FQ1 earnings of -42c EPS and $305.18M Revs –

9. APD:$APD reports FQ2 earnings of $1.43 EPS and $1.98B Revs –

10. ICLR:$ICLR reports FQ1 earnings of $1.29 EPS and $432M Revs –

11. CRI:$CRI reports FQ1 earnings of 97c EPS and $732.76M Revs –

12. CRI:$CRI reports inline with the Estimize EPS Consensus and beats the Estimize Revenue Consensus by $6.59M –

13. KKR:$KKR reports FQ1 earnings of 65c EPS and $375.52M Revs –

14. HP:$HP reports FQ2 earnings of -47c EPS and $405.28M Revs –

15. CHKP:$CHKP reports FQ1 earnings of $1.20 EPS and $435.50M Revs –

16. AZN:$AZN reports FQ1 earnings of 99c EPS and $5.41B Revs –

17. THRM:$THRM reports FQ1 earnings of 69c EPS and $249.30M Revs –

18. BWA:$BWA reports FQ1 earnings of 91c EPS and $2.41B Revs –

19. BSX:$BSX reports FQ1 earnings of 29c EPS and $2.16B Revs –

20. EQT:$EQT reports FQ1 earnings of 43c EPS and $897.52M Revs –

21. FCFS:$FCFS reports FQ1 earnings of 68c EPS and $447.60M Revs –

22. GTLS:$GTLS reports FQ1 earnings of 1c EPS and $204.10M Revs –

23. PRLB:$PRLB reports FQ1 earnings of 51c EPS and $80.17M Revs –

24. LUV:$LUV reports FQ1 earnings of 61c EPS and $4.88B Revs –

25. WEX:$WEX reports FQ1 earnings of $1.23 EPS and $291.36M Revs –

26. XEL:$XEL reports FQ1 earnings of 47c EPS and $2.95B Revs –

27. GNRC:$GNRC reports FQ1 earnings of 41c EPS and $331.80M Revs –

28. POT:$POT reports FQ1 earnings of 18c EPS and $1.11B Revs –

29. STM:$STM reports FQ1 earnings of 12c EPS and $1.82B Revs –

30. DRQ:$DRQ reports FQ1 earnings of 0c EPS and $119.23M Revs –

31. ICD:$ICD reports FQ1 earnings of -14c EPS and $20.20M Revs –

32. EQM:$EQM reports FQ1 earnings of $1.36 EPS and $203.40M Revs –

33. MINI:$MINI reports FQ1 earnings of 25c EPS and $123.53M Revs –

34. MINI:$MINI reports inline with the Estimize EPS Consensus and beats the Estimize Revenue Consensus by $0.73M –

35. ALXN:$ALXN reports FQ1 earnings of $1.38 EPS and $870M Revs –

36. DOW:$DOW reports FQ1 earnings of $1.04 EPS and $11.94B Revs –

37. HZO:$HZO reports FQ2 earnings of 11c EPS and $245.02M Revs –

38. MPC:$MPC reports FQ1 earnings of 6c EPS and $16.39B Revs –

39. CRR:$CRR reports FQ1 earnings of $-1.22 EPS and $34.70M Revs –

40. AIT:$AIT reports FQ3 earnings of 75c EPS and $679.30M Revs –

41. POL:$POL reports FQ1 earnings of 59c EPS and $899M Revs –

42. STAY:$STAY reports FQ1 earnings of 15c EPS and $290.99M Revs –

43. BBW:$BBW reports FQ1 earnings of 17c EPS and $90.60M Revs –

44. BMY:$BMY reports FQ1 earnings of 84c EPS and $4.93B Revs –

45. F:$F reports FQ1 earnings of 39c EPS and $36.48B Revs –

46. FTI:$FTI reports FQ1 earnings of 71c EPS and $3.39B Revs –

47. FAF:$FAF reports FQ1 earnings of 52c EPS and $1.32B Revs –

48. AVT:$AVT reports FQ3 earnings of 88c EPS and $4.44B Revs –

49. LAZ:$LAZ reports FQ1 earnings of 83c EPS and $624.43M Revs –

50. CNHI:$CNHI reports FQ1 earnings of 4c EPS and $5.68B Revs –

51. NEWM:$NEWM reports FQ1 earnings of -7c EPS and $307.50M Revs –

52. MPLX:$MPLX reports FQ1 earnings of 19c EPS and $886M Revs –

53. RS:$RS reports FQ1 earnings of $1.52 EPS and $2.42B Revs –

54. AEP:$AEP reports FQ1 earnings of 96c EPS and $3.90B Revs –

55. IP:$IP reports FQ1 earnings of 60c EPS and $5.51B Revs –

56. IP:$IP reports inline with the Estimize EPS Consensus and beats the Estimize Revenue Consensus by $110.38M –

57. CMCSA:$CMCSA reports FQ1 earnings of 53c EPS and $20.46B Revs –

58. LLL:$LLL reports FQ1 earnings of $2.07 EPS and $2.67B Revs –

59. JCI:$JCI reports FQ2 earnings of 50c EPS and $7.24B Revs –

