1. AMZN, PLUG: $PLUG Amazon $AMZN acquires right to buy stake in fuel cell maker Plug Power – Reuters

2. INNL:  $INNL Gurnet Point L.P. enters into agreement to acquire Innocoll Holdings plc – BW

3. NEOT:  $NEOT Neothetics Receives Issuance of Eighth U.S. Patent Related to LIPO-202 Lead Clinical Asset – SI

4. PNRA:  $PNRA JAB Holding to buy bakery chain Panera Bread in $7.5 billion deal – CNBC

5. CRBP:  $CRBP Corbus Pharmaceuticals to Commence Single Phase 3 Study of Anabasum for Systemic Sclerosis

6. VICL:  $VICL Vical Announces Research Pact with AnGes MG – SI

7. LNDC:  $LNDC Landec Corp. Is Rising After Q3 Earnings Surpassed Expectations – RTT

8. SRPT:  $SRPT SunTrust Robinson Humphrey Upgrades Sarepta Therapeutics to Buy, $45 PT

9. SHLM:  $SHLM A. Schulman beats 2Q profit forecasts – AP

10. RDHL:  $RDHL RedHill Biopharma Announces Exclusive U.S. License from Entera Health for EnteraGam®

11. MON:  $MON Monsanto Delivers in Second Quarter, Continues Return to Growth – TheStreet

12. PBR, XOM:  $PBR Petrobras says Exxon $XOM expressed ‘strong interest’ in pre-salt oil – Reuters

13. C:  $C Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Upgrades Citi to Outperform, $69 PT

14. WFC:  $WFC Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Upgrades Wells Fargo to Outperform, $63 PT

15. NEWR:  $NEWR New Relic expects better-than-forecast quarterly results – MW

16. BX:  $BX Blackstone to sell $2.7 billion Australian mall portfolio: source – Reuters

17. WYNN:  $WYNN Argus Upgrades Wynn Resorts to Buy, $135 PT

18. SYT:  $SYT China Wins F.T.C. Approval to Buy Syngenta – NYT

19. SYT:  $SYT EU clears ChemChina takeover of Syngenta with conditions – Reuters

20. IDRA:  $IDRA Idera Pharma Presents Clinical Translational & Pre-Clinical Data from IMO-2125 Dev Program – GN

21. KWR:  $KWR Quaker Chemical and Houghton International to Merge – SI

22. VRX:  $VRX Bids for Valeant subsidiary iNova fall short of expectations – The Australian

23. AMZN, TWTR:  $AMZN Amazon won the $50M rights to stream Thursday night NFL games $TWTR – ReCode

24. MGI: $MGI Euronet-MoneyGram Talks Said to Progress Slowly on Data Access – BBG

25. ACOR: $ACOR Acorda is shifting into survival mode. And it’s going to start by axing more than 100 staffers.

26. SNAP: $SNAP Former Snapchat employee presses to unseal allegedly doctored usage statistics – LATimes

27. PGEM:  $PGEM Ply Gem will likely hang around for a little while longer – NYPost

28. MOMO:  $MOMO Alibaba reports 5.78% stake in Momo Class A shares as of Mar 31 versus 14% percent on Mar 23

29. WBA:  $WBA Walgreens Boots sales fall below expectations – MW

30. AMGN:  $AMGN Jefferies Downgrades Amgen to Hold, $180 PT

31. TSLA:  $TSLA Battery Patent Application Could Change Game for Tesla – TheStreet

32. AGRO:  $AGRO Files S-8 – SI

33. OHRP:  $OHRP Ohr Pharmaceutical Reports Proposed Equity Offering – SI

34. UNIS:  $UNIS Unilife Corp. Sinks After Warning About Dire Financial Condition, Executing WARN Notice – SI

1. C:$C Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Upgrades Citi to Outperform, $69 PT

2. SRPT:$SRPT SunTrust Robinson Humphrey Upgrades Sarepta Therapeutics to Buy, $45 PT

3. WFC:$WFC Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Upgrades Wells Fargo to Outperform, $63 PT

4. WYNN:$WYNN Argus Upgrades Wynn Resorts to Buy, $135 PT

1. AMGN:$AMGN Jefferies Downgrades Amgen to Hold, $180 PT

2. NVS:$NVS downgraded to Market Perform from Outperform at Cowen. PT $77

1. GBX:$GBX reports FQ2 earnings of $1.09 EPS and $566.28M Revs –

2. MON:$MON reports FQ2 earnings of $3.19 EPS and $5.07B Revs –

1. PNRA:BREAKING: JAB Holdings buys Panera Bread for $7B+ $PNRA

2. PLUG:$PLUG signs agreement with $AMZN fulfillment operations expected to generate $70M in 2017

3. MON:#BREAKING: Monsanto $MON Q2 Adjusted Earnings Per Share beats estimates, $3.19 vs. $2.79 expected

4. ADAP:$ADAP direct offering $42m at $6

5. CRBP:BREAKING: $CRBP announces “successful” end-of-phase 2 meeting with FDA. Are there any other kind?

6. WBA:$WBA Walgreens Boots Alliance Q2 17 Earnings Results: -Adj EPS: $1.36 -Revenue: $29.4B

7. MNK:A Senator found Medicare blowing hundreds of millions on a loser drug, and no one cared $MNK

1. A Senator found Medicare blowing hundreds of millions on a loser drug — and no one even got a slap on the wrist

2. Nocookies

3. Andy Biotech on Twitter

4. Panera sells for $7.5 billion to the coffee giant that owns Keurig and Peet’s

5. B I O T E C H on Twitter

6. Factbox: Issues at stake in Trump-China summit in Florida

7. Acorda is shifting into survival mode. And it’s going to start by axing more than 100 staffers.

8. Apple Pay Promised to Make Plastic Obsolete. Then Came Wary Shoppers, Confused Clerks

1. This is insane. “Extreme Vetting” should’ve been done on trump, Flynn, Stone, Ross, Manafort, Page, NOT allies. Wow.

Updated April.

ET Visitors to the could be forced to provide cellphone contacts and passwords and answer questions about their ideology according to Trump administration officials measures that could intrude into the lives of millions of foreigners.

The changes being considered could apply to visitors from closest allies as well as other nations and include subjecting more visa applicants to intense security reviews.

2. Like inventor of the Web @timberners_lee, we support encryption for all with no backdoors.

The comments came after it emerged that attacker Khalid Masood had checked WhatsApp which offers encryption two minutes before ploughing an SUV through pedestrians on Westminster Bridge then leaping out and fatally stabbing an unarmed policeman standing guard at the gates of the Houses of Parliament.

David Emm principal security researcher at Kaspersky Lab noted that tech firms are unlikely to be happy about switching to a form of encryption as illustrated by the between Apple and the FBI last year.

Sir Tim is also against weakening net neutrality opposes laws that would allow US ISP to broker sales in users data such as surfing history and in favour of combatting fake news.

3. One ID To Rule Them All: Controversy Plagues India’s Plan To Track 1.2 Billion Citizens

proprietary software company harvests personal information from a centralized government database using unaudited technology in a jurisdiction without a proper privacy or data protection law said Sunil Abraham director of the Centre for Internet and Society CIS an influential think tank.

In November Ramanathan organized a daylong session in New Delhi that was attended by more than people lawyers activists social workers researchers academics and journalists to draw up a plan to spread awareness about privacy issues related to the Aadhaar program.

