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1. Current and ex-Facebook employees say subcontractors make decisions about flagged content once every 10 seconds.

NPR decided to the system by flagging nearly posts that could be considered hate speech specifically attacks against blacks and against whites in the We found that Facebook subcontractors were not consistent and made numerous mistakes including in instances where a user calls for violence.

We say they were mistakes because the company changed its position in dozens of instances removing some and restoring others either when we flagged it a second time through the automated system or brought it to the attention of Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park Calif.

Some in Silicon Valley dismiss the criticisms against Facebook as schadenfreude Just like taxi drivers do like Uber legacy media envies the success of the social platform and enjoys seeing its leadership on the hot seat.

2. Trump’s pick for CIA director thinks using encryption is a “red flag” and has almost zero experience in intelligence

terrorists into encrypted channels however impedes their operational effectiveness by constraining the amount of data they can send and complicating transmission protocols a phenomenon known in military parlance as virtual attrition Pompeo wrote in an published in January by The Wall Street Journal.

of us believe that a couple of years in the Army followed by sitting on a committee in Congress qualifies anyone for any position in the CIA much less as the Director a former military officer who also worked in the intelligence community told Motherboard on condition of anonymity.

believe that the ongoing nepotism used to select unqualified and in some cases dangerous people for leadership in these key positions may well lead to a catastrophic failure for the United.

3. 1/ I think @jwherrman gets the fake news issue exactly right

Khizr Khan the father of an American soldier killed in Iraq and a critic of Donald Trump was smeared in articles on Images Something is deeply wrong when the voice reputation and influence can be borrowed by a source that describes itself as fantasy news to claim that he has endorsed a presidential candidate and then be amplified unchallenged through a million individual shares.

But the outrage is at risk of being misdirected and will be followed by the realization that the colloquial the newslike media amateur and professional for which truth is defined first in personal and political terms and which must only meet the bar of not being obviously inarguably demonstrably false will continue growing apace gaining authority by sheer force not despite Facebook but because of it.

Those who expect the operator of the dominant media ecosystem of our time in response to getting caught promoting lies to suddenly return authority to the companies it has superseded are in for a similar surprise.

4. Suddenly Facebook/Google/Twitter have these “social, societal duties to help us not be faked out all the time”

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This timeline is where spend most of your time getting instant updates about what matters to you.

Hover over the profile pic and click the Following button to unfollow any account.

5. Trump’s pick for CIA Boss thinks the use of encryption may be a red flag that someone is a terrorist

terrorists into encrypted channels however impedes their operational effectiveness by constraining the amount of data they can send and complicating transmission protocols a phenomenon known in military parlance as virtual attrition Pompeo wrote in an published in January by The Wall Street Journal.

of us believe that a couple of years in the Army followed by sitting on a committee in Congress qualifies anyone for any position in the CIA much less as the Director a former military officer who also worked in the intelligence community told Motherboard on condition of anonymity.

believe that the ongoing nepotism used to select unqualified and in some cases dangerous people for leadership in these key positions may well lead to a catastrophic failure for the United.

6. “@June Oven makes the art of cooking a science”

The June Intelligent Oven uses a combination of its camera scale touchscreen ports apps and continuously updated cooking presets to make you the best possible meal.

The June oven uses carbon fiber heating elements that can fully power up in three seconds which greatly reduces the time needed for preheat.

I do however think this lack of crust and visual appeal is fixable if June tests heat at the beginning or end of their meat presets as part of getting the inside up to temp.

7. Some very good practical suggestions on how to fight fake news, from @jeffjarvis & @Borthwick:

Please systematize this Give trusted media sources and agencies a path to report their findings so that Facebook and other social platforms can surface this information to users when they read these items and more importantly as they consider sharing them.

Or is that deeper information better revealed by getting quicker to the next listing in the search results Wikipedia explaining that Daily Stormer is an American and white supremacist news and commentary website.

Love or hate Occupy Democrats racked up to million impressions a week on Facebook according to its cofounder by providing users with the social tokens to use in their own conversations the thing they share because it speaks for them.