60. SIRI:$SIRI reports FQ1 earnings of 4c EPS and $1.29B Revs –

61. TDC:$TDC reports FQ1 earnings of 28c EPS and $491M Revs –

62. RTN:$RTN reports FQ1 earnings of $1.74 EPS and $6B Revs –

63. AOS:$AOS reports FQ1 earnings of 50c EPS and $740M Revs –

64. UFS:$UFS reports FQ1 earnings of 32c EPS and $1.30B Revs –

65. CBG:$CBG reports FQ1 earnings of 43c EPS and $2.98B Revs –

66. MCRN:$MCRN reports FQ1 earnings of 32c EPS and $285.40M Revs –

67. MCRN:$MCRN reports inline with the Estimize EPS Consensus and beats the Estimize Revenue Consensus by $17.22M –

68. SERV:$SERV reports FQ1 earnings of 34c EPS and $643M Revs –

69. IRDM:$IRDM reports FQ1 earnings of 30c EPS and $104.40M Revs –

70. TREE:$TREE reports FQ1 earnings of 85c EPS and $132.50M Revs –

71. LKQ:$LKQ reports FQ1 earnings of 49c EPS and $2.34B Revs –

72. CME:$CME reports FQ1 earnings of $1.22 EPS and $929M Revs –

73. ENTG:$ENTG reports FQ1 earnings of 28c EPS and $317.40M Revs –

74. ALKS:$ALKS reports FQ1 earnings of -18c EPS and $191.80M Revs –

75. ABG:$ABG reports FQ1 earnings of $1.58 EPS and $1.55B Revs –

76. ODFL:$ODFL reports FQ1 earnings of 80c EPS and $754.10M Revs –

77. ODFL:$ODFL reports inline with the Estimize EPS Consensus and beats the Estimize Revenue Consensus by $5.53M –

78. CELG:$CELG reports FQ1 earnings of $1.68 EPS and $2.96B Revs –

79. VC:$VC reports FQ1 earnings of $1.73 EPS and $810M Revs –

80. WST:$WST reports FQ1 earnings of 60c EPS and $387.70M Revs –

81. PENN:$PENN reports FQ1 earnings of 6c EPS and $776.20M Revs –

82. MMC:$MMC reports FQ1 earnings of $1.08 EPS and $3.50B Revs –

83. CTB:$CTB reports FQ1 earnings of 57c EPS and $643.03M Revs –

84. ATTU:$ATTU reports FQ1 earnings of -2c EPS and $13.84M Revs –

85. DPZ:$DPZ reports FQ1 earnings of $1.26 EPS and $624.22M Revs –

86. LANC:$LANC reports FQ3 earnings of 95c EPS and $293.83M Revs –

87. FCN:$FCN reports FQ1 earnings of 34c EPS and $446.30M Revs –

88. ZBH:$ZBH reports FQ1 earnings of $2.13 EPS and $1.98B Revs –

89. EME:$EME reports FQ1 earnings of 88c EPS and $1.89B Revs –

90. PH:$PH reports FQ3 earnings of $2.11 EPS and $3.12B Revs –

91. MDP:$MDP reports FQ3 earnings of 87c EPS and $425.40M Revs –

92. CRS:$CRS reports FQ3 earnings of 44c EPS and $473.60M Revs –

93. AAL:$AAL reports FQ1 earnings of 61c EPS and $9.62B Revs –

94. ABBV:$ABBV reports FQ1 earnings of $1.28 EPS and $6.54B Revs –

95. ALLY:$ALLY reports FQ1 earnings of 48c EPS and $1.38B Revs –

96. SRDX:$SRDX reports FQ2 earnings of 5c EPS and $17.50M Revs –

97. UNP:$UNP reports FQ1 earnings of $1.32 EPS and $5.13B Revs –

98. UPS:$UPS reports FQ1 earnings of $1.32 EPS and $15.32B Revs –

99. UPS:$UPS reports inline with the Estimize EPS Consensus and beats the Estimize Revenue Consensus by $123.39M –

100. VIVO:$VIVO reports FQ2 earnings of 22c EPS and $54.13M Revs –

101. MCS:$MCS reports FQ1 earnings of 33c EPS and $158M Revs –

102. CLFD:$CLFD reports FQ2 earnings of 7c EPS and $17.70M Revs –

103. MJN:$MJN reports FQ1 earnings of 80c EPS and $883.50M Revs –

104. TRS:$TRS reports FQ1 earnings of 30c EPS and $199.80M Revs –

105. RTIX:$RTIX reports FQ1 earnings of 1c EPS and $69.90M Revs –

106. MTH:$MTH reports FQ1 earnings of 56c EPS and $672.80M Revs –

107. CTS:$CTS reports FQ1 earnings of 26c EPS and $100.10M Revs –

108. CLF:$CLF reports FQ1 earnings of 16c EPS and $461.60M Revs –

109. FELE:$FELE reports FQ1 earnings of 33c EPS and $220.30M Revs –

110. USG:$USG reports FQ1 earnings of 37c EPS and $767M Revs –

111. FSS:$FSS reports FQ1 earnings of 14c EPS and $177.80M Revs –

