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3. GoPro (GPRO) Drone Shipment Estimates Raised At Pacific Crest
Pacific Crest maintains Sector Weight on GoPro (NASDAQ: GPRO). Sees fair value between $9 and $10 per share.Analyst Brad Erickson is raising his estimates for GoPro’s drone shipments to…
4. 3M Beats Earnings Estimates as Sales Grow in Industrial Unit
3M Co.’s fourth-quarter profit narrowly beat analysts’ estimates as the maker of Post-it notes boosted sales at its industrial operation.
5. HSBC to close 117 branches in Britain, cut 380 jobs
HSBC (HSBA.L) said on Tuesday it plans to close 117 branches this year and will cut 380 roles in Britain to try to reduce costs.
6. Alibaba Raises Forecast as Chinese Consumers Continue to Spend
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. raised its full-year sales forecast after quarterly results beat estimates, as Chinese spending stays strong and the company wrings revenue from fledgling areas such as cloud computing, entertainment and search.
7. At Wells Fargo, Bank Branches Were Tipped Off to Inspections
As Wells Fargo’s sales-tactics scandal unfolded, investors, regulators and politicians asked how improper practices could have persisted for so long. One possible reason: bank branches were given a heads up before Wells Fargo’s internal monitors landed for inspections.
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9. Johnson & Johnson’s sales miss; seeks options for diabetes care unit
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ.N) reported a smaller-than-expected rise in fourth-quarter sales, hurt by slowing demand for its pharmaceutical products and a strong dollar, and said it was looking at strategic options for its diabetes care division.
10. Amazon Offers to Settle EU Probe Over E-Books Contracts
Amazon.com Inc. is poised to settle a European Union probe into its e-book deals with publishers by changing controversial clauses, according to regulators.
11. Trump calls for more U.S. auto jobs, factories ahead of CEO meeting
U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday will push the chief executives of General Motors Co, Ford Motor Co and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV to increase production in the United States and boost American employment.
12. SAP Lifts Outlook as Expanding Cloud Use Boosts Profit
Business software provider SAP raised its earnings outlook in the latest sign that Chief Executive Bill McDermott’s push to focus the company on its internet offering is paying off.
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A statement published on the website of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology on Sunday said regulators will spend the next year the Internet by taking aim at companies that provide virtual private networks or VPNs that allow people to access blocked sites including the likes of Twitter and Facebook.
Lester Ross a partner at Wilmer Hale Beijing office who advises and Chinese tech companies said the notice fits squarely with this vision.
Although Chinese tech firms are already storing this type of information Long said unregistered upstarts providing VPN accounts on a small scale may now be forced to register and comply a surefire way do discourage connectors.
has been an effective obstructionist who looks out for the corporate interests he used to represent in the private sector says Craig Aaron the president of a nonprofit called Free Press fought for net neutrality in an emailed statement.
the new president really wanted an FCC chairman stand up against the runaway media consolidation that Trump himself decried in the AT Warner deal Pai would have been his last choice though corporate lobbyists across the capital are probably.
He recently voted in favor of a bipartisan proposal that will enable the the support of texting for people with disabilities allowing text to be transmitted letter by letter rather than requiring a user to hit He has also voiced support for rules that would reduce the outrageous rates inmates must pay to place calls in many states though he voted against a proposal that would do this citing legal concerns the rules are currently caught up in court.
this environment every technology company that touches media is concerned about being vulnerable to connections to fake news and disinformation said Joshua Benton director of the Nieman Journalism Lab at Harvard University.
Snapchat introduced Discover in January as a part of its mobile app where it publishes content from established media brands like CNN and Cosmopolitan as well as newer outlets like the political channel We the People.
To secure a place on Discover publishers have had to agree to fairly stringent guidelines around editing and video production including having audio play at a consistent volume and a ban on images that are misleading or gimmicky.
To maximize their time drivers find supermarket parking lots airports and hostels where they catch several hours of sleep after taking riders home from bars and before starting the morning commute.
Over the last eight years Uber has upended the taxi industry and is credited with creating a new sector of the workforce the The company proudly proclaims that the share of drivers who work less than hours a week has climbed to more than percent.
In one recent TV commercial a smiling actor playing a quips days everyone needs a side hustle and driving with Uber lets you go from earning to working to chilling at the push of a The sound of a cash register chimes in the background.
Mark philanthropic organization made its first acquisition buying Meta a website that makes it easier for scientists to find the latest academic research.