8. Remember: No text is worth it. No snap is worth it. No tweet is worth it.

Alarmed by the statistics the Department of Transportation in October outlined a plan to work with the National Safety Council and other advocacy groups to devise a to strategy with the ambitious goal of eliminating roadway fatalities within years.

whole principle is to bring voice recognition to customers so they can keep their eyes on the road and hands on the wheel said Alan Hall a spokesman for Ford which began installing Sync in cars in.

William Chandler a retired neurosurgeon in Ann Arbor just bought a BMW sport utility vehicle that warns him if he drifts out of his lane on the highway or if a car is in his blind spot.

9. when u sign up for an app and yr only friends on it are VCs, u know it’s a hot deal…

Now the firm has its next bet Marco Polo a small video messaging app run by a company called Joya Communications.

The app seems pretty simple users can send each other short video messages with text or filters added on.

As Snapchat has become more and more public with features like Discover and Stories investors are looking for products that might be able to use the same video messaging idea in a more intimate way.

10. Snapchat, Waze. Even Pokémon Go is distracting drivers. Hands-free apps are blamed for a surge in highway deaths

Alarmed by the statistics the Department of Transportation in October outlined a plan to work with the National Safety Council and other advocacy groups to devise a to strategy with the ambitious goal of eliminating roadway fatalities within years.

whole principle is to bring voice recognition to customers so they can keep their eyes on the road and hands on the wheel said Alan Hall a spokesman for Ford which began installing Sync in cars in.

William Chandler a retired neurosurgeon in Ann Arbor just bought a BMW sport utility vehicle that warns him if he drifts out of his lane on the highway or if a car is in his blind spot.

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Today pleased to announce the launch of Firefox Focus a free fast and easy to use private browser for iOS.

You may be looking for information that in certain situations is sensitive searches for engagement rings flights to Las Vegas or expensive cigars for example.

You can browse with peace of mind feeling confident in the knowledge that you can instantly erase your sessions with a single tap no menus needed.

Today Kamkar released the schematics and code for a device he calls PoisonTap a tiny USB dongle that whether plugged into a locked or unlocked PC installs a set of backdoors that in many cases allow an attacker to gain access to the online accounts corporate intranet sites or even their router.

One solution Kamkar proposes would be for operating systems to ask permission before they connect to a new network device like PoisonTap instead of silently switching over from trusted Wifi.

Or they can close their browser every time they step away from their computer assiduously clear its cache or even take the more drastic measure of filling their USB ports with glue.

Coincidentally Wired just published a lengthy interview with Clapper that covered his thoughts on the morality of espionage in general and Internet surveillance in particular.

From standpoint the country is locked in a seemingly constant state of war against a protean and often faceless set of enemies at a time when a single employee can walk out with a thumb drive containing worth of secrets.

In a recent of possible Trump Administration appointments CNN listed former Pete Hoekstra retired General Joseph Kellogg former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani and former Mike Rogers as likely candidates to succeed Clapper.

Clapper has found himself defending his agencies from the charge that leading the nation into a dystopian future in which an government kills from the sky with no accountability hoovers up vast troves of data from people the world over and undermines personal computer security through back doors malware and industry side deals.

Among other small steps toward openness Clapper has overseen an effort to ease into public view more information about the drone program which has faced increasing opposition particularly after the September killing of Anwar an American cleric who had embraced al Qaeda and become a top leader of its affiliate in Yemen.

The principal Christopher Soghoian says that while office has started a Tumblr and pushed to declassify some significant historical the drone casualty report and pages of a government investigation that dealt with Saudi role in financing and coordinating the has yet to make public or confirm the existence of a single surveillance program or tool not exposed by Snowden.

In March months before Snowden provided the Guardian and the Washington Post with voluminous NSA data documenting sweeping domestic and international communications dragnets Clapper had a public colloquy with Senator Ron Wyden an Oregon Democrat on the intelligence committee.

Litt would also say that Clapper finds open hearings a requirement of congressional oversight as annoying as folding fitted sheets citing a distinctive turn of phrase used by his boss.

