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19:27 EDT Fly Intel: Top five weekend stock stories - Catch up on the weekend's top five stories with this list compiled by The Fly: 1. The U.S. Commerce Department sent a report to President Trump that could unleash steep tariffs on imported cars and auto parts, provoking a sharp backlash from the industry even before it is unveiled, the agency confirmed to Reuters' David Lawder and David Shepardson. Trump has 90 days to decide whether to act upon the recommendations, which auto industry officials expect to include at least some tariffs on fully assembled vehicles or on technologies and components related to electric, automated, connected and shared vehicles, the publication noted. In a separate report, Reuters' Sarah Lynch said that the U.S. auto industry has since urged Trump's administration not to saddle imported cars and auto parts with steep tariffs, with some trade organizations blasting the Commerce Department for keeping the details of its "Section 232" national security report shrouded in secrecy. Publicly traded companies in the space include Daimler AG (DDAIF), Fiat Chrysler (FCAU), Ford (F), General Motors (GM), Honda (HMC), Nissan (NSANY), Toyota (TM) and Volkswagen (VLKAY). 2. After 18 months investigating Facebook (FB) and online misinformation, a British parliamentary committee issued a scathing report on Monday, accusing the company of breaking data privacy and competition laws and calling for new regulations to rein in the technology industry, The New York Times' Adam Satariano wrote. Meanwhile, the company said is "open to meaningful regulation," and that it is "not the same company" it was a year ago as it has already made substantial changes to its procedures, according to a Reuters report. 3. Amazon (AMZN) is eating the economy, with its influence continuing to expand, and it seems that no sector is safe from the threat of Amazon disruption, Al Root wrote in this week's edition of Barron's. On Friday alone, XPO Logistics (XPO) shares plummeted nearly 20% after the company reported a customer loss that analysts suspect is Amazon, the publication noted, while Kroger (KR) was previously under pressure after Amazon announced its plans to buy Whole Foods, Root noted. Further, investors fear that the e-commerce giant is willing to accept lower margins and that it could disrupt industrial distribution franchises like Fastenal (FAST) and W.W. Grainger (GWW), the publication added. 4. Fox's (FOXA) "Alita: Battle Angel" won the Presidents Day holiday corridor with just $43M, including $34.3M for the four-day weekend proper after opening on Thursday. The film earned $56M from 86 foreign markets over the weekend for an early offshore total of $94.3M and about $137.3M globally through Monday. The movie earned an A- CinemaScore and sports a 60% Rotten Tomatoes score. With the Disney (DIS)-21st Century Fox merger about to close, Alita is likely the final release from the latter as a stand-alone studio. 5. Exxon Mobil (XOM), Valero Energy (VLO), Chevron (CVX), Murphy Oil (MUR), ConocoPhillips (COP), Marathon Oil (MRO), Equinix (EQIX), CoreSite Realty (COR), Iron Mountain (IRM), InterXion Holding (INXN), Loews (L), and Yeti (YETI) saw positive mentions in Barron's.

18:52 EDT Box Office Battle: 'Alita: Battle Angel' wins Presidents Day Weekend with $43M - Fox's (FOXA) "Alita: Battle Angel" won the Presidents Day holiday corridor with just $43M, including $34.3M for the four-day weekend proper after opening on Thursday. The film earned $56M from 86 foreign markets over the weekend for an early offshore total of $94.3M and about $137.3M globally through Monday. The movie earned an A- CinemaScore and sports a 60% Rotten Tomatoes score. With the Disney (DIS)-21st Century Fox merger about to close, Alita is likely the final release from the latter as a stand-alone studio. BOX OFFICE RUNNERS-UP: AT&T (T) subsidiary Warner Bros' "The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part" fell to number two, with an estimated four-day gross of $27.3M for a domestic total of $68.8M. Behind it was Viacom (VIAB) subsidiary Paramount's "Isn't it Romantic," earning $16.6M in its debut weekend. Another Paramount tittle, "What Men Want," placed number four with $12.7M for a domestic cume of $37.6M. Rounding out the top five, Comcast (CMCSA; CMCSK) subsidiary Universal's "Happy Death Day 2U" earned an estimated $11M over the four-day holiday frame for a six-day launch of $14.7M. Other publicly traded companies in filmmaking include Lionsgate's (LGF.A) and Sony (SNE).

