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Felix has created a following by being provocative and irreverent he clearly went too far in this case and the resulting videos are inappropriate a Maker Studios spokeswoman said in a statement on Monday.

With million subscribers Kjellberg has amassed one of the largest audiences on YouTube by posting clips of himself playing and talking about video games accompanied by humorous commentary.

The Walt Disney Company zealously defends its brand it decided not to bid for Twitter last year in part because it was concerned with trolls on that social network but this is not the first time that the entertainment conglomerate has had trouble from units.

2. A new ‘Signal’ update allows encrypted video calling. Here’s how to keep it from leaking your metadata to Apple

Open Whisper SystemsBut anyone testing the beta who links their iPhone to iCloud and wants the same level of privacy Signal has always offered should consider an extra step too Disabling a setting that uploads a metadata to Apple.

He suggests that the app could mere display in the call log to protect identities or Signal may walk users through its settings when once installed to help people choose their privacy preferences.

In the new version voice and video calling will drop those word pairs and instead use the same authentication system as its text messaging feature which depends instead on simply warning users if their encryption key has suspiciously changed.

3. Antivirus company finds new sample of Russian govt (APT28) malware that targets Macs and specifically iPhone backups

But the most important module from an perspective is the one that allows the operator s to exfiltrate iPhone backups stored on a compromised Mac.

Our past analysis of samples known to be linked to group shows a number of similarities between the Xagent component for and the Mac OS binary that currently forms the object of our investigation.

We conclude this brief teaser with the assertion that the Komplex component discovered in September has been exclusively used as a downloader and installer for the Xagent binary.

4. An IBM master inventor and his son invented an interface that could “fundamentally improve how cybersecurity works”

That fall weekend Mike showed Evan Services Virtual Analyst a fancy name for a chatbot capable of fielding basic queries through the keyboard.

Spisak hooked Havyn up to IBM BigFix and endpoint security manager that can ascertain not just what cyberthreats exist but whether any directly impact a given system.

are things analysts could be doing on their own but it takes them five or eight minutes says Justin Grant director of strategy for IBM Managed Security Services whose teams are running the Havyn beta.

5. In a truly user-hostile move, Facebook is now setting all videos to play sound automatically by default

Dan Rose VP of Partnerships announced the new app at the Code Media conference at the in Dana Point Calif.

A box app should give Facebook and its partners more opportunities to turn video views into ad dollars.

The Wall Street Journal reported in late January that Facebook was building an app for boxes.

6. The weirdest M&A deal of 2017: Japan’s Softbank buying Wall Street denizen Fortress Investment Group for $3 billion.

ET SoftBank Group agreed to buy asset manager Fortress Investment Group LLC for billion in a surprising move that is part of an effort by the Japanese technology giant to transform itself into one of the largest investment firms.

Fortress Class A stockholders are to get a share the companies announced late Tuesday after The Wall Street Journal reported on the deal.

That is above the closing price Monday.

7. Why do companies change policies after they end up in controversy — perhaps because don’t have ethics to begin with

On Monday evening Disney announced it was severing ties with PewDiePie and now The Verge can report that YouTube is also cutting its business relationship with its most famous face.

But YouTube did remove ads from the videos that set off this uproar and will no doubt be keeping a close eye on whatever their provocative poster boy uploads in the near future.

The turn of events could prove a setback for subscription service YouTube Red which was heavily marketed in conjunction with PewDiePie.

8. Yet another sign that SoftBank is transforming into an investment company

Fortress Class A stockholders are to get a share the companies announced late Tuesday after The Wall Street Journal reported on the deal.

That is above the closing price Monday.

9. Google Cloud Spanner promises all 3 of Consistency, Availability and Partition tolerance; which one will it fail at?

The idea here is to allow developers to take all of the knowledge they built in writing applications and allow them to take that to a new database service that still uses the SQL syntax and offers ACID transactions something you want for your point of sales system if you are a retailer for example but also offers many of the advantages of modern NoSQL databases combined with the kind of scalability and global network that Google itself needs to run its products.

She also noted that while there is no theoretical limit as to how big a Cloud Spanner database can be and she also stressed that no reason you use it for smaller projects as well the main advantage here necessarily scalability but also the ability to do global transactions.

Google also promises percent uptimes for Cloud Spanner and the project will launch with client libraries for languages like Java Go Python and.

10. Microsoft prez calls for ‘Digital Geneva Convention’ to protect world from nation-state hacking

Smith outlined his proposal during keynote remarks at this week RSA cybersecurity conference in San Francisco following a presidential election marred by the hacking and disclosure of Democratic Party emails that intelligence agencies concluded were carried out by Russia in order to help Republican Donald Trump win.

Smith likened such an organization which would include technical experts from governments and the private sector to the International Atomic Energy Agency a watchdog based at the United Nations that works to deter the use of nuclear weapons.

Smith also said the technology sector needed to work collectively and neutrally to protect internet users around the world from cyber attacks including a pledge not to aid governments in offensive activity and the adoption of a coordinated disclosure process for software and hardware vulnerabilities.

Early movers: $HUM, $AET, $GM, $PLKI, $GILD, $AAPL, $ANF, $DISCA, $GNRC, $ITT & more

by Alpha | Feb 14, 2017 | Pre-Market

PRE-MARKET MOVERS

1. GIG, IDTI:

$GIG IDT Inc. $IDTI to buy GigPeak Inc. for $250 million all-cash deal – MW

2. SALE:

$SALE RetailMeNot Tops Q4 EPS by 6c; Issues Solid Outlook – SI

3. GM:

$GM Opel and PSA Group in merger talks

4. CSOD:

$CSOD Cornerstone OnDemand delivers mixed Q4 – ZDnet

5. QTNA:

$QTNA Quantenna Tops Q4 EPS by 2c – SI

6. GUID:

$GUID Guidance Software Tops Q4 EPS by 3c; Guides FY17 EPS Above the Street – SI

7. CS:

$CS to cut up to 6,500 jobs in 2017; reports larger loss than expected via @Reuters

8. GILD:

$GILD HIV candidate bictegravir shows robust treatment effect in mid-stage study $GILD

9. BABA, MAT:

$MAT And $BABA Form Global Strategic Partnership

10. VRX:

$VRX Valeant, Pearson, Pershing Square, & Ackman Enter ‘Litigation Management Agreement’ – SI

11. RNG: $RNG RingCentral reports 4Q loss – AP

12. PDFS: $PDFS PDF Solutions matches Street 4Q forecasts – AP

13. ITT: $ITT ITT Sees FY17 Earnings In Line With Estimates; Hikes Dividend – Nasdaq

14. DISCA: $DISCA Discovery tops 4Q profit forecasts – AP

15. GOOGL: $GOOGL One Reason Staffers Quit Google’s Car Project? The Company Paid Them So Much – BBG

16. TRXC: $TRXC TransEnterix Reports First Clinical Use of Senhance Robotic Surgical System in France – SI

17. AAPL: $AAPL Apple has a new TV show, so will it finally buy a big media company? No, says Eddy Cue. – Recode

18. RH: $RH Restoration Hardware recalls metal tables after lead reports – ABC

19. AET, HUM: $HUM Aetna $AET Gives Up On Merger, Will Pay Humana $1B Breakup Fee – Forbes

20. SYT:

$SYT Syngenta Says U.S. Extends ChemChina-Deal Antitrust Review – BBG

21. TMUS:

$TMUS USA tops Q4 consensus for earnings, revenues via @TheStreet

22. BKD:

$BKD Brookdale Shares Lower; Company Says Supply and Labor Pressures Will Continue – TheStreet

23. CYNO, HOLX:

$HOLX to Acquire $CYNO for $1.65B via @Street_Insider

24. GLNG:

$GLNG Golar LNG Limited Announces Proposed Offering of $350M of Convertible Senior Notes due 2022 – GN

25. TTM:

$TTM Tata Motors profit falls, missing estimates – MW

26. AMKR:

$AMKR Amkor Tech shares drop on revenue miss, outlook – MW

27. HIBB:

$HIBB Hibbett Sports Prelim. Q4 and FY18 EPS Guidance Misses Views – SI

28. AVIR:

$AVIR Aviragen Antiviral Drug Vapendavir Fails Phase IIb Study in Asthma Patients – GEN

