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Speculation is building on Wall Street that - should President Trump choose to replace Fed Chair Janet Yellen when her term expires next year - a likely replacement to run the central bank would be Gary Cohn.

He's director of the National Economic Council and Trump's closest economic advisor. Cohn also is a former chief operating officer of Goldman Sachs.
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W.R. Grace (NYSE:GRA): Q1 EPS of $0.68 beats by $0.04.
Revenue of $398M (+9.7% Y/Y) beats by $23.63M.
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+3.1% PM Huntsman (NYSE:HUN): Q1 EPS of $0.57 beats by $0.19.
Revenue of $2.47B (+5.1% Y/Y) beats by $50M.
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Anthem (NYSE:ANTM): Q1 EPS of $4.68 beats by $0.82.
Revenue of $22.32B (+9.9% Y/Y) beats by $1.05B.
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PepsiCo (NYSE:PEP): Q1 EPS of $0.94 beats by $0.02.
Revenue of $12.05B (+1.6% Y/Y) beats by $70M.
Shares +0.56% PM.
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Thermo Fisher Scientific (NYSE:TMO): Q1 EPS of $2.08 beats by $0.06.
Revenue of $4.77B (+11.2% Y/Y) beats by $90M.
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United Microelectronics (NYSE:UMC): Q1 EPS of NT$0.19
Revenue of NT$37.42B (+8.8% Y/Y)
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It's still safe to wear or buy its Flex 2 fitness tracker, Fitbit (NYSE:FIT) declared, as it investigates claims of a Wisconsin woman who said the band gave her second-degree burns.

"I was literally just sitting and reading when my Fitbit exploded," Dina Mitchell told ABC News. "The bracelet melted and I got pieces of plastic burned into my arm."
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Air passenger arrivals in the U.S. dropped by 4.3% in first quarter of the year, according to data from ForwardKeys, while arrivals in Canada and Mexico rose 6.1%.

Travelers from the Middle East and Europe were possibly deterred by uncertainty over President Trump's travel ban, the travel analysis company said, as well as a strong dollar.
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