16:45 EDT Windstream postpones release of Q4, FY18 financial results - Windstream announced it is postponing the release of the company's Q4 and FY18 financial results following a federal judge's ruling against one of its subsidiaries. The company previously announced its plans to release the results on February 21. A federal judge in the Southern District of New York on February 15 ruled against Windstream Services regarding the 2015 spinoff of certain telecommunications network assets into a real estate investment trust and its agreements with bondholders. The company is continuing to evaluate its options, including post-trial motions and an appeal. The company currently expects to release the Q4 and FY18 financial results no later than March 18.

16:20 EDT Navient rejects highly conditional unsolicited 'expression of interest' - Navient announced that it has received a highly conditional unsolicited "expression of interest" from Canyon Capital Advisors and Platinum Equity Advisors to acquire the company for $12.50 per share in cash, which represents a premium of only 6.6% over Navient's most recent closing price on February 15, 2019 of $11.73 per share and a discount of 2.8% to the one-year volume-weighted average price of $12.86 per share. Navient's Board, in consultation with its financial and legal advisors, has carefully reviewed the expression of interest and unanimously determined that it substantially undervalues the company and is not in the best interests of Navient or its stockholders. Therefore, Navient's Board rejected the expression of interest. Navient added that the expression of interest is conditioned on additional due diligence and that Canyon and Platinum have not provided substantive information on how they would address the change of control provisions in the company's outstanding unsecured debt and the company's warehouse financing facilities or how they would address the litigation and regulatory matters facing the company. Navient noted that it has had a constructive and long-term relationship with Canyon and that Canyon and Platinum had approached the company last October requesting information that would allow them to make an offer for the company. On October 19, 2018, Navient entered into a confidentiality agreement with each of Canyon and Platinum, and over the past four months the company provided substantial due diligence access. The confidentiality agreement had a standstill period that was extended as additional information was requested and provided. The standstill ended on February 15, 2019, and on that date Canyon delivered its non-binding expression of interest.

16:12 EDT J.B. Hunt completes acquisition of Cory 1st Choice Home Delivery - J.B. Hunt announced the completion of its acquisition of Cory 1st Choice Home Delivery. The transaction, announced January 9, was closed and became effective February 15. Cory's home delivery services will be integrated with J.B. Hunt Final Mile Services, a division of the company's Dedicated Contract Services business unit. With the Cory acquisition, Final Mile has grown to include 100 locations and over 3.1M square feet of warehouse and facilities space.

16:07 EDT Cubic announces semiannual dividend of 13.5c per share - Cubic announced that its Board of Directors approved a regular semiannual dividend of 13.5c per share, payable on March 12, 2019, to shareholders of record on March 1, 2019.

12:36 EDT Quest Diagnostics names Gabrielle Wolfson senior VP, CIO - Quest Diagnostics (DGX) announced that Gabrielle Wolfson has been named Senior Vice President and Chief Information and Digital Officer. She reports directly to Steve Rusckowski, Chairman, President and CEO, and is based at the company's headquarters in Secaucus, N.J. Wolfson joins Quest Diagnostics from Xerox Corp. (XRX) where had she served as Chief Information Officer since 2016.

12:28 EDT Cubic names IBM, Microsoft executive Kevin Eagan as Senior VP, Chief Digital - Cubic (CUB) announced the appointment of Kevin Eagan to the role of senior vice president and chief digital officer. Eagan will join Cubic's executive team based in San Diego, CA, effective March 25 and report to chairman, president and chief executive officer Bradley Feldmann. Eagan joins Cubic from IBM (IBM) where he served as Chief Digital Officer for IBM Global Services. Prior to IBM, Eagan created and led multiple billion-dollar businesses throughout his 25-year tenure with Microsoft (MSFT).