29. AET, HUM: $AET, $HUM mutually end merger agreement via @WSJ

UPGRADES

1. BAM, GLBL, TERP:TerraForm Power upgraded to Neutral from Sell at UBS $TERP $BAM $GLBL

2. STNG:$STNG upgraded to Buy @ MS

3. UA:$UA upgraded to Neutral @ MS

DOWNGRADES

1. DEPO:$DEPO downgraded from Buy to Neutral at Mizuho. PT $17

EARNINGS

1. SALE:$SALE reports FQ4 earnings of 37c EPS and $96.89M Revs –

2. ACOR:$ACOR reports FQ4 earnings of 5c EPS and $140.63M Revs –

3. GNRC:$GNRC reports FQ4 earnings of $1.12 EPS and $417.42M Revs –

4. CRL:$CRL reports FQ4 earnings of $1.21 EPS and $466.79M Revs –

5. STFC:$STFC reports FQ4 earnings of 46c EPS and $364.90M Revs –

6. CPLA:$CPLA reports FQ4 earnings of 97c EPS and $111.31M Revs –

7. TRU:$TRU reports FQ4 earnings of 44c EPS and $435.90M Revs –

8. DISCA:$DISCA reports FQ4 earnings of 56c EPS and $1.67B Revs –

9. ITT:$ITT reports FQ4 earnings of 48c EPS and $588.40M Revs –

10. DSX:$DSX reports FQ4 earnings of -37c EPS and $28.02M Revs –

11. LECO:$LECO reports FQ4 earnings of 81c EPS and $563.83M Revs –

12. LECO:$LECO reports inline with the Estimize EPS Consensus and beats the Estimize Revenue Consensus by $21.02M –

13. MLM:$MLM reports FQ4 earnings of $1.55 EPS and $889M Revs –

14. WSO:$WSO reports FQ4 earnings of 81c EPS and $913.61M Revs –

15. TMUS:$TMUS reports FQ4 earnings of 45c EPS and $10.18B Revs –

16. AYR:$AYR reports FQ4 earnings of 90c EPS and $204.65M Revs –

17. FLIR:$FLIR reports FQ4 earnings of 52c EPS and $474.74M Revs –

18. DPS:$DPS reports FQ4 earnings of $1.04 EPS and $1.58B Revs –

19. IPGP:$IPGP reports FQ4 earnings of $1.39 EPS and $280.12M Revs –

20. VG:$VG reports FQ4 earnings of 3c EPS and $246.76M Revs –

21. NMM:$NMM reports FQ4 earnings of 9c EPS and $49.67M Revs –

22. TTS:$TTS reports FQ4 earnings of 7c EPS and $76.61M Revs –

23. INCY:$INCY reports FQ4 earnings of 5c EPS and $326.50M Revs –

24. DBD:$DBD reports FQ4 earnings of 32c EPS and $1.24B Revs –

25. TOWR:$TOWR reports FQ4 earnings of $1.02 EPS and $462.27M Revs –

26. TAP:$TAP reports FQ4 earnings of 46c EPS and $2.29B Revs –

27. Q:$Q reports FQ4 earnings of $1.09 EPS and $1.95B Revs –

Trending Social Alerts

1. CYNO:$CYNO halted

2. IONS:$IONS $75M Milestone from Bayer for Advancing IONIS-FXI Rx and IONIS-FXI-L Rx

3. INCY:$INCY Jakafi Q4 revenues of $238M is right in-line with estimates.

4. AGEN:$AGEN forced to amend its cancer immunotherapy collaboration w/ $INCY bc co. needs money now. Shows lack of confidence.

5. GILD:It’s nice to write + about $GILD. Been long time. Even w/ strong bictegravir data, $GILD still needs to find growth

6. GM:Will Tesla Achieve Its 2017 Unit Guidance? Not A Chance $GM $TSLA

7. HOLX:$HOLX to Acquire $CYNO, Leader in Medical Aesthetics Systems and Technologies for $66/share, $1.65B

8. AET:BREAKING: Aetna, Humana end merger $AET $HUM

9. TMUS:Happy #ValentinesDay AND $TMUS earnings day!! Ready to feel the 💖? It’s all about the 💖 for our customers, sharehol…

10. ZLTQ:Yesterday $ZLTQ, today $CYNO… Aesthetics smoking hot

Trending News Headlines

1. Odi on Twitter

“$HOLX to Acquire $CYNO, Leader in Medical Aesthetics Systems and Technologies for $66/share, $1.65B”

2. Aetna, Humana Mutually End Merger Agreement

Aetna and Humana won’t appeal a judge’s decision to block their merger on antitrust grounds, avoiding what had been widely seen as an uphill battle to preserve the $34 billion deal.

3. YouTube Star PewDiePie Is Dropped by Disney After Reports of Anti-Semitic Imagery

PewDiePie, whose real name is Felix Kjellberg, is the most popular user on YouTube. His videos have attracted nearly 14.7 billion views.

4. Amazon is thinking about parachuting parcels to customers after dropping them from drones

The ecommerce giant described in a patent filing that it could ‘forcefully propel a package from an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), while the UAV is in motion.’

5. Are OPEC’s Cuts Adding Up to Lower Oil Prices?

Measuring the success of OPEC’s latest pledge to decrease oil output has never been harder as traders look beyond the group’s compliance numbers to gauge impact on prices.

6. Credit Suisse to cut 5,500 jobs in 2017 after $2.4 billion full-year loss

Credit Suisse (CSGN.S) posted a 2.44 billion Swiss franc ($2.43 billion) net loss for 2016, its second straight year in the red, keeping pressure on Chief Executive Tidjane Thiam to deliver on his turnaround plan for Switzerland’s second-biggest bank.

Technology News

1. Take the time to watch this video about PewdiePie’s anti-semitic videos. Captures this man in a way words don’t

ET Millions of people have watched a video by biggest star that included two men laughing as they held a banner that read to all.

The man behind the video is Felix Kjellberg a Swede known as who has amassed million subscribers.

His success has brought him deals from.

2. An IBM master inventor and his son invented an interface that could “fundamentally improve how cybersecurity works”

That fall weekend Mike showed Evan Services Virtual Analyst a fancy name for a chatbot capable of fielding basic queries through the keyboard.

Spisak hooked Havyn up to IBM BigFix and endpoint security manager that can ascertain not just what cyberthreats exist but whether any directly impact a given system.

3. Here’s why some staffers quit Google’s car project

In December the car unit morphed into a standalone business called Waymo and the system was replaced with a more uniform pay structure that treats all employees the same according to a person familiar with the situation.

Part of the problem was that payouts snowballed after key milestones were reached even though the ultimate goal of the project fully autonomous vehicles provided to the public through commercial services remained years away.

Other early project members left to form Otto a trucking company that was quickly snapped up by Uber Technologies Bryan Salesky a former Google car executive started Argo AI which got a billion investment from Ford Motor on Friday.

4. Apple’s new TV show has @JessicaAlba & @GwynethPaltrow telling people why their app ideas are terrible.

of the is coming to Apple Music in the next few months said Ben Silverman at the Code Media conference at the in Dana Point the CEO of Propagate the production company partnering with Apple to create the show.

the moment that you swipe and it goes to the screen reminded that apps like music like television like film are a dominant part of our cultural landscape.

Watch the full with interview with Eddy Cue and Ben Silverman below.

5. Apple has a new TV show, so will it finally buy a big media company? No, says Eddy Cue. #CodeMedia

was produced by Ben Silverman a former of NBC Entertainment who was also behind hit shows like the and the version of.

So now that Apple is producing original content Recode senior editor Peter Kafka asked Eddy Cue head of content a key question at the Code Media conference at the in Dana Point Will Apple finally just go ahead and buy a big film studio or media company like Sony Pictures or Time Warner or Netflix or Lionsgate.

We think we have a real opportunity in the TV space to do that with Apple Music and shows and the things we trying to do are being done by anybody else.

6. I don’t understand how millions of people can watch an anti-Semitic video before it’s discovered

ET Millions of people have watched a video by biggest star that included two men laughing as they held a banner that read to all.

The man behind the video is Felix Kjellberg a Swede known as who has amassed million subscribers.

His success has brought him deals from.

7. This is big trouble for YouTube Red, who was using an exclusive PewDiePie show to sell subscriptions

ET Millions of people have watched a video by biggest star that included two men laughing as they held a banner that read to all.

The man behind the video is Felix Kjellberg a Swede known as who has amassed million subscribers.

His success has brought him deals from.

8. In other news: @KurtWagner8 asks Apple SVP Eddy Cue about AR/VR, Cue says he doesn’t talk about “future products” HM

Apple wants original content and Eddy Cue who heads up media strategy is in charge of making that happen.

Watch his interview with Peter Kafka live in the YouTube video above starting tonight at pm PT and follow along in the liveblog from our Code Media conference.

9. “We’re hopeful that they are moving towards licensing music for the entire site,” said @DavidIsraelite

A parade of musicians from Universal Music took the stage at the Ace Hotel in downtown Los Angeles Saturday in a Awards performance for a room full of the executives who will make or break their careers.

Video consumption on Facebook has grown to billions of views over the past couple of years as TV networks news organizations and users experiment with the site much like they once did with YouTube.

is a very valuable company making a lot of money and in part because of the music on the site Israelite said adding the social network is protected by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act the same law that can shield YouTube from responsibility for pirated material.

10. I ‘star’ everything good on Google Maps so it’s good to see Google adding lists to them!

Is your bucket list etched in your memory or scribbled on a dozen notes scattered around your home.

Simply open the Google Maps app and find that BBQ spot been wanting to try.

Whenever friends and family come to town tap the share button to get a link and start flexing your local knowledge muscles.

$SHLD Sears shares soar after $1 billion restructuring announced

by Alpha | Feb 10, 2017 | Pre-Market

PRE-MARKET MOVERS

1. SHLD:

$SHLD Sears shares soar after $1 billion restructuring announced – MW

2. INFN:

$INFN Infinera Q4 Loss Lower than Expected, Revenues Top – Yahoo

3. CTRL:

$CTRL Control4 Reports Record Revenue and Income From Operations for the Fourth Quarter – BW

4. ATVI:

$ATVI Activision Surges 10%: Q4 Rev Beats, Sets $1B Buyback Plan – Barron’s

5. SKX:

$SKX Skechers Q4 Earnings Miss, Stock Up on Solid Sales – Zacks

6. IMMU, SGEN:

$IMMU Immunomedics Reaches Deal With Seattle Genetics $SGEN For Sacituzumab Govitecan – Nasdaq

7. SWIR:

$SWIR Sierra Wireless Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2016 Results – BW