112. PF:$PF reports FQ1 earnings of 50c EPS and $766.10M Revs –

113. IDCC:$IDCC reports FQ1 earnings of 93c EPS and $94.53M Revs –

114. DSPG:$DSPG reports FQ1 earnings of -5c EPS and $27.93M Revs –

115. DST:$DST reports FQ1 earnings of $1.45 EPS and $405.50M Revs –

116. TMHC:$TMHC reports FQ1 earnings of 30c EPS and $769.09M Revs –

117. BC:$BC reports FQ1 earnings of 78c EPS and $1.16B Revs –

118. NOK:$NOK reports FQ1 earnings of 3c EPS and $5.73B Revs –

119. MGM:$MGM reports FQ1 earnings of 36c EPS and $2.71B Revs –

120. UAN:$UAN reports FQ1 earnings of -9c EPS and $85.30M Revs –

Trending Social Alerts

1. BMY:$BMY 1Q17 US Opdivo sales $761M BEAT consensus of $690M ex-US Opdivo sales $366M BEAT consensus of $341M

2. CELG:$CELG Positive Ph2 STEPSTONE data with $RCPT ozanimod in Crohn’s disease; Phase III trial initiation planned by year-end

3. ABBV:$ABBV revenues were $6.538B vs. $6.484B consensus forecast; adj EPS: $1.28 vs. $1.26 consensus.

4. CMCSA:#BREAKING: Comcast $CMCSA Q1 Earnings Per Share Excluding Items beats estimates, $0.53 vs. $0.44 expected

5. SNCR:*SYNCHRONOSS CEO, CFO STEPPING DOWN $SNCR cc: @RodBoydILM @SIRF_Report

6. UA:Under Armour posts smaller-than-expected 1Q loss $UA

7. ALXN:$ALXN is slightly increasing its bottom line guidance. No change to revenue though.

8. F:All-new Expedition going on sale this fall; Bronco returning globally in 2020. #FordEarnings $F

9. AAL:American Airlines beats by $0.05, beats on revenue #premarket $AAL

10. XLRN:$XLRN Provides Clinical Development Updates on Luspatercept Program

11. DPZ:Now they’re just showing off. Domino’s 1Q domestic comps up 10.2%. $DPZ

12. PFE:$PFE next-gen ALK/ROS1 Inhibitor, Lorlatinib, Granted Breakthrough Therapy Designation from FDA for ALK-Positive NSCLC

13. CLF:Cliffs Natural Resources misses by $0.28, beats on revenue #premarket $CLF

14. TSRO:$TSRO’s PD-1 is moving into a registrational study.

Trending News Headlines

1. TESARO Initiates Registrational Development Program for Anti-PD-1 Antibody TSR-042

TSR-042 is the first TESARO immuno-oncology candidate to enter a registration programOngoing clinical trial expanded to enroll patients with endometrial cancerPatient-centric administration schedule with every 6 week dosing WALTHAM, Mass., April 27, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — TESARO, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSRO), an oncology-focused biopharmaceutica…

2. Ford’s Profit Falls 35% on Recall Costs, Weaker U.S. Sales

Ford’s first-quarter net income fell 35%, dented by safety-recall expenses, higher engineering and commodity costs, and weaker sales in the U.S.

3. ECB Keeps Policy Settings Unchanged Awaiting Political Clarity

The European Central Bank kept interest rates unchanged at record lows and maintained its quantitative-easing program as officials monitor the economic recovery and the risk of political turbulence in the region.

4. Acceleron Provides Clinical Development Updates on Luspatercept Program

Acceleron Pharma Inc. (NASDAQ:XLRN), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of innovat

5. Dow Chemical profit beats as consumer market focus pays off

Dow Chemical Co (DOW.N) reported a bigger-than-expected quarterly profit as the seeds and chemical maker benefited from its consumer-markets focus, and said it has had “substantive discussions” with regulators over its merger with DuPont (DD.N).

6. Brad Loncar on Twitter

“$BMY – even some drug named Yervoy showed some nice growth again.”