The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative intends to improve product which reads all scientific research and uses an algorithm to provide it to clients based on relevance.
tools can dramatically accelerate scientific progress and move us closer to our goal to support science and technology that will make it possible to cure prevent or manage all diseases by the end of the century Bargmann and Pinkerton wrote in a Facebook post.
ET Yahoo said Monday its billion deal with Verizon Communications will close a quarter later than expected as both sides grapple with the fallout of two massive data breaches disclosed by the internet company.
The hacks announced in September and December have cast a shadow over the future of agreement in July to buy.
Messaging adds support for group and photo MMS while search capabilities apply to both text and call history.
At launch version has a rounded icon for the Pixel and support for Direct Reply but does not feature a mini conversation view in notifications like Google Messenger.
The interface looks near identical to Hangouts on the web with tabs on the left hand side a list of messages and the conversation view itself.
Sales in the unit that houses analytics and AI software increased for the third quarter in a row and the technology services and cloud platforms segment also recorded growth.
The thing I found really insulting was that the reason for my termination was it was a transformation says Sean Ott a IBM veteran asked to clear out his desk a couple of months ago despite what he describes as a strong performance rating.
The firings were a blow to the cities of Dubuque and Columbia which spent a combined million on sweeteners to lure Big Blue in the hopes of incubating a startup scene.
Other nice touches noticed in a few days spent testing the new Google Voice include replies on Android but sadly not iOS Touch support for iPhone mostly in Messages view and a user experience that finally feels less like a relic from the early App Store days.
Speaking of which Google claims committed to preventing Voice from falling into the neglected state it was stuck in prior to today.
The company says users can expect updates and new features for the mobile apps and web client though it offers no estimate on how often arrive.
by Alpha | Jan 20, 2017 | Pre-Market
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1. VVIX and VIX Go Opposite Ways for a Second Straight Week: Chart
The CBOE VVIX Index, which tracks expected swings in the CBOE Volatility Index, is heading for a weekly decline, even as the VIX climbed 14 percent through Thursday. The gauges are diverging for a second week in a row, the first time that’s happened since July. That’s bringing the relationship between the two back to its six-month average, after the VVIX reached a five-month high relative to the VIX on Jan. 13.
2. Exclusive: HSBC cutting around 100 senior banking jobs globally – sources
HSBC has begun cutting around 100 senior jobs in its investment banking division worldwide this week, according to sources with direct knowledge of the matter.
3. Bristol-Myers Squibb, where art thou? Not in first-line lung cancer immunotherapy, sadly
Bristol-Myers suffered another setback when the pharma giant said it would not seek accelerated approval for a combination of two immunotherapy drugs as a treatment for newly diagnosed lung cancer.
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5. GE Misses Revenue Estimates, Weighed Down by Slump in Oil Market
General Electric Co. reported fourth-quarter sales below analysts’ estimates as the persistent slump in the oil market weighed on sales of industrial equipment.
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WASHINGTON AP A few hours after Donald Trump was briefed by intelligence officials about Russian meddling in the election an Associated Press reporter called his cellphone seeking an interview.
With Trump it simply how business gets done whether he fielding calls from real estate partners and longtime friends or foreign leaders and congressional lawmakers in the weeks after the election.
After actress Meryl Streep blasted Trump during a Golden Globes speech earlier this month a New York Times reporter called the at midnight to get a response.
At times I was desperately seeking the missing link between seemingly unrelated people and events sometimes I was inundated with huge amounts of information much of it intentionally false or misleading and left to search for kernels of truth hidden among the dross.
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we sought to push ourselves in a distinguishing way and set measurable goals and happy to share that met or surpassed many of these Jeffrey Siminoff the VP of inclusion and diversity said in the blog post.
To get there Siminoff says Twitter instituted several new hiring practices and partnered with organizations like focused on finding minority software engineering students and pairing them with tech companies.
In order to mitigate against unconscious bias Siminoff says Twitter has augmented its hiring process for employees mainly by implementing tools like Textio which uses data analytics to suggest job descriptions that do discriminate and appeal to a broader set of candidates.
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Hours after the prime ministerial bombshell the rumors started flying fast and thick over WhatsApp the instant messaging app used by more than million Indians The new notes would include an embedded GPS chip that would allow the government to track down hoarders.
Last year Press Information Bureau an agency that manages government communication with the media was left after it published a photoshopped picture of the prime minister looking out on a flooded town in the state of Tamil Nadu via its official Twitter handle.
