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2. Pfizer Discontinues Global Development of Bococizumab, Its Investigational PCSK9 Inhibitor | Pfizer: One of the world’s premier biopharmaceutical companies

Pfizer Inc. announced today the discontinuation of the global clinical development program for bococizumab, its investigational Proprotein Convertase Subtilisin Kexin type 9 inhibitor (PCSK9i). The totality of clinical information now available for bococizumab, taken together with the evolving treatment and market landscape for lipid-lowering agents, indicates that bococizumab is not likely to provide value to patients, physicians, or shareholders. As a result, Pfizer has decided to discontinue the development program, including the two ongoing cardiovascular outcome studies.

3. Pfizer Cuts Outlook, Ends Development of Cholesterol Drug

Pfizer Inc. on Tuesday lowered its earnings outlook for the year and said it was ending the development of a drug in the massive cholesterol-treatment sector.

4. Pfizer profit just misses; company scraps cholesterol drug

Pfizer Inc (PFE.N), the largest U.S. drugmaker, reported a quarterly adjusted profit that just missed analysts’ estimates, and the company shaved 4 cents off its 2016 earnings forecast after scrapping development of a cholesterol-lowering treatment.

5. Gannett ends talks to buy Tronc

This story is developing. Please check back for further updates.

6. Gannett Abandons Its Attempt to Buy Tronc

Newspaper company Gannett has dropped its bid to buy Chicago Tribune publisher Tronc, ending a monthslong pursuit of its rival.

7. Tronc is crashing after Gannett terminates buyout talks

The owner of the USA Today is not buying the owner of the Chicago Tribune and the stocks are crashing.

8. Gannett Abandons Effort to Buy Newspaper Publisher Tronc

Investor expectations will now present tough questions for the former Tribune Publishing, owner of The Los Angeles Times and Chicago Tribune.

9. SAP Ariba Celebrates Two Decades of Procurement Innovation

Twenty years ago, procurement was a manual function driven largely by phone calls, faxes and handshakes. Then along came the Internet. And a company n

10. Drugmaker Sanofi hungry for deals after earnings beat

French drugmaker Sanofi stepped up its overhaul on Friday, putting its European generic drugs business up for sale and saying that a planned 3.5 billion euro ($3.8 billion) share buyback would not suppress its appetite for deals.

11. Press Release | Investor Relations | Ionis Pharmaceuticals

CARLSBAD, Calif. , Nov. 1, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: IONS) announced positive data from a Phase 2 placebo-controlled study evaluating IONIS-FXI Rx in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) on hemodialysis. In this Phase 2 study patients treated with IONIS-FXI Rx achieved statistically significant, dose-dependent reductions in Factor XI activity. There were no clinically meaningful reductions in platelet levels and no treatment-related major or clinically relevant non-major bleeding events.

Technology News

1. 0day, unpatched, being actively exploited, sandbox esc, kern privesc win32k.sys via NtSetWindowLongPtr()

2. New York isnt failing as digital currency hub because Lawsky left, but because he was there in the first place.

3. Think Uber and Lyft fixed racism? Study finds drivers cancel on riders with black-sounding names twice as often:

4. The way they are handling twitter is fascinating: @potus keeps followers but content is transferred to @POTUS44

5. put another way, $600 million for a company with zero revenue

6. Just to be clear, you’re disclosing a zero day to “protect users” & your advice is patch it once patch is available?

7. Wait, well-intentioned but overzealous regulators got it wrong? Who could have predicted? #bitlicense #bitcoin

8. Tesla patched a damn _car_ in 10 days for a responsible disclosure; Microsoft should be faster for a kernel 0-day

9. Loved this examination of EUV lithography. It’s easy to take the technology behind today’s AI progress for granted.

10. Researchers find evidence that some Uber drivers discriminate against riders based on race.

PRE-MARKET | October 31, 2016 | $CVX, $AAPL, $CHKP, $MACK, $QCOM, $POT, $TEVA, $BIDU, $LOW, #Halloween #traders

by Alpha | Oct 31, 2016 | Pre-Market

PRE-MARKET MOVERS

1. CTL, LVLT:

$LVLT CenturyLink $CTL to Buy Level 3 for $34 Billion in Cash, Stock – BBG

2. BHI, GE:

$BHI GE $GE to Combine Oil and Gas Business With Baker Hughes – WSJ

3. SXC, SXCP:

$SXCP Suncoke Energy $SXC Announces Proposal to Acquire SunCoke Energy Partners for ~$17.80 – SI

4. CHKP:

$CHKP Israel’s Check Point Software third-quarter profit tops estimates – Reuters

5. CNX, NBL:

$CNX CONSOL Energy, Noble Energy $NBL to Separate Marcellus Shale Joint Venture – SI

6. HMC:

$HMC Honda Boosts Profit Forecast as SUVs Lead China Sales Surge – BBG

7. SNE:

$SNE Sony Cuts Forecast on Impairment for Sale of Battery Unit – BBG

8. AAPL, GS, TWX:

$TWX Goldman Sachs $GS pushes Apple $AAPL to make rival bid for Time Warner – NYPost

9. REGN, SNY: $REGN FDA rejects Sanofi/Regeneron’s sarilumab $SNY – PharmaTimes

10. HFC, SU: $SU HollyFrontier $HFC to buy Suncor’s Petro-Canada lubricants unit – Reuters

11. STJ: $STJ St. Jude Medical Announces ILUMIEN III Trial Met Primary Endpoint – Street Insider

12. BCLI: $BCLI Brainstorm Cell Therapeutics Receives U.S. Patent Related to Mesenchymal Stem Cells Technology – SI

13. MACK: $MACK Merrimack Generic Doxorubicin Hydrochloride Liposome Injection ANDA Accepted for Review by FDA

14. CAH: $CAH Cardinal Health beats profit expectations but cuts outlook – MarketWatch

15. DO: $DO Diamond Offshore Announces Third Quarter 2016 Results – PRNewswire

16. ARIA: $ARIA ARIAD Announces U.S. FDA Acceptanct of Brigatinib NDA; Request for Priority Review Granted – SI

17. LL:

$LL Lumber Liquidators Announces Third Quarter 2016 Financial Results – PRNewswire

18. MEMP:

$MEMP Memorial Production Partners to Suspend Quarterly Cash Distributions; Explore Strategic Alts – SI

UPGRADES

1. ABX:Barrick Gold was Upgraded to a Hold Rating at Mackie Research $ABX

2. ADTN:Northland Capital Markets Upgrades ADTRAN $ADTN to Outperform

3. AGN, HZNP, TEVA:Mizuho cut $hznp PT ahead of earnings. CS upgrades $teva to outperform. Barclays reiterates = weight for $agn.

4. AIV:Mizuho Securities Upgrades Apartment Investment Management $AIV to Buy

5. AIV, EQR:Aimco, Equity Residential upgraded at Mizuho

6. AYI:Wells Fargo Upgrades Acuity Brands $AYI to Outperform

7. CMPR:Cimpress was Upgraded to a Hold Rating at Axiom $CMPR

8. CVX:$CVX upgraded to Buy at Goldman Sachs

9. DE:$DE upgraded to Outperform at Baird

10. EQR:Mizuho Securities Upgrades Equity Residential $EQR to Neutral

11. FBHS:JPMorgan Upgrades Fortune Brands Home $FBHS to Overweight

12. HUBS:JPMorgan Upgrades HubSpot Inc $HUBS to Overweight

13. INVA:$inva upgraded to outperform by Cowen.

14. JWN, M:Macy’s upgraded to buy from hold, Nordstrom downgraded to hold from buy at Deutsche Bank. $M $JWN #retail #stocks