In March parliament passed legislation giving federal agencies access to the entire Aadhaar database all names fingerprints irises mobile numbers addresses and photographs in the interest of In February the UIDAI was accused of trying to silence critics by filing a police complaint against a writer who wrote about the data security vulnerabilities.

4. .@troyhunt Here’s what @schneierblog told me about Aadhaar encryption

proprietary software company harvests personal information from a centralized government database using unaudited technology in a jurisdiction without a proper privacy or data protection law said Sunil Abraham director of the Centre for Internet and Society CIS an influential think tank.

In November Ramanathan organized a daylong session in New Delhi that was attended by more than people lawyers activists social workers researchers academics and journalists to draw up a plan to spread awareness about privacy issues related to the Aadhaar program.

In March parliament passed legislation giving federal agencies access to the entire Aadhaar database all names fingerprints irises mobile numbers addresses and photographs in the interest of In February the UIDAI was accused of trying to silence critics by filing a police complaint against a writer who wrote about the data security vulnerabilities.

5. Important new bill from @RonWyden, @RepJaredPolis , and @RepKevinYoder to restore digital privacy at the border:

Four lawmakers have introduced legislation requiring law enforcement officials to obtain a warrant before searching phones belonging to US citizens and prohibiting them from barring entry to Americans who decline to share their passwords at the border.

By requiring a warrant to search devices and prohibiting unreasonable delay this bill makes sure that border agents are focused on criminals and terrorists instead of wasting their time thumbing through innocent personal photos and other data.

Some law enforcement agencies have asserted broad authority to conduct searches of devices at the border the lawmakers contend in a way that circumvents the Fourth Amendment protections.

6. Wyden and co introduce a bill to outlaw warrantless searches at the US border

Four lawmakers have introduced legislation requiring law enforcement officials to obtain a warrant before searching phones belonging to US citizens and prohibiting them from barring entry to Americans who decline to share their passwords at the border.

By requiring a warrant to search devices and prohibiting unreasonable delay this bill makes sure that border agents are focused on criminals and terrorists instead of wasting their time thumbing through innocent personal photos and other data.

Some law enforcement agencies have asserted broad authority to conduct searches of devices at the border the lawmakers contend in a way that circumvents the Fourth Amendment protections.

7. Remember the anonymous msg app Yik Yak? @eringriffith says it’s up for sale and that investors will make no $$$.

Sequoia Capital the biggest investor has in recent weeks held deal talks with potential buyers for the startup.

Yik tale is a common one in Silicon Valley Investors race to pour money into the hot app of the moment only to watch adoption and usage drop shortly after the ink dries on the term sheet.

Then the app becomes a punch line then forgotten then somebody snidely tweets yikyak or frontback or secret or yo or ello or meerkat or wuwu Social media is a business but even harder than making a hit is staying one.

8. scoop from this morning’s term sheet: Yik Yak’s Biggest Investor Is Trying to Sell the Company

Sequoia Capital the biggest investor has in recent weeks held deal talks with potential buyers for the startup.

Yik tale is a common one in Silicon Valley Investors race to pour money into the hot app of the moment only to watch adoption and usage drop shortly after the ink dries on the term sheet.

Then the app becomes a punch line then forgotten then somebody snidely tweets yikyak or frontback or secret or yo or ello or meerkat or wuwu Social media is a business but even harder than making a hit is staying one.

9. lower royalties here is h u g e for Spotify’s margins, helping it go public

As part of the deal Spotify has agreed to allow new albums from Universal artists to be restricted to its premium service for up to two weeks moving forward confirming our report from last month.

today Universal artists can choose to release new albums on premium only for two weeks offering subscribers an earlier chance to explore the complete creative work while the singles are available across Spotify for all our listeners to.

The company wanted to IPO this year but given how long the negotiating process has taken plans have been pushed back to.

10. Big win for @OVH who gets the vCloud Air business from VMWare. Congrats @olesovhcom !

Gelsinger packaged the deal as a win for customers saying they will benefit from greater choice with the ability to select from global data centres and experience faster performance.

But safe to say that vCloud Air was not considered a top priority or worthwhile investment to Dell EMC VMware ultimate owner.

Dell dropped the notion of running its own cloud some time ago faced with a world defined and dominated by Amazon Web Services and to a lesser extent Microsoft and Google.