As resignation became public two intelligence committee members independent Angus King of Maine and Republican James Lankford of Oklahoma wrote to Trump to urge the to prioritize the selection of replacement.

of Code embodies our vision for Apple stores as a place for the community to gather learn and be entertained said Angela Ahrendts senior vice president of Retail.

we started Hour of Code in Apple has each year upped its participation and found ways to introduce more kids to computer science said Hadi Partovi founder and CEO of.

In addition to workshops Apple has developed a series of tools to extend Hour of Code into schools and community centers including a free facilitator guide offering lesson ideas group activities and more.

is on the verge of a massive global rollout of its streaming video service people familiar with the matter said taking direct aim at rival Netflix Inc.

The giant likely will expand its video service into about countries and territories the people said.

Amazon Prime Video is only available now in the Germany Austria and Japan with a planned launch in India.

over years DNI James Clapper has devoted his life to national security and to the men and women in our Armed Forces and Intelligence Community who protect it.

career in public service began as an officer in the United States Armed Forces.

Through all of this Clapper has provided steady leadership for the Intelligence Community and wise counsel to the President and the Congress.

Of course this occurrence can not be viewed in a vacuum and comes in a week that has seen Twitter peers Google and Facebook come under fire for not doing enough to tackle fake news and propaganda in the wake of Donald election victory.

This New Order incident echoes a similar instance in May when hacker and troll Andrew Auernheimer who goes by the pseudonym weev used ad platform to promote a white power tweet.

need to stand up for one another and defend ourselves from violence and discrimination read the tweet which was served up to Twitter users that followed accounts related to fighting racism and supporting social justice.

Microsoft will tie executive bonuses to workforce diversity goals after the company saw a second consecutive year of declines in the percentage of women employees owing to its exit from the phone handset market.

You will now receive the Game Plan newsletter Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella after a bumpy start marked by a gaffe over equal pay at a women in tech conference has made diversity a key priority for the company.

To boost hiring of women and minorities the company has added human resources workers with experience in that area and Nadella funded the tripling of an internship program called Explorer for college freshman and sophomores interested in technology Houston said.