15. KMT:Goldman Sachs Upgrades Kennametal $KMT to Buy

16. M:Macy’s on the move after Deutsche Bank upgrade

17. MPLX:Jefferies Upgrades MPLX LP $MPLX to Buy

18. NXPI, QCOM:Nomura Securities Upgrades Qualcomm $QCOM to Buy; NXP $NXPI to Add a Ton of Scale

19. POT:Atlantic Equities Upgrades Potash Corp. $POT to Neutral

20. QCOM:$QCOM upgraded to Buy at Nomura

21. RGC:UPDATE: B. Riley Upgrades Regal Entertainment $RGC to Buy

22. RRC:Goldman Sachs Upgrades Range Resources $RRC to Conviction Buy

23. TEVA:$TEVA upgraded to Outperform at Credit Suisse – PT cut $52 from $59

24. TWX:Time Warner upgraded to outperform from market perform at FBR. Price target raised from $97 to $104. $TWX 10/28 clo…

25. WSFS:Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Upgrades WSFS Financial $WSFS to Outperform

DOWNGRADES

1. AN:BofA/Merrill Lynch Downgrades AutoNation Inc. $AN to Neutral

2. AON:RBC Capital Downgrades Aon Corp $AON to Sector Perform

3. BIDU:$BIDU downgraded to Neutral at Macquarie

4. CSTR:Compass Point Downgrades Coinstar $CSTR to Neutral

5. EVEP:UPDATE: Stifel Downgrades EV Energy Partners $EVEP to Hold

6. GTLS:Chart Industries was Downgraded to a Hold Rating at Evercore ISI $GTLS

7. HD:$HD downgraded to neutral at PiperJaffray

8. JWN:Deutsche Bank Downgrades Nordstrom Inc to Hold $JWN

9. JWN, M:Macy’s upgraded to buy from hold, Nordstrom downgraded to hold from buy at Deutsche Bank. $M $JWN #retail #stocks

10. LOW:Lowe’s was Downgraded to a Hold Rating at Piper Jaffray $LOW

11. MEMP:UPDATE: Stifel Downgrades Memorial Production Partners $MEMP to Sell

12. MEOH:UBS Downgrades Methanex $MEOH to Sell

13. NKE:$NKE downgraded to Underperform at Bank of America

14. PERI:Benchmark Downgrades Perion Network Ltd. $PERI to Hold

15. WCIC:Raymond James Downgrades WCI Communities $WCIC to Market Perform

16. XOM:$XOM downgraded to Neutral at GoldmanSachs

EARNINGS

1. DO:$DO reports FQ3 earnings of 10c EPS and $349.18M Revs –

2. LL:$LL reports FQ3 earnings of -68c EPS and $244.08M Revs –

3. BWP:$BWP reports FQ3 earnings of 19c EPS and $303.30M Revs –

4. INCR:$INCR reports FQ3 earnings of 64c EPS and $259.56M Revs –

5. INCR:$INCR reports inline with the Estimize EPS Consensus and misses the Estimize Revenue Consensus by $3.32M –

6. CHKP:$CHKP reports FQ3 earnings of $1.13 EPS and $427.57M Revs –

7. CNA:$CNA reports FQ3 earnings of $1.15 EPS and $2.43B Revs –

8. EEP:$EEP reports FQ3 earnings of 9c EPS and $1.12B Revs –

9. SALT:$SALT reports FQ3 earnings of -30c EPS and $23.94M Revs –

10. ROP:$ROP reports FQ3 earnings of $1.65 EPS and $947.30M Revs –

11. CAH:$CAH reports FQ1 earnings of $1.24 EPS and $32.04B Revs –

12. CTB:$CTB reports FQ3 earnings of $1.04 EPS and $750.91M Revs –

13. DSPG:$DSPG reports FQ3 earnings of 19c EPS and $38.77M Revs –

14. LPX:$LPX reports FQ3 earnings of 32c EPS and $596.40M Revs –

15. AWI:$AWI reports FQ3 earnings of 76c EPS and $334.90M Revs –

16. ERJ:$ERJ reports FQ3 earnings of 43c EPS and $1.51B Revs –

17. SO:$SO reports FQ3 earnings of $1.28 EPS and $6.26B Revs –

18. WMB:$WMB reports FQ3 earnings of 20c EPS and $1.91B Revs –

19. AMG:$AMG reports FQ3 earnings of $3.02 EPS and $544.70M Revs –

20. AMG:$AMG reports inline with the Estimize EPS Consensus and misses the Estimize Revenue Consensus by $28.98M –

21. BSFT:$BSFT reports FQ3 earnings of 52c EPS and $84.12M Revs –

22. ZBH:$ZBH reports FQ3 earnings of $1.79 EPS and $1.83B Revs –

23. NEE:$NEE reports FQ3 earnings of $1.74 EPS and $4.81B Revs –

24. PEG:$PEG reports FQ3 earnings of 88c EPS and $2.45B Revs –

25. TECH:$TECH reports FQ1 earnings of 84c EPS and $130.58M Revs –

26. SCCO:$SCCO reports FQ3 earnings of 26c EPS and $1.40B Revs –

27. LVLT:$LVLT reports FQ3 earnings of 39c EPS and $2.03B Revs –

28. SB:$SB reports FQ3 earnings of -15c EPS and $27.12M Revs –

29. CTL:$CTL reports FQ3 earnings of 56c EPS and $4.38B Revs –

30. CTL:$CTL reports inline with the Estimize EPS Consensus and beats the Estimize Revenue Consensus by $1.57M –

Trending Social Alerts

1. ARIA:$ARIA – brigatinib PDUFA April 29, 2017.

2. TMH:Blackstone to Acquire TeamHealth Holdings $TMH in ~$6.1B Deal $$

3. SBUX:So Starbucks as a saloon… $SBUX $BWLD $$

4. CAH:$CAH Cardinal Health Q1 17 Earnings Results: -Adj EPS: $1.24 -Revenue: $32B

5. CTL:CenturyLink $CTL to Acquire Level 3 Communications $LVLT for $34B

6. OPHT:$OPHT Fovista Ph2b data published in Ophthalmology, timely before the big Ph3 binary event

Trending News Headlines

1. GE to Combine Oil and Gas Business With Baker Hughes

General Electric reached a deal to combine its oil-and-gas business with Baker Hughes, creating a publicly traded energy powerhouse that would give GE a cost-effective way to play any recovery in the industry.

2. Bauer ice hockey gear maker files bankruptcy in U.S. and Canada

Performance Sports Group Ltd (PSG.TO) (PSG.N), the maker of Bauer ice hockey gear, said on Monday it has filed for bankruptcy protection in the United States and Canada to facilitate a restructuring and sale of almost all of its assets.

3. TeamHealth to be Acquired by Blackstone

KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Oct. 31, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — TeamHealth Holdings, Inc. (“TeamHealth” or the “Company”) (NYSE:…

4. Ophthotech Announces the Publication of Fovista® in Combination with Lucentis® Phase 2b Study Results in Ophthalmology®, the Journal of the American Academy of Ophthalmology

Ophthotech Corporation today announced that the Phase 2b study results of Fovista® , the Company’s anti-PDGF agent administered in combination with Lucentis® anti-VEGF therapy for the treatment of wet age-related macular degeneration , have been published online in Ophthalmology®, the journal of

5. ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Initiates Phase II Study of Pimavanserin in Alzheimer’s Disease Agitation

ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc. , a biopharmaceutical company focused on innovative treatments that address unmet medical needs in central nervous system disorders, today announced the initiation of SERENE, a Phase II study with pimavanserin for the treatment of agitation in patients with Alzheimer’s disease

6. Why After A Massive Run, CoLucid Shares Still Look Attractive

Mirgraine, CoLucid, NASDAQ:CLCD, BioNap, JNapodano, lasmiditan

7. MGM Resorts ready to bet up to $10 billion on Japan casino, possibly via REIT

Las Vegas-based MGM Resorts International (MGM.N) could plow almost $10 billion into a Japanese casino via a publicly traded real estate investment trust, its chief executive said on Monday, as Tokyo inches closer to legalizing the industry.

8. CenturyLink to Buy Level 3 Communications for $25 Billion

CenturyLink Inc. said Monday that it reached a cash-and-stock deal to buy Level 3 Communications Inc. for roughly $25 billion, a marriage that would give the communications companies more heft to weather a competitive landscape.

