Why $CRTO is UP 18% #PreMarketMover ?

Criteo crossed $1 billion in revenue in 2015. Criteo (NASDAQ: CRTO) reported Q4 EPS of EUR0.66, EUR0.26 better than the analyst estimate of EUR0.40. Revenue for the quarter came in at EUR146 million versus the consensus estimate of EUR138.2 million.



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$AKAM today's scanner #PreMarketMover

Cloud computing company Akamai saw stocks pop after it reported earnings and revenue that beat analysts' expectations. The enterprise software company posted earnings of 72 cents per share on revenue of $579 million, excluding items, better than the 62 cents on $569 million expected by Wall Street.

Akamai Technologies (NASDAQ: AKAM) reported Q4 EPS of $0.72, $0.10 better than the analyst estimate of $0.62. Revenue for the quarter came in at $579 million versus the consensus estimate of $560.72 million.

The Company also announces today that its Board of Directors has authorized a new $1 billion share repurchase program, effective from February 9, 2016 through December 31, 2018. The Company's goal for this program is to offset the dilution created by its employee equity compensation programs and provide the flexibility to increase its capital distributions to shareholders as business and market conditions warrant.



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$VHC today's scanner #NEWS: wins suit on patent dispute

$AAPL ordered to pay Virtex more than $625 ml, $VHC  #PreMarketGainers @ $9.35 UP 95%

Apple (AAPL) must pay more than $625 million in a patent dispute, as deemed by a federal jury in Texas on Wednesday, Reuters reported in the late afternoon. 
The consumer electronics giant was found to have used patent holder VirnetX Holding‘s (VHC) Internet security technology without its OK, in Apple’s FaceTime and iMessage features, the report said. 
Some of the intellectual property has to do with VPNs, or virtual private networking. VirnetX stock shot up more than 89% after hours, after vaulting 29.8% in Wednesday’s regular session, to 4.79. 

Apple stock slipped 0.5% after hours, following a 2% rise during a trading day in which it regained the title of biggest stock in market cap from Google-owner Alphabet (GOOGL).