1. TSO, WNR: $WNR Tesoro $TSO to buy Western Refining for about $4.1 billion – Reuters

2. HAIN:  $HAIN Hain Celestial finds no wrongdoing after accounting review – Newsday

3. NTAP:  $NTAP NetApp shares up after earnings beat – MarketWatch

4. UAM, WCG:  $UAM WellCare $WCG to Acquire Universal American Corp. – PRNewswire

5. BBY:  $BBY Best Buy stock rallies after sales top estimates – MarketWatch

6. LPLA, SCHW:  $LPLA Charles Schwab $SCHW Said Among Bidders for LPL Financial – Source – Street Insider

7. MSFT:  $MSFT Goldman Sachs Sees Accelerating Growth at Microsoft; Rating Raised to ‘Buy’ $68 PT

8. AMGN:  $AMGN Amgen Erenumab Significantly Reduces Monthly Migraine Days In Second Phase 3 Study – PRNewswire

9. T, TWX:  $TWX MoffettNathanson Upgrades Time Warner to Buy; Higher Probability of AT&T $T Deal Approval, $100 PT

10. FB:  $FB Getting the Measure of a More Vulnerable Facebook – WSJ

11. BA: $BA A Trade War With China Would Be Bad News for Boeing – BBG

12. GILD: $GILD Gilead Momelotinib Ph3 Met Primary Endpoint in Myelofibrosis; 2dary Endpoint Missed – SI

13. AAPL: $AAPL Apple Wants OLED in IPhones, But Most Suppliers Aren’t Ready Yet – BBG

14. SPLS:  $SPLS Staples quarterly earnings meet expectations, but sales miss Wall Street’s target – MW

15. URBN:  $URBN Morgan Stanley Downgrades Urban Outfitters, Inc. to Equalweight, $39 PT

16. SJM:  $SJM J. M. Smucker Q2 Earnings Top Estimates; Sales Lag – Zacks

17. OSK:  $OSK BofA/Merrill Lynch Downgrades Oshkosh to Neutral, $69 PT

18. F:  $F Ford Credit 2017 Pre-Tax Profit Seen Down $300M from Prior Guidance – Street Insider

19. LB:  $LB L Brands Beats Q3 Profit Estimate, Down 2% on Weak Outlook – Zacks

20. CMG:  $CMG Guggenheim Downgrades Chipotle Mexican Grill to Sell

21. WMT:  $WMT Wal-Mart Sales Edge Up, Though Profit Falls – WSJ

22. REGN, SNY:  $REGN No early win for Sanofi $SNY, Regeneron cholesterol drug in study – Reuters

23. PLNT:  $PLNT Planet Fitness, Inc. Announces Secondary Offering of Class A Common Stock by Selling Stockholders

24. CSCO:  $CSCO Cisco Sales Forecast Points to Slower Technology Spending – BBG

25. NVTA:  $NVTA Invitae Announces Pricing of Public Offering of Common Stock – Biz Wire

26. ACRS:  $ACRS Aclaris Announces Proposed Public Offering of Common Stock – GlobeNewswire

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4. NTAP:NetApp upgraded to Buy on continued transition progress at Drexel Hamilton $NTAP

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2. No early win for Sanofi, Regeneron cholesterol drug in study

3. Wal-Mart Sales Edge Up, Though Profit Falls

4. Tesoro Petroleum (TSO) to Acquire Western Refining (WNR) in Net $4.1B Deal

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1. Microsoft joins the Linux Foundation, 15 years after Ballmer called it “cancer”

Microsoft also partnered with Canonical to bring Ubuntu to Windows and acquired Xamarin to aid mobile app development.

Microsoft even open sourced Xamarin SDKs and developer tools and brought SQL Server to Linux.

Google is joining the Foundation which oversees Platform programming languages that form part of Microsoft major competitor to Java and Android.

2. Twitter suspends accounts associated with the “alt-right movement” which advocate white nationalism

Among those whose accounts have been suspended is Richard Spencer president and director of the National Policy Institute which identifies itself as an organization dedicated to the heritage identity and future of people of European descent in the United States and around the world.

Others whose accounts have been suspended include Pax Dickinson founder of site Wesearchr an internet personality who goes by the fake name Ricky Vaughn and blogger Paul Town who describes himself as the leading thoughtleader of.

The site rules say abuse includes hateful conduct that promotes violence against threatens or attacks people on the basis of race ethnicity national origin sexual orientation gender gender identity religious affiliation age disability or disease.

3. Amid all the Brexit & Trump chaos, UK parliament has approved sweeping new surveillance powers:

Before it officially is adopted however it will need to receive Royal Assent which is likely to be given before the end of to match the government intentions and ahead of existing surveillance laws expiring.

and GCHQ collected private data for years The Home Office the department responsible for the law has said the provisions listed within it are needed to help protect the country national security and give more oversight than ever before.

This could include downloading data from a mobile phone that is stolen or left unattended or software that tracks every keyboard letter pressed being installed on a laptop.

4. This is one of those stories in which Buzzfeed doesn’t believe there are two sides.

Other suspended accounts include Ricky Vaughn who was previously banned after a BuzzFeed News story detailing his campaign to disenfranchise voters with false information former Business Insider CTO Pax Dickenson and John Rivers.

Though the abuse tools were received tepidly as a small first step that was in many ways cosmetic the decision to begin to ban some of more prominent and white nationalist voices is a signal that the company may be getting serious about reclaiming its platform from trolls.

In a statement given to BuzzFeed News Jared Taylor founder and editor of American Renaissance and advocate and Richard Spencer president of the National Policy Institute a white nationalist called purge of accounts associated with the and.

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6. A half dozen? Seriously? And not some of the most egregious. Lip service Twitter suspends #AltRight accounts

Twitter on Tuesday removed Spencer verified account RichardBSpencer that of his think tank the National Policy Institute npiamerica and his online magazine radixjournal.

As a private company Twitter has no obligation to provide a forum for white nationalist views and can do what it wants said James Grimmelmann a law professor who studies social networks at Cornell University.