8. HDP:

$HDP Hortonworks: Hadoop Distributor Jumps 8% on Q4 Beat – Barron’s

9. ASYS:

$ASYS Amtech quarterly results show growth in orders and revenues – pv magazine

10. MJN:

$MJN Reckitt Benckiser to Buy Mead Johnson in $16.6 Billion Deal – BBG

11. MT:

$MT ArcelorMittal’s Surging Profit Underscores Steel Turnaround – BBG

12. ACOR:

$ACOR Acorda Therapeutics Entered Into Settlement Agreement with Apotex – SI

13. COLM:

$COLM Columbia Sportswear Q4 Earnings Beat, Sales Miss – Zacks

14. NVDA:

$NVDA NVIDIA Tops Q4 EPS by 30c as Revenues Surge 55% – SI

15. CSX:

$CSX Silence at CSX May Signal Takeover by Harrison as Deadline Looms – BBG

16. RPD:

$RPD Rapid7 Announces Fourth Quarter and Full-Year 2016 Financial Results – ET

17. RGC:

$RGC Regal Entertainment beats Street 4Q forecasts – AP

18. QUOT:

$QUOT Quotient Technology Revenues Beat For Fifth Straight Quarter – SA

19. CX:

$CX CEMEX and GCC Announce Pricing of 15.6% Stake in Grupo Cementos De Chihuahua – Yahoo

20. EXPE:

$EXPE Expedia turns profit, no thanks to Orbitz – MW

21. ANTM, CI:

$CI Anthem $ANTM to appeal after $48 billion Cigna purchase blocked – MW

22. P: $P Pandora’s Q4 Earnings Beat Estimates but Still Endured $90 Million Net Loss – Nasdaq

23. AON, BX: $AON Blackstone $BX to Pay Up to $4.8 Billion for Aon Outsourcing Business – NYT

24. NDLS: $NDLS Noodles & Company Announces Proposed Offering of Common Stock – GN

25. AMZN, LB:

$LB Amazon $AMZN takes aim at Victoria’s Secret with its own $10 bras – MW

26. WU:

$WU Western Union reports 4Q loss – AP

27. ZNGA:

$ZNGA FarmVille’ creator Zynga forecasts bookings below estimates – Reuters

28. MPWR:

$MPWR Monolithic Power Systems Announces Results for the Fourth Quarter and Year Ended Dec 31, 2016

29. CBIO:

$CBIO Catalyst Biosciences will do reverse stock split to maintain Nasdaq listing – MW

30. CLF:

$CLF Cliffs Natural Resources To Launch 50M-Share Offering – SA

31. CERN:

$CERN Cerner Offers Conservative Outlook After System Sales Slow – TheStreet

32. SGEN:

$SGEN Seattle Genetics Reports Fourth Quarter and Year 2016 Financial Results – BW

33. CATM:

$CATM Cardtronics Announces Fourth Quarter and Full-Year 2016 Results – SI

34. BTX:

$BTX BioTime Plans Offer of Common Stock – SI

35. UBNT:

$UBNT Ubiquiti Misses on Q2 Earnings; Revenues Up Y/Y – Zacks

36. YELP:

$YELP Yelp’s Profits And Sales Rise, But Investors Sour On Outlook – Forbes

37. RSYS:

$RSYS Radisys Corp Reveals 43% Fall In Q4 Profit – RTT

38. TCON:

$TCON Tracon slips as brain cancer trial misses the mark – FierceBio

39. ONVO:

$ONVO Organovo Holdings’ Unpleasant Q3 Surprise: Still Plenty of Skepticism About 3D Tissues

UPGRADES

1. INFN:Infinera target increased at Needham & Company, upgraded to Buy at Instinet

2. MT:$MT B of A “We upgrade to BUY setting a PO of EUR10.5.”

DOWNGRADES

1. BFAM:William Blair Downgrades Bright Horizons to Hold $BFAM

2. TEVA:$TEVA downgraded to Underperform from Neutral at Mizuho.

3. TSRO:$TSRO downgraded to Market Perform from Outperform at Leerink. PT $152

4. TWTR:#Twitter downgraded from hold to sell at Loop Capital. Price target cut from $16 to $10. $TWTR -2.13% at 16.06 prem…

5. ZAYO:#Zayo Group downgraded to underperform from market perform at FBR. Price target cut from $30 to $25. $ZAYO -3.18% a…

EARNINGS

1. AON:$AON reports FQ4 earnings of $2.56 EPS and $3.32B Revs –

2. CPN:$CPN reports FQ4 earnings of -41c EPS and $1.58B Revs –

3. ESNT:$ESNT reports FQ4 earnings of 68c EPS and $126.37M Revs –

4. BPL:$BPL reports FQ4 earnings of 92c EPS and $924.06M Revs –

5. BEAV:$BEAV reports FQ4 earnings of 80c EPS and $730.40M Revs –

6. CBG:$CBG reports FQ4 earnings of 93c EPS and $3.82B Revs –

7. G:$G reports FQ4 earnings of 43c EPS and $681.75M Revs –

8. IPG:$IPG reports FQ4 earnings of 75c EPS and $2.27B Revs –

9. SXT:$SXT reports FQ4 earnings of 80c EPS and $330.24M Revs –

10. AXL:$AXL reports FQ4 earnings of 78c EPS and $946.50M Revs –

Trending Social Alerts

1. SGEN:$IMMU Enters Into Exclusive Licensing Agreement With $SGEN for Sacituzumab Govitecan With Potential Payments of Up to Apprx $2B + Royalties

2. SHLD:After a gain of 41% in the pre-market, Sears is now only down 16% YTD. $SHLD

3. G:Genpact beats by $0.04, misses on revenue #premarket $G

4. ICPT:$ICPT Intercept to Provide Update on Phase 3 REGENERATE Trial of Obeticholic Acid for the Treatment of NASH Patients with Liver Fibrosis

Trending News Headlines

1. Abby Joseph Cohen, Famous for Bullish Calls, to Retire

Goldman Sachs Group Inc.’s Abby Joseph Cohen, who became one of Wall Street’s most prominent strategists with prescient calls on some of the biggest U.S. rallies, is retiring as president of the firm’s Global Market Institute.

2. OPEC Keeps Its Promise About Crude Oil Cuts, IEA Says

OPEC achieved the best compliance rate in its history at the outset of an accord to clear the oil glut, a plan that’s being supported by surprising strength in demand, the International Energy Agency said.

3. Barclays feels Valeant share recovery is possible

Barclays analyst Douglas Tsao says Valeant Pharmaceuticals, relative to other names he covers, has an “attractive collection of assets.” Investors are staying away from the stock because of the debt, Tsao tells investors in a research note where he lowered his price target for the shares to $20 from $34. Valeant closed yesterday up 25c to $14.92. The analyst sees value in the company’s core franchises, specifically Bausch & Lomb, Dermatology and Salix. Selling a core asset would enable the fastest debt pay-down, but the question is what would be left behind to interest investors, the analyst writes. He believes, however, that Valeant has the opportunity “to stabilize and perhaps even grow” with the upcoming brodalumab and Vyzulti launches. The new products could reach sales of $800M by 2020, Tsao estimates. He believes that between non-core asset sales and a recapitalization, it’s possible for Valeant shares to recover “over time.” The analyst keeps an Equal Weight rating on the name.

4. Oil overhang points to need for extended OPEC output cuts

An OPEC-led production cut may well be accelerating a drawdown in global oil stocks that began last year, but implementing the reduction for just six months means the producer group will fall short of achieving its objective of rebalancing the market.

5. Gasoline sails away from American drivers as East Coast stocks swell

* Traders prep rare East Coast gasoline exports* Cargoes already sailing with exported distillates* Exports underscore record East Coast gaso

6. Oil Jumps as IEA Sees Record OPEC Cuts Compliance, Rising Demand

Oil jumped as the International Energy Agency said OPEC had achieved record initial compliance of 90 percent with their cuts agreement, while demand grew faster than expected.

Technology News

1. Airbnb is in talks to make its biggest acquisition yet

The Airbnb board of directors is expected to vote on approving the deal this week said the people who asked not to be identified because the terms have yet to be finalized.

The Luxury Retreats site also offers customers a concierge service with access to private chefs bartenders and masseuses similar to what Airbnb added a few months ago.

Airbnb said this week that it sees a lot of room to grow in Montreal and other Canadian cities including Toronto where listings jumped almost percent last year.

2. Concern I’m hearing: How is it that Twitter is at the center of the national news, and wasn’t able to boost sales?

Even as Twitter sits at the center of daily media reports given President Donald frequent blasts the company has had trouble persuading advertisers to spend more money on the platform as fewer people join.

we may not be meeting growth expectations one thing that continues to grow and outpace our peers influence and impact Chief Executive Officer Jack Dorsey said on a call with analysts.

Video and curbs on abuse may not be enough to boost excitement about product said James Cakmak an analyst at Monness Crespi Hardt even though Twitter is at the center of global political conversation.

3. Now, Cortana can help you remember things you’ve said you would do in your emails—without you even having to ask:

4. Well put @WIRED “Online privacy is like anything else in life: You get what you pay for.”

For consumers and organizations trying to improve their security by using a VPN shielding their web traffic from potentially malicious snooping guarding their privacy making it more difficult for a government or other entity to know what they do and say online hard to know where to turn.

economics make much sense because when you start looking at these applications most of them are free but maintaining online infrastructure is actually very expensive says Narseo a researcher at the International Computer Science Institute who worked on the study.

Experts recommend choosing a VPN is developed by a reputable company or group has a good public security track record and at least makes an effort to be transparent about its priorities goals and privacy policy.

5. 😳 Bezos: Well, I’m, you know… (Looks down and is quiet for a moment.) I feel that this interview is about music.

The early lead in CD retailing was undone by piracy and during the digital downloading craze Amazon was overtaken by iTunes Store.

Both men were fit and casually dressed and sat apart on a plush blue couch in a conference room overlooking a company dog park.

Accompanied occasionally by the faint sound of barking Bezos and Boom spoke candidly about their goals their vision and why you need a assistant in your bathroom.

6. Oof, Pandora launched its new radio Plus subscription in Q4 but company subscription revenue is only up 5% this year

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7. Facebook just hired someone from MTV to join the team that build out its “original content ecosystem.”