More recently in a thread that went viral Twitter user deconstructed how an uncorroborated report in a mainstream Indian publication ended up in an aggregation echo chamber with half a dozen other media outlets it until the Huffington Post finally debunked it as fake news.
Hours after the prime ministerial bombshell the rumors started flying fast and thick over WhatsApp the instant messaging app used by more than million Indians The new notes would include an embedded GPS chip that would allow the government to track down hoarders.
Last year Press Information Bureau an agency that manages government communication with the media was left after it published a photoshopped picture of the prime minister looking out on a flooded town in the state of Tamil Nadu via its official Twitter handle.
More recently in a thread that went viral Twitter user deconstructed how an uncorroborated report in a mainstream Indian publication ended up in an aggregation echo chamber with half a dozen other media outlets it until the Huffington Post finally debunked it as fake news.
Twitter has made some progress in closing the gender gap crediting public goals it set for achieving small increases in key areas by the end of.
Google was the first to publicly address the gender and racial imbalance in its workforce thrusting the industry chronic underrepresentation of women and minorities into the national spotlight.
Black Twitter the dynamic conversation about issues that matter to this online community has become a cultural force in the capable of influencing the nation dialogue and the course of events.
The company has signed a deal with Oracle Data Cloud previously known as Datalogix that will help marketers use data from offline purchases such as supermarket loyalty cards to target consumers with potentially more relevant ads on the increasingly popular Snapchat mobile messaging app.
Google Facebook and Twitter have long offered the same offline options through their own Datalogix partnerships.
But Jeremy Sigel global director of partnerships and emerging media at the WPP digital ad agency Essence said that kind of data targeting is absolutely the price of doing business in.
Hours after the prime ministerial bombshell the rumors started flying fast and thick over WhatsApp the instant messaging app used by more than million Indians The new notes would include an embedded GPS chip that would allow the government to track down hoarders.
Last year Press Information Bureau an agency that manages government communication with the media was left after it published a photoshopped picture of the prime minister looking out on a flooded town in the state of Tamil Nadu via its official Twitter handle.
More recently in a thread that went viral Twitter user deconstructed how an uncorroborated report in a mainstream Indian publication ended up in an aggregation echo chamber with half a dozen other media outlets it until the Huffington Post finally debunked it as fake news.
by Alpha | Jan 19, 2017 | Business
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1. Morgan Stanley Upgrades Tesla Motors (TSLA) to Overweight
Morgan Stanley upgraded Tesla Motors (NASDAQ: TSLA) from Equalweight to Overweight with a price target of $305.00 (from $242.00).Analyst Adam Jonas comments “Adding 75k additional units of Model…
2. Opdivo (nivolumab) Demonstrated Efficacy and Improved Survival in Patients with Previously Treated Advanced Gastric Cancer in a Randomized Phase 3 Study
Opdivo demonstrated a 37% reduction in the risk of death compared to placebo 12-month overall survival rates were 26.6% in Opdivo-treated patients compared to 10.9% in placebo-treated patients Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE:BMY) announced today the results of ONO-4538-12 demonstrating Opdivo (nivolumab) significantly reduced the risk of death by 37% (HR 0.63; p<0.0001) in patients with previously treated advanced gastric cancer refractory to or intolerant of standard therapy, a condition without current standard-of-care treatments. ONO-4538-12 is a Phase 3, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial evaluating Opdivo’s efficacy and safety in such patients. The primary endpoint of the study is overall survival (OS). Median OS was 5.32 months (95% CI: 4.63 to 6.41) for patients treated with Opdivo, compared to 4.14 months (95% CI: 3.42 to 4.86) (p<0.0001) for those treated with placebo. In addition, the 12-month OS in the Opdivo group was 26.6% (95% CI: 21.1
3. Apple (AAPL) PT Raised to $140 at BofA/Merrill Lynch; iPhone 8 Will be ‘Super-Long’ Cycle
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4. Icahn Enterprises L.P. Announces Results Of Federal-Mogul Tender Offer
NEW YORK, Jan. 19, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Icahn Enterprises L.P. (NASDAQ: IEP) (“Icahn Enterprises”) announced today…
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6. UBS Said to Mull Moving London Investment Bankers to Madrid
UBS Group AG is considering moving investment bankers from London to Madrid as the U.K. prepares for a clean break with the European Union, according to a person with knowledge of the matter.