7. Bristol-Myers Squibb Reports First Quarter Financial Results

Increases First Quarter Revenues 12% to $4.9 Billion Posts First Quarter GAAP EPS of $0.94 and Non-GAAP EPS of $0.84 Achieves Key Regulatory Milestones For Opdivo in the U.S. and Europe Advances Immuno-Oncology Collaborations with Incyte and Exelixis to include Phase 3 Trials Increases 2017 GAAP and Non-GAAP EPS Guidance Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE:BMY) today reported results for the first quarter of 2017, which were highlighted by strong sales for key products Opdivo and Eliquis, regulatory approval for Opdivo in advanced bladder cancer in the U.S., positive opinions from the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) for advanced bladder and head and neck cancers in Europe, and strategic transactions in oncology that further strengthened the company’s pipeline. “During the first quarter we delivered strong sales and earnings growth, achieved important regulatory milestones for Opdivo in the U.S. and Europe and presented important new data across our Immuno-Oncology

8. dough on Twitter

“STIFEL cheat sheet for $CELG earnings today”

Technology News

1. Amazon just confirmed that the videos and photos recorded by the Echo Look will be stored ‘indefinitely.’

2. The idea underlying #NetNeutrality is a simple one: the Internet should be free & open. This is a shameful move.

Pai speech was rife with hyperbole inaccuracies and misstatements Georgetown Law lecturer Andrew Schwartzman an attorney who specializes in media and telecommunications policy told Ars.

To remind people that ISPs have blocked Internet content in numerous instances advocacy group Free Press published an updated list of such incidents featuring the likes of Comcast AT T and Verizon.

The Internet Association a trade group whose members include Amazon Facebook Google Microsoft Netflix and other Web companies countered arguments that net neutrality rules have inhibited network investment.

3. The FCC is poised to gut net neutrality protections. It’s time to speak up and fight back.

But as The Nilay Patel and former FCC Counselor Gigi Sohn point out companies change their terms of service all the time and as yet we heard of anything in plan that would stop them from doing so.

As Sohn explains name for the Pai Plan might be Trust Hardly a comforting thought in a market where ISPs face little competition and serve as the sole gatekeeper to the I.

The net neutrality rules are crucial for the Internet they help make sure that ISPs run their networks in ways that are fair to users and innovators alike.

4. Never get a parking ticket again with Saved Parking. 🚙 notifications for Android.

You can add a note like spot add the amount of time left before the meter expires and even get a reminder alert minutes before it does save an image of your parking spot and send your parking location to friends.

This is in addition to the automatic parking detection you might have already noticed in Google Maps for iOS.

If you connect to your car using USB audio or bluetooth your parking spot will be automatically added to the map when you disconnect and exit the vehicle.

5. I’m a big fan of the Echo, but it is slightly creepy… and Amazon thinks THIS is the next thing to do with it?

Photos can be saved to an ongoing look book that will log what users wear every day so as to not duplicate outfits and the pics can be shared easily on social networks or through texts.

Taking a video allows users to quickly replay the clip on their phone so they can see their outfit from every angle in the moment making it easier to decide on what to wear.

Echo Look also comes equipped with a machine learning feature called Style Check allowing users to take two pictures of two separate outfits and compare the two in order to make the best choice.

6. Ending heavy-handed Internet regulation will increase infrastructure investment, promote competition, & create jobs.

7. Paying Jeff Bezos $200 so he can put an internet-connected camera in your bedroom seems full-on Black Mirror crazy.

The marketing copy on the Echo Look product page includes a hodgepodge of tech buzzwords like computer vision and machine learning.

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has previously expressed his intrigue with the power of combining human taste with computer recommendations to make styling decisions.

Recode previously reported the company is working on an Alexa device that would have phone call and intercom features that could include a video camera.

8. Back from June 2012. I was right then and now –> Why the FTC Should Block Facebook’s Acquisition Of Instagram

9. “performance improvements lead to usage improvements at the level of what a new feature would add”

Among them are a feed ranked by personalization algorithms rather than by chronology live streaming the ability to post photo galleries and a controversial new app design and logo.

More than percent of users are now outside the United States and the service is growing especially quickly in parts of Asia and South America that are dogged by underpowered Android phones and slow cellular networks.

For instance after Instagram began Stories the show feature it took from Snapchat it spent a month adding speed improvements for international markets.

10. “Nothing about the Internet was broken in 2015,” said FCC Chair Pai, kicking off effort to kill net neutrality rules

Even as he acknowledged the importance of an open internet FCC Chairman Ajit Pai on Wednesday set his telecom agency on a course to scrap the tough broad net neutrality protections imposed by the Obama administration.

During a major speech in Washington Pai outlined the need for a total revision of existing federal rules that seek to prevent companies like AT T Charter and Verizon from blocking or slowing down web content including the movie or music offerings from their competitors.

On Wednesday though Pai told a different story In his speech he attributed the net neutrality rules to politics even alleging that Democrats sought to implement them to motivate voters after the party faltered in the congressional elections.