Heimblach said he applied to have his account verified because he leads a political party registered with the Federal Communications Commission advocating for the best interests of white Americans.

7. After 3 wonderful years, I’ll leave @FCC at year’s end & will serve the public in a different role:

Charles West will create a guide to help local government officials develop and implement policies and programs to improve the life outcomes of boys and men of color.

Gigi Sohn will use storytelling techniques to help demonstrate how public policy can improve access to communications networks new technology and media for communities too often left behind in the digital age.

Terri Gerstein will develop the capacity of state and local government agencies to improve the conditions of and immigrant workers through strategic enforcement of labor laws including through ongoing partnerships with NGOs.

8. Investigatory Powers Act imminent as peers clear path 4 UK super-snoop law –

The Investigatory Powers Bill cleared its final hurdle in the House of Lords on Wednesday afternoon when peers agreed to stop a proposed press intrusion amendment between the lower and upper chambers of the Palace of Westminster.

Ironically the Tory government has repeatedly used DRIPA expiration for political gain with ministers warning that the UK would be naked to any national security threat without any provision in law that allowed for a communications data acquisition regime to continue into.

Key passages of the Investigatory Powers Act demand that telecoms firms retain data on the Web activity of British citizens for months to allow cops spooks and public authorities to access the information.

9. My notification feed says otherwise…

Twitter on Tuesday removed Spencer verified account RichardBSpencer that of his think tank the National Policy Institute npiamerica and his online magazine radixjournal.

As a private company Twitter has no obligation to provide a forum for white nationalist views and can do what it wants said James Grimmelmann a law professor who studies social networks at Cornell University.

Heimblach said he applied to have his account verified because he leads a political party registered with the Federal Communications Commission advocating for the best interests of white Americans.

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2. ACRS:  $ACRS Aclaris Therapeutics Two A-101 Phase 3s Met All Primary, Secondary Endpoints as SK Treatment – SI