9. GE Nears Deal to Combine Oil-and-Gas Business With Baker Hughes

General Electric Co. is nearing a roughly $30 billion deal to combine its oil-and-gas business with Baker Hughes Inc., creating an energy powerhouse that would give GE a cost-effective way to play any recovery in the industry.

Technology News

1. We’ll convert your Vines to GIFs and save the original sound. Long live the loop! Read more:

2. That moment when one of your biggest proprietary competitors uses your Open Source code …

3. “We press a button and BOOM! All the devices in the mall are infected and traceable.”

4. Apple is pulling off a variant of what I wanted at Google: secure enclaves for the user, not DRM. Kudos to Apple!

5. Careful, thorough @ow critique of the new MacBook Pro:

6. Our CEO Avishai Abrahami published an open letter in response to Matt Mullenweg:

7. Harsh and not exactly fair but also extremely accurate, on the snooze factory that is Apple

8. Four identical ports with vastly different power / bandwidth specs seems like a huge mistake.

9. How the UAE is recruiting hackers to create the perfect surveillance state

10. Your tweets are super valuable, but there’s a dark side to the Twitter firehose too

PRE-MARKET | October 28, 2016 | $AMZN, $MA, XON, $TSLA, $AAPL, $SPY, $GOOGL, $TWTR, $BHI, $UTHR, $COP, BIDU, $MCK

by Alpha | Oct 28, 2016 | Pre-Market

PRE-MARKET MOVERS

1. BHI, GE:

$BHI jumpy after reportedly in talks with $GE

2. MA:

$MA Beats Q3 by 10c and glob purchase on the up

3. GOOGL:

$GOOGL Alphabet unched after earnings beat, buyback. Get ready for straddle crush

4. AMZN:

$AMZN Earnings. Miss by 26c…

5. GT:

$GT Misses revs; cuts guidance.

UPGRADES

1. AKS:Jefferies Upgrades AK Steel $AKS to Buy

2. ALXN:$ALXN upgraded from Underperform to Mkt Perform at FBR. PT $130

3. COP:$COP upgraded to Overweight at PiperJaffray

4. EQT:Citi Upgrades EQT Corp. $EQT to Buy

5. EVR:Nomura Securities Upgrades Evercore Partners $EVR to Buy

6. FISV:Fiserv was Upgraded to a Buy Rating at Robert W. Baird $FISV

7. SRCL:Stifel Upgrades Stericycle $SRCL to Buy

8. TWTR:$TWTR maintains Buy rating at Goldman Sachs – PT cut $22 from $23, upgraded to Perform at Oppenheimer

9. UTHR:Ladenburg Thalmann Upgrades United Therapeutics Corp. $UTHR to Buy

DOWNGRADES

1. AGEN:H.C. Wainwright Downgrades Agenus Inc. to Hold $AGEN

2. BIDU:$BIDU downgrades to Neutral at Credit Suisse – PT cut $173 from $184

3. BMS:Bemis Company was Downgraded to a Hold Rating at Merrill Lynch $BMS

4. CAH:Cardinal Health downgraded to neutral from outperform at Baird. Price target cut by $10 to $82. $CAH -9.39% at 67.7…

5. EA:$EA downgraded to Market Perform at Cowen & Co

6. EHTH:Craig-Hallum Downgrades eHealth $EHTH to Hold

7. GNC:Piper Jaffray Downgrades GNC Corp. $GNC to Underweight

8. LN:Analysts at Deutsche Bank, Jefferies downgrade #Line to hold.

9. MCK:McKesson was Downgraded to a Hold Rating at Leerink Swann $MCK

10. NXPI:Baird Downgrades NXP Semiconductors NV $NXPI to Neutral

EARNINGS

1. CPN:$CPN reports FQ3 earnings of 52c EPS and $2.36B Revs –

2. HUN:$HUN reports FQ3 earnings of 38c EPS and $2.36B Revs –

3. FET:$FET reports FQ3 earnings of -19c EPS and $138.30M Revs –

4. FET:$FET reports inline with the Estimize EPS Consensus and misses the Estimize Revenue Consensus by $5.93M –

5. B:$B reports FQ3 earnings of 71c EPS and $311.56M Revs –

6. IMGN:$IMGN reports FQ1 earnings of -51c EPS and $7.66M Revs –

7. NWL:$NWL reports FQ3 earnings of 78c EPS and $3.96B Revs –

8. COG:$COG reports FQ3 earnings of -4c EPS and $310.43M Revs –

9. AON:$AON reports FQ3 earnings of $1.29 EPS and $2.75B Revs –

10. BLMN:$BLMN reports FQ3 earnings of 20c EPS and $1B Revs –

11. BLMN:$BLMN reports inline with the Estimize EPS Consensus and misses the Estimize Revenue Consensus by $6.52M –

12. GVA:$GVA reports FQ3 earnings of 92c EPS and $803.91M Revs –

13. WETF:$WETF reports FQ3 earnings of 6c EPS and $51.79M Revs –

14. HSY:$HSY reports FQ3 earnings of $1.29 EPS and $2B Revs –

15. MGI:$MGI reports FQ3 earnings of 25c EPS and $383.10M Revs –

16. AAN:$AAN reports FQ3 earnings of 50c EPS and $768.98M Revs –

17. PNM:$PNM reports FQ3 earnings of 78c EPS and $400.37M Revs –

18. TYPE:$TYPE reports FQ3 earnings of 18c EPS and $54.68M Revs –

19. RUTH:$RUTH reports FQ3 earnings of 10c EPS and $83.77M Revs –

20. ARLP:$ARLP reports FQ3 earnings of 91c EPS and $552.07M Revs –

21. LPNT:$LPNT reports FQ3 earnings of 94c EPS and $1.59B Revs –

22. CBOE:$CBOE reports FQ3 earnings of 58c EPS and $156.21M Revs –

23. CBOE:$CBOE reports inline with the Estimize EPS Consensus and misses the Estimize Revenue Consensus by $3.85M –

24. TEN:$TEN reports FQ3 earnings of $1.53 EPS and $2.10B Revs –

25. TEN:$TEN reports inline with the Estimize EPS Consensus and misses the Estimize Revenue Consensus by $25.13M –

26. CIR:$CIR reports FQ3 earnings of 46c EPS and $134.83M Revs –

27. PSXP:$PSXP reports FQ3 earnings of 57c EPS and $144.30M Revs –

28. GT:$GT reports FQ3 earnings of $1.17 EPS and $3.85B Revs –

29. PBF:$PBF reports FQ3 earnings of -12c EPS and $4.51B Revs –

30. MA:$MA reports FQ3 earnings of $1.08 EPS and $2.88B Revs –

31. XRX:$XRX reports FQ3 earnings of 27c EPS and $4.21B Revs –

32. XOM:$XOM reports FQ3 earnings of 63c EPS and $58.68B Revs –

33. AN:$AN reports FQ3 earnings of $1.11 EPS and $5.57B Revs –

34. ABBV:$ABBV reports FQ3 earnings of $1.21 EPS and $6.43B Revs –

35. RCL:$RCL reports FQ3 earnings of $3.20 EPS and $2.56B Revs –

36. CVX:$CVX reports FQ3 earnings of 68c EPS and $30.14B Revs –

37. SWC:$SWC reports FQ3 earnings of 10c EPS and $196.62M Revs –

38. PSX:$PSX reports FQ3 earnings of $1.05 EPS and $22.04B Revs –

Trending Social Alerts

1. XOM:$XOM Exxon Mobil Q3 16 Earnings Results: -Adj EPS: $0.63 -Revenue: $58.68B

2. HSY:Hershey beats by $0.10, beats on revenue #premarket $HSY

3. MCK:Pricing… pricing… pricing $MCK -16% $ABC -12% $CAH -11%

4. GNCA:12-month data show Genocea’s genital herpes candidate stimulates immune response; shares ahead 1… #premarket $GNCA

5. CEMP:$CEMP manufacturing woes as detailed in the 10Q

6. MA:Mastercard Reports Q3 EPS $1.08 vs $0.98 Est., Sales $2.9B vs $2.75B Est. $MA

7. OPXA:$OPXA halted news pending

Trending News Headlines

1. General Electric Pursues Deal With Baker Hughes

GGeneral Electric is in talks to merge its oil-and-gas business with Baker Hughes, according to people familiar with the matter, a transaction that would dramatically reshape the industrial giant.