Will Netflix debut in China ? | $NFLX should be up much more | $CAT and More News

by Alpha | Apr 25, 2017 | Pre-Market

PRE-MARKET MOVERS

1. CATB:

$CATB Catabasis Announces Favorable Results for Functional Assessments in MoveDMD® Trial – BW

2. CANF:

$CANF Can-Fite’s Ph III ACRobat Trial in Rheumatoid Arthritis Approved by Institutional Review Board

3. NORD:

$NORD Nord Anglia Education to be Acquired by Consortium Led by CPPIB and BPEA in $4.3B Deal – SI

4. UIS:

$UIS Unisys’ adjusted earnings top estimates, stock surges – Fox news

5. CAPR:

$CAPR Capricor Announces Positive 6mo Results from Randomized Ph I/II HOPE Clinical Trial in DMD – PRN

6. APFH, TSN:

$APFH Tyson Foods $TSN to acquire AdvancePierre Foods Holdings for $4.2 bln – MW

7. LLNW:

$LLNW Limelight Networks Tops Q1 EPS by 2c, Raises FY 2017 Guidance – SI

8. QURE:

$QURE uniQure Receives EMA Priority Medicines Designation for AMT-060 in Hemophilia B – GN

9. MDR:

$MDR McDermott Turns To Profit In Q1; Raises FY17 Earnings Outlook – Nasdaq

10. MAS:

$MAS Masco Beats on Q1 Earnings & Revenue Estimates – Zacks

11. STRP, T:

$STRP Straight Path Says AT&T $T Has 5 Days To Match a ‘superior’ Buyout Bid It Received – Fox Biz

12. CAT:

$CAT Caterpillar smashes expectations, raises forecast; shares jump – CNBC

13. ATI:

$ATI Allegheny Technologies beats Street 1Q forecasts – AP

14. AKS:

$AKS AK Steel Announces Financial Results for First Quarter 2017 – MArket Wired

15. SLCA:

$SLCA U.S. Silica Holdings, Inc. Announces First Quarter 2017 Results – PRN

16. LXU:

$LXU LSB Industries, Inc. Reports Improved Operating Results for the 2017 First Quarter – BW

17. RAD:

$RAD Rite Aid shares jump after earnings beat – MW

18. BIIB:

$BIIB Biogen stock rises after first-quarter earnings, profit beat – MW

19. AA:

$AA Alcoa Earnings Sizzle Brings New Life to Party After Share Surge – BBG

20. HUM:

$HUM Humana Prelim. Q1 EPS Tops Views; Raises FY EPS Guidance – SI

21. PRTK:

$PRTK Paratek Pharma & Zai Lab Announce Collaboration, Dev & License Agreement for Omadacycline in China

22. MCD:

$MCD McDonald’s shares up 2.5% as strong sales show turnaround is taking hold – CNBC

23. JBLU:

$JBLU JetBlue shares rise after earnings beat estimates – MW

24. NVS:

$NVS Novartis Moves M&A Search to Early-Stage Drugs on Price Gain – BBG

25. NVS:

$NVS Novartis Earnings Top, But Sales Dip Despite New Blockbuster Drug – IBD

26. FCX:

$FCX Freeport-McMoRan reports first-quarter earnings, profit misses – MW

27. DD:

$DD DuPont profit beats on strong seed demand – Reuters

28. AXE:

$AXE Anixter International beats 1Q profit forecasts – AP

29. CNC:

$CNC Health insurer Centene’s quarterly profit, revenue beat Street – REuters

30. EAT:

$EAT Brinker International Reports Third Quarter Results – PRN

31. NFLX:

$NFLX Netflix enters China via licensing deal with top video streaming service iQiyi – Tech Crunch

32. PNR:

$PNR Pentair Reports First Quarter 2017 Results – GN

33. TSN:

$TSN Tyson looking to sell off non-meat based brands – MW

34. WHR:

$WHR Whirlpool cuts profit guidance over European integration challenges – FT

35. GLW:

$GLW Corning tops Street 1Q forecasts – AP

36. SAP:

$SAP SAP’s Sales Again Top Estimates as Software Spending Grows – BBG

37. WFC:

$WFC Regulators lift sanctions on Wells Fargo after fixes made to ‘living will’ – Charlotte Observer

38. SANM:

$SANM Sanmina Rising: FYQ2 Rev Misses, Q3 Rev, EPS View Beats – Barron’s

39. SPGI:

$SPGI S&P Global, Inc. Beats on Q1 Earnings, Guidance Up – Zacks

40. AKRX:

$AKRX Germany’s Fresenius Kabi to buy Akorn for $4.3 billion – MW

41. MET:

$MET MetLife Asks for Too-Big-To-Fail Case Delay Until After Trump Review – BBG

42. JAZZ:

$JAZZ Jazz Pharmaceuticals reports psoitive data from phase 2/3 study of Xyrem – Reuters

43. BA:

$BA Boeing near decision to launch 737-10 jet – sources – SI

44. OMED: $OMED OncoMed to lay off half of its staff – MW

45. WAB: $WAB Wabtec Tops Q1 EPS by 12c; Affirms Outlook – SI

46. MMM:

$MMM 3M Tops First-Quarter Profit Estimates, Lifts Full-Year Earnings – TheStreet