7. ECB Said to Lack Agreement on How to Buy Debt Below Deposit Rate
Euro-area central banks still lack a formal agreement on the procedures for buying the lowest-yielding bonds under quantitative easing, according to people familiar with the matter.
8. Goldman CEO says still unclear on Brexit relocation plans: Bloomberg
Goldman Sachs Chief Executive Lloyd Blankfein said on Thursday that he still doesn’t know if there will be just one location the bank will relocate operations to in order to deal with Britain’s exit from the European Union.
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Blocking a website is like trying to stop lots of trucks from delivering a banned book it requires an infrastructure of technical tools things like and enterprising users can often find a way around it.
In the and with the world on the brink of nuclear Armageddon a cadre of academic and military engineers set out to create a communications system that contained no single point of failure or control.
The internet is now no longer and Just about all of its economic value is instead connected to two very specific somewheres the San Francisco Bay Area and Seattle the homes of Apple Amazon Google and Facebook the four monstrously large companies that own the central information platforms.
Facebook similarly shut down its Parse mobile development platform last year and its founder Ilya Sukhar today tweeted that he was jealous that it get sold to Google like Fabric.
If Twitter can reduce its headcount ditch superflous divisions and reinforce its core product and business it might have another shot at selling to someone with the resources to make it a financial success.
But at the end of as it sought to ramp up its advertising business in its own apps it suddenly restricted API access essentially murdering several tools that developers had spent years building to benefit.
Drawing on connections to the Obama digital warriors and Silicon Valley companies Park tapped a very small group of great coders and developers to rebuild in weeks on the fly what million worth of contractors and government employees do.
Though it seems like an unlikely job to assign to Silicon Valley stars who want to make a positive difference the latter is a real fear cited by multiple people inside the Obama team whom I spoke to as a scenario that would kill the USDS.
Dickerson describes it as high school graduation and a massive layoff mixed with a funeral gone on for two On the Facebook feeds of politically appointed tech surgers you see photos of final handshakes with the president wearing uncharacteristically formal garb and are often with their families they have been ushered into the Oval Office for mutual thanks.
In the and with the world on the brink of nuclear Armageddon a cadre of academic and military engineers set out to create a communications system that contained no single point of failure or control.
is a world that is both everywhere and nowhere the activist John Perry Barlow argued in his manifesto A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace He predicted that because of the the governments would never be able to lasso the digital realm.
The internet is now no longer and Just about all of its economic value is instead connected to two very specific somewheres the San Francisco Bay Area and Seattle the homes of Apple Amazon Google and Facebook the four monstrously large companies that own the central information platforms.
Analysts expected Netflix to report earnings of cents a share on billion in revenue according to Thomson Reuters consensus estimates.
While the stock rallied ahead of earnings Netflix delivered said Barton Crockett senior research analyst at FBR Capital Markets.
The streaming giant said its originals like Marvel Luke Cage The Crown and Black Mirror continue to generate excitement and excellent viewing all across the world.
Have your own definition of success so you can fulfill your dreams not someone else expectations of your dreams.
Today marks the tenth anniversary since launching its streaming service Netflix notes in its earnings press release.
DVDs the original product now represent a small fraction of the business.
In all Netflix has added millionnew international subscribers since when it launched in countries including India and Russia with varied often super limited catalogs of shows and movies.
Crashlytic s Stability Analytics For Apps MoPub Revenue Ads Twitter Kit Distribution Content Digits Identity.
Crashlytics which Twitter bought last year is a system that provides reporting on happening within apps from user interactions to crashes.
But it also understands that it can extend its content its sharing infrastructure and its ad platform to effectively reach a larger audience especially in the hot mobile space.
In the and with the world on the brink of nuclear Armageddon a cadre of academic and military engineers set out to create a communications system that contained no single point of failure or control.
is a world that is both everywhere and nowhere the activist John Perry Barlow argued in his manifesto A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace He predicted that because of the the governments would never be able to lasso the digital realm.
The internet is now no longer and Just about all of its economic value is instead connected to two very specific somewheres the San Francisco Bay Area and Seattle the homes of Apple Amazon Google and Facebook the four monstrously large companies that own the central information platforms.
WASHINGTON Nearly rights groups on Wednesday accused Facebook of racially biased censorship and failing to be more transparent about its removal policies and cooperation with law enforcement adding to criticism the company has faced in recent months over its management of content on its network of billion users.
Facebook has been persistently criticized in the past year over how it polices everything from harassment and extremist propaganda to gun sales and news hoaxes on its enormous platform a multifaceted challenge the company has often responded to with tweaks of its existing terms of service and community standards.