2. Apple Has Raised Computer Prices by 20% Because of Brexit

Apple Inc. quietly raised the cost of some of its products in Britain by 20 percent, the latest blow to U.K. consumers after the decision to leave the European Union sent the pound sliding.

3. j l on Twitter

“$CEMP manufacturing woes as detailed in the 10Q”

Technology News

1. Apple raises some computer prices by 20% because of Brexit

2. Towards that end, looking forward to the launch of @zcashco today. Congrats to @zooko and team. Great overview here:

3. Zcash market analyst Arthur Hayes describes the enthusiasm ahead of the upcoming launch as “deafening”

4. My favorite thing about the new MacBook Pros? The giant trackpads. Big enough to nap on.

5. Twitter dumping Vine means it exits talent wars

6. Amazing thing: net tax, it’s actually cheaper to buy a computer in the UK than US. That’s how far the pound’s fallen

7. Amazon CFO explains lower profits by reminding media/analysts of record 18 warehouses opened in Q3. Also video spend

8. Suspect the true test will be uptake on the darknet markets

9. With an SSD capacity range of 256 gigs to 2 TBs it would still be much more reasonable if Apple added upgrades after purchase.

PRE-MARKET | October 26, 2016 | $AAPL, $CMG, $TWTR, $DIS, $BA, $BIIB, $TSLA, $SPY, $LUV, $KO, $GRPN, $BWLD, $WDC

by Alpha | Oct 26, 2016 | Pre-Market

PRE-MARKET MOVERS

1. OGXI:

$OGXI OncoGenex Shares Climb As Apatorsen Trial Meets Primary Goal Of Overall Survival – Nasdaq

2. AKAM:

$AKAM Akamai’s Q3 gets boost from security services – ZDNet

3. FNBC:

$FNBC First NBC Bank Disagrees with ‘Unfounded Assertions’ in the Market – Street Insider

4. GRMN:

$GRMN Garmin’s Q3 Earnings and Revenues Beat Estimates – Zacks

5. JNPR:

$JNPR Juniper Networks Tops Q3 EPS by 6c; Issues Confident Q4 Outlook – Street Insider

6. VRTX:

$VRTX Vertex Pharmaceutical reports narrower loss – MarketWatch

7. PNRA:

$PNRA Panera Bread Tops Q3 EPS by 3c; Raises Outlook – Street Insider

8. DIS, TWTR:

$TWTR Walt Disney Co $DIS said to have rekindled interest in buying Twitter; price agreed – Betaville

9. IRBT:

$IRBT IRobot beats 3Q profit forecasts – AP

10. KO:

$KO Coca-Cola beats earnings estimates, but net revenues fall – CNBC

11. NOC:

$NOC Northrop Grumman Raises Forecast – WSJ

12. BIIB:

$BIIB Biogen profit beats estimates on sales of MS drug – MarketWatch

13. IR:

$IR Ingersoll-Rand beats Street 3Q forecasts – AP

14. BA:

$BA Boeing profit jumps, raises commercial airplanes delivery forecast – Reuters

15. SAN:

$SAN Santander profit edges higher, beats expectations – MW

16. LEA:

$LEA Lear Corp. Tops Q3 EPS by 23c; Raises Outlook – SI

17. VNO:

$VNO Vornado Said to Weigh Selling Washington Unit to JBG Via Spinoff – BBG

18. ESRX: $ESRX Express Scripts meets 3Q profit forecasts – Fox Biz

19. CMCSA: $CMCSA Comcast Reports Strong Earnings, Powered by Rio Olympics – WSJ

20. DFS:

$DFS Discover Financial profit up on loan growth – MarketWatch

21. AZN:

$AZN AstraZeneca reports positive cancer drug trial – Market Watch

22. USNA:

$USNA USANA Health Sciences Tops Q3 EPS by 27c; Trims Outlook – SI

23. COF:

$COF Capital One Profit Falls, Revenue Increases – WSJ

24. AZN, TSRO:

$TSRO AstraZeneca $AZN Now a Competitive Threat to Tesaro in Ovarian Cancer Maintenance Therapy – A F

25. AAPL:

$AAPL Apple Earnings, iPhone Sales Keep Falling – Forbes

26. CMG:

$CMG Chipotle’s Sales Decline Sharply for Fourth Straight Quarter – Fortune

27. COLL:

$COLL Collegium Announces Proposed Public Offering of Common Stock – nasdaq Read more:

28. AIXG:

$AIXG U.S. warned Berlin on China-Aixtron deal: Handelsblatt – Reuters

29. DPLO:

$DPLO Diplomat Pharmacy CFO Sean Whelan to Step Down; Paul Urick Promoted to President – SI

30. P:

$P Pandora Cuts Outlook Amid Fewer Active Listeners, Higher Costs – WSJ

31. WFT:

$WFT Weatherford posts $1.78 billion loss on charges – MW

32. NUVA:

$NUVA NuVasive Reports In-Line Q3 EPS, Trims FY Revenue Guidance – SI

33. EW:

$EW Edwards Lifesciences Q3 Revenue Misses, Stock Plunges Late – IBD

UPGRADES

1. AKAM:Akamai was Upgraded to a Hold Rating at FBR Capital $AKAM

2. CMP:Monness Upgrades Compass Minerals Intl Inc to Hold $CMP

3. PRTO:$PRTO upgraded to Strong Buy from Outperform at Raymond James. PT $19

4. TWX:$TWX upgraded to Overweight at Barclays – PT raise $95 from $74

DOWNGRADES

1. CMG:$CMG downgraded to Neutral at Credit Suisse – PT cut $375 from $500

2. FCEL:#FuelCell Energy downgraded to market perform from outperform at FBR. Price target cut from $9 to $5.. $FCEL 10/25…