47. BHI:

$BHI Baker Hughes Posts Narrower than Expected Loss in Q1 – Zacks

48. AN:

$AN AutoNation Reports First Quarter 2017 Results – PRN

49. KO:

$KO Coca-Cola boosts savings target; sees smaller profit drop – Reuters

50. TMUS:

$TMUS T-Mobile Slips: Q1 Revenue Misses; Raises Year Subs View – Barron’s

51. LLY:

$LLY Eli Lilly swings to loss though sales rise, cuts outlook – MW

52. HUBB:

$HUBB Hubbell Reports First Quarter Results: Net Sales of $852M & Earnings Per Diluted Share of $1.13

53. ERIC:

$ERIC Ericsson posts slightly wider loss than expected in Q1 – CNBC

54. LH:

$LH Laboratory Corp. Of America Q1 Profit Tops View; Cuts FY17 Outlook – Nasdaq

55. ABX:

$ABX Barrick Gold Corp reports 1stQ profit, slashes Argentina mine output forecast after spill – FP

56. PHM:

$PHM PulteGroup Tops Q1 Earnings, Lags Revenue Estimates – Zacks

57. CDNS:

$CDNS Cadence Design Systems Reports In-Line Q1 EPS; Issues Mixed Outlook – SI

58. R:

$R Ryder System Cuts 2017 Profit View – Nasdaq

59. ANTM, CVS, ESRX:

$ESRX Express Scripts to Lose Top Client Anthem $ANTM Amid Legal Dispute – BBG $CVS

60. CTRV:

$CTRV ContraVir Pharmaceuticals Announces Proposed Public Offering of Common Stock and Warrants – GN