Looking forward to your many creative achievements ahead.

Congratulations Mina I looking forward to working with you.

Congratulations Mina.

8. Zenefits outsourcing to Bangalore as part of this reorg/layoff.

9. Just what any laid-off employee wants to hear

Zenefits will lay off of its employees in an effort to slash costs according to an internal memo this morning that was obtained by BuzzFeed News a stark acknowledgment by the embattled human resources startup that its onetime expectations for growth were vastly inflated.

A Zenefits spokesperson Jessica Hoffman said in an emailed statement to BuzzFeed News has been planned for some time and is the result of a lot of hard work over the past year to improve our products and service and make the operations of the company more.

As a result of the latest layoffs Hoffman said in the statement have a dramatically improved cost structure the ability to deliver a product roadmap that exceeds customer expectations and enough cash to fund our operations for years to.

$TSLA Tesla to build Model 3 test vehicles this month | More Pre-Market News $TWTR, $AAPL, $CVS

by Alpha | Feb 9, 2017 | Pre-Market

PRE-MARKET MOVERS

1. OSUR:

$OSUR OraSure records record profits for 2016, second straight year in the black – Morning Call

2. ZEN:

$ZEN Zendesk Q4 Billings Beat, 2017 Sales Forecast Tops Views – IBD

3. PAYC:

$PAYC Paycom Software Q4 Earnings & Revenues Beat; Stock Up – Zacks

4. ACOR:

$ACOR Acorda Therapeutics Phase 3 Trial CVT-30 Shows Statistically Significant Results – SI

5. IMPV:

$IMPV Imperva Agrees to Sell Skyfence Product Line to Forcepoint

6. IMPV:

$IMPV Imperva shares rally on earnings beat, outlook – MW

7. FLT:

$FLT Fleetcor Technologies, Inc. Tops Q4 EPS by 3c, Offers FY Guidance – SI

8. PCMI:

$PCMI PCM, Inc. Gains Following Strong Q4 – SI

9. VIAB:

$VIAB Viacom profit beats on higher theater, affiliate revenues – CNBC

10. SCSS:

$SCSS Select Comfort Corp. Is Climbing Despite Q4 Miss – RTT

11. RMBS:

$RMBS JPMorgan Upgrades Rambus Inc. to Overweight, $14.50 PT

12. BANC:

$BANC Banc of California Board Independent Investigation Concludes with no Finding of Violation of Law

13. LLNW:

$LLNW Limelight Networks Reports Financial Results for the Fourth Quarter and Full Year of 2016 – BW

14. TSLA:

$TSLA Tesla to build Model 3 test vehicles this month: report – MW

15. REGN, SNY:

$SNY Appeals Court Allows Sanofi, Regeneron $REGN to Continue Selling Cholesterol Drug – WSJ

16. CVS:

$CVS CVS Health Tops Q4 Earnings, Misses on Revenues – Zacks

17. NOK:

$NOK Nokia to Acquire Comptel for EUR347M – SI

18. CXW:

$CXW CoreCivic Beats Estimates, Raises Guidance Across The Board In Q4 Report – Benzinga

19. CMI:

$CMI Cummins Q4 Earnings & Revenues Beat Estimates – Zacks

20. YUM:

$YUM Yum Brands earnings beat estimates, sales miss – MW

21. INTC:

$INTC Intel is giving Trump credit for a factory he had nothing to do with – The Verge

22. INTC:

$INTC Intel to invest $7 billion in factory in Arizona, employ 3,000 – CNBC

23. INTC:

$INTC Intel’s ‘New’ Factory Isn’t About Trump—It’s About Fixing Intel – Wired

24. LGF: $LGF/A Lionsgate Revenue Up 12%, Posts Q3 Loss with Starz Purchase – Zacks

25. OII: $OII Oceaneering Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2016 Results – PRN

26. SIX: $SIX Saudi Sovereign Fund Considers Stake in Six Flags – BBG

27. WFM:

$WFM Whole Foods lowers outlook, will close stores – MW

28. PYPL:

$PYPL PayPal shares slip on subpoenas in money-laundering probe – MW

29. AMGN, REGN, SNY:

$AMGN Regeneron $REGN, Sanofi $SNY Temporarily Stave Off Ban Of Amgen-Rivaling LDL-Buster – IBD

30. KO:

$KO Coca-Cola guidance falls short, while earnings meet estimates and revenue beats – CNBC

31. CREE:

$CREE Infineon Says CFIUS Sees Wolfspeed Deal With Cree as Risk to National Security – SI

32. DYN:

$DYN Deutsche Bank Downgrades Dynegy to Sell, $6 PT

33. STRL:

$STRL Sterling Construction Company Provides Preliminary Fourth Quarter 2016 Results – BW

34. IRBT:

$IRBT IRobot Corp. Is Falling Despite Better Than Expected Q4 Earnings – RTT

35. SRRA:

$SRRA Sierra Oncology Plans Offering Common Stock – SI

36. TWTR:

$TWTR Twitter reports slowest quarterly revenue growth, shares slump – Reuters

37. QLYS:

$QLYS Qualys Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2016 Financial Results – MarketWired

38. FSC:

$FSC Fifth Street Finance reports quarterly loss per share $0.52 – Reuters

39. SNCR:

$SNCR Synchronoss Technologies, Inc. Announces 4Q and Full Year 2016 Financial Results – BW

