Get caught up quickly on the top news and calls moving stocks with these five Top Five lists. 

1. STOCK NEWS: 

• Boston Scientific (BSX) agreed to acquire Apollo Endosurgery (APEN) for $10 per share [more]
• Churchill Downs (CHDN) and DraftKings (DKNG) announced an agreement that will bring pari-mutuel wagering on horse racing to DraftKings [more]
  
• Royal Bank of Canada (RY) will acquire HSBC Canada (HSBC) for C$13.5B in cash [more]
  
• UnitedHealth (UNH) reiterated its FY22 earnings guidance and provided an outlook for FY23 [more]
  
• Bilibili (BILI) reported upbeat Q3 results [more]
  

2. WALL STREET CALLS: 

• UPS (UPS) upgraded to Buy at Deutsche Bank on productivity initiatives [more]
• Jefferies downgrades Generac (GNRC) to Underperform on "game changing" disruption from electric vehicle bidirectional charging [more]
  
• Darden (DRI) downgraded to Neutral after outperformance at Baird [more]
  
• Roku (ROKU) downgraded to Sector Weight from Overweight at KeyBanc [more]
  
• Redburn initiated coverage of American Express (AXP) and MasterCard (MA) with Neutral ratings and Visa (V) with a Sell rating [more]
  

3. AROUND THE WEB: 

• President Biden intends to call on Congress to take action to prevent a rail shutdown, Washington Post reports [more]
• AMC Networks (AMCX) is planning large-scale layoffs and operation cutbacks, WSJ reports [more]
  
• Yahoo (APO) eyes sports betting and retail stock trading, Axios reports [more]
  
• Spruce Point issued a short report on Saputo (SAPIF) [more]
  
• Disney (DIS) CEO says profitable streaming is a priority, Reuters reports [more]
  



4. MOVERS: 

• Kanzhun (BZ) gains in New York after reporting quarterly results [more]
• Pinduoduo (PDD) higher in New York after Macquarie, Citi, HSBC, Morgan Stanley and Benchmark each raised their respective price targets on the stock [more]
  
• Sabre (SABR) higher after being named to join the S&P 600 [more]
  
• VF Corp. (VFC) declines after JPMorgan lowered the firm's price target on the stock and kept an Underweight rating on the shares [more]
  
• Visa (V) falls after Redburn initiated a Sell rating on the stock [more]
  

5. EARNINGS/GUIDANCE: 

• Hibbett (HIBB) reported downbeat Q3 results [more]
• Azek (AZEK) reported mixed Q4 results [more]
  
• Cerence (CRNC) reported better-than-expected Q4 results [more]
  
• Joyy (YY) reported lower-than-expected Q3 revenue [more]
  
• Scotiabank (BNS) reported a year-over-year decline in Q4 adjusted EPS [more]
  

INDEXES:

Near midday, the Dow was down 92.08, or 0.27%, to 33,757.38, the Nasdaq was down 57.22, or 0.52%, to 10,992.28, and the S&P 500 was down 13.38, or 0.34%, to 3,950.56.