UPGRADES

1. AMX:Deutsche Bank Upgrades America Movil $AMX to Hold

2. BAC, BBY:Best Buy not out of biz yet. trading at highest levels seen since fin crisis on $BAC upgrade. $BBY

3. WFC:Guggenheim Upgrades Wells Fargo $WFC to Neutral

DOWNGRADES

1. BCR:CR Bard was Downgraded to a Hold Rating at BMO Capital $BCR

2. GE:BofA/Merrill Lynch Downgrades General Electric $GE to Neutral

EARNINGS

1. DD:$DD reports FQ1 earnings of $1.64 EPS and $7.74B Revs –

2. PII:$PII reports FQ1 earnings of 75c EPS and $1.15B Revs –

3. JAKK:$JAKK reports FQ1 earnings of $-1.01 EPS and $94.51M Revs –

4. DFRG:$DFRG reports FQ1 earnings of 20c EPS and $83.89M Revs –

5. CNC:$CNC reports FQ1 earnings of $1.12 EPS and $11.72B Revs –

6. ST:$ST reports FQ1 earnings of 71c EPS and $807.27M Revs –

7. LLY:$LLY reports FQ1 earnings of 98c EPS and $5.23B Revs –

8. RDWR:$RDWR reports FQ1 earnings of 2c EPS and $48.91M Revs –

9. AXE:$AXE reports FQ1 earnings of $1.09 EPS and $1.90B Revs –

10. PHM:$PHM reports FQ1 earnings of 31c EPS and $1.63B Revs –

11. ERIC:$ERIC reports FQ1 earnings of -27c EPS and $5.26B Revs –

12. BHI:$BHI reports FQ1 earnings of -24c EPS and $2.26B Revs –

13. NLSN:$NLSN reports FQ1 earnings of 20c EPS and $1.53B Revs –

14. GPK:$GPK reports FQ1 earnings of 14c EPS and $1.06B Revs –

15. GPK:$GPK reports inline with the Estimize EPS Consensus and beats the Estimize Revenue Consensus by $18.03M –

16. SVU:$SVU reports FQ4 earnings of 13c EPS and $2.91B Revs –

17. CPLA:$CPLA reports FQ1 earnings of 94c EPS and $111.79M Revs –

18. VLO:$VLO reports FQ1 earnings of 68c EPS and $21.77B Revs –

19. CIT:$CIT reports FQ1 earnings of 54c EPS and $495.70M Revs –

20. CIT:$CIT reports inline with the Estimize EPS Consensus and misses the Estimize Revenue Consensus by $5.65M –

21. TRU:$TRU reports FQ1 earnings of 33c EPS and $445M Revs –

22. XRX:$XRX reports FQ1 earnings of 15c EPS and $2.45B Revs –

23. LH:$LH reports FQ1 earnings of $2.22 EPS and $2.41B Revs –

24. WAT:$WAT reports FQ1 earnings of $1.46 EPS and $497.97M Revs –

25. SCL:$SCL reports FQ1 earnings of $1.36 EPS and $468.30M Revs –

26. ASTE:$ASTE reports FQ1 earnings of 65c EPS and $318.40M Revs –

27. TUP:$TUP reports FQ1 earnings of $1.01 EPS and $554.80M Revs –

28. BIIB:$BIIB reports FQ1 earnings of $5.20 EPS and $2.81B Revs –

29. RAD:$RAD reports FQ4 earnings of 0c EPS and $8.54B Revs –

30. RAD:$RAD reports inline with the Estimize EPS Consensus and beats the Estimize Revenue Consensus by $166.52M –

31. PNR:$PNR reports FQ1 earnings of 65c EPS and $1.18B Revs –

32. KO:$KO reports FQ1 earnings of 43c EPS and $9.13B Revs –

33. SPGI:$SPGI reports FQ1 earnings of $1.62 EPS and $1.45B Revs –

34. MAS:$MAS reports FQ1 earnings of 41c EPS and $1.78B Revs –

35. GCI:$GCI reports FQ1 earnings of 14c EPS and $773.50M Revs –

36. GLW:$GLW reports FQ1 earnings of 39c EPS and $2.38B Revs –

37. EAT:$EAT reports FQ3 earnings of 94c EPS and $810.60M Revs –

38. WAB:$WAB reports FQ1 earnings of 77c EPS and $916M Revs –

39. HUBB:$HUBB reports FQ1 earnings of $1.23 EPS and $852.30M Revs –

40. LMT:$LMT reports FQ1 earnings of $3 EPS and $11.06B Revs –

41. CAT:$CAT reports FQ1 earnings of $1.28 EPS and $9.82B Revs –

42. NTRS:$NTRS reports FQ1 earnings of $1.09 EPS and $1.28B Revs –

43. NTRS:$NTRS reports inline with the Estimize EPS Consensus and beats the Estimize Revenue Consensus by $8.12M –

44. MMM:$MMM reports FQ1 earnings of $2.16 EPS and $7.69B Revs –

45. AN:$AN reports FQ1 earnings of 97c EPS and $5.14B Revs –

46. ATI:$ATI reports FQ1 earnings of 16c EPS and $865.90M Revs –

47. TROW:$TROW reports FQ1 earnings of $1.18 EPS and $1.11B Revs –

48. JBLU:$JBLU reports FQ1 earnings of 25c EPS and $1.60B Revs –

49. MDR:$MDR reports FQ1 earnings of 8c EPS and $519.40M Revs –

50. WSO:$WSO reports FQ1 earnings of 71c EPS and $872.10M Revs –

51. R:$R reports FQ1 earnings of 82c EPS and $1.75B Revs –

52. MCD:$MCD reports FQ1 earnings of $1.47 EPS and $5.68B Revs –

53. FCX:$FCX reports FQ1 earnings of 15c EPS and $3.34B Revs –

54. PCAR:$PCAR reports FQ1 earnings of 88c EPS and $3.94B Revs –

55. LKFN:$LKFN reports FQ1 earnings of 57c EPS and $40.32M Revs –

56. AKS:$AKS reports FQ1 earnings of 19c EPS and $1.53B Revs –

Trending Social Alerts

1. MCD:McWow. Earnings and sales beat for McDonald’s. $MCD up 2% #premarket. All-time high.

2. BIIB:$BIIB actual vs consensus: Avonex $537M v $535M Tysabri $545M v $484M Tecfidera $958M v $987M Spinraza $47M v $15M Rev $2.811B v $2.736B

3. CAT:Caterpillar $CAT Tops Q1 EPS by 66c

4. STRP:AT&T’s got competition: $STRP gets higher bid from unnamed ‘multi-national telecom co’

5. APFH:$APFH being bought $40.25/share by $TSN – Booya!

6. FCX:$FCX reported earnings of $0.15, consensus was $0.17, Earnings Whisper was $0.15 via @eWhispers #metwhisper

7. ESRX:$ESRX Evercore ISI: implied EBITDA contribution >$2B is over most estimates; how many other clients/customers will flee, a la MHS > low $50s

8. NFLX:$NFLX should be up much more

Trending News Headlines

1. Coca-Cola boosts savings target; sees smaller profit drop

Coca-Cola Co (KO.N) on Tuesday expanded its savings target and said it now expected the decline in 2017 adjusted profit to be smaller than it previously forecast.

2. Novartis Moves M&A Search to Early-Stage Drugs on Price Gain

Swiss drugmaker Novartis AG said it will scout for medicines that are in earlier stages of development as acquisition price tags climb across the industry.

3. Regeneron and Sanofi Announce FDA Approval of a New Once-Monthly Dosing Option for Praluent® (alirocumab) Injection (NASDAQ:REGN)

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1. HOLY SHIT. @kkatzke says Unroll.me kept complete Gmail archives for every user on S3. 😱

2. $400 million company sells for less than $3 million. RIP to the crazy dreamers of Yik Yak

Yik Chief Executive Officer Tyler Droll will not join Square the person added asking not to be identified talking about a private matter.

Square led by Twitter Jack Dorsey has made acquisitions in recent years to expand into loans food delivery and software services.

Yik Yak which started in created a smartphone app that allowed people to contribute to anonymous chat groups in a narrow geographical radius like college campuses.

3. We’ve detected a security incident and are sending password reset instructions to users as a precaution. See

If you are a user of and do not receive an email from our Security Team with these instructions we have found no evidence that you are affected by this incident.

the attacker may have accessed user account information including name email address and hashed password.

While HipChat Server uses the same library it is typically deployed in a way that minimizes the risk of this type of attack.