40. LPSN:

$LPSN LivePerson Announces Fourth Quarter 2016 Financial Results – PRN

UPGRADES

1. RMBS:$RMBS JPMorgan Upgrades Rambus Inc. to Overweight, $14.50 PT

DOWNGRADES

1. DYN:$DYN Deutsche Bank Downgrades Dynegy to Sell, $6 PT

2. GRUB:Mizuho Securities Downgrades GrubHub to Hold $GRUB

3. PNRA:Longbow Research Downgrades Panera Bread to Hold $PNRA

EARNINGS

1. PRLB:$PRLB reports FQ4 earnings of 41c EPS and $72.35M Revs –

2. PRLB:$PRLB reports inline with the Estimize EPS Consensus and misses the Estimize Revenue Consensus by $1.17M –

3. DNKN:$DNKN reports FQ4 earnings of 64c EPS and $215.71M Revs –

4. KKR:$KKR reports FQ4 earnings of 40c EPS and $256.28M Revs –

5. PTEN:$PTEN reports FQ4 earnings of -53c EPS and $246.89M Revs –

6. PTEN:$PTEN reports inline with the Estimize EPS Consensus and beats the Estimize Revenue Consensus by $0.54M –

7. WLTW:$WLTW reports FQ4 earnings of $1.88 EPS and $1.93B Revs –

8. NLSN:$NLSN reports FQ4 earnings of 44c EPS and $1.66B Revs –

9. TRI:$TRI reports FQ4 earnings of 60c EPS and $2.86B Revs –

10. BWA:$BWA reports FQ4 earnings of 85c EPS and $2.26B Revs –

11. BWA:$BWA reports inline with the Estimize EPS Consensus and misses the Estimize Revenue Consensus by $79.71M –

12. REGN:$REGN reports FQ4 earnings of $3.04 EPS and $1.23B Revs –

13. TKR:$TKR reports FQ4 earnings of 47c EPS and $654.80M Revs –

14. TDC:$TDC reports FQ4 earnings of 67c EPS and $626M Revs –

15. VRTU:$VRTU reports FQ3 earnings of 37c EPS and $217.21M Revs –

16. VRTU:$VRTU reports inline with the Estimize EPS Consensus and misses the Estimize Revenue Consensus by $0.95M –

17. TWTR:$TWTR reports FQ4 earnings of 16c EPS and $717.21M Revs –

18. VSTO:$VSTO reports FQ3 earnings of 62c EPS and $653.56M Revs –

19. YUM:$YUM reports FQ4 earnings of 79c EPS and $2.02B Revs –

20. KO:$KO reports FQ4 earnings of 37c EPS and $9.38B Revs –

21. KO:$KO reports inline with the Estimize EPS Consensus and beats the Estimize Revenue Consensus by $224.99M –

22. CVS:$CVS reports FQ4 earnings of $1.71 EPS and $45.97B Revs –

23. DAN:$DAN reports FQ4 earnings of 59c EPS and $1.45B Revs –

24. RAI:$RAI reports FQ4 earnings of 62c EPS and $3.19B Revs –

25. THS:$THS reports FQ4 earnings of $1.14 EPS and $1.78B Revs –

26. VIAB:$VIAB reports FQ1 earnings of $1.04 EPS and $3.32B Revs –

27. MAS:$MAS reports FQ4 earnings of 33c EPS and $1.76B Revs –

28. FSC:$FSC reports FQ1 earnings of 16c EPS and $51.76M Revs –

29. OXY:$OXY reports FQ4 earnings of -13c EPS and $2.79B Revs –

30. FAF:$FAF reports FQ4 earnings of 92c EPS and $1.50B Revs –

31. MMS:$MMS reports FQ1 earnings of 73c EPS and $607.56M Revs –

32. SEE:$SEE reports FQ4 earnings of 76c EPS and $1.74B Revs –

33. SEE:$SEE reports inline with the Estimize EPS Consensus and misses the Estimize Revenue Consensus by $28.46M –

34. CMI:$CMI reports FQ4 earnings of $2.25 EPS and $4.50B Revs –

35. ROP:$ROP reports FQ4 earnings of $1.86 EPS and $1.02B Revs –

36. LQDT:$LQDT reports FQ1 earnings of -22c EPS and $70.80M Revs –

37. K:$K reports FQ4 earnings of 92c EPS and $3.10B Revs –

38. STC:$STC reports FQ4 earnings of 71c EPS and $525.76M Revs –

39. CLF:$CLF reports FQ4 earnings of 34c EPS and $754M Revs –

40. MDSO:$MDSO reports FQ4 earnings of 33c EPS and $124.47M Revs –

41. WOOF:$WOOF reports FQ4 earnings of 58c EPS and $643.08M Revs –

42. ALLE:$ALLE reports FQ4 earnings of 81c EPS and $569.70M Revs –

43. UFS:$UFS reports FQ4 earnings of 75c EPS and $1.27B Revs –

44. WWE:$WWE reports FQ4 earnings of 10c EPS and $194.90M Revs –

45. SON:$SON reports FQ4 earnings of 62c EPS and $1.14B Revs –

46. GCI:$GCI reports FQ4 earnings of 50c EPS and $866.99M Revs –

47. ARRY:$ARRY reports FQ2 earnings of -14c EPS and $44.52M Revs –

48. MPAA:$MPAA reports FQ3 earnings of 60c EPS and $112.85M Revs –

49. COTY:$COTY reports FQ2 earnings of 30c EPS and $2.30B Revs –

Trending Social Alerts

1. TWTR:EARNINGS: Twitter Q4 EPS $0.16 Adj. vs. $0.12 Est.; Q4 Revs. $717M vs. $740.1M Est. • $TWTR

2. YUM:Yum! Brands Reports Q4 Adj. EPS $0.79 vs $0.74 Est., Sales $2.024B vs $2.09B Est., Comps Up 1% $YUM

3. KO:Coca-Cola Reports Q4 Adj. EPS $0.37, Inline, Sales $9.4B vs $9.13B Est. $KO

4. CVS:CVS Health Reports Record Q4 and FY Results for 2016; Confirms 2017 EPS Guidance $CVS

5. K:Serial outperformer #Kellogg beats on EPS again $K

6. VIAB:$VIAB Viacom Q1 17 Earnings Results: -Adj EPS: $1.04 -Revenue: $3.32B

7. BA:Amazing archival .. $BA @jonostrower

8. CLF:Cliffs Natural Resources beats by $0.11, beats on revenue #premarket $CLF

Trending News Headlines

1. Twitter earnings: 16 cents a share, vs 12 cents estimate

Analysts expected Twitter to report on Thursday fourth-quarter earnings of 12 cents per share on revenue of $740.1 million, according to a consensus estimate from Thomson Reuters.

2. Twitter reports slowest quarterly revenue growth, shares slump

Investors hammered Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) on Thursday after the social network reported its slowest quarterly revenue growth since going public in 2013, struggling to attract advertisers amid intense competition from Snap Inc’s Snapchat and Facebook Inc (FB.O).

3. Twitter Inc. Falls as Revenue Growth Slows to 1 Percent

Twitter Inc. reported quarterly revenue that fell short of estimates after the struggling social-media company restructured its advertising sales force and pared staff. The shares tumbled.

4. Twitter Shares Fall 5.9% After Releasing Fourth-Quarter Results

Shares in Twitter Inc. fell almost 6 percent pre-market after the social media company released its fourth-quarter results on Thursday, Bloomberg News reports.

Technology News

1. Wikipedia bans Daily Mail as ‘unreliable’ source for website

Wikipedia editors have voted to ban the Daily Mail as a source for the website in all but exceptional circumstances after deeming the news group.

The decision by Wikipedia comes amid widespread debate over the rise of fake news which has widened to include concerns about misleading information in traditional publications.

It allows anyone to make edits sometimes leading to instances of false entries and vandalism of pages but is policed by thousands of people who regular weed out deliberate and accidental errors.

2. Facebook now prohibits the use of racial categories in ads for housing, credit employment

We heard concerns that discriminatory advertising can wrongfully deprive people of opportunities and experiences particularly in the areas of housing employment and credit where certain groups historically have faced discrimination.

We make it clear that advertisers may not discriminate against people based on personal attributes such as race ethnicity color national origin religion age sex sexual orientation gender identity family status disability medical or genetic condition.

Stronger Enforcement Tools beginning to test new technology that leverages machine learning to help us identify ads that offer housing employment or credit opportunities the types of advertising stakeholders told us they were concerned about.

3. Wikipedia bans Daily Mail as a ‘unreliable’ source for its referencing system

Wikipedia editors have voted to ban the Daily Mail as a source for the website in all but exceptional circumstances after deeming the news group.

The decision by Wikipedia comes amid widespread debate over the rise of fake news which has widened to include concerns about misleading information in traditional publications.

It allows anyone to make edits sometimes leading to instances of false entries and vandalism of pages but is policed by thousands of people who regular weed out deliberate and accidental errors.

4. Twitter shares now down more than 9% after ugly revenue miss, shockingly weak guidance

Twitter shares sank Thursday after the social media company reported quarterly revenue that missed Wall Street expectations and issued guidance that fell far short of estimates.

On Wednesday BTIG upgraded Twitter to buy from neutral with a price target of due to rising usage trends from the political conversation around President Donald Trump tweets.

I think whatever your political views it clear that Trump is extremely divisive and this is really a positive for advertisers Kramer said on Worldwide Exchange speaking ahead of Twitter earnings report.

5. Google’s new smartwatches have everything except a new reason to buy one

x pixel display Ambient light sensor stainless steel Gorilla Glass Thermoplastic Polyurethane strap Qualcomm Snapdragon Wear processor RAM storage battery Bluetooth GPS NFC for Android Pay dust and water resistant Titanium or Dark Blue colors.

Even Assistant which can be used to look up information send messages or place calls or control smart home gadgets still takes a frustratingly long time to respond and process.

There are a lot of new features in Wear but the ones that matter the most are its refreshed design redesigned watchfaces improved fitness tracking notification handling support for Android Pay and the ability to install apps directly to the watch.

6. So when do we admit that High End PC VR isn’t sustainable in its current form yet?

The scaling back of Facebook first big retail push for VR comes after workers from multiple Best Buy told BI that it was common for them to go days without giving a single demonstration.

Best Buy spokeswoman Carly Charlson said stores that no longer offer demos will continue to sell the Oculus Rift headset and accompanying touch controllers which cost and respectively.

A person familiar with the matter said that Facebook has thought about creating its own permanent storefronts to sell and demo VR although any discussions about such an initiative appear to be in the early stages.

7. Snap has tapped up a Swiss engineer who’s an expert in defending against copycats

When Snap filed for an initial public offering earlier this month it said a risk for the company is Facebook Instagram mimicking Snapchat features.

Balmelli who was listed as the contact for Snap Switzerland GmbH in a business registry service declined to comment.

Instagram app has been adopting features such as which followed format of letting users broadcast an ongoing diary of short videos and photos that are available to view for only hours.

8. Say hello to 3 new whoa-worthy ways to search outside the box on Pinterest!

called Lens currently in beta and it lets you use the camera in your Pinterest app to discover ideas inspired by objects you see out in the real world.

As more and more people give it a try and we continue making improvements to our technology results will get even better and the range of objects Lens recognizes will get increasingly wider.

Macy Neiman Marcus Target Wayfair and other brands will all be offering shoppable looks thanks to new partnerships with Curalate Olapic Project September and ShopStyle.

9. Re: the new Flipboard, I wrote about why “smart news” apps always fail in 2014

Allowed to operate mostly independently for two and a half years the growth had slowed ad revenue was negligible and that vaunted Zite technology never materialized on digital properties.

And yet for all the millions spent and the algorithms that have been built none of them have improved on the big portals CNN The New York Times or social networks like Twitter or Facebook which bring you both the news and the conversation happening around it.

developers hire PhDs to do the easiest thing imaginable find you something interesting on the internet that you already seen and then beat you over the head with it bludgeoning you with an endless barrage of links that never feel half as personalized as made out to be.

10. Do you feel like you need to upgrade your light switches to touch screens?

Brilliant CEO and Aaron Emigh who was previously CTO of Shopkick and a VP at Six Apart says he started the company so that he could make a device for his own home.

The fact that this is all buried makes it pretty clear that Control is primarily meant for quickly activating preset scenes rather than diving deep into the settings of other devices.

Update February ET This article initially described the screen as and a of the device however Brilliant has emailed us to say that what we saw was a model using a different display with a lower x resolution than actually shipping.

$DIS Disney Revenue Falls, Weighed by ESPN and Studio Business | Pre-Market News $WD, $TWTR, $SNY

by Alpha | Feb 8, 2017 | Pre-Market

PRE-MARKET MOVERS

1. COHR:

$COHR Coherent shares rally as quarterly earnings top Street view – MW

2. MYGN:

$MYGN Myriad Genetics: Biggest Revenue Beat In 2yrs – Jefferies

3. MCHP:

$MCHP Microchip Jumps: FYQ3 Revenue Aided by Atmel; Q4 View Beats – Barron’s

4. CAMT:

$CAMT Camtek Reports Strong Fourth Quarter; Lays The Path For Continued Growth – SA

5. WD:

$WD Walker & Dunlop, Inc. Announces 80% Gain In Q4 Profit – Nasdaq

6. CTSH:

$CTSH Cognizant to appoint directors, plans dividend in deal with Elliott – Reuters

7. CTSH:

$CTSH Cognizant Q4 Earnings & Revenues Increase Y/Y – Zacks

8. HT, WCIC:

$HT Hersha Hospitality Trust will replace WCI Communities $WCIC in the S&P SmallCap 600 – SI

9. JIVE:

$JIVE Jive Software +7.72%; Above-Consensus Q4 2016 Recorded – SA

10. MC:

$MC Saudi Aramco Picks Moelis to Advise on Biggest IPO – BBG

11. TWTR:

$TWTR BTIG Upgrades Twitter, Inc. to Buy, $25 PT

12. CTB, SCOR:

$CTB Cooper Tire & Rubber will replace comScore Inc. $SCOR in the S&P MidCap 400 – SI