3. GM:$GM downgraded to Neutral at Bank of America

4. LOW:Wedbush Downgrades Lowe’s $LOW to Neutral

5. P:$P downgraded to Underweight at Albert Fried – PT cut $8 from $16

6. RIG:$RIG downgraded to Underweight at Morgan Stanley

7. T:$T downgraded to Equal-Weight at Barclay

8. TMH:Leerink Swann Downgrades Team Health Holdings to Hold $TMH

9. UA:UPDATE: Cowen Downgrades Under Armour, Inc. $UA to Market Perform

10. WAB:Longbow Research Downgrades Wabtec $WAB to Neutral

EARNINGS

1. GNRC:$GNRC reports FQ3 earnings of 82c EPS and $373.12M Revs –

2. EXAS:$EXAS reports FQ3 earnings of -36c EPS and $28.12M Revs –

3. GRA:$GRA reports FQ3 earnings of 80c EPS and $404.50M Revs –

4. HLT:$HLT reports FQ3 earnings of 23c EPS and $2.94B Revs –

5. AIT:$AIT reports FQ1 earnings of 70c EPS and $624.85M Revs –

6. BSX:$BSX reports FQ3 earnings of 27c EPS and $2.11B Revs –

7. BSX:$BSX reports inline with the Estimize EPS Consensus and beats the Estimize Revenue Consensus by $45.27M –

8. WYN:$WYN reports FQ3 earnings of $1.89 EPS and $1.57B Revs –

9. WYN:$WYN reports inline with the Estimize EPS Consensus and misses the Estimize Revenue Consensus by $20.59M –

10. ICD:$ICD reports FQ3 earnings of -17c EPS and $14.46M Revs –

11. IR:$IR reports FQ3 earnings of $1.41 EPS and $3.57B Revs –

12. STRA:$STRA reports FQ3 earnings of 25c EPS and $102.16M Revs –

13. NOC:$NOC reports FQ3 earnings of $3.02 EPS and $6.16B Revs –

14. LUV:$LUV reports FQ3 earnings of 93c EPS and $5.14B Revs –

15. POL:$POL reports FQ3 earnings of 56c EPS and $843.60M Revs –

16. POL:$POL reports inline with the Estimize EPS Consensus and beats the Estimize Revenue Consensus by $5.14M –

17. AOS:$AOS reports FQ3 earnings of 47c EPS and $683.90M Revs –

18. LH:$LH reports FQ3 earnings of $2.25 EPS and $2.37B Revs –

19. RES:$RES reports FQ3 earnings of -18c EPS and $175.88M Revs –

20. KO:$KO reports FQ3 earnings of 49c EPS and $10.63B Revs –

21. KO:$KO reports inline with the Estimize EPS Consensus and beats the Estimize Revenue Consensus by $6.19M –

22. BCO:$BCO reports FQ3 earnings of 64c EPS and $734.90M Revs –

23. BIIB:$BIIB reports FQ3 earnings of $5.19 EPS and $2.96B Revs –

24. ENTG:$ENTG reports FQ3 earnings of 24c EPS and $296.69M Revs –

25. LEA:$LEA reports FQ3 earnings of $3.19 EPS and $4.53B Revs –

26. NDAQ:$NDAQ reports FQ3 earnings of 91c EPS and $585M Revs –

27. PAG:$PAG reports FQ3 earnings of $1.03 EPS and $5.15B Revs –

28. SLGN:$SLGN reports FQ3 earnings of $1.23 EPS and $1.14B Revs –

29. SONS:$SONS reports FQ3 earnings of 12c EPS and $65.01M Revs –

30. STT:$STT reports FQ3 earnings of $1.35 EPS and $2.75B Revs –

31. WM:$WM reports FQ3 earnings of 84c EPS and $3.55B Revs –

32. MDCO:$MDCO reports FQ3 earnings of -64c EPS and $37.60M Revs –

33. OC:$OC reports FQ3 earnings of $1.09 EPS and $1.52B Revs –

34. WEC:$WEC reports FQ3 earnings of 69c EPS and $1.71B Revs –

35. GRMN:$GRMN reports FQ3 earnings of 75c EPS and $722.25M Revs –

36. SLAB:$SLAB reports FQ3 earnings of 77c EPS and $178.08M Revs –

37. CMCSA:$CMCSA reports FQ3 earnings of 92c EPS and $19.70B Revs –

38. GD:$GD reports FQ3 earnings of $2.48 EPS and $7.73B Revs –

39. BA:$BA reports FQ3 earnings of $3.51 EPS and $23.90B Revs –

40. HES:$HES reports FQ3 earnings of $-1.12 EPS and $1.20B Revs –

41. LRN:$LRN reports FQ1 earnings of -36c EPS and $229.14M Revs –

42. SIX:$SIX reports FQ3 earnings of $1.09 EPS and $557.60M Revs –

43. VNTV:$VNTV reports FQ3 earnings of 71c EPS and $490.66M Revs –

44. VNTV:$VNTV reports inline with the Estimize EPS Consensus and beats the Estimize Revenue Consensus by $13.84M –

45. VG:$VG reports FQ3 earnings of 8c EPS and $248.36M Revs –

46. NSC:$NSC reports FQ3 earnings of $1.55 EPS and $2.52B Revs –

47. WOOF:$WOOF reports FQ3 earnings of 79c EPS and $656.85M Revs –

48. MDLZ:$MDLZ reports FQ3 earnings of 52c EPS and $6.40B Revs –

49. AGCO:$AGCO reports FQ3 earnings of 51c EPS and $1.76B Revs –

50. BOKF:$BOKF reports FQ3 earnings of $1.13 EPS and $379.19M Revs –

51. FLIR:$FLIR reports FQ3 earnings of 44c EPS and $405.23M Revs –

52. EXC:$EXC reports FQ3 earnings of 91c EPS and $8.84B Revs –

53. CAB:$CAB reports FQ3 earnings of 53c EPS and $996.50M Revs –

54. BEN:$BEN reports FQ4 earnings of 82c EPS and $1.61B Revs –

55. SAIA:$SAIA reports FQ3 earnings of 54c EPS and $316.44M Revs –

56. GRUB:$GRUB reports FQ3 earnings of 23c EPS and $123.46M Revs –

Trending Social Alerts

1. BIIB:$BIIB Q3 Tecfidera sales $1.03B, slight beat but helped by $40-50M inventory build.

2. LUV:Southwest Airlines Q3 EPS $0.93 vs $0.88 est, Revenue $5.14B vs $5.17B est. $LUV

3. CMCSA:EARNINGS ALERT: Comcast EPS beats $0.92 vs. $0.91 • revs. beat $21.319B vs. $21.165B $CMCSA

4. BA:Boeing Q3 EPS $3.51 vs $2.62 est, Revenue $23.9B vs $23.6B est. $BA

5. KO:Coca Cola Q3 EPS $0.49 vs $0.48 est, Revenue $10.63B vs $10.51B est. $KO

6. SIX:$SIX results look pretty dismal after 7,000 Nov. $50 puts bought yesterday into the report

7. CMG:Credit Suisse Downgrades Chipotle Mexican Grill $CMG to Neutral; ‘New Normal’

8. NERV:$NERV Announces Positive Data From Six-Month Extension of Phase IIb Trial of MIN-101 Monotherapy in Schizophrenia

9. SRPT:Shhh…. Don’t tell the $SRPT ankle biters.

10. VRTX:Why is $VRTX incapable of providing investors with unambiguously good news? There’s always drama, something to worry about.

11. DVAX:$DVAX PR “induced significantly higher seroprotection rates than the approved hepatitis B vaccine Engerix-B”

12. PNRA:$PNRA :”Trade Idea 1: Buy the November 195/190-185 1×2 Put Spread for a $1 credit.” keep the credit, can BTC 185 to release margin

Trending News Headlines

1. Here’s How Goldman Sachs Fires People

The first “plant layoff” notice came in February: 43 people would lose their jobs.

2. Biogen profit beats estimates on sales of MS drug

3. U.S. warned Berlin on China-Aixtron deal: Handelsblatt

U.S. intelligence services warned Berlin that a now on-hold Chinese takeover of German semiconductor equipment maker Aixtron (AIXGn.DE) could give Beijing access to technology that could be used for military purposes, business daily Handelsblatt said.

4. Comcast Reports Strong Earnings, Powered by Rio Olympics

Comcast Corp. reported better-than-expected financial results and added video customers in the third quarter, as its NBCUniversal business saw strong growth powered by the Rio Olympics.

Technology News

1. #Breaking: We’ve reached a $12 million settlement with DraftKings and FanDuel for false and deceptive advertising:

2. @ismh – For the escape key — Apple also added in Escape as a remappable key in 10.12.1 (wasn’t in 10.12.0); see

3. Software does not make it cheaper to dig holes

4. Apple’s quarterly sales figures: iPhone sales: 45.51M iPad sales: 9.27M Mac sales: 4.89M More on our live blog:

5. R&D expense growth slowing a tad. Titan auto hardware layoffs + existing Titan hardware investments already made.

6. Sucks being CEO and then not-CEO of difficult-thing-that-needs-a-lot-of-faith.

7. “if the Pixels don’t get Google employees who use iPhones to switch, nothing will”

8. Apple cash position $237.6 billion ($231.5 billion previous)

9. P = GAAP net loss $61.5M. Wholesale transfer pricing power.

10. Summary hot takes on a @googlefiber announcement: Glaring lack of any subject matter expertise! 40% more snark!

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PRE-MARKET | October 25, 2016 | $CAT, $AAPL, $GM, $CMG, $UA, $P, $TWTR, $PG, $SLB, $DAL, $FCX, $S, $AKAM, $VRTX

by Alpha | Oct 25, 2016 | Pre-Market

PRE-MARKET MOVERS

1. SAEX:

$SAEX SAExploration Receives ~$24.4M in Tax Credit Certificates from Alaska’s DoR – SI