Racial justice activists routinely have content that discusses racism or protests removed they said while harassment and threats targeting users on the basis of race religion and sexual orientation are thriving on Facebook.
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Goldman Sachs Group Inc., the Wall Street firm most reliant on trading stocks and bonds, said fourth-quarter earnings more than tripled as the fixed-income business got a boost from speculation economic growth will accelerate.
2. U.S. sues JPMorgan for alleged mortgage discrimination
The United States on Wednesday sued JPMorgan Chase & Co, accusing the bank of discriminating against minority borrowers by charging them higher rates and fees on home mortgage loans between 2006 and at least 2009.
3. OPEC Says Oil Output Fell After Production Deal, But U.S. Output Rising
OPEC production fell in December after the cartel made a historic agreement to slash output, but its members still have some way to go before achieving their targeted reduction in petroleum output.
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5. Citigroup earnings outstrip Wall Street’s forecasts, but revenue is light
Citigroup on Wednesday reported a quarterly profit $1.14 a share on revenue of $17.012 billion.
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RBC Capital analyst, Amit Daryanani, reiterated his Top Pick rating on Broadcom Limited (NASDAQ: AVGO) and raised his long term earnings potential to $17 after the company announced the Brocade (NASDAQ:…
7. Apple Q1 iPhone Fears Are Overblown, iPhone 10 Likely To Be A Big Deal – Cowen
Cowen maintains Outperform on Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), keeps price target of $135.00.Analyst Timothy Arcuri comments “Field work supports a slight increase for FQ2:17 (Mar) iPhone supply to ~49.5MM…
8. Goldman Sachs Results Surge on Trading Bounce
Goldman Sachs said its fourth-quarter earnings climbed, the latest big Wall Street firm to report results for a year that started rough but brightened late.
9. Morgan Stanley Cuts Amazon’s (AMZN) Consolidated Segment Operating Income By 16% For 2017, 13% For 2018
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10. Frederik Ducrozet on Twitter
“I have a simplified version of this ECB preview fwiw.”
11. Goldman Sachs Results Surge on Trading Bounce
Goldman Sachs said its fourth-quarter earnings climbed, the latest big Wall Street firm to report results for a year that started rough but brightened late.
12. Target Cuts Forecast as Holiday Pain Spreads to Discounters
Target Corp. cut its fourth-quarter earnings forecast after sales were hurt by “disappointing” customer traffic, signaling that the holiday pain that rocked department-store chains took a toll on discount retailers as well.
13. Target cuts fourth-quarter forecast due to weak holiday sales
Target Corp (TGT.N) lowered its comparable store sales and earnings forecasts for the fourth quarter, citing “softer-than-expected” holiday sales due to, what the retailer called, disappointing traffic and sales trends.
14. Goldman Sachs (GS) Tops Q4 EPS by 26c
Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) reported Q4 EPS of $5.08, $0.26 better than the analyst estimate of $4.82. Revenue for the quarter came in at $8.17 billion versus the consensus estimate of $7.72 billion.For…
15. OPEC sees smaller oil glut, upbeat on non-OPEC cut compliance
OPEC signaled a falling oil supply surplus in 2017 on Wednesday as the producer group’s output declines from a record high and outside producers show positive initial signs of complying with the first joint supply-reduction deal since 2001.
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That change in priorities seems to signal a shift away from produced live video which was a huge point of emphasis for the company in and something pushed heavily by CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
The issue is that the amount of money Facebook paid for these live videos at most million to big publishers like BuzzFeed but often much smaller figures according to the Wall Street Journal was not significant enough to merit the time and resources it took to produce them.
Sources say Facebook never intended for these paid deals to be a longterm solution to getting live content but now pulling that subsidy without a clear revenue alternative in place.
While there is still excitement throughout the technology industry over virtual reality most headsets including those from Oculus are not selling in big numbers because of high prices and limited content for them.
In response to questioning from the lawyer for Facebook Zuckerberg said that the company spends weeks months or even years thinking about the issues that lead it to make acquisitions.
He said Facebook which has also acquired Instagram and WhatsApp believes that negotiating deals quickly is important in an environment where it is often competing with companies like Google Apple and Twitter.
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Chairman and Managing Director of Biocon India largest Biotechnology company.
The FTC alleges that Qualcomm has used its dominant position as a supplier of certain baseband processors to impose onerous and anticompetitive supply and licensing terms on cell phone manufacturers and to weaken competitors.