1. PSIX: $PSIX Power Solutions International announces agreement with Weichai America Corp – Reuters

2. CARA:  $CARA Cara Therapeutics Announces Positive Data in Chronic Kidney Disease-Associated Pruritus – GN

3. OCN:  $OCN Ocwen Financial and NY DFS End Monitoring Pursuant to 2014 Consent Order – SI

4. EDIT:  $EDIT Chardan Capital Markets Starts Editas Medicine at Buy, $65 PT

5. AKBA:  $AKBA Akebia Announces Publication of Phase 2a Results for Vadadustat – BW

6. TSRO:  $TSRO FDA OKs Tesaro’s niraparib for ovarian cancer, handing the biotech a big win on the label – EP

7. RHT:  $RHT Red Hat Inc Shares Surge Amid Solid Earnings, Upbeat Forecast – BW

8. DRI:  $DRI Darden Restaurants Tops Q3 EPS by 4c, Agrees To Acquire Cheddar’s For $780M, All Cash – SI

9. HOMB, SGBK:  $SGBK Home BancShares $HOMB Agrees to Acquire Stonegate Bank for ~$778.4M – SI

10. WPRT:  $WPRT Westport Fuel Systems Q4 Loss Wider than Expected – Zacks

11. TSLA:  $TSLA Tesla Wins Tencent Backing as Tech Giant Buys $1.8 Billion Stake – BBG

12. DECK:  $DECK Deckers Outdoor Holder Red Mountain Capital Calls for Sale – SI

13. TWTR:  $TWTR Twitter will start selling pre-roll ads ahead of Periscope videos – ReCode

14. AMZN:  $AMZN Amazon buys Souq in big play for Middle East market – CNNMoney

15. CY:  $CY Cypress to raise flash prices on tight supply, say reports – Digitimes

16. MKC: $MKC McCormick & Co. Tops Q1 EPS by 1c; Guides FY17 In-Line – SI

17. CS: $CS Credit Suisse Progress Buys Thiam Breathing Room on Capital – BBG

18. STOR:  $STOR STORE Capital Announces Pricing of Upsized Public Offering – BW

19. ERIC:  $ERIC Ericsson Sees Up to $1.7 Billion in Costs as Revamp Begins – BBG

20. FB, SNAP:  $SNAP Facebook $FB just rolled out a bunch of features that are almost exactly like Snapchat – CNBC

21. FDS:  $FDS Factset Research Systems Tops Q2 EPS by 1c; Expands Buyback by $300M – SI

22. EVH:  $EVH Evolent Health Prices 7.5M Share Offering – SI

23. AVEO:  $AVEO AVEO Oncology Prices 30M Shares at $0.50 – SI

1. GABC:Sandler O’Neill Upgrades German American Bancorp Inc. $GABC to Buy

2. GNK:Genco Hsipping & Trading catches an upgrade

3. GOGL, SB, SBLK:Morgan Stanley upgrades trio of dry bulk shippers

4. SBLK:UPDATE: Morgan Stanley Upgrades Star Bulk Carriers $SBLK to Overweight

1. EXC, MS:Morgan Stanley Downgrades Exelon to Hold $EXC $MS

1. INFO:$INFO reports FQ1 earnings of 45c EPS and $844.20M Revs –

2. MKC:$MKC reports FQ1 earnings of 76c EPS and $1.04B Revs –

3. FDS:$FDS reports FQ2 earnings of $1.81 EPS and $294.35M Revs –

4. FDS:$FDS reports inline with the Estimize EPS Consensus and misses the Estimize Revenue Consensus by $1.71M –

1. TSLA:Tencent Holding Shows 5% Stake in Tesla $TSLA – 13G

2. SNAP:$SNAP Facebook $FB just rolled out a bunch of features that are almost exactly like Snapchat – CNBC

3. CARA:$CARA lowest dose most effective

4. CEMP:$CEMP Withdraws Solithromycin MAA in Europe

5. SB:Morgan Stanley Gets Bullish On Dry Bulk Shippers As Global Steel Market Bottoms $SB $SBLK $GOGL

6. HTGM:$HTGM Files for $75M offering – S-3

1. Deal of the Day | Deals in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, UAE | Souq.com

2. Tesla Wins Tencent Backing as China Tech Giant Buys 5% Stake

3. Facebook just rolled out a bunch of features that are almost exactly like Snapchat

4. Uber to end services in Denmark after less than three years

5. Amazon buys Middle East e-commerce giant Souq

6. AI to become main way banks interact with customers within three years: Accenture

7. JE$US on Twitter

8. The DNA of oil wells: U.S. shale enlists genetics to boost output

1. There’s no way the House would vote to gut Internet privacy tomorrow if people knew what was happening.

The consequences of repeal are simple ISPs like Comcast AT T and Charter will be free to sell your personal information to the highest bidder without your permission and no one will be able to protect you.

The Federal Trade Commission has no legal authority to oversee ISP practices and the bill under consideration ensures that the FCC can not adopt rules.

Color of Change the Electronic Frontier Foundation and Free Press have simple ways for you to tell your Representative what you think of the rules and efforts to eliminate them.

2. You know who co-sponsored the legislation allowing Internet Service Providers to sell your web history? Rand Paul.

The consequences of repeal are simple ISPs like Comcast AT T and Charter will be free to sell your personal information to the highest bidder without your permission and no one will be able to protect you.

The Federal Trade Commission has no legal authority to oversee ISP practices and the bill under consideration ensures that the FCC can not adopt rules.

Color of Change the Electronic Frontier Foundation and Free Press have simple ways for you to tell your Representative what you think of the rules and efforts to eliminate them.

3. The congressmen who take money from ISPs want to let those same ISPs sell your web history

The consequences of repeal are simple ISPs like Comcast AT T and Charter will be free to sell your personal information to the highest bidder without your permission and no one will be able to protect you.

The Federal Trade Commission has no legal authority to oversee ISP practices and the bill under consideration ensures that the FCC can not adopt rules.

Color of Change the Electronic Frontier Foundation and Free Press have simple ways for you to tell your Representative what you think of the rules and efforts to eliminate them.

4. If Congress drops the ball on privacy, we’re looking to the states to pick it up

Should they be passed into law these rules could end up guiding the rights of consumers far beyond Illinois because they would provide a model for other states and because it would be difficult for technology companies with hundreds of millions of users to create a patchwork of and features to localize their effects.

Last year Nebraska and West Virginia passed laws that limit how companies can monitor social media accounts while legislators in Hawaii Missouri and elsewhere are pushing similar bills for employees as well as for students and tenants.

In an interview Carl Szabo senior policy counsel at NetChoice said the law could add a burden of compliance costs and legal fees on essentially any company with a website that collects information even routine things like creating email lists or giving online support to customers.

5. Facebook stories are here — and they’re a huge deal. My take:

Facebook is rolling out ephemeral stories and messaging in its mobile apps today bringing the popular format for sharing photos and videos to more than billion people a day.

The move is part of an effort to blunt the momentum of Snapchat which invented the stories format in and to ensure continued dominance in an era where photo and video become a primary mode of communication.

The company is so large that its features often seem to succeed by default save for later button a halfhearted competitor to Pocket and Instagram last year reached an astounding million users a month.

6. We discovered scammers manipulating Mobile Safari pop ups in a scareware campaign. New iOS update fixes the issue:

Today Apple released an update to iOS that changed how Mobile Safari handles JavaScript which Lookout discovered scammers using to execute a scareware campaign.

However a knowledgeable user could restore functionality of Mobile Safari by clearing the cache via the the iOS Settings the attack actually encrypt any data and hold it ransom.

As part of the iOS patch released today Apple closed the attack vector by changing how Mobile Safari handles website dialogs making them rather than taking over the entire app.

7. That moment when you can’t tell @BoredElonMusk apart from the real @ElonMusk.

ET Building a electric vehicle and colonizing Mars ambitious enough for Elon Musk.

The billionaire entrepreneur now wants to merge computers with human brains to help people keep up with machines.

The founder and chief executive of Tesla and Space Exploration Technologies has launched another company called Neuralink according to people familiar with the matter.

8. Who are the top 20 venture capitalists worldwide? At No. 12 is Kirsten Green.

In the late she covered those companies as a stock analyst for Montgomery Securities studying wonky measurements like customer traffic in retail locations and a profitability per square foot.

After Green invested in in she chatted with executives almost weekly about matters including strategy and potential acquisitions said Katie Finnegan who was the online head of corporate development.

Green has real instinct for brands said Rachel Blumenthal the founder of the apparel Rockets of Awesome which sends subscribers a customized box of clothing for every new season.

9. I predict the smug reaction of traditional retailers here is going to look foolish in a couple of years.

kind of skeptical the executive Mike McNamara said in an interview at an industry trade show that day.

But really more a reflection of the swing Amazon is taking with the system it has developed for the Go store something it has dubbed Just Walk Out Technology.

not alone several retail executives expressed similar skepticism to me in private conversations since the original December announcement.

10. This should drive new encryption apps and possibly tip society toward data self reliance. Silver lining?

The consequences of repeal are simple ISPs like Comcast AT T and Charter will be free to sell your personal information to the highest bidder without your permission and no one will be able to protect you.

The Federal Trade Commission has no legal authority to oversee ISP practices and the bill under consideration ensures that the FCC can not adopt rules.

Color of Change the Electronic Frontier Foundation and Free Press have simple ways for you to tell your Representative what you think of the rules and efforts to eliminate them.