4. 😎 We’re leading financial growth too w/ $7.3B service revenues, up 11% & $698M net income & 2.7B adj. EBITDA 🔑Info:

Branded postpaid phone Average Revenue per User ARPU was in up from primarily due to benefits from Data Stash a net positive impact from the ONE rate plans inclusive of Next and the MVNO Transaction.

Important factors that could affect future results and cause those results to differ materially from those expressed in the statements include among others the following adverse economic or political conditions in the and international markets competition in the wireless services market including new competitors entering the industry as technologies converge the effects any future merger or acquisition involving us as well as the effects of mergers or acquisitions in the technology media and telecommunications industry challenges in implementing our business strategies or funding our wireless operations including payment for additional spectrum or network upgrades the possibility that we may be unable to renew our spectrum licenses on attractive terms or acquire new spectrum licenses at reasonable costs and terms difficulties in managing growth in wireless data services including network quality material changes in available technology the timing scope and financial impact of our deployment of advanced network and business technologies the impact on our networks and business from major technology equipment failures breaches of our our third party networks information technology and data security natural disasters terrorist attacks or similar incidents existing or future litigation any changes in the regulatory environments in which we operate including any increase in restrictions on the ability to operate our networks any disruption or failure of our third or key provisioning of products or services material adverse changes in labor matters including labor campaigns negotiations or additional organizing activity and any resulting financial operational reputational impact the ability to make payments on our debt or to repay our existing indebtedness when due adverse change in the ratings of our debt securities or adverse conditions in the credit markets changes in accounting assumptions that regulatory agencies including the Securities and Exchange Commission may require which could result in an impact on earnings and changes in tax laws regulations and existing standards and the resolution of disputes with any taxing jurisdictions and other risks described in our filings with the SEC including those described in our most recently filed Annual Report on Form You should not place undue reliance on these statements.

Net debt excluding Tower Obligations to last twelve months Adjusted EBITDA ratio is calculated as follows The amortized imputed discount on EIP receivables previously recognized as Interest income has been retrospectively reclassified as Other revenues.

5. These workers watch horrifying, disturbing YouTube videos all day to flag what’s inappropriate. It’s breaking them.

On anonymous online forums raters swap instance looking up rap video lyrics to scan quickly for profanity or skipping through a clip in chunks instead of watching the entire thing.

But while only machine intelligence can grapple with scale as company execs and representatives have stressed again and again until anyone smart enough to distinguish say truly offensive speech from other forms of expression on its own such efforts will still need to rely on people.

Big companies across the tech industry employ temporary workers to participate in repetitive tasks meant to train AI systems according to multiple ad raters WIRED spoke with.

6. Amazon joins race to driverless tech, looking at how to use it to deliver goods

ET has created a team focused on technology to help navigate the retail role in the of transportation according to people briefed on the matter.

Amazon quietly formed the team which has comprised about a dozen employees more than a year ago as part of its broader ambition to transport more of its goods itself.

For now Amazon intend to build a fleet of vehicles according.

7. Impressive new LinkedIn numbers: – 500 million members – 100,000 articles a week – 10 million+ live job listings

With each connection you make the total reach of your professional community grows and so do your career opportunities.

Here are some other fun facts about how connected the LinkedIn global community is across industries countries and jobs.

The impact of half a billion professionals connecting and communicating is very real and very accessible to anyone who wants to take part today.

8. J. Wales: “If there is any kryptonite to false information, it’s transparency…”

On Monday evening Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales launched Wikitribune an independent site not affiliated with Wikipedia or the Wikimedia Foundation brings journalists and a community of volunteers in a combination that Wales hopes will combat fake news online initially in English then in other languages.

The idea is that the professional journalists will be paid to write news stories while volunteer contributors will the facts helps make sure the language is factual and neutral and will to the maximum extent possible be transparent about the source of news posting full transcripts video and audio of interviews.

But Andrew Lih an associate professor at American University and the author of The Wikipedia Revolution thinks that Wikitribune has a lot more potential precisely because of its layer of professional journalists.

9. Update: unroll CEO posts non-apology, claims your purchasing history is not “personal data about you”.

Sure we have a Terms of Service Agreement and a Privacy Policy that our users agree they have read and understand before they even sign up but the reality is most of us myself included do take the time to thoroughly review them.

So we need to do better for our users and will from this point forward with clearer messaging on our website in our app and in our FAQs.

The rest will remain the same providing a killer service that gives you hours back in your day while protecting your privacy and security above all else.

10. game industry (digital) growing at incredible rate. easy money may be gone, but growth so, so far from being over..

In other words until very recently NPD did have a very accurate idea of just how much US gamers were spending on game downloads and DLC across consoles PC and mobile phones.

A year ago NPD estimated that a healthy percent of industry spending was still devoted to physical discs and collector edition accouterments.

The idea of buying games on a tangible disc or cartridge is quickly becoming a shrinking niche completely overwhelmed by purely digital spending.

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