According to the complaint by threatening to disrupt cell phone supply of baseband processors Qualcomm obtains elevated royalties and other license terms for its patents that manufacturers would otherwise reject.
The FTC alleges that this tactic forces cell phone manufacturers to pay elevated royalties to Qualcomm on products that use a baseband processors.
Qualcomm the biggest maker of semiconductors for mobile phones disclosed in that the Federal Trade Commission was investigating its licensing practices and said an enforcement action could lead to a fine or changes to its business.
The FTC investigation focuses on a process where companies get together to develop industry standards so devices from different manufacturers can interoperate so for instance data sent from an Apple phone can be received and understood by one made by Samsung Electronics Co.
President Barack administration overturned the ban citing concerns that some patent owners could engage in up meaning they would demand unreasonably high royalties under threat of withholding use of basic technology needed to make a phone work.
After Bloomberg News revealed specifics about offering size and target market valuation of at least billion Snap executives scolded the IPO underwriters assuming the bankers were responsible for the leaks according to people familiar with the matter.
The last major social media debut Twitter generated a lot of excitement on Wall Street but the company later performance proved that a popular influential product necessarily indicate revenue and user growth.
The company rely heavily on data to make its decisions and Spiegel a fan of hiring product managers who do user testing to figure out what will work said employees who declined to be identified because they were not authorized to speak.
by Alpha | Jan 13, 2017 | Pre-Market
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1. Apple Sets Its Sights on Hollywood With Plans for Original Content
Apple is planning to build a significant new business in original television shows and movies, a move that could make it a bigger player in Hollywood and offset slowing sales of iPhones and iPads.
2. TESARO (TSRO) Receives FDA CRL for Rolapitant IV NDA
TESARO, Inc. (NASDAQ: TSRO) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a Complete Response Letter (CRL) regarding the rolapitant IV New Drug Application…
3. TESARO Receives Complete Response Letter for Rolapitant IV from U.S. FDA
No concerns raised by FDA related to the rolapitant IV efficacy or safety profile and additional clinical studies are not requiredInvestor conference call and webcast scheduled for tomorrow at 8:30AM ET WALTHAM, Mass., Jan. 11, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — TESARO, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSRO), an oncology-focused biopharmaceutical company, today announced t…
4. Merck (MRK) Receives Upgrades To Top Rating Recommendation From 3 Firms
Merck (NYSE: MRK) shares are expected to see an upside swing on Thursday as three side-side firms upgraded the stock following the FDAs acceptance for review of the supplemental Biologics…
5. Twitter (TWTR): 5 Reasons Twitter Is A Sell for 2017 – Moffett Nathanson
MoffettNathanson analyst, Michael Nathanson, reiterated his Sell rating on Twitter, Inc. (NYSE: TWTR) citing 5 reasons:1) Senior leadership defections without replacement2) Streaming sports transformation will likely…
6. Novo Nordisk shares hit by U.S. lawsuit, Trump comments
Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk’s (NOVOb.CO) shares fell more than 5 percent on Thursday following the filing of a lawsuit against the company in the United States and also in response to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s criticism of drug prices.
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Thiel arrives at Trump Tower for the meeting of tech executives attended by Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos among Kevin Hagen for The New York Times His critics demanded to know how someone who immigrated from Frankfurt to Cleveland as a child could support a campaign so bristling with intolerance.
Over a dinner of duck and chocolate dessert a surprisingly sybaritic meal for a man who admits he is prone to weird diets Thiel shows again and again how he likes to issues to see if conventional wisdom is wrong a technique he calls Pyrrhonian skepticism.
Savoring his victory dismissing those who think the way to deal with vile and invasive stories is to grow a thicker skin Thiel dressed as Hulk Hogan for the and annual costume party last month hosted on Long Island by the Mercer family who were big Trump donors.
We have written at great length about his claims and our opinion backed up by detailed and thorough evidence that email existed long before Ayyadurai created any software.
Defamation claims like this can force independent media companies to capitulate and shut down due to mounting legal costs.
If freedom of expression and the press is to actually mean something it needs to be protected not stomped on with baseless lawsuits that silence independent voices and opinions.
Part of the project would focus on its storytelling formats such as Live and Instant Articles Facebook stated Wednesday.
In light of Buzzfeed and recent epic failure publishing a hoax report from about Trump being compromised by Russia credibility is also on the line because it widely disseminated that fake story in its news feed prompting the Poytner to save face by condemning the publication.
