PRE-MARKET | October 11, 2016 | $TWLO, $AAPL, $SPY, $TWTR, $YUM, $TSLA, $AA,

by Alpha | Oct 11, 2016 | Pre-Market

PRE-MARKET MOVERS

1. SUPN: $SUPN Supernus Pharma Announces SPN-812 Phase 2b Met Primary Endpoint as ADHD Treatment – SI

2. TWLO:  $TWLO Twilio Prelim. Sept.-Quarter Results Top Expectations – Street Insider

3. RDUS, SHPG:  $RDUS Shire $SHPG said to edge closer to Radius deal – sources – Betaville

4. EARS:  $EARS Auris Medical Holding AG provides update on its treatment for acute inner ear tinnitus – reuters

5. YUM:  $YUM Yum! Brands To Return Over $13.5 Billion to Shareholders – TheStreet

6. TWTR:  $TWTR Twitter Is Said to Be in Continued Talks With Salesforce – NYTimes

7. OZRK:  $OZRK Bank of the Ozarks Tops Q3 EPS by 6c – Street Insider

8. AAPL:  $AAPL Apple, Samsung to Argue Patent Case Before Supreme Court – WSJ

9. HRTG:  $HRTG Heritage Insurance estimates losses under $100 million from Hurricane Matthew claims – MW

10. BUD, KO:  $BUD Coca-Cola $KO to Acquire SABMiller’s Former Stake in Africa Soda Bottling – WSJ

11. BUD, MO:  $MO Altria Group Updates on FY16 Outlook; Adds $1B to Stock Buyback Plan $BUD – Street Insider

12. TSLA:  $TSLA German report calls Tesla’s Autopilot a “hazard” – TechCrunch

13. TSLA:  $TSLA TESLA LOOKS TO DOUBLE THE SIZE OF ITS FREMONT PLANT – Motor Trend

15. GE: $GE General Electric Announces Plans to Acquire LM Wind Power in $1.65B Deal – Street Insider

16. WFC:  $WFC Wells Fargo Reshuffles Top Ranks, Rallying Around Its No. 2 – NYTimes

17. VZ, YHOO:  $YHOO Yahoo!, Verizon $VZ CEO Denies Reports It’s Seeking $1B Discount – Street Insider

18. FAST:  $FAST Fastenal Profit Declines as Fastener Business Remains Weak – WSJ

19. STX:  $STX Seagate Technology’s revenue outlook raised – MarketWatch

20. BP:  $BP BP Buries Plan to Dig in Great Australian Bight – WSJ

21. STJ:  $STJ St. Jude Warns Defibrillator Patients About Battery Risks – BBG

22. AA:  $AA Alcoa Falls as Last Earnings Before Split Miss on Sales Slowdown – BBG

23. ILMN:  $ILMN Illumina cuts Q3 revenue estimates – MarketWatch

24. RCII:  $RCII Rent-A-Center warns of profit miss – MarketWatch

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1. FAST:$FAST reports FQ3 earnings of 44c EPS and $1.01B Revs –

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Alcoa Inc. headed for the biggest drop in a month after the 128-year-old aluminum maker’s last earnings before splitting into two companies missed estimates and it cut forecasts for prized parts businesses.

“LATEST: Twitter and Salesforce remain in deal talks – sources (via @davidfaber)”

Samsung said it would permanently discontinue production and sales of its embattled Galaxy Note 7 smartphone. Potential losses to Samsung could wipe out the mobile division’s operating profits for the fourth quarter, according to one estimate.

“$HZNP expected net sales on non-GAAP adj basis at low end of prev annc’d full yr net sales range, 272-274M”

Analysts expect Alcoa to report earnings of about 35 cents a share on 5.31 billion in revenue, according to Thomson Reuters.

The UK head of U.S. bank Citi (C.N) said on Tuesday that the main question facing the finance industry now is when to enact contingency planning after Britain voted to leave the European Union.

The move halts production and sale of the defective premium phone.

The unprecedented move by the South Korean electronics giant is an embarrassing reversal for a respected global brand.