3. A:  $A Agilent Technologies Tops Q4 EPS by 7c; Guides Q1 Below Views – SI

4. LZB:  $LZB La-Z-Boy Acquires Brand License for U.K., Ireland Markets – SI

5. SQ: $SQ Square’s CEO Jack Dorsey Enters Stock Trading Plan – SI

6. PRU: $PRU Asia drives Prudential’s new business profit, raises dividend – Reuters

7. MTSI: $MTSI MACOM Reports Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2016 Financial Results – Biz Wire

8. LOW:  $LOW Lowe’s misses on earnings and revenue; stock sinks – CNBC

9. NVTA:  $NVTA Invitae Announces Proposed Public Offering of Common Stock – Biz Wire

10. VSAT:  $VSAT ViaSat Announces Proposed Public Offering of Common Stock – PRNewswire

11. PDLI:  $PDLI PDL BioPharma Announces Proposed $150M Public Offering of New Convertible Senior Notes Due 2021

12. FLXN:  $FLXN Flexion Therapeutics Announces Proposed Public Offering of Common Stock – EconoTimes

1. CPA:Goldman Sachs Upgrades Copa Holdings $CPA to Buy

2. DIS:$DIS upgraded to Buy at Deutsche Bank – PT $112

3. FIT:Fitbit upgraded to Sector weight at Pacific Crest Securities

4. RPRX:$RPRX upgraded to Buy from Neutral at Ladenburg.

1. BAC:Baird Downgrades Bank of America $BAC to Neutral

2. BHLB:Piper Jaffray Downgrades Berkshire Hills Bancorp $BHLB to Neutral

3. CAKE:Stephens Downgrades Cheesecake Factory $CAKE to Equal Weight

4. CHS:Instinet Downgrades Chico’s, Inc. $CHS to Neutral

5. COF:Robert W. Baird Downgrades Capital One Financial to Hold $COF

6. DFRG:Stephens Downgrades Del Frisco’s Restaurant $DFRG to Equal Weight

7. FITB:Fifth Third Bancorp was Downgraded to a Sell Rating at Robert W. Baird $FITB

8. HAR:Deutsche Bank Downgrades Harmon International $HAR to Hold

9. JEC:DA Davidson Downgrades Jacobs Engineering $JEC to Neutral

10. KEY:Bernstein Downgrades KeyCorp $KEY to Market Perform

11. LSXMA:Deutsche Bank Downgrades Liberty SiriusXM $LSXMA to Hold

12. LULU:$LULU downgraded to Neutral at Credit Suisse – PT cut $53 from $76

13. NE:BofA/Merrill Lynch Downgrades Noble Corporation $NE to Underperform

14. PBCT:Piper Jaffray Downgrades People’s United Financial $PBCT to Underweight

15. PCH:Vertical Group Downgrades Potlatch $PCH to Hold

16. SCTY:$SCTY downgraded to Sell at Axiom Capital

17. STL:Piper Jaffray Downgrades Sterling Bancorp $STL to Neutral

18. TEVA:Teva downgraded to Hold from Buy at Jefferies $TEVA

19. USB:Another downgrade for U.S. Bancorp

20. VMC:BofA/Merrill Lynch Downgrades Vulcan Materials Company $VMC to Neutral

21. WDR:Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Downgrades Waddell & Reed $WDR to Underperform

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2. DRYS:The clown show continues … $DRYS up another $20 in premarket

3. TGT:Target Q3 EPS $1.04 vs $0.83 Est, Revenue $16.44B vs $16.30B Est. $TGT

4. ELGX:$ELGX halted. FDA requests 2-year patient follow-up data from the EVAS-FORWARD IDE Study of the Nellix EVAS System

1. Shane Blackmon on Twitter

2. Target Boosts Forecast as Profit Rises

3. Facebook says it miscalculated more metrics, but it’s telling advertisers not to worry

1. CRBP: $CRBP Corbus’s lead drug succeeds in mid-stage scleroderma study – Rueters

2. HAR:  $HAR Samsung to Buy U.S. Auto-Parts Supplier Harman for $8 Billion – WSJ

3. EBIO:  $EBIO Eleven Biotherapeutics Swings to Q3 Profit – Street Insider

4. BDC, DGII:  $DGII Digi Rejects $13.82/shr Proposal From Belden $BDC – Quick Facts – RTT

5. MENT:  $MENT Siemens to Buy U.S. Software Maker Mentor for $4.5 Billion – BBG

6. AYA:  $AYA Amaya gets $3.48B offer from former CEO David Baazov – BNN

7. OCUL:  $OCUL Ocular Therapeutix™ Announces Successful Topline Results for Ph 3 Clinical Trial of DEXTENZA™

8. SCLN:  $SCLN Gl Management submit proposal to buyout the Co at $11.18 per share in cash – Reuters

9. TWTR:  $TWTR Twitter Attracts an Activist Investor – Street Insider

10. KATE:  $KATE Kate Spade Receives Letter from Caerus Investors; Recommends Exploring Potential Sale – SI

11. CTL, LVLT:  $CTL Level 3–CenturyLink Merger Looks Smart $LVLT – Barron’s

12. BUD, KO:  $KO Budweiser $BUD and Coca-Cola: a match brewed in heaven – The Telegraph

13. SRPT: $SRPT EU Decision for Translarna Has Positive Read Through for Sarepta – Credit Suisse

14. DIS, NFLX: $NFLX Is Netflix Disney’s $DIS next big buy and is Reed Hastings its next CEO? – TechCrunch

15. GIL: $GIL Gildan Activewear Announces Proposed Acquisition of American Apparel Brand – MarketWired

16. NVS: $NVS Novartis Said to Hold Talks to Buy Generics Maker Amneal – BBG

17. DVAX:  $DVAX Dynavax says FDA rejects its hepatitis B vaccine – Reuters

1. DVAX:$DVAX CRL

2. NVDA:$NVDA upgraded to BUY at Needham, price tgt goes to $100

3. PTCT:$PTCT upgraded to Outperform at Credit Suisse, PT $25

4. CRBP:$CRBP Reports Positive Topline Results Showing Clear Signal of Clinical Benefit with Resunab in Phase 2 Study in Systemic Sclerosis