As reported mainstream media and Facebook are scrambling to remain relevant after losing all credibility attacking Trump leading up to the election and are doubling down in their attempts to invert reality to serve their fake narrative.
Not included in this payment total are or businesses such as FaceBook Twitter Linkedin Tencent YouTube Yahoo NetEase Pandora Radio Google Search Baidu Google Maps Gmail Instagram Amazon eBay Alibaba Priceline Expedia Salesforce and Other Enterprise Software Ride Sharing Apps AirBnB and many other services which monetize independently of the App Store.
As the install base of iOS increases and as users hire the devices to do more and spend more time with them the virtuous cycle of value creation will continue and accelerate.
The Apple Watch the AirPods Pencil and possible new wearables point toward a future where the iPhone is a hub to a mesh of personal devices.
Thiel arrives at Trump Tower for the meeting of tech executives attended by Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos among Kevin Hagen for The New York Times His critics demanded to know how someone who immigrated from Frankfurt to Cleveland as a child could support a campaign so bristling with intolerance.
Over a dinner of duck and chocolate dessert a surprisingly sybaritic meal for a man who admits he is prone to weird diets Thiel shows again and again how he likes to issues to see if conventional wisdom is wrong a technique he calls Pyrrhonian skepticism.
Savoring his victory dismissing those who think the way to deal with vile and invasive stories is to grow a thicker skin Thiel dressed as Hulk Hogan for the and annual costume party last month hosted on Long Island by the Mercer family who were big Trump donors.
We will be collaborating with news organizations to develop products learning from journalists about ways we can be a better partner and working with publishers and educators on how we can equip people with the knowledge they need to be informed readers in the digital age.
We regularly visit newsrooms to learn and share and host journalists from around the world to discuss best practices so that able to discover information on our platform distribute work on Facebook and engage and build audiences around their reporting.
We recently announced improvements on our platform to further reduce the spread of news hoaxes including ways for people to report them more easily and new efforts to disrupt the financial incentives for spammers.
The chief executive Mark Zuckerberg has previously said he considers Facebook a technology entity but the social network has faced more questions over the past months about how what it shows on its site affects its roughly billion members.
In an interview about the Facebook Journalism Project Fidji Simo a director of product at the company said heard loud and clear over the last year that there are questions about our role in this ecosystem.
Publishers have long considered Facebook a kind of frenemy increasingly relying on the social network to spread their stories but often wary of depending too much on one medium to reach an audience.
Through an unusual financial arrangement they represented a group that had recently come to own a controlling stake in the company and they had a plan to turn BitTorrent into as Delamar was fond of saying publicly next.
Even as ad revenue was apparently declining Delamar spent much of his time trying to convince Hollywood producers that BitTorrent could deliver massive audiences and profits for their creative work.
David Chao the remaining venture investor reportedly stepped in to pay the note assuming control of their shares and affording three board seats to DCM.
by Alpha | Jan 12, 2017 | Pre-Market
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1. Apple Sets Its Sights on Hollywood With Plans for Original Content
Apple is planning to build a significant new business in original television shows and movies, a move that could make it a bigger player in Hollywood and offset slowing sales of iPhones and iPads.
2. TESARO (TSRO) Receives FDA CRL for Rolapitant IV NDA
TESARO, Inc. (NASDAQ: TSRO) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a Complete Response Letter (CRL) regarding the rolapitant IV New Drug Application…
3. TESARO Receives Complete Response Letter for Rolapitant IV from U.S. FDA
No concerns raised by FDA related to the rolapitant IV efficacy or safety profile and additional clinical studies are not requiredInvestor conference call and webcast scheduled for tomorrow at 8:30AM ET WALTHAM, Mass., Jan. 11, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — TESARO, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSRO), an oncology-focused biopharmaceutical company, today announced t…
4. Merck (MRK) Receives Upgrades To Top Rating Recommendation From 3 Firms
Merck (NYSE: MRK) shares are expected to see an upside swing on Thursday as three side-side firms upgraded the stock following the FDAs acceptance for review of the supplemental Biologics…
5. Twitter (TWTR): 5 Reasons Twitter Is A Sell for 2017 – Moffett Nathanson
MoffettNathanson analyst, Michael Nathanson, reiterated his Sell rating on Twitter, Inc. (NYSE: TWTR) citing 5 reasons:1) Senior leadership defections without replacement2) Streaming sports transformation will likely…
6. Novo Nordisk shares hit by U.S. lawsuit, Trump comments
Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk’s (NOVOb.CO) shares fell more than 5 percent on Thursday following the filing of a lawsuit against the company in the United States and also in response to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s criticism of drug prices.