1. SEAS: $SEAS Blackstone to sell its Seaworld stake to China’s Zhonghong at a 33% premium to market price -MW

2. MU:  $MU Memory-Chipmaker Micron Technology Jumps On Earnings, Guidance Beat – IBD

3. RGLS:  $RGLS Insider Buying: Regulus Therapeutics Inc Director Acquires 500,000 Shares of Stock – Cerbat Gem

4. QTNT:  $QTNT FDA Licenses Eight New Quotient Reagent Products for Sale in the U.S. – GN

5. TRP:  $TRP TransCanada Granted U.S. Permit for Keystone XL Pipeline – BBG

6. UAA:  $UAA Jefferies Upgrades Under Armour, Inc. to Buy, Street Underappreciates Growth Opportunity, $27 PT

7. SPHS:  $SPHS Sophiris Bio Topsalysin Data from Ph 2a Localized Prostate Cancer Study to be Presented at EAU

8. A:  $A Cramer Remix: This stock could spike on takeover talk

9. TWTR:  $TWTR Twitter might build a paid subscription service for power users – The Verge

10. KBH:  $KBH KB Home Beats Q1 Earnings Estimates, Housing Strong – Nasdaq

11. AMZN:  $AMZN wins $1.5 billion tax dispute over IRS – Reuters

12. SCVL:  $SCVL Shoe Carnival’s Revenues Edge Up Slightly, Profits Top Expectations – Footwear News

13. AMGN:  $AMGN Amgen Reports EC Approval for AMGEVITA to Treat Certain Inflammatory Diseases – SI

14. SNAK: $SNAK Inventure Foods Sells Fresh Frozen Foods for $23.7M – SI

15. MET: $MET MetLife Director Buys 17K Shares – SI

16. APD: $APD Air Products & Chemicals Walks Away From Bid for Yingde Gases – WSJ

17. LLY, RXDX: $RXDX Ignyta to Explore Strategic Options for Taladegib $LLY – SI

18. AMH: $AMH American Homes 4 Rent Director B Wayne Et Al Hughes Acquires 2,192,982 Shares – Form 4

19. DNKN: $DNKN Dunkin’ Brands Announces CFO Leadership Transition – PRN

20. HD: $HD Home Depot discloses EPA investigation into lead safety practices – MW

21. BLCM:  $BLCM Bellicum Pharmaceuticals Announces Pricing of Public Offering – GN

22. ABT, MYL:  $MYL Abbott $ABT Confirms That it Sold 44M Shares of Mylan – SI

23. OXM:  $OXM Oxford Industries misses Street 4Q forecasts – AP

24. CDOR:  $CDOR Condor Hospitality Trust Announces Pricing of a Public Offering – GN

25. ABT, MYL:  $ABT Abbott Sells 60% of its Remaining Stake in Mylan $MYL – SI

26. GME:  New Trading Rule @JeffMacke ? Always trust your subconscious. $GME

27. GME:  $GME GameStop Closing at Least 150 Stores Amid Sales Decline – WSJ

28. FINL:  $FINL Finish Line’s Dismal Earnings, Guidance Follow Nike’s Retail Warning – IBD

29. SPWH:  $SPWH Sportsman’s Warehouse shares down 8% after earnings miss – MW

30. XENE:  $XENE Xenon Pharmaceuticals: XEN801 Did Not Meet Efficacy Endpoints in Phase 2 Clinical Trial – GN

1. ADBE:Adobe upgraded to Outperform at Credit Suisse

2. OTTR:Sidoti Upgrades Otter Tail $OTTR to Buy Amid Non-Utility Growth Prospects

3. UA, UAA:Under Armour races higher after rousing Jefferies upgrade

4. UAA:$UAA Jefferies Upgrades Under Armour, Inc. to Buy, Street Underappreciates Growth Opportunity, $27 PT

1. AAPL:Apple downgraded to Buy, but still top pick at Needham $AAPL

2. ALJ:Alon USA Energy was Downgraded to a Hold Rating at Credit Suisse $ALJ

3. WNR:Credit Suisse Downgrades Western Refining to Hold $WNR

1. ATU:$ATU reports FQ2 earnings of 11c EPS and $258.87M Revs –

2. FINL:$FINL reports FQ4 earnings of 50c EPS and $557.45M Revs –

1. PTCT:$PTCT withdrew the EMA application for Translarna in cystic fibrosis.

2. MU:$MU bullish street … -via @thenotablecalls

3. TRP:#BREAKING: TransCanada has received Presidential Permit for KeystoneXL $TRP #KXL

4. MYL:Abbott unloads 44M shares of Mylan at ~$40 #premarket $ABT $MYL

1. Biotech Stock Mailbag: Sage Therapeutics, Cellceutix, Alzheimer’s Risk

2. Blackstone sells 21 percent stake in SeaWorld to China’s Zhonghong Zhuoye

3. TransCanada Granted Presidential Permit for Keystone XL Pipeline

1. RELEASE: CIA #Vault7 “Sonic Screwdriver”

Tails is an operating system launched from a USB stick or a DVD that aim to leaves no traces when the computer is shut down after use and automatically routes your internet traffic through Tor.

Documents on the Triton MacOSX malware its infector Dark Mallet and its version DerStarke are also included in this release.

While the manual released today dates to other Vault documents show that as of the CIA continues to rely on and update these systems and is working on the production of.

2. Senate Republicans narrowly approve repeal of the FCC’s ISP privacy rules

ISPs have been lobbying for weeks to get lawmakers to repeal the rules that stand between them and using even creepier ways to track and profit off of your every move online.

Republicans in the Senate just voted with two absent votes to approve a Congressional Review Action resolution from Jeff Flake it makes it through the not only roll back the rules but also prevent the FCC from writing similar rules in the future.

ISPs act as gatekeepers to the Internet giving them incredible access to records of what you do online.

3. We’re committed to fostering a safer, kinder community. Join us in spreading kindness.

Last September we made a commitment to the community to keep Instagram a safe place for everyone and built tools to safeguard on our platform.

You can find an InstaMeet near you or spread kindness by leaving an encouraging comment giving an inspiring person a like or sharing a message of support with a friend.

This tool adds an extra layer of security to your Instagram account by requiring a code every time you log in.

4. This is a good move @Google. Nice work, y’all!

West will continue tradition of providing historically unprecedented access to opportunity only now with a century twist Literal real estate at the center of the digital economy Bonita Stewart vice president of global partnerships said in a statement.

Howard University Jason Ogato listens to the teacher during an advanced computer science class on Wednesday March in Washington Google will be announcing a plan to find talent by more.

The new campus represents an acknowledgment of the disconnect between the percentage of African Americans graduating with degrees in computer science and engineering and the demographics at leading tech companies like Google Facebook and Twitter.

5. Here’s the problem with this: there’s essentially no competition in home broadband. You can’t shop around to escape

The privacy rules passed last year by the FCC required internet providers like Comcast Verizon and AT T to get each permission before sharing personal information like which websites they visit.

This vote uses the Congressional Review Act which lets Congress strike down recently passed rules by federal agencies to block the action.

Republicans in both Congress and the FCC have been fighting for months to strip back these rules asking that they be put more in line with the privacy framework established by the Federal Trade Commission.

6. The Senate just voted to make it easier for internet providers to share sensitive information about their customers

The Senate voted Thursday to make it easier for internet service providers to share sensitive information about their customers a first step in overturning landmark privacy rules that consumer advocates and Democratic lawmakers view as crucial protections in the digital age.

Passed by the Federal Communications Commission in the final months of the Obama presidency the privacy rules prohibited internet providers like Comcast and Verizon from selling customer information including browsing history and location data without first getting consent.

Along with Maureen Ohlhausen the acting chair of the Federal Trade Commision who was also appointed by President Trump Pai believes that consumers will be better protected with a single set of internet privacy rules ones that encompass providers like Comcast and web services like Facebook.

7. Very very excited about this news coming from my beloved Howard U.

West will continue tradition of providing historically unprecedented access to opportunity only now with a century twist Literal real estate at the center of the digital economy Bonita Stewart vice president of global partnerships said in a statement.

Howard University Jason Ogato listens to the teacher during an advanced computer science class on Wednesday March in Washington Google will be announcing a plan to find talent by more.

The new campus represents an acknowledgment of the disconnect between the percentage of African Americans graduating with degrees in computer science and engineering and the demographics at leading tech companies like Google Facebook and Twitter.

8. US-made Killer Mobile spyware resold in Russia by OpenGSM:

CLOSE More Options.

You never lose a dream it just incubates as a hobby.

9. Ah, WikiLeaks also released a few new documents about OS X and iOS exploits this morning:

Tails is an operating system launched from a USB stick or a DVD that aim to leaves no traces when the computer is shut down after use and automatically routes your internet traffic through Tor.

