Get caught up quickly on the top news and calls moving stocks with these Top Fives, as compiled by the editors of The Fly. 

1. STOCK NEWS: 

• Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) said its booster shot at two months provided 94% COVID-19 protection in the U.S. [more]
• Uber (UBER) raised its Q3 adjusted EBITDA view, said it saw company's first months of Adjusted EBITDA profitability in July and August 2021 [more]
  
• Shell (RDS.A) agreed to sell its Permian interest to ConocoPhillips (COP) for $9.5B [more]
  
• U.S. Bancorp (USB) agreed to acquire MUFG Union Bank (MUFG) for $8B in cash and stock [more]
  
• Walgreens (WBA) announced a $970M investment in specialty pharma care firm Shields [more]
  

2. WALL STREET CALLS: 

• Vail Resorts (MTN) upgraded to Overweight from Sector Weight at KeyBanc [more]
• Jefferies upgrades Steven Madden (SHOO) to Buy on "best-in-class" supply chain [more]
  
• Big Lots (BIG) downgraded to Neutral from Overweight at Piper Sandler [more]
  
• Bausch Health (BHC) has 50% upside based on sum-of-the-parts, says JPMorgan [more]
  
• Apple (AAPL) iPhone 13 initial waits extended versus 12 cycle, says Credit Suisse [more]
  

3. AROUND THE WEB: 

• Entain (GMVHF) confirmed receipt of a takeover proposal from DraftKings (DKNG) that CNBC's David Faber reported this morning is worth $20B [more]
• The FDA is expected to announce a Pfizer (PFE) booster decision tomorrow, Bloomberg reports [more]
  
• The DOJ will challenge the alliance between American Air (AAL) and JetBlue (JBLU) as anticompetitive, WSJ says [more]
  
• Apple (AAPL) is working on iPhone technology to help detect depression, WSJ reports [more]
  
• Elliott Management has quietly reduced its stake in SoftBank (SFTBY), NY Post reports [more]
  

4. MOVERS: 

• Rekor Systems (REKR) higher after announcing the pilot deployment of its traffic management technology with the Utah Department of Transportation and Utah Department of Public Safety [more]
• Upstart (UPST) increases after WSFS Bank (WSFS) announced it launched a digital personal loans product powered by Upstart [more]
  
• Alcoa (AA) declines after announcing plans to restart aluminum smelting capacity at Alumar in Brazil [more]
  
• SmileDirectClub (SDC) lower after Stifel analyst Jonathan Block downgraded the stock to Hold with a price target of $7, down from $9 [more]
  
• Teck Resources (TECK) falls in New York after providing an update on its 2021 production guidance [more]
  

5. EARNINGS/GUIDANCE: 

• Lennar (LEN) reported mostly in-line Q3 results [more]
• Neogen (NEOG) reported better than expected Q1 revenue [more]
  
• Conformis (CFMS) lowered its Q3 product revenue guidance [more]
  
• Cracker Barrel (CBRL) reported lower than expected Q4 sales and earnings [more]
  
• AutoZone (AZO) reported upbeat Q4 results [more]
  

INDEXES: 

Near midday, the Dow was up 162.70, or 0.48%, to 34,133.17, the Nasdaq was up 100.31, or 0.68%, to 14,814.21, and the S&P 500 was up 19.45, or 0.45%, to 4,377.18.