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Active Buzzers: Nokia Corporation (ADR) (NYSE:NOK), J.C. Penney Company, Inc. (NYSE:JCP)

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J.C. Penney Company, Inc.(NYSE:JCP) is hoping to build a future by looking back. After continuous fall in sales over the last couple of years, the department store chain is reducing some high-profile brands brought in by previous CEO Ron Johnson. This includes the likes of jcp menswear as well as some Martha Stewart-designed home furnishings.

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CEO Mike Ullman opined that the firm needs to edit some things which did not resonate adequately.

Penney is looking to free-up prime floor space for private-label brands that are more-profitable.

The retailer would be reintroducing Ambrielle lingerie soon and has already brought back the St. John’s Bay apparel line as well as JCP Home and Cooks.

The changes are a part of Ullman’s strategy for rebuilding the company whose sales have plummeted by over 25 percent after the previous CEO attempted to make stores upscale through elimination of popular brands.

Analyst Walter Loeb of Loeb Associates opined that the new CEO is looking to rebuild stores which have an appeal to the main customers of J.C. Penney.

Ullman was incharge of J.C Penney between 2004 and 2011 which had seen gross profit margins as well as sales of the company at an all-time high. But, the firm’s cost structure as well as sales per square foot was behind rivals which pushed it behind rivals.

Johnson dumped some important brands of Penney which resulted in hurting gross profit margins of the company along with costing the chain $4 billion in sales in 2012. The company is vigorously pushing for private label merchandise for reversing sales slide in order to ensure retention of customers.

While gadgets have made people used to sedentary lifestyles, it is great to see some technology which inspires to be up and running.

Finnish handset maker Nokia Corporation (ADR)(NYSE:NOK) is launching Motion Monitor after testing it for a few months on Lumia 1520.

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The app would be tracking the movement as it is always in the background and would not have much of an impact on power consumption.

Customers can view activities by day, month or a year. One can also check activity as live tile on lock screen.

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Top 3 Gainers: Zynga (NASDAQ:ZNGA), Eros International (NYSE:EROS), Borqs Technologies’ (BRQS)

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Zynga (NASDAQ:ZNGA) is up 2.5% after Benchmark reiterated its Buy rating in a look-ahead at Q2 earnings. The firm’s expecting a beat and solid guidance for Q3, and it’s raising its guidance for the fiscal year.

Tailwinds from the pandemic won’t dissipate easily, Benchmark suggests, and the videogame maker’s acquisition of Peak (and with it new “forever franchises” in Toon Blast and Toy Blast) will drive audience, bookings, margins and free cash flow, it says. The firm has an $11 price target, now implying 14% upside.

Eros International (NYSE:EROS) is up 5.8% today, making up the last week’s lost ground, after news that its streaming service Eros Now is partnering with Sony India (SNE +2.3%).

That will mean Eros Now’s app is pre-installed on selected Sony smart televisions in India, along with availability on a large base of existing models (Bravia E series and newer).

The country over the past year has seen a 25% growth in demand for smart TVs, fueled by overall industry growth of 15%, to a record 15M units/year.

Borqs Technologies’ (BRQS) personal safety tracker sees strong market with increased orders from the electronics retail chain in the US.

The boost in product demand comes ahead coronavirus pandemic that provides company to expect delivery of 250K units this year. It reflects over 3x the volume delivered in 2019, the year of its launch.

Borqs’ mobile personal safety devices designed particularly for senior citizens come with panic button, location tracking, and fall detection.

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Biotech movers: Pfizer Inc. (PFE), Celgene Corporation (CELG)

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Pfizer Inc. (PFE) said on Thursday it received a request for documents as part of a U.S. investigation related to quality issues involving the manufacture of auto-injectors at its Meridian Medical Technologies site.

Pfizer, in a regulatory filing, said it would be producing records in response to the civil investigative demand from the U.S. Attorney’s office for the Southern District of New York.

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Meridian, a unit of Pfizer that manufactures EpiPen injectors used to deliver an emergency allergy antidote, has been hit by a series of manufacturing problems in recent years. Mylan NV, which markets EpiPens, has recalled tens of thousands of the devices after complaints that some had failed to activate.

Bristol-Myers Squibb has been meeting with shareholders in Boston and New York over the last two weeks to try to salvage its $74 billion purchase of cancer drugmaker Celgene Corporation (CELG), the biggest acquisition announced so far this year.

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The deal, announced in January, was hard sell to Bristol shareholders from the start. The acquisition adds about $32 billion in fresh debt to Bristol’s balance sheet while assuming $20 billion in Celgene’s debt, the companies said at the time. After factoring in debt, the acquisition was the largest health-care deal on record, according to data compiled by Refinitiv.

Now, hedge funds Wellington Management and Starboard Value say the deal doesn’t sit well with them. Bristol has sent executives to New York to meet with institutional investors several times over the last two weeks and met with investors in Boston on Wednesday and Thursday, according to a person who briefed on the meetings.

Bristol-Myers declined to comment.

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Big Losers: Corbus Pharmaceuticals Holdings, Inc. (CRBP), Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras (PBR)

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Corbus Pharmaceuticals Holdings, Inc. (CRBP)’s shares slumped as much as 16% to $6.94 on huge volume. The stock has been showing intense sell off suddenly after a bearish article on seekingalph.com by Alpha Exposure.

The article stated that Corbus has ties to investors convicted of or alleged to have committed securities fraud. We believe lenabasum has failed its major trials in SSc and CF. Lenabasum was also denied Breakthrough Therapy Designation in SSc. We believe lenabasum will fail in its pivotal SSc and Phase 2b CF trials. We are short Corbus with a price target of $0.50.

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Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras (PBR) is expanding its ambitious divestment program and has “bold” plans for sales, the Brazilian state-run oil company’s chief executive said after the firm posted its first annual profit in five years.

On a conference call with analysts to discuss fourth-quarter results, CEO Roberto Castello Branco said selling non-core assets will be key to deleveraging.

Petrobras, as the company is known, can reduce its ratio of net debt to earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, or EBITDA, to 1.5 or even to 1, he added.

The University of Chicago-educated CEO, who took the reins in early January, has long been vocal about the need to slim down the sprawling firm and focus on core activities such as exploration and production. Thursday’s comments were some of his most assertive on the matter.

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