1. Twitter (TWTR) Attracts an Activist Investor

2. Dynavax shares fall on FDA rejection of hepatitis b vaccine

3. Novartis Said to Hold Talks to Buy Generics Maker Amneal

4. Corbus drug succeeds in mid-stage scleroderma study, shares surge

5. Corbus Pharmaceuticals Reports Positive Topline Results Showing Clear Signal of Clinical Benefit with Resunab (JBT-101) in Phase 2 Study in Systemic Sclerosis

6. UPDATE: Stifel Starts Gilead Sciences (GILD) at Buy

7. CME Said to Consider Dublin for Clearing Amid Brexit Fallout

8. Goldman Sees the Possibility of Stagflation Under Trump Presidency

9. Samsung to Buy U.S. Auto-Parts Supplier Harman for $8 Billion

1. SODA: $SODA SodaStream Q3 Earnings, Sales Beat Estimates – Zacks

2. ZLTQ:  $ZLTQ ZELTIQ Aesthetics Inc. Is Up After Q3 Earnings Surpassed Expectations – RTT

3. ADAP:  $ADAP FDA lifts clinical hold on Adaptimmune cancer trial – Fierce Biotech

4. SHAK:  $SHAK Shake Shack Stock Soars As Profit Doubles – Fox Biz

5. TASR:  $TASR Taser’s Quarterly Profit More Than Doubles – WSJ

6. OMER:  $OMER Omeros Corporation Reports Third Quarter 2016 Financial Results – Biz Wire

7. RL:  $RL Ralph Lauren Tops Q2 EPS by 19c – Street Insider

8. PFE:  $PFE Pfizer wins EU’s approval for Ibrance as Novartis readies rival drug – Reuters

9. PFE:  $PFE Pfizer weighs sale or spin-off of consumer health unit – sources – Reuters

10. TSLA:  $TSLA Tesla’s own numbers show Autopilot has higher crash rate than human drivers – GreenCarReports

11. COP:  $COP ConocoPhillips cuts budget 4 percent, to buy back $3 billion in shares – Reuters

12. YHOO:  $YHOO Yahoo Says Investigating Claim of New Hack of User Data – BBG

13. SCTY:  $SCTY SolarCity’s Hot Third Quarter Shows Why Tesla Wants In – Fortune

14. MYL:  $MYL Mylan ticks higher after reporting earnings and reaffirming guidance – CNBC

15. ALXN:  $ALXN Alexion Pharma to delay quarterly results – MarketWatch

16. GE:  $GE General Electric CEO Immelt Buys 50K Shares – Street Insider

17. VRX:  $VRX Valeant Has Been Subpoenaed Over Its Pharmacy Activities – Fortune

18. MACK: $MACK Merrimack Pharma Tops Q3 EPS by 4c; Lowers, Narrows FY16 Outlook – SI

19. TWTR:  $TWTR Twitter says COO Adam Bain to leave, Noto to take his place – Reuters

20. TWTR:  $TWTR Twitter Keeps Finding Ways to Look Dysfunctional – BBG Gadfly

21. CCE:  $CCE Coca-Cola European Partners Q3 EPS eur 0.67 – Reuters

22. SLCA:  $SLCA U.S. Silica Prices Public Offering of Common Stock – Nasdaq Read more:

23. AZN:  $AZN AstraZeneca Stocks Slips As Q3 Crestor Sales, Earnings Disappoint – TheStreet

24. TROV:  $TROV TrovaGene Reports Wider-than-Expected Loss in Q3 – Zacks

25. SEDG, SPWR:  $SEDG Solaredge Technologies Inc, SunPower $SPWR Corporation Shares Move Lower On Earnings – ValueWalk

26. NVAX:  $NVAX Novavax Posts Mixed Q3 Results, Announces Restructuring And Update On RSV Program – Benzinga

27. BVX:  $BVX Bovie Medical Announces Primary and Secondary Offerings of Common Stock – Biz Wire

28. AVID:  $AVID Avid Technology Misses Q3 EPS by 19c; Guides Below – Street Insider

29. HLIT:  $HLIT Harmonic Inc. Is Pulling Back After Q3 Loss – RTT