Twitter is wildly addictive. This is well known and there are people who check twitter more obsessively than anyone checked email. Twitter…

Some of the names on the move ahead of the open.

The company tries to forge ahead despite a constantly shifting chess match of deal discussions and considerations.

Igor Sechin, Russia’s most influential oil executive and the head of state-controlled energy giant Rosneft (ROSN.MM), said his company will not cap oil production as part of a possible agreement with OPEC.

Still, well-placed City sources have told little old Betaville that the London-listed company had now lined up financing from several banks, including Royal Bank of Canada and Morgan Stanley, for the potential acquisition after Radius began working with Bank of America Merrill Lynch to pursue “strategic options” (banker parlance for sale).

Crude prices of $60 a barrel would probably trigger a strong increase in North American oil production while trimming global demand growth, the head of the International Energy Agency said.

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PRE-MARKET | October 07, 2016 | $EXEL, $AMZN, $GS, $FSLR, $HON, $DB, $TOT, $TWTR

by Alpha | Oct 7, 2016 | Pre-Market

PRE-MARKET MOVERS

1. LPCN: $LPCN H.C. Wainwright Starts Lipocine Inc at Buy, PT $25

2. GPS:  $GPS Gap Climbs After September Sales Decline Isn’t as Bad as Feared – BBG

3. RUN:  $RUN Goldman Sachs Upgrades Sunrun to Buy, $10 PT

4. CIT:  $CIT Avolon Holdings to buy CIT Group’s aircraft leasing unit for $10 billion – Reuters

5. INCY:  $INCY Incyte Issues Updates on Epacadostat + Keytruda Phase 1; Says Median PFS Not Reached – SI

6. GWPH:  $GWPH Goldman Sachs Sees 42% Upside in GW Pharma and Initiates Coverage at ‘Buy’, $189 PT

7. ZYNE:  $ZYNE H.C. Wainwright Starts Zynerba Pharmaceuticals at Buy, $22 PT

8. SIMO:  $SIMO Silicon Motion’s stock surges after revenue outlook raised – MarketWatch

9. EXEL:  $EXEL Exelixis Announces Phase 1 Trial Results for Cabozantinib – Business Wire

10. RL:  $RL Goldman Sachs Adds Ralph Lauren to Conviction Buy List, $120 PT

11. COLM:  $COLM Goldman Sachs Adds Columbia Sportswear to Conviction Buy List

12. DVAX:  $DVAX Steven Cohen reports 5.9 pct passive stake in Dynavax Technologies Corp – Reuters

13. TOT:  $TOT Total Sells Chemical Unit Atotech to Carlyle for $3.2 Billion – WSJ

14. AMZN:  $AMZN Amazon Looms Quietly in Digital Ad Landscape – WSJ

18. DB: $DB Deutsche Bank Said to Be Exploring Capital Options – BBG

19. DB:  $DB Qatar won’t sell Deutsche Bank shares, might buy more – sources – Reuters

20. VOD:  $VOD Vodafone acquires Indian spectrum for $3 billion – MarketWatch

21. HELE:  $HELE Helen of Troy cuts annual sales outlook – MArketWatch

22. VZ, YHOO:  $YHOO Verizon $VZ wants $1B discount on Yahoo deal after reports of hacking, spying – NYPost

23. FSLR:  $FSLR Goldman Sachs Downgrades First Solar to Neutral, $42 PT

24. RT:  $RT Ruby Tuesday Q1 Sales Decline, Closes 95 Stores In Quarter – benzinga

25. AXGN:  $AXGN Axogen announces proposed public offering of common stock – Reuters

26. TSN:  $TSN Pivotal Research Cuts Tyson to Sell with Price Target of $40

27. MACK:  $MACK JPMorgan Downgrades Merrimack Pharmaceuticals to Neutral, $7 PT

28. MG:  $MG Mistras Group, Inc. Tops Q1 EPS by 2c, Lowers FY17 Guidance – Street Insider

29. SEDG:  $SEDG Goldman Sachs Downgrades SolarEdge Technologies to Sell, $13 PT

30. HON:  $HON Honeywell cuts sales projections on slowdown – MarketWatch

31. ACIA:  $ACIA Acacia Communications Announces Pricing of Follow-On Public Offering – GlobeNewswire

32. CDTX:  $CDTX Cidara Therapeutics Announces Commencement of Public Offering of Common Stock Read more:

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1. GWPH:Goldman upgrades SMID biotech to attractive. $GWPH initiated buy at GS with $189/target