2. CWEI:

$CWEI Clayton Williams Energy Announces Agreement to Sell Giddings Area Assets for $400 Million – BW

3. SWFT:

$SWFT Swift Transportation Posts Higher Profit, Lower Revenue – WSJ

4. LXRX:

$LXRX Lexicon Pharma Announces Sotagliflozin Phase 2 Met Primary Endpoint in T2D – Street Insider

5. RMBS:

$RMBS Rambus Jumps on Q3 Earnings Beat, Higher Q4 View – Barrons

6. BHI:

$BHI Baker Hughes posts smaller-than-expected loss as cost cuts pay off – Reuters

7. ORAN:

$ORAN Orange Shares Jump as French Business Shows Signs of Improvement – BBG

8. PG:

$PG Procter & Gamble Profit Rises – WSJ

9. BAX:

$BAX Baxter International Beats Q3 Earnings & Sales – Zacks

10. CLGX:

$CLGX Corelogic Tops Q3 EPS by 7c, Expects to Achieve Upper Ends of FY16 Guidance – SI

11. UTX:

$UTX United Technologies Beats Q3 Earnings, Revises Outlook

12. LMT:

$LMT Lockheed Martin Revenue Soars, and It Boosts Guidance – WSJ

13. DD:

$DD DuPont Boosts Profit Forecast Amid Rise in Revenue – WSJ

14. GLW:

$GLW Corning posts 10% revenue climb – MarketWatch

15. CXO: $CXO Concho, Private-Equity Investors Seek Buyer for Alpha Crude Connector – WSJ

16. CVX, TOT:

$TOT Total, Glencore and Gunvor bidding for Chevron’s $CVX South African assets – Rueters

17. V:

$V Visa Fiscal Q4 Earnings, Revenue Beat But Outlook Light – IBD

18. LLY:

$LLY Eli Lilly’s Profit Dented by Higher Costs – WSJ

19. CAT:

$CAT Caterpillar Says Sales Woes Could Linger – WSJ

20. MMM:

$MMM Post-it maker 3M trims forecasts for second time – Rueters

21. CRZO, SN:

$CRZO Carrizo Buys Sanchez’s $SN Eagle Ford Assets For $180 Million – Oil & Gas Investor

22. PRA:

$PRA ProAssurance Announces Preliminary Results for Third Quarter 2016 – PRNewswire

23. NVS:

$NVS Novartis Profit Falls as Generics Hurt Sales of Gleevec Drug – BBG

24. NMFC:

$NMFC New Mountain Finance Corporation Commences Offering of 5,000,000 Shares of Common Stock – BW

25. WNC:

$WNC Wabash National Corporation Announces Third Quarter 2016 Results – GlobeNewswire

26. BPL:

$BPL Buckeye Partners to acquire 50% of VTTI, a Vitol Group company – PRNewswire

27. NLSN:

$NLSN Nielsen Holdings Misses Q3 EPS by 2c; Guides FY16 EPS Below the Street – Street Insider

28. SONC:

$SONC Sonic Shares Plunge Lower After Missing On Revenue Estimates – Benzinga

29. UA:

$UA Under Armour Tumbles After Forecast Renews Fears of Slowdown – BBG

30. DPRX:

$DPRX Dipexium’s stock plunges in active trade after trial fails trials – MarketWatch

UPGRADES

1. AEM:Raymond James Upgrades Agnico-Eagle Mines Ltd. $AEM to Outperform

2. BHLB:Compass Point Upgrades Berkshire Hills Bancorp $BHLB to Neutral

3. CHK:$CHK upgraded to Sector Perform at RBC Capital

4. MKC:Credit Suisse Upgrades McCormick & Company $MKC to Outperform

5. TWX:Wedbush Upgrades Time Warner $TWX to Outperform; Expects the Deal to Go Through

DOWNGRADES

1. ARIA:$ARIA downgraded to Market Perform at JMP Securities.

2. ERIC:JPMorgan Downgrades Ericsson $ERIC to Neutral

3. MBVT:Sandler O’Neill Downgrades Merchants Bancshares Inc. $MBVT to Hold

4. OPB:Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Downgrades Opus Bank $OPB to Market Perform

5. PPG:Argus Downgrades PPG Industries $PPG to Hold

6. SPN:Citi Downgrades Superior Energy Services $SPN to Neutral

7. TDW:Argus Downgrades Tidewater Inc $TDW to Sell; Rising Default Risk

8. V:$V downgraded to Neutral at Guggenheim, maintains Buy rating at UBS – PT raise $97 from $90

9. VFC:$VFC downgraded to Hold at Deutsche Bank – PT raise $97 from $90, maintains Buy rating at UBS – PT cut $59 from $65