13. TWLO:

$TWLO Twilio Posts Q4 Earnings Beat, Membership Climbs 44% – Zacks

14. AGN:

$AGN Allergan beats profit estimates, forecasts upbeat 2017 – Reuters

15. SNY:

$SNY Sanofi 4Q net profit more than doubles – MW

16. ALK:

$ALK Alaska Air raises dividend as revenue climbs – MW

17. TWX:

$TWX Time Warner profit, sales rise above expectations – MW

18. FB:

$FB Facebook Added To Bank Of America’s US 1 List, $165 PT – SI

19. DIS: $DIS Disney Revenue Falls, Weighed by ESPN and Studio Business – Fox Biz

20. TTWO: $TTWO Take-Two Interactive Sees Bookings Soar, Posts Narrower Loss – Nasdaq

21. GRA: $GRA W.R. Grace & Co. Tops Q4 EPS by 1c – SI

22. TIME: $TIME Meredith, Bronfman Move Forward in Effort to Acquire Time Inc. – WSJ

23. RIO: $RIO Rio Tinto Rewards Investors as Profit Rebounds on Iron Rally – BBG

24. PCLN: $PCLN Priceline to buy Momondo Group for $550 million – MW

25. CAR: $CAR Avis Budget Group to Supply Uber With Zipcar’s Wheels When You Want Them – GN

26. NFLX: $NFLX Netflix Plans New Toys, Merchandise Based on Hit TV Shows – BBG

27. NFLX: $NFLX Netflix Is Losing $2 Billion a Year by Not Showing Ads – MovieWeb

28. URBN:

$URBN Urban Outfitters shares slip after sales, same-store sales fall short of estimates – MW

29. ARNC:

$ARNC Arconic fights back as Elliott revises stock target – MW

30. ULTI:

$ULTI Ultimate Software Falls Short Despite Impressive Sales, Profit Growth – Nasdaq

31. MDLZ:

$MDLZ Oreo maker Mondelez’s sales, profit miss estimates – Reuters

32. GT:

$GT Goodyear’s sales fall 7.9 percent – Reuters

33. INTU:

$INTU Intuit Warns On FQ2, Reiterates Full-Year Guidance – SA

34. BWLD:

$BWLD Big miss for Buffalo Wild Wings sends stock tumbling – CNBC

35. AKAM:

$AKAM Akamai Reports Fourth Quarter 2016 And Full-Year 2016 Financial Results – SI

36. Z, ZG:

$Z Zillow $ZG Slides on Q4 Earnings Miss, Mobile Traffic Reaches 140 Million MAUs – Nasdaq

37. CG:

$CG The Carlyle Group Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2016 Financial Results – Nasdaq

38. DRYS:

$DRYS DryShips Inc. Reports Financial and Operating Results for the Fourth Quarter 2016 – MarketWired

39. GMLP:

$GMLP Golar LNG Partners LP Announces Pricing of Public Offering – Nasdaq

40. GILD:

$GILD Gilead Sciences Inc. Reports Q4 Earnings Decline and Worsening Outlook for 2017 – Nasdaq

41. PE:

$PE Parsley Energy to Acquire Midland Basin Acreage for $2.8B – SI

42. CHRS:

$CHRS Coherus Biosciences announces proposed public offering of common stock – Reuters

43. USNA:

$USNA USANA Health Sciences Q4 Profit Falls 9% – Nasdaq

UPGRADES

1. BIIB:$BIIB upgraded to Buy from Neutral at Citi

2. MYGN:$MYGN upgraded to Neutral from Sell at Ladenburg

3. TWTR:$TWTR BTIG Upgrades Twitter, Inc. to Buy, $25 PT

DOWNGRADES

1. MDLZ:Susquehanna Downgrades Mondelez International to Hold $MDLZ

EARNINGS

1. EEFT:$EEFT reports FQ4 earnings of 99c EPS and $519.80M Revs –

2. CTSH:$CTSH reports FQ4 earnings of 87c EPS and $3.46B Revs –

3. RDWR:$RDWR reports FQ4 earnings of 6c EPS and $51.71M Revs –

4. GRA:$GRA reports FQ4 earnings of 95c EPS and $440.80M Revs –

5. GRA:$GRA reports inline with the Estimize EPS Consensus and beats the Estimize Revenue Consensus by $8.89M –

6. ALK:$ALK reports FQ4 earnings of $1.56 EPS and $1.52B Revs –

7. WD:$WD reports FQ4 earnings of $1.16 EPS and $178.39M Revs –

8. ORBK:$ORBK reports FQ4 earnings of 70c EPS and $215.04M Revs –

9. GWR:$GWR reports FQ4 earnings of 99c EPS and $516.53M Revs –

10. FLOW:$FLOW reports FQ4 earnings of 46c EPS and $495.40M Revs –

11. HUM:$HUM reports FQ4 earnings of $2.09 EPS and $13.46B Revs –

12. JEC:$JEC reports FQ1 earnings of 68c EPS and $2.55B Revs –

13. LPX:$LPX reports FQ4 earnings of 23c EPS and $550M Revs –

14. AGN:$AGN reports FQ4 earnings of $3.90 EPS and $3.86B Revs –

15. TWX:$TWX reports FQ4 earnings of $1.25 EPS and $7.89B Revs –

16. BCO:$BCO reports FQ4 earnings of 87c EPS and $768.10M Revs –

17. AXTA:$AXTA reports FQ4 earnings of 28c EPS and $1.03B Revs –

18. CSTE:$CSTE reports FQ4 earnings of 53c EPS and $134.98M Revs –

19. BR:$BR reports FQ2 earnings of 39c EPS and $892.60M Revs –

20. NJR:$NJR reports FQ1 earnings of 47c EPS and $541.03M Revs –

21. OC:$OC reports FQ4 earnings of 72c EPS and $1.38B Revs –

22. GT:$GT reports FQ4 earnings of 95c EPS and $3.74B Revs –

23. ROLL:$ROLL reports FQ3 earnings of 73c EPS and $146.66M Revs –

24. EXC:$EXC reports FQ4 earnings of 44c EPS and $8.05B Revs –

25. THR:$THR reports FQ3 earnings of 16c EPS and $64.34M Revs –

26. LABL:$LABL reports FQ3 earnings of 70c EPS and $210.66M Revs –

27. GRUB:$GRUB reports FQ4 earnings of 23c EPS and $137.46M Revs –

Trending Social Alerts

1. GILD:$GILD RBC CUTS PT TO $75 FROM $90 CITI New guidance could create new floor, Neutral $76 TP MORGAN STANLEY CUTS PT TO $77 FROM $85

2. INTU:$INTU Halted, news pending

3. GALE:$GALE prices $17m at $1.00 with warrants at $1.10

4. AGN:Allergan Reports Q4 EPS $3.90 vs. Est. $3.76, Rev. $3.86B vs. Est. $3.77B $AGN

5. BWLD:$BWLD Big miss for Buffalo Wild Wings sends stock tumbling – CNBC

6. PTLA:$PTLA FDA does not plan to hold an AdComm meeting for Betrixaban NDA.

7. ALK:$ALK Alaska Air raises dividend as revenue climbs – MW

Trending News Headlines

1. BTIG Upgrades Twitter, Inc. (TWTR) to Buy

BTIG upgraded Twitter, Inc. (NYSE: TWTR) from Neutral to Buy with a price target of $25. Analyst Richard Greenfield…

2. JE$US on Twitter

“$NFLX”

3. Allergan beats profit estimates, forecasts upbeat 2017

Allergan Plc (AGN.N) reported quarterly earnings and revenue that topped Wall Street estimates, as higher demand for Botox and eye treatment Restasis helped offset declines in its older drugs, and the company forecast 2017 revenue above expectations.

4. Lingering Markup in Options Insurance Shows Stock Traders’ Angst

Here’s another sign that beneath the surface of placid stock markets, investors aren’t exactly sound asleep.

5. Big miss for Buffalo Wild Wings sends stock tumbling 5 percent

Shares of Buffalo Wild Wings plummeted in aftermarket trading after the company posted earnings that missed analyst expectations.

6. Disney Revenue Falls, Weighed by ESPN and Studio Business

Walt Disney Co’s reported lower-than-expected quarterly revenue, hurt by a drop in advertising revenue at ESPN and an unfavorable comparison in the movie business due to the record success of Star Wars: The Force Awakens a year earlier.

7. Gold Reaches Three-Month High as Buyers Flock Back to Top ETF

Gold reached a three-month high as investors purchased metal through the biggest exchange-traded fund for a fifth day, the longest buying spree since June.

8. Rio Tinto Posts First Profit Increase Since 2013 on Iron Rebound

Rio Tinto Group, the world’s second-biggest mining company, said full-year profit rose 12 percent after iron ore prices rallied.

Technology News

1. Time to end this chapter & write next. Proud of what we’ve done together @autodesk in great hands, strong position

When the team was formed the market capitalization of the company was slightly more than more than importantly the decisions made have always been about building sustainable financial that many in the investor community shun in favor of returns.

From buildings to cars and movies workflows from conception to fabrication made a huge impact on the industries we serve and proud of the respect we have for our customers and honor the trust put in us.

been honored to be in this position but I have tried very hard to never forget the difference between my job and who I the risk of sounding like a bad Academy Awards speech like to end by thanking some of the people who have been critical to my and success.

2. Making progress every day. We’ll fix this!

On Twitter shutting down serial harassers requires a inefficient style of policing because it so easy for trolls to quickly return to the platform with a new identity after they been banned.