Documents on the Triton MacOSX malware its infector Dark Mallet and its version DerStarke are also included in this release.

While the manual released today dates to other Vault documents show that as of the CIA continues to rely on and update these systems and is working on the production of.

10. tl;dr: 54 accounts sample, 54 valid accounts, 10 confirmed passwords (others didn’t reply/respond). Change passwords!

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1. HTGM: $HTGM HTG Molecular’s stock soars again after CE mark obtained for assay used in lung tumor analysis

2. FEYE:  $FEYE Goldman Sachs Upgrades FireEye, Inc to Buy, $15 PT

3. BEBE:  $BEBE Bebe Stores Hire Advisers as Retail Shakeout Continues – WSJ

4. PVH:  $PVH Share of Calvin Klein parent PVH soar after earnings – MW

5. INSY:  $INSY Insys Therapeutics Syndros is now Schedule II Drug According to DEA – SI

6. MLHR:  $MLHR Herman Miller Reports Third Quarter Fiscal 2017 Results – PRN

7. SCS:  $SCS Raymond James Upgrades Steelcase to Strong Buy, $19 PT

8. CYNO, PENN:  $PENN Penn National Gaming will replace Cynosure $CYNO in S&P SmallCap 600 prior to open Mon, Mar 27

9. SGYP:  $SGYP Synergy Pharmaceuticals Weakness a Buying Opportunity – BTIG

10. LJPC:  $LJPC La Jolla Pharmaceutical announces pricing of public offering – Reuters

11. GSK, REGN:  $REGN GSK $GSK and Regeneron to mine gene data from 500,000 Britons – Reuters

12. CPB:  $CPB Campbell Soup Declares $0.35 Quarterly Dividend; Approves $1.5B Buyback – SI

13. MSFT, TM:  $MSFT Microsoft Licenses Patents to Toyota $TM In Bid For Bigger Car-Tech Role – WSJ

14. STML: $STML Stemline Announces Completion of Enrollment in Stage 3 of the SL-401 Pivotal Trial in BPDCN – GN

15. ARWR: $ARWR Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals Adopts Stockholder Rights Agreement – BW

16. KDMN: $KDMN Kadmon Reports Upcoming Milestones and Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2016 Financial Results – SI

17. VRX: $VRX Valeant Pharma CEO Joe Papa total compensation was $62.7 million in 2016 – SI

18. CAT:  $CAT Caterpillar Says Federal Probe Goes Beyond Tax Issues – TheStreet

19. PPG:  $PPG PPG’s McGarry in Amsterdam to promote ‘compelling’ Akzo offer – Reuters

20. MYL:  $MYL Mylan recalls 81,00 EpiPens outside US after reports of failure – Rueters

21. CAG:  $CAG Conagra shares fall after sales miss – MW

22. CHL:  $CHL China Mobile books flat 2016 profit, ups dividend ratio for first time in decade – Nasdaq

23. ACN:  $ACN Accenture Profit Edges Views, Sales Growth Slower Than Expected – IBD

24. CHMI:  $CHMI Cherry Hill Mortgage Investment to Offer 4.5M in Common Stock – SI

25. SHLD:  $SHLD With Sears’ future in doubt, vendors begin pulling back – Reuters

26. BLCM:  $BLCM Bellicum Pharmaceuticals Announces Proposed Public Offering of Common Stock – GN

27. FI:  $FI Frank’s International Says Some Mosing Family Members Sold ~5.6M Shares – SI

28. RARE:  $RARE Ultragenyx falls on results of seizure medication study – MW

29. HTBX:  $HTBX Heat Biologics Prices 5M Share Offering at $0.80 – SI

1. DLTR:Credit Suisse Upgrades Dollar Tree $DLTR to Neutral

2. FEYE:$FEYE Goldman Sachs Upgrades FireEye, Inc to Buy, $15 PT

3. FEYE, PFPT:FireEye upgraded to Buy from Sell at Goldman $FEYE $PFPT

4. KR:Kroger shoots higher after RBC upgrade

5. SCS:$SCS Raymond James Upgrades Steelcase to Strong Buy, $19 PT

1. MO:Altria on watch after RBC Capital downgrade

2. PFPT:Proofpoint downgraded to Sell at Goldman

3. RARE:$RARE downgraded to Neutral from Overweight at Piper. PT $70

1. AVID:$AVID reports FQ4 earnings of 13c EPS and $115.30M Revs –

2. CMC:$CMC reports FQ2 earnings of 25c EPS and $1.15B Revs –

3. ACN:$ACN reports FQ2 earnings of $1.33 EPS and $8.32B Revs –

4. CAG:$CAG reports FQ3 earnings of 48c EPS and $1.98B Revs –

1. LJPC:$LJPC 3.7m shares at 33.50

2. ARWR:$ARWR is instituting a poison pill.

3. SSH:$SSH: Sunshine Heart highlights ‘progress in successfully executing its Aquadex growth strategy’

4. SHLD:$SHLD With Sears’ future in doubt, vendors begin pulling back – Reuters

5. F:FORD MOTOR SEES 1Q ADJ. EPS 30C-35C, EST. 47C $F

1. Study of CM-24 (MK-6018) Alone and In Combination With Pembrolizumab (MK-3475) in Participants With Selected Advanced or Recurrent Malignancies (MK-6018-001) – Full Text View – ClinicalTrials.gov

2. DEA Schedules Insys Therapeutics’ Syndros (dronabinol oral solution) as Schedule II Drug

3. PPG’s McGarry in Amsterdam to promote ‘compelling’ Akzo offer

1. It’s not a design issue, it’s a MANUFACTURING VARIATION

There is no design issue with the controllers and no widespread proactive repair or replacement effort is underway.

If it is consumers can send their controller directly to Nintendo for the adjustment free of charge with an anticipated quick return of less than a week.

My book BLOOD SWEAT AND PIXELS telling the stories behind video games like Uncharted Destiny and Star Wars comes out on September.

2. Nintendo finally comments on JoyCon wireless problems, blames “manufacturing variation”

There is no design issue with the controllers and no widespread proactive repair or replacement effort is underway.

If it is consumers can send their controller directly to Nintendo for the adjustment free of charge with an anticipated quick return of less than a week.

My book BLOOD SWEAT AND PIXELS telling the stories behind video games like Uncharted Destiny and Star Wars comes out on September.

3. “And if this is really the way forward, subscription models, we’re all fucked.” No, if it’s only ads, we’re fucked.

For just a month you can get a handful of extras including exclusive content early access to a new UI and an offline reading list which most of us already have in Pocket.

If Ev Williams truly believes this is the to turn the corner from publishing then I stand by my original statement lost his goddamn mind.

Williams the perpetual corporate traveller that only slows to IPO before moving on to the next big idea seems to always be in the right place at the right time a la Forrest Gump.

4. INT. GOOGLE EXEC 1: Our approach to social too often feels dated EXEC 2: Let’s update Allo so you can send MP3s

Google Duo initially released last August as a mobile app for video chatting will also offer calls on Android and iOS.

Of course you can also make video and audio calls on a range of other Google platforms including Hangouts and Voice which recently received a upgrade.

For those with extensive needs mobile messaging app Allo now allows Android users to share a variety of files and with their contacts.

5. Advertisers have wanted Google to give more data on its ads for years. Google’s latest gaffe gives them leverage.

apology and promise to improve cut it with AT T The telecommunications giant is pulling some of its advertising because it says some of its ads may have run next to controversial YouTube videos.