EARNINGS

1. CNC:$CNC reports FQ3 earnings of $1.11 EPS and $10.85B Revs –

2. DD:$DD reports FQ3 earnings of 34c EPS and $4.92B Revs –

3. GBX:$GBX reports FQ4 earnings of $1.06 EPS and $595.19M Revs –

4. WHR:$WHR reports FQ3 earnings of $3.66 EPS and $5.25B Revs –

5. PII:$PII reports FQ3 earnings of 50c EPS and $1.19B Revs –

6. ST:$ST reports FQ3 earnings of 74c EPS and $789.80M Revs –

7. ST:$ST reports inline with the Estimize EPS Consensus and misses the Estimize Revenue Consensus by $12.60M –

8. LLY:$LLY reports FQ3 earnings of 88c EPS and $5.19B Revs –

9. AXE:$AXE reports FQ3 earnings of $1.38 EPS and $1.96B Revs –

10. BHI:$BHI reports FQ3 earnings of -15c EPS and $2.35B Revs –

11. GPK:$GPK reports FQ3 earnings of 20c EPS and $1.10B Revs –

12. STAY:$STAY reports FQ3 earnings of 36c EPS and $354.52M Revs –

13. ABG:$ABG reports FQ3 earnings of $1.52 EPS and $1.68B Revs –

14. CIT:$CIT reports FQ3 earnings of 73c EPS and $608.70M Revs –

15. KKR:$KKR reports FQ3 earnings of 71c EPS and $276.56M Revs –

16. MDSO:$MDSO reports FQ3 earnings of 28c EPS and $120.06M Revs –

17. SAVE:$SAVE reports FQ3 earnings of $1.24 EPS and $621.33M Revs –

18. MRK:$MRK reports FQ3 earnings of $1.07 EPS and $10.54B Revs –

19. WDR:$WDR reports FQ3 earnings of 64c EPS and $303.09M Revs –

20. ASTE:$ASTE reports FQ3 earnings of 30c EPS and $247.75M Revs –

21. NLSN:$NLSN reports FQ3 earnings of 74c EPS and $1.57B Revs –

22. BAX:$BAX reports FQ3 earnings of 56c EPS and $2.56B Revs –

23. MAS:$MAS reports FQ3 earnings of 41c EPS and $1.88B Revs –

24. SHW:$SHW reports FQ3 earnings of $4.23 EPS and $3.28B Revs –

25. PNR:$PNR reports FQ3 earnings of 78c EPS and $1.21B Revs –

26. WAT:$WAT reports FQ3 earnings of $1.57 EPS and $526.83M Revs –

27. PG:$PG reports FQ1 earnings of $1.03 EPS and $16.52B Revs –

28. UTX:$UTX reports FQ3 earnings of $1.76 EPS and $14.54B Revs –

29. ATI:$ATI reports FQ3 earnings of -21c EPS and $770.50M Revs –

30. EAT:$EAT reports FQ1 earnings of 49c EPS and $758.49M Revs –

31. GLW:$GLW reports FQ3 earnings of 42c EPS and $2.55B Revs –

32. VLO:$VLO reports FQ3 earnings of $1.24 EPS and $19.65B Revs –

33. CPLA:$CPLA reports FQ3 earnings of 81c EPS and $105.91M Revs –

34. JNS:$JNS reports FQ3 earnings of 24c EPS and $258.90M Revs –

35. GM:$GM reports FQ3 earnings of $1.72 EPS and $42.83B Revs –

36. CAT:$CAT reports FQ3 earnings of 85c EPS and $9.16B Revs –

37. LMT:$LMT reports FQ3 earnings of $3.61 EPS and $11.55B Revs –

38. JBLU:$JBLU reports FQ3 earnings of 58c EPS and $1.73B Revs –

39. MMM:$MMM reports FQ3 earnings of $2.15 EPS and $7.71B Revs –

40. MMM:$MMM reports inline with the Estimize EPS Consensus and misses the Estimize Revenue Consensus by $27.53M –

41. CVLT:$CVLT reports FQ2 earnings of 25c EPS and $159.33M Revs –

42. NCI:$NCI reports FQ3 earnings of 37c EPS and $237.12M Revs –

43. RTIX:$RTIX reports FQ3 earnings of 0c EPS and $66.55M Revs –

44. R:$R reports FQ3 earnings of $1.67 EPS and $1.72B Revs –

45. UA:$UA reports FQ3 earnings of 29c EPS and $1.47B Revs –

46. FELE:$FELE reports FQ3 earnings of 48c EPS and $239.76M Revs –

47. WAB:$WAB reports FQ3 earnings of 94c EPS and $675.57M Revs –

48. WSO:$WSO reports FQ3 earnings of $1.78 EPS and $1.24B Revs –

49. SERV:$SERV reports FQ3 earnings of 59c EPS and $758M Revs –

50. TRU:$TRU reports FQ3 earnings of 38c EPS and $437.60M Revs –

51. USG:$USG reports FQ3 earnings of 46c EPS and $767M Revs –

52. FCX:$FCX reports FQ3 earnings of 13c EPS and $3.88B Revs –

53. S:$S reports FQ2 earnings of -10c EPS and $8.25B Revs –

54. CYNO:$CYNO reports FQ3 earnings of 29c EPS and $106.39M Revs –

55. HUBB:$HUBB reports FQ3 earnings of $1.63 EPS and $907.40M Revs –

56. PCAR:$PCAR reports FQ3 earnings of 98c EPS and $4.25B Revs –

57. PCAR:$PCAR reports inline with the Estimize EPS Consensus and beats the Estimize Revenue Consensus by $184.66M –

58. TRIB:$TRIB reports FQ3 earnings of 10c EPS and $26.13M Revs –

59. AKS:$AKS reports FQ3 earnings of 21c EPS and $1.45B Revs –

60. MINI:$MINI reports FQ3 earnings of 31c EPS and $128.85M Revs –

61. TNC:$TNC reports FQ3 earnings of 64c EPS and $200.13M Revs –

62. TNC:$TNC reports inline with the Estimize EPS Consensus and misses the Estimize Revenue Consensus by $2.31M –

63. MMC:$MMC reports FQ3 earnings of 69c EPS and $3.14B Revs –

Trending Social Alerts

1. MRK:$MRK Merck & Co Q3 16 Earnings Results: -Adj EPS: $1.07 -Revenue: $10.5B

2. UA:Under Armour Reports Q3 EPS $0.29 vs $0.25 Est., Sales $1.472B vs $1.45B Est. $UA

3. CAT:Caterpillar beats by $0.08, misses on revenue #premarket $CAT

4. GM:General Motors $GM Tops Q3 EPS by 28c $$

5. LLY:‘@LillyPad CEO John Lechleiter breaks down the quarter @ 715a ET $LLY

6. UTX:$UTX United Technologies Q3 16 Earnings Results: -Adj EPS: $1.76 -Revenue: $14.4B

7. T:What Makes Time Warner Twice As Valuable To AT&T Than DirecTV? $T $TWX

8. S:$S reported a loss of $0.04, consensus was , Earnings Whisper was via @eWhispers #whisperbeat

9. NVS:Strong indication from Jimenez on conf call that $NVS would love to sell Roche stake to buy bolt-on instead – actively looking

10. CRBP:Bear Thesis on $CRBP Could Cause a Crash Landing for High-Flying Biotech Stock As teased last night…

11. DD:#jimcramer $DD raises 2016 operating profit guidance – my RealMoneyPro long standing favorite large cap for 2016

12. TWX:AT&T And Time Warner: Both Dialed The Wrong Number $T $TWX

13. DPRX:$DPRX halt

14. PG:P&G Reports Q1 Adj. EPS $1.03 vs $0.98 Est., Sales $16.52B vs $16.5B Est. $PG

15. MMM:$GM crushes numbers, “Automotive Strength” a theme across multiple industry reports including $MMM and $DD today

Trending News Headlines

1. Bear thesis on Corbus Pharma could cause a crash landing for high-flying biotech stock

The market is acting like resunab is a real drug, which is why my investor source is short Corbus.

2. Twitter Planning Hundreds More Job Cuts as Soon as This Week

Twitter Inc. is planning widespread job cuts, to be announced as soon as this week, according to people familiar with the matter.

3. Caterpillar Lowers Sales Forecast as Rebound Proves Elusive

Caterpillar Inc., the biggest maker of construction and mining equipment, cut its 2016 revenue forecast and said next year won’t be much different as companies defer purchases amid sluggish growth and low commodity price expectations. Shares fell.

4. Merck Announces Third-Quarter 2016 Financial Results | Merck Newsroom Home

KENILWORTH, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Merck (NYSE:MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, today announced financial results for the third quarter of 2016.

5. Under Armour Tumbles After Forecast Renews Fears of Slowdown

Under Armour Inc. shares fell as much as 18 percent in early trading after its long-term forecast renewed fears that the athletic brand’s growth streak is finally sputtering.

6. New Results Presented for Opdivo (nivolumab) Demonstrate Encouraging Response Rate in an Expanded Population of Heavily Pre-Treated Classical Hodgkin Lymphoma Patients | Business Wire

New Results Presented for Opdivo (nivolumab) Demonstrate Encouraging Response Rate in an Expanded Population of Heavily Pre-Treated Classical Hodgkin

7. Pfizer cuts price of Enbrel to match rival ‘biosimilar’ drug

Price drop is first under pricing deal signed by Government and Irish Pharmaceutical Healthcare Association

8. Syngenta-ChemChina Deal Closing Likely to Be Delayed

Swiss seed and pesticide maker Syngenta said regulatory approval of its proposed acquisition by ChemChina is likely to be delayed into early 2017 as regulators seek more information amid a consolidation wave in the sector.

9. Baker Hughes posts smaller-than-expected loss as cost cuts pay off

Oilfield services provider Baker Hughes Inc (BHI.N) reported a much smaller-than-expected quarterly loss as the company’s aggressive cost-cutting measures paid off.

10. Sheff on Twitter

“$TGTX..$6.23..Key Milestones & $15 PT valuation (Sun)”

11. UPDATE: Chardan Capital Markets Starts Clovis Oncology (CLVS) at ‘Sell’ With Price Target of $15

(Updated – October 25, 2016 8:28 AM EDT) Chardan Capital Markets initiated coverage on Clovis Oncology (NASDAQ: CLVS) with a Sell rating and a price target of $15. Analyst Madhu Kumar doesn’t…

12. Uber’s Otto hauls Budweiser across Colorado in self-driving truck

In the first real-world commercial use of autonomous trucking, some 45,000 cans of Budweiser beer arrived late last week to a warehouse after traveling over 120 highway miles in a self-driving truck with no driver at the wheel, executives from Uber [UBER.UL] and Anheuser-Busch (ABI.BR) said.

13. Goldman, closer to Murdoch than Bugs Bunny, misses year’s biggest deal

It has been six years since Goldman Sachs Group Inc, a perennial No. 1 in the M&A league tables, did not feature as an adviser on the year’s biggest deal. But sticking with Rupert Murdoch over Bugs Bunny just cost it this year’s biggest deal.