These updates come as Twitter finds itself at the center of the political world a key communication tool of the Trump administration its supporters and opponents.

Last week its VP of engineering Ed Ho tweeted that the company was making harassment a primary focus inside Twitter with an eye toward faster iteration and response to pressing product problems.

3. today twitter rolled out anti-bullying tools and lost its head of HR and head of diversity

VP of diversity and inclusion Jeffrey Siminoff is leaving the company at the end of the month and its chief human resources officer Renee Atwood has already left TechCrunch has confirmed.

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey sent a note around the company letting employees know about upcoming exit one source familiar with the situation told me.

At the time of the announcement some people were skeptical of the fact that Twitter hired a white man to lead its diversity and inclusion efforts.

4. “Pittsburgh took the [DeleteUber] opportunity to criticize Uber”

I need to see more interest from them in our communities both locally and City controller Michael Lamb took the analogy even further to this point the relationship with Uber appears to be a highway he wrote in an email to Peduto.

The city stayed quiet as Uber gutted Carnegie Mellon for robotics talent in early and welcomed the Advanced Technologies Center it later set up.

Peduto who attended a protest of US president Donald immigration ban at Pittsburgh International Airport on said he was in Uber and had their CEO On protestors marched on the Advanced Technologies Center in Strip District decrying the partnership with workers.

5. This time next year EU citizens will be able to access all their online subscription services anywhere in the EU.

Today agreement opens new doors to citizens while at the same time protecting creators and those investing in the production of cultural or sport content.

This balanced solution is an encouraging sign for our efforts to build a Digital Single Market that offers new opportunities for both creators and consumers.

The online content service providers like Netflix or Spotify will verify the subscriber country of residence by using means such as payment details the existence of an internet contract or by checking the IP address.

6. Pay with Amazon growing very slowly. Only 33M global users and volume doubling YOY despite new verticals and geos.

Additionally Amazon expanded into new markets including France Italy and Spain last year and entered new verticals like government payments travel digital goods insurance entertainment nonprofits and charities the company noted.

Amazon Payments could be another means for the company to profit from its sizable user base who have their credit card numbers and shipping addresses saved on its site.

PayPal still has Amazon beat on that front as it saw a purchase of over on Thanksgiving this year as well as one topping on Black Friday.

7. Huh: Autodesk CEO says he’s been talking about leaving for a “couple of years,” but he’s leaving with no replacement

8. @Techmeme Uber is anti-union? This company is doing itself no favors.

9. 30% of 2017 #SuperBowl ads had hashtags vs 57% 3 years ago

The scoreboard at the top of this article has our final count but the summary with percentages based on a total of ads reviewed.

The company aired the story of immigrants trying to enter the United States one that stopped short of the ending with the enticement to view the rest at the site.

Promos for shows on FOX or from the NFL were not included nor were very short ads for Walking and Fiji Water.

10. Interesting move fr Hootsuite in light of how ad networks are used to promote content (legit + fake)

It will sit in a relaunched version of Hootsuite Ads first introduced in but the primary aim will be to use it to augment and boost views for other social media posts that marketers are creating.

This is part of a much bigger and sometimes controversial trend content these days is appearing on social networks both organically but also in the form of promoted paid ads in order to get more visibility.

AdEspresso originally spun out of an ad agency in Italy in by Carlo Forghieri Armando Biondi and Massimo Chieruzzi and now based in San Francisco had raised just over million from a range of investors that included Startups and VTF the Vegas Tech Fund.

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1. PRCP:

$PRCP Perceptron posts 2Q profit – AP

2. BUSE, FCFP:

$FCFP First Busey $BUSE and First Community to Merge in $235.8M Deal – SI

3. AMZN, WDAY:

$WDAY Workday Announces Amazon $AMZN as New Customer – Market Wired

4. EMR:

$EMR Emerson Electric Raises Earnings Outlook – WSJ

5. FN:

$FN Fabrinet Tops Q2 EPS by 12c – SI

6. NOV:

$NOV National Oilwell Varco Q4 Loss Narrower than Expected – Zacks

7. ALSN:

$ALSN Allison Transmission beats Street 4Q forecasts – AP

8. GPS:

$GPS Gap Inc. Projects Q4 Results Above Estimates – Quick Facts – RTT

9. PRGO:

$PRGO Perrigo reaches deal with Starboard to add five independent directors to its board – MW

10. TWTR:

$TWTR Periscope CEO Kayvon Beykpour is now running all of Twitter’s live video products, too – ReCode

11. CHD:

$CHD Church & Dwight Stock Rises as 4Q Results Top Expectations – TheStreet

12. TDG:

$TDG TransDigm Tops Q1 Earnings & Revenues, Guides Up – Zacks

13. ACM:

$ACM AECOM Technology Tops Q1 EPS by 2c; Reiterates Outlook – SI

14. FIT:

$FIT Fitbit Faces Criminal Probe Into Jawbone Trade Secret Theft – BBG

15. SPGI:

$SPGI S&P Global Revenue and Profit Rise – WSJ

16. AM:

$AM Antero Midstream Announces Pricing of Upsized Common Unit Offering – PRN

17. TEN:

$TEN Tenneco Tops Q4 EPS by 23c – SI

18. FOXA: $FOXA Twenty-First Century Fox profit tops estimates, revenue misses – Reuters

19. CAH: $CAH Cardinal Health reports Q2 profit beat and revenue miss – MW

20. PAG: $PAG Penske Automotive Reports Record Fourth Quarter And Full Year Results – PRN

21. ATH, FGL: $FGL Apollo-Backed Athene $ATH Said to Weigh Fidelity & Guaranty Bid if Anbang Deal Fails – BBG

22. EBAY:

$EBAY Improper Accounting Caused ‘Material Weakness’ in eBay’s Recent Reporting Controls – Fortune

23. BMI:

$BMI Badger Meter’s Q4 Earnings and Sales Lag Estimates – Zacks

24. GM:

$GM GM net profits fall slightly but company still makes $9.4B – WXYZ Detroit

25. ADM:

$ADM Archer Daniels’ Q4 Earnings & Sales Lag Estimates – Zacks

26. HLI:

$HLI Houlihan Lokey Announces Offerings – Biz WIRE

27. FMC:

$FMC FMC misses Street 4Q forecasts – AP

28. KN:

$KN Knowles Misses Q4 EPS by 13c – SI

29. YRCW:

$YRCW YRC Worldwide takes late loss but posts profit for 2016 – KC Star

30. TEVA:

$TEVA Teva Pharma CEO Erez Vigodman to Step Down; Dr. Yitzhak Peterburg Named as Interim CEO – SI

31. BP:

$BP BP posts another annual loss on low oil prices – MW

32. SABR:

$SABR Sabre Misses Q4 EPS by 4c – SI

33. AUPH:

$AUPH Aurinia Pharmaceuticals Names Richard Glickman as CEO – SI

34. KORS:

$KORS Michael Kors 3Q Revenue Declines; Cuts Fiscal 2017 Outlook – NYT

35. FXCM:

$FXCM FXCM banned by CFTC after taking positions against clients – MW

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1. BIIB:Biogen upgraded to Buy from Neutral at Citi $BIIB

2. CHKP:Check Point Software Technologies upgraded to Buy at BTIG

3. DKS:Dick’s on watch after glowing Goldman Sachs upgrade

4. GRA:WR Grace upgraded to outperform from neutral at Baird. Price target raised by $9 to $85. $GRA 2/6 close: 71.00…

5. MS, NOK:$NOK upgraded to Overweight @ $MS Chart shows that through $4.90 NOK has room to $5.40-6.0 use $4 as a STOP

6. SSI:Northcoast Research Upgrades Stage Stores to Hold $SSI

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1. CMO:Capstead Mortgage -1.2% after downgrade

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1. MNK:$MNK reports FQ1 earnings of $1.91 EPS and $829.90M Revs –