Although it is effective in dealing with the highly fragmented nature of the digital ad world programmatic buying is still evolving as a business practice and it appears that technology has gotten ahead of the advertising.

do comment on individual customers but as announced begun an extensive review of our advertising policies and have made a public commitment to put in place changes that give brands more control over where their ads appear.

6. When U.S. Air Force wanted robots it turned to a Boston start-up. When the start-up needed money it turned to China

The white paper which was distributed to the senior levels of the Trump administration this week concludes that United States government controls that are supposed to protect potentially critical technologies are falling short according to three people knowledgeable about its contents who spoke on the condition of anonymity.

Some especially those making hardware rather than mobile apps said Chinese money was sometimes the only available Kayana Szymczak for The New York Times Trump administration officials and lawmakers are raising broad questions about economic relationship with the United States.

Chinese investors have a bigger appetite for risk and a willingness to do deals fast said chief executive Max Kayana Szymczak for The New York Times To demonstrate his capabilities to the Air Force Versace said Neurala used its software on a ground drone from Best Buy to make it recognize and follow around the secretary then Deborah Lee James during a meeting.

7. US-made Killer Mobile spyware resold in Russia by OpenGSM:

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No matter how senior you get in an organization no matter how well you perceived to be doing your job is never done.

8. Apple always had a powerful OS-level task automation tool. Next step on iPad ➡️ laptop transition.

worked closely with Apple from the very beginning from kickstarting our company as students attending WWDC to developing and launching Workflow and seeing its amazing success on the App Store.

This makes sense and glad to see it because Workflow itself was a prime meat example of how to find a need in the iOS ecosystem tackle it in an interesting way and execute it with cleverness and attention to honoring the platform.

The special sauce of Workflow is that it enables users to dip into specific functions of individual apps and connect those actions together into a string of seamless invisible commands.

9. Stay on top of the latest news with a curated collection of stories in your industry — new on LinkedIn:

They help you discover and discuss news ideas and diverse perspectives from the largest group of professionals publishers and editorial voices ever assembled.

Trending Storylines include multiple perspectives ranging from relevant Influencers and news publishers to people in your network so you can quickly access diverse opinions find new voices to follow and join the conversation.

In the future you can also start following people and topics that you discover within storylines and as you do so your LinkedIn Feed will increasingly reflect your professional interests.

10. The Pentagon asks: How does China beat it to investments in promising U.S. start-ups?

The white paper which was distributed to the senior levels of the Trump administration this week concludes that United States government controls that are supposed to protect potentially critical technologies are falling short according to three people knowledgeable about its contents who spoke on the condition of anonymity.

Some especially those making hardware rather than mobile apps said Chinese money was sometimes the only available Kayana Szymczak for The New York Times Trump administration officials and lawmakers are raising broad questions about economic relationship with the United States.

Chinese investors have a bigger appetite for risk and a willingness to do deals fast said chief executive Max Kayana Szymczak for The New York Times To demonstrate his capabilities to the Air Force Versace said Neurala used its software on a ground drone from Best Buy to make it recognize and follow around the secretary then Deborah Lee James during a meeting.

“Looking at the quarter in isolation, its not great, but looking forward, which is what the market is going to focus on, it actually looks fairly bright,” said Logan Purk, an analyst with Edward Jones.

 Chief Executive Officer Fred Smith said in a conference call with analysts that the company expects a margin of “15 percent plus in the current quarter” for the ground segment, and was broadly optimistic beyond that.

“Margins, cash flows and returns are going to increase over the next several years,” he said.

In the Chat Room  we posted our Bullish earning play on $FDX  – 100% winner

1. UNXL: $UNXL UniPixel Signs Long-Term Agreement with Major U.S.-based PC Maker to Supply XTouch Sensors -PRN

2. DLTH:  $DLTH Duluth Holdings beats Street 4Q forecasts – AP

3. IDRA:  $IDRA JMP Securities Starts Idera Pharmaceuticals at Market Outperform, $8 PT

4. RUN:  $RUN UBS Upgrades Sunrun to Buy, “accelerating prospects out of 4Q; gives us confidence”, $6.50 PT

5. ACHN:  $ACHN Achillion Pharma Granted USPTO Matter Patent for Alternative Pathway Factor D Inhibitors – SI

6. FDX:  $FDX FedEx misses on earnings, but sees higher margins ahead – Reuters

7. URBN:  $URBN KeyBanc Upgrades Urban Outfitters, Inc. to Overweight, $28 PT

8. SNAP:  $SNAP Drexel Hamilton Starts Snap Inc at Buy, $30 PT

9. SLW:  $SLW Silver Wheaton beats Street 4Q forecasts – AP

10. OPK:  $OPK OPKO Receives FDA Orphan Drug Status for New Oligonucleotide to Treat Genetic Neurological Disorder

11. SHPG:  $SHPG Shire Receives FDA Fast Track Designation for Recombinant ADAMTS13 – PRN

12. VRX:  $VRX Valeant Completes Refinancing Transactions – PRN

13. CRM: $CRM Marc Benioff Doesn’t See Salesforce Doing a Lot of M&A – BBG

14. IMMY, MNK: $MNK Imprimis $IMMY Challenges Mallinckrodt’s Acthar – Benzinga

15. CCXI: $CCXI ChemoCentryx Receives FDA Orphan Designation for Avacopan, a C3 Glomerulopathy Treatment – SI

16. SCS: $SCS Steelcase board raises dividend, company earnings disappoint – MW

17. PPG: $PPG PPG Increases Bid for Akzo Nobel to $24 Billion but Is Rejected Again – WSJ

18. NVS: $NVS Novartis heart drug portfolio hit by failed serelaxin study – Reuters

19. LB:  $LB KeyBanc Downgrades L Brands to Underweight, $40 PT

20. CS:  $CS SYMBOL CORRECTION: Credit Suisse to disclose capital-raising plans soon, CEO tells FuW – Reuters

21. CSIQ:  $CSIQ Credit Suisse to disclose capital-raising plans soon, CEO tells FuW – Reuters

22. VTL:  $VTL Vital Therapies Announces Proposed Public Offering of Common Stock – GN

23. AAL:  $AAL Morgan Stanley Downgrades American Airlines to Equalweight, $44 PT

24. DEA:  $DEA Easterly Government Properties Commences 4.3M Common Stock Offering – SI

25. ADAP:  $ADAP Adaptimmune Therapeutics plc Proposes Public Offering of American Depositary Shares – GN

26. ING:  $ING ING shares drop after disclosure of criminal probe; says ‘significant’ penalties possible – MW

27. NKE:  $NKE Nike Sales Disappoint On Tepid U.S. Growth – Forbes

28. WIN:  $WIN Goldman Sachs Reinstates Windstream at Sell, $4.50 PT

29. RGNX:  $RGNX Regenxbio prices offering of 3.70 mln shares at $20.50/share – Reuters

30. IMMY:  $IMMY Imprimis Pharma to Raise $3.1M in Registered Direct Offering of Common Stock – SI

31. IMMY:  $IMMY Imprimis Pharmaceuticals Announces Fourth Quarter and Year-End 2016 Financial Results – SI

32. FTR:  $FTR Goldman Sachs Downgrades Frontier Communications to Sell, $1.50 PT

33. SHLD:  $SHLD Sears Acknowledges ‘Substantial’ Fears It Could Go Bankrupt – Fortune

1. RUN:$RUN UBS Upgrades Sunrun to Buy, “accelerating prospects out of 4Q; gives us confidence”, $6.50 PT

2. URBN:$URBN KeyBanc Upgrades Urban Outfitters, Inc. to Overweight, $28 PT

1. FTR:$FTR Goldman Sachs Downgrades Frontier Communications to Sell, $1.50 PT

2. LB:$LB KeyBanc Downgrades L Brands to Underweight, $40 PT

EARNINGS

1. PERY:$PERY reports FQ4 earnings of 66c EPS and $204.18M Revs –

2. WGO:$WGO reports FQ2 earnings of 48c EPS and $370.51M Revs –

1. FDX:$FDX FedEx misses on earnings, but sees higher margins ahead – Reuters

2. NKE:One thing to note about the market, and especially the Dow, today. Nike is big reason futures are lower. $NKE down 6% #premarket. Ouch!