Technology News

1. Hey, we’re still us. But we’re a part of The New York Times now:

2. This is Xiaomi’s insane concept phone, which is actually going on sale.

3. The Times opened 9 jobs today for @wirecutter, including GM, design, technology and product roles:

4. Is this the first time a company has recalled insecure products because they’re so easily harnessed into a botnet?

5. Putting smartphones on people’s wrists is applying old thinking to new medium. Will be while til “native” wearables

6. To avoid conflicting w/ peer calls, we’ve rescheduled Q3’16 earnings release/call to pre-market on 10/27

7. Brian Lam basically explained to @pkafka why the New York Times bought the Wirecutter here (link to timestamp):

8. The New York Times has made another bet on service journalism, buying the product recommendation site The Wirecutter

9. Amazing. @wirecutter so good. Listen to @blam on @pkafka pod from earlier this summer

10. So @kifleswing got his hands on a crazy lawsuit that pulls back the curtain on mysterious Magic Leap tip @Techmeme

Meanwhile in Europ

Brussels Contemplates Outlawing Short Selling on European Bank Stocks | Armstrong Economics

The European banks are in much worse shape than their US competition. The reason being argued in Europe is that the US government imposed a ban on speculation

Today’s Economic Calendar
8:55 Redbook Chain Store Sales
9:00 FHFA House Price Index
9:00 S&P Case-Shiller Home Price Index
10:00 Consumer Confidence
10:00 Richmond Fed Mfg.
10:00 State Street Investor Confidence Index
1:00 PM Results of $26B, 2-Year Note Auction
1:20 PM Fed’s Lockhart speech

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PRE-MARKET | October 24, 2016 | $T, $DRWI, $TMUS, $ADRO, $CHK, $AAPL, $TWTR, $TEVA

by Alpha | Oct 24, 2016 | Pre-Market

PRE-MARKET MOVERS

1. DRWI:

$DRWI Selected for Critical Australia Upgrade

2. TMUS:

$TMUS Lifts FY16 forecast

3. TMUS:

$TMUS Lifts FY16 forecast

4. COL:

$COL To Acquire BEAV For $6.4 Billion

5. ADRO:

$ADRO announces partial Clinical hold of LADD trial

UPGRADES

1. AIMC:Stephens Upgrades Altra Holdings $AIMC to Overweight

2. BNO, IMO, USO:Credit Suisse Upgrades Imperial Oil To Outperform, Says Recent Rebalance Favors Company

3. CHK:WOW another $CHK UPGRADE!!! DJ Chesapeake Energy Raised to Equal-Weight From Underweight by Stephens & Co. Mon Oct 24 08:36:10 2016

4. DKS:$DKS upgraded to Outperform at Cowen & Co

5. ED:Deutsche Bank Upgrades Con Edison to Hold $ED

6. FSM:Canaccord Genuity Upgrades Fortuna Silver Mines $FSM to Buy

7. IBN:UBS Upgrades ICICI Bank $IBN to Buy

8. ITT:Barclays Upgrades ITT Corp. $ITT to Overweight

9. KMI:$KMI upgraded to Outperform at BMO Capital

10. ROK:Barclays Upgrades Rockwell Automation $ROK to Overweight

11. STBA:Piper Jaffray Upgrades S&T Bancorp Inc. $STBA to Overweight

12. WYNN:$WYNN upgraded to Overweight by Morgan Stanley

DOWNGRADES

1. ADAP:$ADAP downgraded to Underperform from Neutral at BofA.

2. ARIA:ARIAD downgraded to Underweight from Neutral at JPMorgan $ARIA: Full Story

3. COBZ:Macquarie Downgrades CoBiz Financial $COBZ to Neutral

4. EA:$EA downgraded to Neutral at Bank of America

5. LECO:Longbow Research Downgrades Lincoln Electric $LECO to Underperform

6. NSU:Canaccord Genuity Downgrades Nevsun Resources $NSU to Hold

7. T:$T downagraded to Market Perform at Cowen & Co, downgraded to Hold at Drexel Hamilton

8. TEVA:$TEVA downgraded to Neutral at Mizuho

9. TEX:Barclays Downgrades Terex $TEX to Underweight

10. TWX:Evercore ISI Downgrades Time Warner $TWX to Hold

11. VRTX:H.C. Wainwright Downgrades Vertex $VRTX to Neutral

12. WFBI:Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Downgrades WashingtonFirst Bankshares $WFBI to Market Perform

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1. BEAV:$BEAV reports FQ3 earnings of 83c EPS and $732.70M Revs –

2. AMTD:$AMTD reports FQ4 earnings of 35c EPS and $829M Revs –

3. EXP:$EXP reports FQ2 earnings of $1.25 EPS and $332.66M Revs –

4. QSR:$QSR reports FQ3 earnings of 43c EPS and $1.08B Revs –

5. QSR:$QSR reports inline with the Estimize EPS Consensus and beats the Estimize Revenue Consensus by $27M –

6. DORM:$DORM reports FQ3 earnings of 77c EPS and $212.79M Revs –

7. VFC:$VFC reports FQ3 earnings of $1.20 EPS and $3.49B Revs –

8. ACCO:$ACCO reports FQ3 earnings of 29c EPS and $431.30M Revs –

9. KMB:$KMB reports FQ3 earnings of $1.52 EPS and $4.59B Revs –

10. TMUS:$TMUS reports FQ3 earnings of 27c EPS and $9.25B Revs –

11. PETS:$PETS reports FQ2 earnings of 24c EPS and $60.79M Revs –

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1. INO:$INO halted

2. T:I can’t wait for “vertical integration” to start trending on Twitter, said no one to nobody. $T $TWX

3. ADRO:$ADRO halted

4. TMUS:It’s #MotivationMonday AND $TMUS Q3 earnings day. You know what that means… #tweetstorm time, people!!

5. BIDU:Hearing Baidu $BIDU is gapping up on a early AM upgrade at OTR

6. CAT:The bearish trading underneath Caterpillar’s stock rally $CAT 🔓

7. AMTD:It’s like the AT&T-Time Warner deal for online brokers! Okay. Not exactly. But TD Ameritrade scooping up Scottrade for $4B. $AMTD

8. HLT:HNA buying 25% stake in Hilton $HLT for $26.25/share cash, $6.5B. Reduces Blackstone investment in HLT to 21%

9. KMB:$KMB Kimberly-Clark Q3 16 Earnings Results: -Adj EPS: $1.52 -Revenue: $4.59B

10. ADXS:Advaxis posts updated data from small, interrupted cervical cancer study: $ADXS

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1. Apple is sitting on ‘a powder keg of dramatically aging’ iPhones

Apple reports its September quarter earnings…

2. TD Ameritrade is buying Scottrade for $4 billion

The retail broker TD Ameritrade is buying the discount brokerage Scottrade for about $4 billion.

Technology News

1. David Bunnell was one of the pioneers of the PC industry. I’m sad to learn of his death:

2. Handy guide to who owns what

3. The deal is done: AT&T, Time Warner boards meeting today to approve merger. Announcement coming tonight. w/ @tgryta

4. Time Warner Chief Executive Jeff Bewkes will leave after an interim period following AT&T deal

5. Here are Trump’s full comments about media consolidation– “too much concentration of power in the hands of too few”

6. This article from back in September seems pretty relevant today:

7. Dyn confirms Mirai IoT botnet is in part responsible for the DDOS attacks. Says there were 10 million IPs involved.

8. Fantastic analysis of the AT&T/TW deal by @karaswisher, who knows where all the bodies are buried.

9. Sad to hear of David Bunnell’s death, founder of PCWorld &MacWorld. Read those cover to cover in the early 90’s RIP.

10. Google’s @cramforce (tech lead for AMP) replied to this — worth a read:

Today’s Economic Calendar
8:30 Chicago Fed National Activity Index
9:00 Fed’s Dudley: “Evolving Structure of the U.S. Treasury Market”
9:05 Fed’s Bullard speech
9:45 PMI Manufacturing Index Flash
1:45 PM Fed’s Powell: “Future of the settlement process for Treasury market”

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