Sees Q2 demand for smartphone components to slow. Sees Q2 foundry earnings growth to continue. In Display Panel segment, aims to secure profitability in OLED through cost reductions amid weak demand. In IT & Mobile Communications segment, sees Q2 profitability declining before turning in solid earnings in the second half with a launch of new models at various product ranges. In Consumer Electronics segment, expect Q2 earnings to grow on rising sales of new models and promotions for global sporting events. Reference Link

BrainChip Holdings announced that it has signed an agreement with Veritone to integrate its AI-powered BrainChip Studio with the Veritone aiWARE platform. aiWARE is an operating system for AI that integrates an ecosystem of cognitive engines, which can be orchestrated together to uniquely reveal actionable insights from multimedia sources with unprecedented accuracy. These sources include radio and TV broadcasts, surveillance footage, as well as other public and private content. BrainChip is developing the integration with aiWARE as a member of the Veritone Developer program. Members of the Veritone Developer community are able to quickly integrate their own cognitive engines or build complete applications on top of Veritone's open and extensible SaaS-based platform. Upon completion of the BrainChip Studio integration with aiWARE, customers will be able to access the capabilities of BrainChip Studio's AI-powered object recognition and facial classification technology.

After review of the Minnesota Administrative Law Judge recommendation on the Line 3 Replacement Project released earlier this week, Enbridge Inc. (ENB) and Enbridge Energy Partners, L.P. (EEP) commented on the recommendations. The ALJ's recommendations are not binding on the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission and Enbridge expects the PUC to vote on the Line 3 Replacement Project in June 2018. Commenting on the ALJ recommendation, Al Monaco, President & CEO, Enbridge Inc. said: "We are pleased that the ALJ's recommendation clearly confirms the need to replace this critical piece of infrastructure that will enhance safety and environmental protection with the latest in pipeline technology and construction methods. The ALJ recommendation also recognizes the economic importance of a modernized Line 3 that will have significant benefits to businesses and communities across Minnesota. That being said, the ALJ's suggestion of an alternative route ignores the extensive record compiled by the State of Minnesota in issuing a comprehensive Environmental Impact Statement that incorporates input from thousands of Minnesotans who are in favor of our proposed route. Most notably, the ALJ's recommended route ignores the longstanding wishes of the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe that the replacement not be constructed across their reservation." The ALJ's recommended route would require in-trench replacement of the existing pipeline in the current right-of-way, introducing unnecessary safety, environmental and economic risks. Constructing RA-07 would require lengthy pipeline outages, which would cause extended supply disruptions leading to higher gasoline prices impacting Minnesota and the surrounding region.

Sundance Energy Australia (SNDE) is pleased to announce the successful acquisition of approximately 21,900 net acres and 1,800 boe/d of production in the Eagle Ford from a joint venture operated by Pioneer Natural Resources USA (PXD) for cash consideration of approximately $220.1M, subject to post-closing adjustments. The acquisition was funded with proceeds from the company's successful issuance of $260 million of new equity. Additionally, the company fully refinanced its existing debt by entering into a new $250 million Second Lien Term Loan and a new $250M reserve based lending facility with $87.5M of initial availability under the borrowing base. As a result of these financing activities, the company has initial available liquidity of approximately $130M for the development of its assets.

Reports Q3 copper production 19kt, down 15.5% from last quarter. Lowers FY18 gold ouput 2.25M-2.35M oz from 2.4M-2.5Moz prior and copper output 70kt-75kt from 80kt-90kt prior on "Cadia NTF embankment slump, Telfer production, and updated economic assumptions".

Ronald L. Havner, Jr., Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Public Storage announced two management changes. Natalia N. Johnson has been promoted to Senior Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer. Natalia joined Public Storage in 2016 with over 18 years of broad-based leadership experience. Clemente Teng, Vice President of Investor Services, will be retiring in May after 13 years with the Company. Ryan C. Burke, who has joined Public Storage as Vice President of Investor Services, will assume Teng's role as the primary contact with investors and shareholders of the company and its affiliates.

USA Truck announced that Tim Guin has been named Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer. As noted in a prior release, current Chief Commercial Officer and President of USAT Logistics, Jim Craig is retiring effective April 30, 2018.

Barclays (BCS) announced a new strategic partnership with PayPal (PYPL) that is designed to enable customers to manage and use their Barclays and PayPal accounts together with greater ease, for the first time. The partnership is expected to benefit millions of consumer and small business customers, and initially focus on enhancing products and services for consumers in the UK and the US. In the UK, small business customers will also benefit from the partnership with integrated experiences. PayPal and Barclays will explore unique ways to connect Pingit and PayPal to improve how customers can move and manage their money. The partnership will also explore opportunities for US consumers to redeem Barclays reward points at businesses that accept PayPal worldwide.

Neurocrine Biosciences announced that once-daily INGREZZA capsules, the first U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved treatment for adults with tardive dyskinesia, improved TD symptoms regardless of body region. These new data analyses, along with long-term efficacy and tolerability data analyses, were presented at the 70th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Neurology. "At Neurocrine, we are committed to serving patients with neurological diseases, in particular those who struggle with tardive dyskinesia as part of their neuropsychiatric condition," said Eiry W. Roberts, M.D., Chief Medical Officer at Neurocrine. "We are pleased to share new data on the effectiveness of INGREZZA in providing sustained improvement in the symptoms of TD, irrespective of the body region impacted by the disorder. We believe these data are important since patients' experience with tardive dyskinesia can be highly variable in terms of the body region impacted by uncontrollable movements. In addition, data analyses from our open-label long-term study show improvement in clinician and patient-reported outcomes, further demonstrating the effectiveness and tolerability of INGREZZA for the treatment of tardive dyskinesia." Results from the KINECT 3 Phase III study, including data from the long-term extension phase, showed that for each body region, greater than or equal to 50% of participants who had moderate/severe abnormal movements at baseline improved to mild/minimal/none movements after 48 weeks of treatment with INGREZZA. At the week 52 assessment, when participants had been off INGREZZA treatment for approximately 4 weeks, the percentage of participants experiencing continued benefit was substantially reduced, although some participants continued to experience clinically meaningful shifts.