1. Tencent’s Performance Problem

2. PPG Increases Bid for Akzo Nobel to $24 Billion but Is Rejected Again

1. UK bans laptops in cabin luggage in flights from: • Turkey • Lebanon • Jordan • Egypt • Tunisia • Saudi Arabia

Simon Calder travel editor of the Independent told the BBC the ban would particularly affect passengers who booked cheaper hand tickets but would now have to pay to check a bag in.

It is not the result of a specific identified terrorist plot but of mounting concern in US and British intelligence circles at the ongoing interest amongst jihadist groups in the Middle East in blowing up a passenger plane in.

The editor of Aviation Security International Philip Baum told the BBC that encouraging people to check laptops and other such items into the luggage hold simply makes the challenge of screening even harder.

2. I will be resigning from Baidu and opening up a new chapter of my work in AI. Details here:

Baidu is now one of the few companies with expertise in every major AI area speech NLP computer vision machine learning knowledge graph.

been an honor to lead the AI Group and work with remarkable team from the executive leadership to the brilliant engineers scientists product managers and others.

Wang Haifeng the new head of the AI Group is a fantastic researcher and technology leader his leadership firmly positions the team for future greatness.

3. UK airlines affected by electronics ban include British Airways, EasyJet,

If the accompanying guardian is travelling on the same flight on a separate booking please select Continue.

To change your flight please select Go back.

Specific rules may apply to entry to certain destinations for passengers aged and under who are travelling without their parent or legal guardian.

4. YCombinator is adapting to the death of Obamacare by funding a medical debt collection startup:

Intelligent software that collects debts with recovery rate Schedule free demo.

Our intelligent software automatically reaches out to customers that did pay in time so you will never need to manually chase them again.

Aaron Norair Since we have started automating our accounts receivable with Collecty our DSO has decreased by almost.

5. Android O will limit what apps can do in the background to save battery life

In the pursuit of better battery life Google is planning to limit what Android apps can do in the background.

On Android O which the company announced today apps will be limited in three areas implicit broadcasts background services and location updates.

Apps typically do anything when triggered by an implicit broadcast so they just waste processing power and battery life.

6. If you’re gonna try and be anonymous, don’t put a burner SIM in your personal iPhone you use with iCloud…

But on Friday after taking all those precautions a man named John Rivello was arrested for sending tweets to Newsweek journalist Kurt Eichenwald.

The arrest came three months and a day after the initial incident and a newly unsealed complaint reveals how police tracked the man down.

A prepaid SIM is enough to keep the phone network from knowing who you are but your device itself also creates a powerful identity trail particularly for iCloud users.

7. We’re working to resolve a reported issue affecting sign-in for Outlook and OneDrive consumers. Check

8. Asking ppl to check in laptops flies in the face of earlier US concerns over lithium batteries in cargo hold

Despite the backdrop of rivalry between Gulf carriers and their US competitors aviation expert Keith Mackey told Al Jazeera NewsGrid that there were valid security threats that would justify such action.

What happens is terror alerts are received throughout the world by governments some of them are specific and some of them are and the agencies involved decide the safest course of action he said citing previous incidences of groups like ISIL planting explosives in electronic gadgets.

While there is no hint or mention of economic competition motivating Tuesday ban among US officials frequent travellers between the US and the Middle East are considering making alternative arrangements to flying on Gulf airlines.

9.

10. I asked Apple and confirmed: the new iPad’s screen is NOT laminated. Show Notes!

You could make a strong argument that a refurb iPad Air is a much better value if what going to do with your tablet is mostly read text and watch video you need the significantly more powerful processor to drive those things but the better display will be extremely noticeable.

The US and UK today banned people from bringing devices than a on direct flights from various Muslim countries a new rule that appears to have been rushed out and involves many many inconsistencies.

Adi Robertson dived into the long history of companies which started off as online phone books but now basically exist as scammy enterprises that make it easier for trolls to dox people.

Apple ($AAPL) has been a solid performer in 2017 with 20%+ year to date solid gains, we have been long in core position and also we added to our trading portfolio yesterday (march 20, 2017) $AAPL April 21, 2017 142 CALLS at… looking for a new time high..we are still looking for 161 as one of the targets for $AAPL. We will post in Chat Room

1. PTIE: $PTIE Pain Therapeutics Announces Positive Regulatory Guidance for REMOXY™ ER – GN

2. HTBX:  $HTBX Heat Biologics Announces Positive Interim Phase 2 Data – SI

3. ATNM:  $ATNM Actinium Announces Receipt of Positive Scientific Advice from EU Medicines Agency for Iomab-B

4. FRAN:  $FRAN Francesca’s Holdings tops Street 4Q forecasts – AP

5. DB:  $DB Justice Dept. closed investigation into Deutsche Bank currency manipulation – CNN

6. DB:  $DB Deutsche Bank Said to Face Regulatory Fines Over Currency Trades – BBG

7. AUPH:  $AUPH Aurinia Closes US$173.1 Million Public Offering – BW

8. OCUL:  $OCUL Ocular Therapeutix CFO Resigns – SI

9. WMT:  $WMT Walmart Expands Its E-Commerce Ambitions With a New Investment Arm – Dealbook

10. PPG: $PPG PPG Said to Prepare New Akzo Bid After $22.4 Billion Failed – BBG

11. LE: $LE Lands’ End reports wider loss, but adjusted profit beats expectations – MW

12. AKAO: $AKAO Ian R. Friedland, M.D., Chief Medical Officer of Achaogen Resigns – SI

13. LEN: $LEN Lennar beats profit and sales expectations as home deliveries increase – MW

14. SSH:  $SSH Sunshine Heart files for offering of Class A units of up to $5 mln – Reuters

15. GBDC:  $GBDC Golub Capital BDC, Inc. Announces Public Offering – PRN

16. MMSI:  $MMSI Merit Medical Announces Commencement of Public Offering of Common Stock – GN

17. GIS:  $GIS General Mills Falls as Third-Quarter Revenue Misses Estimates – BBG

18. CALA:  $CALA Calithera Biosciences, Inc. Offering 4.5M shares – GN

19. DB:  $DB CORRECTION Deutsche Bank down 5% in premarket, we have some bad closing prices in system

20. GEL:  $GEL Genesis Energy Prices 4M Share Public Offering – SI

21. LJPC:  $LJPC La Jolla Pharmaceutical Plans $100M Common Stock Offering – SI

22. CSIQ:  $CSIQ Canadian Solar Inc. Bottom Line Drops 77% In Q4 – Nasdaq

1. CCL:Carnival Corp was Upgraded to a Buy Rating at William Blair $CCL

2. PGR:Sandler O’Neill Upgrades Progressive to Buy $PGR

3. TECK:$TECK coming off Support at $20 could rally to $25-26 use $19 as a STOP upgraded to buy today @ Deutsche Bank

4. WYNN:Yesterday takeover rumors & today Aegis upgraded $WYNN to Buy . Target increased to $125 from $95 Funny market

1. CAG, CPB:Bernstein analysts downgrade a slew of consumer staples stocks to UNDERPERFORM from prior market perform, incl: $CAG $CPB $GIS $K $SJM