2. ALLT:$ALLT reports FQ4 earnings of 3c EPS and $23.52M Revs –

3. WCG:$WCG reports FQ4 earnings of $1.03 EPS and $3.52B Revs –

4. MD:$MD reports FQ4 earnings of $1 EPS and $830.77M Revs –

5. CNC:$CNC reports FQ4 earnings of $1.19 EPS and $11.91B Revs –

6. SAVE:$SAVE reports FQ4 earnings of 77c EPS and $578.35M Revs –

7. ABG:$ABG reports FQ4 earnings of $1.56 EPS and $1.67B Revs –

8. GPK:$GPK reports FQ4 earnings of 14c EPS and $1.06B Revs –

9. EMR:$EMR reports FQ1 earnings of 49c EPS and $3.22B Revs –

10. OMC:$OMC reports FQ4 earnings of $1.47 EPS and $4.24B Revs –

11. MOS:$MOS reports FQ4 earnings of 26c EPS and $1.86B Revs –

12. PAG:$PAG reports FQ4 earnings of 91c EPS and $4.89B Revs –

13. KORS:$KORS reports FQ3 earnings of $1.64 EPS and $1.35B Revs –

14. KORS:$KORS reports inline with the Estimize EPS Consensus and misses the Estimize Revenue Consensus by $11.54M –

15. CAH:$CAH reports FQ2 earnings of $1.34 EPS and $33.15B Revs –

16. ADM:$ADM reports FQ4 earnings of 75c EPS and $16.50B Revs –

17. CHD:$CHD reports FQ4 earnings of 44c EPS and $896M Revs –

18. CDW:$CDW reports FQ4 earnings of 86c EPS and $3.49B Revs –

19. STE:$STE reports FQ3 earnings of 98c EPS and $646.77M Revs –

20. SPGI:$SPGI reports FQ4 earnings of $1.28 EPS and $1.40B Revs –

21. AME:$AME reports FQ4 earnings of 58c EPS and $972.95M Revs –

22. ACM:$ACM reports FQ1 earnings of 53c EPS and $4.36B Revs –

23. USAK:$USAK reports FQ4 earnings of -24c EPS and $103.14M Revs –

24. ICE:$ICE reports FQ4 earnings of 71c EPS and $1.14B Revs –

25. GM:$GM reports FQ4 earnings of $1.28 EPS and $43.92B Revs –

26. DHX:$DHX reports FQ4 earnings of 11c EPS and $54.94M Revs –

27. GLT:$GLT reports FQ4 earnings of 40c EPS and $392.99M Revs –

28. GLT:$GLT reports inline with the Estimize EPS Consensus and misses the Estimize Revenue Consensus by $4.57M –

29. FIS:$FIS reports FQ4 earnings of $1.14 EPS and $2.46B Revs –

30. TEN:$TEN reports FQ4 earnings of $1.67 EPS and $2.15B Revs –

31. NGL:$NGL reports FQ3 earnings of -7c EPS and $3.41B Revs –

32. TDG:$TDG reports FQ1 earnings of $2.57 EPS and $814.02M Revs –

33. ARMK:$ARMK reports FQ1 earnings of 55c EPS and $3.74B Revs –

34. SABR:$SABR reports FQ4 earnings of 27c EPS and $829.62M Revs –

35. LII:$LII reports FQ4 earnings of $1.50 EPS and $897.30M Revs –

36. TECH:$TECH reports FQ2 earnings of 81c EPS and $131.81M Revs –

37. VMC:$VMC reports FQ4 earnings of 69c EPS and $872.98M Revs –

38. CTS:$CTS reports FQ4 earnings of 29c EPS and $101.58M Revs –

39. CYNO:$CYNO reports FQ4 earnings of 44c EPS and $122.14M Revs –

40. VSH:$VSH reports FQ4 earnings of 18c EPS and $570.82M Revs –

41. ARW:$ARW reports FQ4 earnings of $2 EPS and $6.44B Revs –

42. AGCO:$AGCO reports FQ4 earnings of 84c EPS and $2.09B Revs –

43. ASC:$ASC reports FQ4 earnings of -11c EPS and $43.18M Revs –

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1. KORS:Michael Kors Q3 EPS $1.64 vs $1.63 Est, Revenue $1.35B vs $1.36B Est $KORS

2. GM:$GM General Motors Q4 16 Earnings Results: -Adj EPS: $1.28 -Revenue: $43.9B

3. ADM:$ADM Archer-Daniels-Midland Q4 16 Earnings Results: -Adj EPS: $0.75 -Revenue: $16.5B

4. GWPH:$GWPH Achieves Positive Results in Phase 2 Proof of Concept Study in Glioma

5. CAH:$CAH Cardinal Health Q2 17 Earnings Results: -EPS: $1.02 -Revenue: $33.1B

6. GPS:Gap Guidance Is Great Despite January Sales Missing Expectations $GPS

7. PIP:$PIP first company I have ever seen to increase its EV 100% by doing a dividend. Strangest action I have seen by far in a few years

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1. GW Pharmaceuticals Achieves Positive Results in Phase 2 Proof of Concept Study in Glioma

– GW intends to advance oncology research and development efforts –

2. OPEC Output Cuts End Big Oil’s Trading Bonanza

The oil-trading boom that cushioned the profits of Royal Dutch Shell Plc and BP Plc through the price slump of 2015 and early 2016 is over.

Technology News

1. This is horrifying. Currently advising everyone I know who owns a @VIZIO set to toss it.

The lawsuit challenges the tracking practices and offers insights into how established consumer protection principles apply to smart technology.

more Vizio identified viewing data from cable or broadband service providers boxes streaming devices DVD players and broadcasts.

The complaint alleges that Vizio engaged in unfair trade practices that violated the FTC Act and were unconscionable under New Jersey law.

2. Amicus brief on behalf of 97 tech companies, including Box, opposing the executive order on immigration:

3. Newsrooms & students who want to take part in @CrossCheck, please get in touch:

CrossCheck is a collaborative journalism verification project that aims to help the public make sense of what and who to trust in their social media feeds web searches and general online news consumption in the coming months.

With the French presidential election as its primary focus journalists from organizations across France will work together to find and verify content circulating publicly online whether it is photographs videos memes comment threads or news sites.

The project benefits from the collective learnings and experience gained by First Draft and Google News Lab through their involvement in Electionland a joint initiative to surface and report evidence of voter suppression around the US election in November.

4. More than 1,200 Bay Area tech employees pledged to walk off their jobs at noon tomorrow to rally against Trump.

Dana Marnane the hospital vice president for public relations said that Roth earnings in the report for fiscal year were inflated by a big chunk of longevity bonuses and deferred compensation.

I first noticed Roth outsized pay when I started looking at the alternate universe that is the American health care economy in which everyone from executives to equipment sales people to PR teams gets paid much more than those in other sectors for jobs of seemingly commensurate responsibility.

They say they examine a variety of financial and quality of care metrics which are then used by one of the small network of compensation consulting firms that work for hospitals to recommend salaries by comparing the executive to his or her peer group.

5. @jon10388 They’re the same Intel® Shooting Star™ drones. All 300 of them!

Three hundred Shooting drones light up the sky over Lady Gaga to kick off the Pepsi Zero Sugar Super Bowl LI Halftime Show performance.

An Intel Shooting Star drones fleet lights up the sky in an American Flag formation during the Pepsi Zero Sugar Super Bowl LI Halftime Show on Sunday.

Using Intel Shooting Star drones the presentation paints colorful images across the sky at the Disney Springs shopping dining and entertainment district.

6. Diversity = art. In support of our team, creators & patrons, we proudly join the amicus brief w/ other tech leaders.

The filing first reported by Bloomberg follows a week of outspoken comments from tech industry leaders against the immigration order which barred refugees from entering the United States indefinitely and temporarily restricted travel to the for citizens of Syria Iraq Iran Yemen Libya Somalia and Sudan.

Sources with knowledge of the filing confirmed the participation of Uber Airbnb Yelp Square Reddit Kickstarter Github Mozilla Dropbox Twilio Netflix Zynga Salesforce Lithium General Assembly Pinterest and Medium.

AdRoll Aeris Communications Airbnb AltSchool Appboy Apple AppNexus Asana Atlassian Autodesk Automattic Box Brightcove Brit Co CareZone Castlight Health Checkr Chobani Citrix Systems Cloudera Cloudflare Copia Institute DocuSign DoorDash Dropbox Dynatrace eBay Engine Advocacy Etsy Facebook Fastly Flipboard Foursquare Fuze General Assembly GitHub Glassdoor Google GoPro Harmonic Hipmunk Indiegogo Intel JAND Warby Parker Kargo Kickstarter KIND Knotel Levi Strauss LinkedIn Lithium Technologies Lyft Mapbox Maplebear Instacart Marin Software Medallia Medium Meetup Microsoft Motivate International Mozilla Netflix Netgear NewsCred Patreon PayPal Pinterest Quora Reddit Rocket Fuel SaaStr Salesforce Scopely Shutterstock Snap Spokeo Spotify Square Squarespace Strava Stripe SurveyMonkey TaskRabbit Tech NYC Thumbtack Turn Twilio Twitter Turn Uber Via Wikimedia Foundation Workday Y Combinator Yelp Zynga.

7. Recurring theme about the pushback on Trump: it’s the people, not the execs/pols, who are leading the resistance.

Yet they are also uniquely vulnerable not only to presidential postings on Twitter and executive orders but to the sentiments of their customers and employees some of whom have more radical ideas in mind.

voted with their feet and Travis listened said Dave McClure who runs the Startups incubator and started the Nerdz Hillary group that tried to raise the.

At an meeting at the beginning of the week with the chief executive Satya Nadella who was born in India Microsoft employees expressed their concern.

8. Disturbing piece about ISIS cyber-coaches directing the plots of seeming “lone wolves”:

Detailing this kind of plot direction has become a critical focus of counterterrorism officials in the United States and Europe as they try to track terror planners who pose a lasting threat and to unravel the criminal networks that the group uses as middlemen to facilitate attacks.

Local Assets At the time Amriki was killed last April he had been exchanging messages with Yazdani in India for more than a year patiently offering encouragement as his recruit tried and failed to get a visa first to Greece and then to Turkey in an effort to reach Syria.

Law enforcement officials describe that sequence of events in one of the most recent foiled attacks in France where a group of people are accused of plotting to hit the popular Christmas market in the city of Strasbourg having been given the GPS coordinates of a location to pick up weapons.

9. Details of the DDOS Attack against @briankrebs once protected by Google’s Project Shield

A much more lengthy process involved actually admitting KrebsOnSecurity into Project Shield a free service with the mission of protecting human and sites from DDoS attacks that might otherwise prevent them from publishing.

Making matters worse the system settings KrebsOnSecurity used had been locked to thwart the attempted domain hijacking attacks that regularly targeted the site.

The first one came in the form of a flood of million syn packets per second a volume that big enough to bring down plenty of sites but a tiny drop when measured against the resources Google has.

10. 15/ Revisiting the Ponzi scheme of ambition idea. Uber’s TAM now includes flying cars.

After reading the white paper Google Larry Page secretly started and financed two Silicon Valley startups Zee Aero and Kitty Hawk to develop the technology Bloomberg Businessweek reported last summer.

In its own white paper published last October the company laid out a radical vision for airborne commutes and identified technical challenges it said it wanted to help the nascent industry solve like noise pollution vehicle efficiency and limited battery life.

bet on Uber Elevate is another indication that while Silicon Valley seems on the surface to be consumed with politics and protests these days the march into the future continues apace.

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