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Thiel arrives at Trump Tower for the meeting of tech executives attended by Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos among Kevin Hagen for The New York Times His critics demanded to know how someone who immigrated from Frankfurt to Cleveland as a child could support a campaign so bristling with intolerance.
Over a dinner of duck and chocolate dessert a surprisingly sybaritic meal for a man who admits he is prone to weird diets Thiel shows again and again how he likes to issues to see if conventional wisdom is wrong a technique he calls Pyrrhonian skepticism.
Savoring his victory dismissing those who think the way to deal with vile and invasive stories is to grow a thicker skin Thiel dressed as Hulk Hogan for the and annual costume party last month hosted on Long Island by the Mercer family who were big Trump donors.
We have written at great length about his claims and our opinion backed up by detailed and thorough evidence that email existed long before Ayyadurai created any software.
Defamation claims like this can force independent media companies to capitulate and shut down due to mounting legal costs.
If freedom of expression and the press is to actually mean something it needs to be protected not stomped on with baseless lawsuits that silence independent voices and opinions.
Part of the project would focus on its storytelling formats such as Live and Instant Articles Facebook stated Wednesday.
In light of Buzzfeed and recent epic failure publishing a hoax report from about Trump being compromised by Russia credibility is also on the line because it widely disseminated that fake story in its news feed prompting the Poytner to save face by condemning the publication.
As reported mainstream media and Facebook are scrambling to remain relevant after losing all credibility attacking Trump leading up to the election and are doubling down in their attempts to invert reality to serve their fake narrative.
Not included in this payment total are or businesses such as FaceBook Twitter Linkedin Tencent YouTube Yahoo NetEase Pandora Radio Google Search Baidu Google Maps Gmail Instagram Amazon eBay Alibaba Priceline Expedia Salesforce and Other Enterprise Software Ride Sharing Apps AirBnB and many other services which monetize independently of the App Store.
As the install base of iOS increases and as users hire the devices to do more and spend more time with them the virtuous cycle of value creation will continue and accelerate.
The Apple Watch the AirPods Pencil and possible new wearables point toward a future where the iPhone is a hub to a mesh of personal devices.
Thiel arrives at Trump Tower for the meeting of tech executives attended by Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos among Kevin Hagen for The New York Times His critics demanded to know how someone who immigrated from Frankfurt to Cleveland as a child could support a campaign so bristling with intolerance.
Over a dinner of duck and chocolate dessert a surprisingly sybaritic meal for a man who admits he is prone to weird diets Thiel shows again and again how he likes to issues to see if conventional wisdom is wrong a technique he calls Pyrrhonian skepticism.
Savoring his victory dismissing those who think the way to deal with vile and invasive stories is to grow a thicker skin Thiel dressed as Hulk Hogan for the and annual costume party last month hosted on Long Island by the Mercer family who were big Trump donors.
We will be collaborating with news organizations to develop products learning from journalists about ways we can be a better partner and working with publishers and educators on how we can equip people with the knowledge they need to be informed readers in the digital age.
We regularly visit newsrooms to learn and share and host journalists from around the world to discuss best practices so that able to discover information on our platform distribute work on Facebook and engage and build audiences around their reporting.
We recently announced improvements on our platform to further reduce the spread of news hoaxes including ways for people to report them more easily and new efforts to disrupt the financial incentives for spammers.
The chief executive Mark Zuckerberg has previously said he considers Facebook a technology entity but the social network has faced more questions over the past months about how what it shows on its site affects its roughly billion members.
In an interview about the Facebook Journalism Project Fidji Simo a director of product at the company said heard loud and clear over the last year that there are questions about our role in this ecosystem.
Publishers have long considered Facebook a kind of frenemy increasingly relying on the social network to spread their stories but often wary of depending too much on one medium to reach an audience.
Through an unusual financial arrangement they represented a group that had recently come to own a controlling stake in the company and they had a plan to turn BitTorrent into as Delamar was fond of saying publicly next.
Even as ad revenue was apparently declining Delamar spent much of his time trying to convince Hollywood producers that BitTorrent could deliver massive audiences and profits for their creative work.
David Chao the remaining venture investor reportedly stepped in to pay the note assuming control of their shares and affording three board seats to DCM.
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