2. CLVS:$CLVS down 8% –> Rucaparib 0% ORR for platinum-refractory patients, 25% ORR for platinum-resistant patients

3. SCYX:$SCYX upgraded to Strong Buy at WBB Securities.

4. CDTX:$CDTX Cidara Therapeutics Announces Commencement of Public Offering of Common Stock Read more:

5. RL:$RL Goldman Sachs Adds Ralph Lauren to Conviction Buy List, $120 PT

6. INCY:$INCY – epacadostat + Keytruda in melanoma PFS rate of 74% at 6 mos., 57% at 12 mos. mPFS not yet reached. Median follow up 56 wks. #ESMO17

7. ABUS:$ABUS CMO and Managing Directors AXED after embarrassing trial results last week: cc: @egomaniakos

8. ALNY:MS $ALNY Revusiran Discontinuation Raises Key Questions; Downgrading PT $36.00 Imbalance of mortality leads

9. SAGE:@tgtxdough Renewed interest in CNS disorders has created a rich pipeline of new candidates Names recommend $AVXS $GWPH $SAGE

10. KITE:@tgtxdough Immuno-oncology continues to emerge as a cornerstone of cancer treatment. Names recommend $INCY $KITE

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1. Andy Biotech on Twitter

“$CLVS down 8% –> Rucaparib 0% ORR for platinum-refractory patients, 25% ORR for platinum-resistant patients”

2. Clovis Oncology Presents Efficacy and Safety Data from New Drug Application (NDA) Population for Rucaparib in the Treatment of Advanced Mutant BRCA Ovarian Cancer at 2016 ESMO Congress | Business Wire

Clovis Oncology (NASDAQ:CLVS) announced today the oral presentation of the primary efficacy and safety data from its NDA dataset for rucaparib at

3. Liquid Biopsy on Twitter

“$INCY $MRK #ESMO16 Update – Thoughts on ECHO-202/KEYNOTE-037 Initial melanoma PFS trend look competitive vs. (cont)

4. Payrolls in U.S. Rise 156,000 as Americans Stream Into Workforce

Employers continued to add to payrolls in September as record openings drew more Americans into the workforce and most found jobs, indicating the U.S. labor market is settling into a pace that will support the economy.

5. Data Presented at ESMO 2016 Adds to Understanding of Abraxane® as a Therapy for Patients with Historically Challenging Solid Tumors (NASDAQ:CELG)

Multiple presentations evaluate ABRAXANE alone or in combination with novel agents and novel regimens to treat mPAC, NSCLC, and MBC SUMMIT, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– …

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7. Ruby Tuesday, Inc. (NYSE:RT) – Ruby Tuesday Q1 Sales Decline, Closes 95 Stores In Quarter

Shares of Ruby Tuesday, Inc. (NYSE: RT) are down following the release of its Q1 earnings after Thursday’s market close. The restaurant operator’s total revenue…

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PRE-MARKET | October 05, 2016 | $NFLX, $TMH, $ACIA, $TWTR, $UBS, $SPY, $GDX