30. ANTH:  $ANTH Anthera Pharma Announces CHABLIS-SC1 Trial Missed Primary Endpoint in Active SLE – SI

1. AGFS:Citi Downgrades AgroFresh Solutions $AGFS to Neutral

2. BAS:Deutsche Bank Downgrades Basic Energy Services $BAS to Hold

3. BEAV:Deutsche Bank Downgrades BE Aerospace $BEAV to Hold

4. BEN:Deutsche Bank Downgrades Franklin Resources $BEN to Sell

5. CSX:BMO Capital Downgrades CSX $CSX to Market Perform

6. HOMB:Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Downgrades Home Bancshares $HOMB to Market Perform

7. KND:Kindred Healthcare was Downgraded to a Hold Rating at RBC Capital $KND

8. MS, VRX:Rodman downgrades $vrx to neutral. $ms cuts PT from $42 to $25.

9. RUN:JMP Securities Downgrades Sunrun $RUN to Market Perform

10. SEDG:JMP Securities Downgrades SolarEdge Technologies $SEDG to Market Perform

11. VRX:$VRX downgraded to Neutral at Rodman & Renshaw – PT cut $23 from $81, maintains Overweight rating at Morgan Stanley – PT cut $25 from $42

12. VSLR:JMP Securities Downgrades Vivint Solar $VSLR to Market Perform

13. WCG:JPMorgan Downgrades WellCare Health Plans $WCG to Neutral

14. WK:Credit Suisse Downgrades Workiva $WK to Neutral

1. BMY:Bristol-Myers hands over $100M in cash for a new fibrosis drug, beefing up NASH focus $BMY

2. ANTH:$ANTH Blisibimod CHABLIS-SC1 Phase 3 Study Did Not Achieve the Primary Endpoint in Patients With Active Systemic Lupus Erythematosus #Fail

3. HALO:$HALO Announces Broad Clinical Collaboration Agreement To Evaluate PEGPH20 And Tecentriq In Up To Eight Tumor Types

4. IBB:$XBI up 2.7% $IBB up 1.93% in pm

5. SODA:$SODA Reports Q3 EPS $0.69 vs. Est. $0.23, Rev. $124.2M vs. Est. $115M – double digit growth 🙂

6. SGEN:$SGEN Receives FDA Breakthrough Therapy Designation for ADCETRIS® in Mycosis Fungoides & Primary Cutaneous Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma

7. MNKD:.@AdamSinger Neither do I, but it’s a bizarre announcement. Does $MNKD have compromising photos or similar?

8. CELG:@tgtxdough $IBB $CELG coiled spring of money flow may need to shift back over to biotech.

9. KSS:Kohl’s Reports Q3 Adj. EPS $0.80 vs $0.70 Est., Sales $4.327B vs $4.33B Est. $KSS

10. M:$KSS Father Christmas makes a bear skin rug. $M up next…

11. TUBE:$TUBE Adobe $ADBE to acquire TubeMogul for $14/sh

12. RDHL:$RDHL Reports Positive FDA Type B Meeting on RHB-105 for H. Pylori Infection Ahead of Confirmatory Phase III Study

1. Six thoughts on President Trump and the durability of the biotech stock rally

2. Bristol-Myers hands over $100M in cash for a new fibrosis drug, beefing up NASH focus

3. Opdivo (nivolumab) Demonstrates Overall Survival Benefit in Patients With Unresectable Advanced or Recurrent Gastric Cancer in Phase 3 Study

4. Halozyme Announces Broad Clinical Collaboration Agreement To Evaluate PEGPH20 And Tecentriq In Up To Eight Tumor Types

5. Andy Biotech on Twitter

6. Katy Perry Ditches Alibaba’s Concert After Anti-Trump Tweets

7. Tesla’s own numbers show Autopilot has higher crash rate than human drivers

8. AstraZeneca sees big healthcare changes under Trump

9. IEA sees global market awash with oil in 2017 if no OPEC cut

10. U.S. should have joined China-led infrastructure bank: Trump adviser