2. GNMX:$GNMX downgraded to Hold from Buy at Jefferies. PT $2.50

1. LEN:$LEN reports FQ1 earnings of 59c EPS and $2.34B Revs –

2. GIS:$GIS reports FQ3 earnings of 72c EPS and $3.79B Revs –

3. FRAN:$FRAN reports FQ4 earnings of 39c EPS and $146.35M Revs –

4. CSIQ:$CSIQ reports FQ4 earnings of 24c EPS and $668.43M Revs –

5. CCE:$CCE reports FQ4 earnings of 46c EPS and $2.78B Revs –

1. WYNN:David Bain, ex Sterne Agee upgrading $WYNN to BUY from Neutral , price tgt to $121 from $95

2. GIS:General Mills $GIS Tops Q3 EPS by 1c, Sales Light; Reaffirms

3. ATNM:$ATNM Announces Receipt of Positive Scientific Advice from the European Medicines Agency for Iomab-B

1. Aurinia Closes US$173.1 Million Public Offering of Common Shares and Full Exercise of Underwriters’ Option to Purchase Additional Common Shares

2. Goldman to move hundreds of staff from London pre-Brexit: Europe CEO

3. Deutsche Bank Said to Face Regulatory Fines Over Currency Trades

4. Apple launches new 9.7-Inch iPad for $329

5. Tillerson no-show at NATO renews European disquiet about Trump

6. Actinium Announces Receipt of Positive Scientific Advice from the European Medicines Agency for Iomab-B

1. This will have enormous economic impact. It is also a direct attack on so-called “skills based” immigration

A representative of Saudi Arabian Airlines based at JFK International Airport in New York told BuzzFeed News that the ban begins immediately and covers all electronic devices excluding cell phones.

intelligence indicates that terrorist groups continue to target commercial aviation and are aggressively pursuing innovative methods to undertake their attacks to include smuggling explosive devices in various consumer items.

All these countries are US allies many of them crucial ones Turkey is a NATO member Egypt is the recipient of American military aid and Qatar hosts the forward operating headquarters of the US Central Command.

2. We know brands want more choice about where their ads appear. How we’re expanding safeguards for advertisers →

why we been conducting an extensive review of our advertising policies and tools and why we made a public commitment last week to put in place changes that would give brands more control over where their ads appear.

also tighten safeguards to ensure that ads show up only against legitimate creators in our YouTube Partner Program opposed to those who impersonate other channels or violate our community guidelines.

We be hiring significant numbers of people and developing new tools powered by our latest advancements in AI and machine learning to increase our capacity to review questionable content for advertising.

3. Merger of Vodafone India unit and Idea Cellular to create company twice as big as AT&T

Cost savings for the merged unit will help it challenge billionaire Mukesh Reliance Jio Infocomm which has spurred consolidation after offering free calls and data since last year.

deal should be viewed as a positive giving Vodafone and Idea scale to help reduce costs Saeed Baradar a telecoms sales specialist at Louis Capital Markets UK said in a note.

The agreement shows that Vodafone increasingly becoming a holding company is willing to relinquish partial control of its most troubled assets Stephane Beyazian an analyst with Raymond James in London wrote in a note.

4. After weeks of testing, DoorDash robot delivery begins this Thursday in Redwood City:

DoorDash is putting a small fleet of delivery robots into action for the first time in Redwood City California following weeks of tests.

The robots built by a company called Starship Technologies are about the size of a golden retriever and roll around sidewalks with relative ease.

Though a significant amount of attention has been directed towards autonomous driving as a potential job killer specifically for long haul trucking delivery robots appear poised to go mainstream much sooner.

5. If you’re going to ban any particular people from having computers because of security, wouldn’t it be Russians?

US authorities have secretly required airlines from eight nations to forbid passengers from carrying any electronic or electrical device larger than a cellphone.

The lack of specificity leaves airlines in the dark as to whether their employees will be cited or otherwise punished for performing the vital functions of aircraft crew as usual.

Royal Jordanian airways notifies its passengers that they will not be allowed to have tablet computers laptops or game consoles on flights to and from the US Photograph Sam In a tweet from its official account Saudia also warned its customers that new security measures were introduced by the TSA and would be enforced from Tuesday.

6. “We’re not a photo sharing company,” says @Kevin Systrom, the CEO of @Instagram.

The story of how Systrom and cofounder Mike Krieger went from coding Instagram at a tech incubator on San Pier in to selling their startup months later to Facebook for more than million remains a Silicon Valley fairy tale.

big change happened when we decided to go says Systrom who with his beard quilted blazer and wooden water bottle has a sense of style befitting the cocreator of a tool for sharing beautiful photography.

Today Systrom says the mission is relationships through shared The idea underpinning this goal is that Instagram should offer users a more overt and unvarnished way to connect through the universal language of broadcast moments and not just snapshots.

7. Surely it’s no coincidence that @Apple new iMessage Stickers ad is basically an AR demo:

Run by a former Dolby Laboratories executive the group includes engineers who worked on the Oculus and HoloLens virtual reality headsets sold by Facebook and Microsoft as well as wizards from Hollywood.

Among them the people say Cody White former lead engineer of Amazon Lumberyard virtual reality platform Duncan McRoberts Meta former director of software development Yury Petrov a former Oculus researcher and Avi who worked on the HoloLens and Google Earth.

The company has also mined the movie industry animation ranks the people said opening a Wellington office and luring several employees from Weta Digital the New Zealand shop that worked on King Kong Avatar and other films.

8. The directive will impact over a dozen airlines flying into the US.

The intelligence community has been tracking this threat for some time but the official said that some information from a recent Special Forces raid in Yemen contributed to the ongoing concern.

Emirates another big carrier from the UAE said it had yet received any notification but would comply with any new operational or regulatory requirements issued by the relevant authorities.

Saudi Arabian Airlines told its customers in a statement on Twitter that new measures from the Transportation Security Administration include a ban on laptops and tablets like iPads and Kindles in baggage on flights to the.

9. Google: “We’re taking a tougher stance on hateful, offensive and derogatory content” #funding #hatespeech

So starting today taking a tougher stance on hateful offensive and derogatory content Philipp Schindler chief business officer wrote in a blog announcing the changes late Monday night.

The moves are aimed at rebutting criticism the search giant has not done enough to curb hate speech online but they also thrust Google further into a heated public debate over censorship and political ideologies.

Its prior ads policy was fairly boilerplate restricting content that contains harassment and incites violence against groups based on race religion or gender identity.

10. Hidden in this article is mention that Apple has opened a Wellington office

Run by a former Dolby Laboratories executive the group includes engineers who worked on the Oculus and HoloLens virtual reality headsets sold by Facebook and Microsoft as well as wizards from Hollywood.

Among them the people say Cody White former lead engineer of Amazon Lumberyard virtual reality platform Duncan McRoberts Meta former director of software development Yury Petrov a former Oculus researcher and Avi who worked on the HoloLens and Google Earth.

The company has also mined the movie industry animation ranks the people said opening a Wellington office and luring several employees from Weta Digital the New Zealand shop that worked on King Kong Avatar and other films.