by Alpha | Oct 5, 2016 | Pre-Market

PRE-MARKET MOVERS

1. CPRX:  $CPRX Piper Jaffray Upgrades Catalyst Pharmaceutical Partners to Overweight, $4 PT

2. ACIA:  $ACIA Acacia Hikes Q3 Earnings Guidance Again After Stock Passes Key Test – IBD

3. CRBP:  $CRBP Cantor Fitzgerald Starts Corbus Pharmaceuticals at Buy, $17 PT

4. ONVO:  $ONVO Organovo Announces Plans to Develop 3D Bioprinted Human Liver for Direct Transplant – SI

5. ENH:  $ENH Japan’s Sompo to Buy Insurer Endurance Specialty for $6.3 Billion – WSJ

6. TWTR:  $TWTR Twitter Is Expected to Field Bids This Week – WSJ

7. STZ:  $STZ Beer and wine maker Constellation Brands reports improved Q2 earnings, sales – MW

8. ANGO:  $ANGO AngioDynamics profit lifted by Cook Medical recall – MarketWatch

9. WUBA:  $WUBA Deutsche Bank Starts Inc at Buy, $65 PT

10. FLEX:  $FLEX Goldman Sachs Adds Flextronics to Conviction Buy List, $16 PT

11. UBS:  $UBS RBC Capital Upgrades UBS AG to Sector Perform, CHF 14 PT

12. NFLX:  $NFLX Loop Capital Begins Coverage on Netflix Inc. at BUY, $125 PT

13. MON:  $MON Monsanto Tops Q4 EPS by 9c – Street Insider

14. BUD:  $BUD Anheuser Busch Inbev SA is Resumed by Morgan Stanley to Overweight, 135EU PT

15. ADS: $ADS Atlantic Equities Starts Alliance Data Systems at Overweight, $270 PT

20. NCLH:  $NCLH UBS Cuts Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings to Neutral and Lowers Estimates, $42 PT

21. IDCC:  $IDCC Dougherty & Co Downgrades InterDigital Inc. to Neutral

22. MU:  $MU Micron Technology Warns of Tight Memory-Chip Supplies – WSJ

23. AZZ:  $AZZ Azz Inc Q2 EPS $0.38 – Reuters

24. CASC:  $CASC Cascadian Therapeutics Announces Proposal for Reverse Stock Split – GlobeNewswire

25. CRM:  $CRM Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff thinks Twitter is an ‘unpolished jewel’ that he might want to buy – BI

26. AYI: $AYI Acuity Brands Releases Earnings Results, Misses Expectations By $-0.18 EPS – Market Digest

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1. MON:#BREAKING: Monsanto $MON Q4 Revenue, $2.56B vs. $2.38B expected

2. ONVO:$ONVO Organovo Announces Plans to Develop 3D Bioprinted Human Liver for Direct Transplant – SI

3. ACIA:$ACIA Acacia Hikes Q3 Earnings Guidance Again After Stock Passes Key Test – IBD

4. REN:Rodman & Renshaw Starts Resolute Energy $REN at Buy

5. NFLX:$NFLX Loop Capital Begins Coverage on Netflix Inc. at BUY, $125 PT

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“@BioTerp JEFF agrees with your $MDGN report. Slide on $MDGN upside scenarios”

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. has sounded a warning about the outlook for China’s property market, saying that it sees growing risks across the industry and that any downturn will pose a challenge for metals, especially iron ore and steel.

McDonald’s Corp (MCD.N) is nearing a deal to sell 20-year franchise rights for its Singapore and Malaysia outlets to Saudi Arabia’s Reza group, in a transaction estimated at up to $400 million, people familiar with the matter said.

Twitter is expected to field bids this week, in a sign the long-awaited sale of the social-media pioneer could soon be at hand.

A year after his return as CEO, live-streaming and new products haven’t revived growth.

U.S. private employers added 154,000 jobs in September, below economists’ expectations, a report by a payrolls processor showed on Wednesday.

Jefferies analyst Brian Tanquilut weighed in on Team Health (NYSE: TMH) following reports Tuesday the company is in discussions with private equity sponsors to potentially take the company private….

Wall Street’s top cop is scrutinizing whether the founder of LendingClub Corp. advocated for the company to prop up its shares without telling the board about a possible conflict of interest, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

Brexit Secretary David Davis’s top parliamentary aide gave the most specific outline yet of the “red lines” Prime Minister Theresa May’s government will set in the looming talks to leave the European Union.

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