8/7 Monday Stock Market Movers & News: TSN, MAR, HZNP, COL, UNH, DB, TSLA, GM, AAPL, S Good Day TSMF! Happy Monday! Frontrunning: August 7 Futures slightly higher after Dow's record run (Reuters) Tillerson says U.S., Russia can settle differences (Reuters) Hot-Stock Rally Tests the Patience of Value Investors (WSJ) ‘Good Conservative’ Grassley Ramps Up His Panel’s Trump-Russia Probe (BBG) Brands Strike Back: Seven Strategies to Loosen Amazon’s Grip (WSJ) Oil slides from nine-week highs as market looks to OPEC (Reuters) BlackRock, Vanguard Say Bond Market's Got This Trade All Wrong (BBG) Bond Bears Balk at 'Trade of Decade' (BBG) Samsung scion Lee fights back tears as prosecutors seek 12 years' jail (Reuters) Cyber threats prompt return of radio for ship navigation (Reuters) De Blasio Pushes for Tax on the 1% to Fund New York City Subway Fix (BBG) Libor’s Demise Creates a Mortgage Mystery (WSJ) Big Oil's Dream of $65 Billion Hidden Off Norway Is Fading Away (BBG) Tesla Goes From Zero to 100 in Three Months (BBG) Penalties Against Wall Street Are Down Sharply in 2017 (WSJ) This American Town Was Left to Die, and Suddenly Economists Care (BBG) Israel moves to shut down local operations of Al Jazeera (Reuters) U.K. Economy Suffers After Consumer Spending Slumps Again (BBG) Kenyans stockpile food, police get first aid kits ahead of vote (Reuters) Buffett Nears a Milestone He Doesn't Want: $100 Billion in Cash (BBG) Why the World’s CEOs Fear Paul Singer (BBG) StanChart CEO says Gulf rift puts Dubai finance hub at risk (Reuters) Police Push Tracking for Civilian Drones (BBG) Australia finds U.S. military aircraft that crashed off northeast coast (Reuters) Inside the Secret World of Global Food Spies (BBG) STOCK FUTURES NOW: FRIDAY'S MARKET HEAT MAP: FRIDAY'S S&P SECTORS: TODAY'S ECONOMIC CALENDAR: THIS WEEK'S GLOBAL ECONOMIC & POLICY CALENDAR: MOST ACTIVE TRENDING DISCUSSIONS (STOCK SYMBOLS ARE CLICKABLE!): TEVA ZYNE TRVG EROS CSCO ELY TWLO HAE ON NXTM UBNT FMS GOGO BCRX WMGI NAT GEMP AAOI CHD CBS IIVI BLL KOS TIS THIS WEEK'S EARNINGS CALENDAR: ($NVDA $VRX $SNAP $DIS $JCP $WB $TWLO $PCLN $ON $CVS $SINA $PLUG $M $TSN $NTES $YY $CBI $LITE $MAR $FDC) THIS WEEK'S IPO'S: THIS MORNING'S PRE-MARKET EARNINGS RELEASES: ($ON $TSN $BAH $FDC $HZNP $FOLD $CRNT $KOS $GOGO $GEO $BCRX $CRK $BSFT $SEMG $AFI $WLH $IIVI $RDCM) BEFORE TODAY'S MARKET OPEN: AFTER TODAY'S MARKET CLOSE: THIS MORNING'S ANALYST UPGRADES/DOWNGRADES: THIS MORNING'S INSIDER TRADING FILINGS: TODAY'S DIVIDEND CALENDAR: THIS MORNING'S PRE-MARKET STOCK NEWS MOVERS: source: cnbc.com Tyson Foods – The food producer earned an adjusted $1.28 per share for its latest quarter, 10 cents A share above estimates. Revenue also exceeded forecasts as the company's beef and pork segments performed well. Marriott – The hotel chain has struck a joint venture deal with China e-commerce giant Alibaba that allows Alibaba users to book Marriott hotels on Alibaba's site. Horizon Pharma – The drugmaker reported adjusted quarterly profit of 41 cents per share, well above the 10-cent-a-share consensus estimate. Revenue was also well above forecasts, boosted by a 70 percent jump in sales of Horizon's rare disease medicines. Rockwell Collins — United Technologies is weighing a bid for the aircraft component maker, according to a Reuters report. United Technologies said it did not comment on rumors or speculation. UnitedHealth Group – The health insurer has named former GlaxoSmithKline CEO Andrew Witty and Morehouse School of Medicine President Valerie Montgomery Rice to its board of directors. Berkshire Hathaway – Berkshire reported a 15 percent decline in second-quarter profit, falling below analysts' forecasts. The decline was led by smaller investment gains and insurance underwriting losses. Deutsche Bank – Deutsche Bank fell out of a newly compiled list of the world's top 15 private banks. The 2016 rankings – put together by wealth management researcher Scorpio Partnership – showed private banking assets at Deutsche Bank were down 28 percent last year, pushing it down five places to number 16 on that list. Tesla – Tesla lowered the price of its Model X SUV by $3,000 to $79,500, noting improved profit margins on that vehicle. Separately, the electric car maker announced its intention to sell $1.5 billion in a debt offering, in order to bolster its balance sheet while it tries to rapidly scale up production of its Model 3. General Motors – GM is recalling nearly 800,000 pickup trucks to deal with an issue that could affect power steering. The affected models are 2014 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 and GMC Sierra 1500 trucks. Apple – Apple will release a version of the Apple watch later this year that can directly make calls on cellular networks, according to a Bloomberg report. Current versions of the watch need to be connected to an iPhone to have cellular capability. Brighthouse Financial – Brighthouse will begin trading today on the Nasdaq, following the life insurer's spin-off from former parent MetLife. It will also join the S&P 500, replacing AutoNation. Fresenius Medical Care – Fresenius is buying U.S. home dialysis company NxStage for $2 billion, or $30 per share. That compares to NxStage's Friday closing price of $23.13. Sprint – The wireless carrier has resumed discussions T-Mobile USabout a possible merger, according to a Bloomberg report. Masayoshi Son – the billionaire who leads major Sprint shareholder Softbank – is said to be seeking consolidation to reverse customer losses. Chemours – The DuPont spin-off was upgraded to "neutral" from "sell" at UBS, which said it is more confident in the chemical maker's growth outlook following its recent quarterly results. UBS raised its price target on the stock to $50 from $36. Have a happy trading day to everyone in here on this Monday!
