GoPro PR disaster, J.C Penney gets a new CEO and a huge railroad merger could be in the offing

GoPro tops this Monday edition of Trending Tickers….the stocks that you're tracking as measured by Yahoo finance ticker searches.

GoPro (GPRO) shares are getting hit by more than 10% after a Yahoo Sports report is suggesting one of the company’s cameras may be partially to blame for the severe head injury sustained by F1 racer Michael Schumacher. Jean Louis Moncet says investigators were looking into reports that Schumacher's helmet may have been crushed by the GoPro camera he was wearing during a ski accident that left him in a medically induced coma. According to Moncet, Schumacher's helmet was completely smashed but the GoPro camera remained intact. Schumacher sustained career ending injuries in the crash.

J.C. Penney (JCP) has a new CEO... again. Home Depot executive Marvin Ellison, who also spent several years at Target, has been tapped to to take over next from long-time CEO Myron “Mike” Ullman III. Ullman returned to the company after kicking former Apple executive Ron Johnson to the curb after the retailer unraveled under his direction and attracted unwanted interest from activist investor Bill Ackman. The search for a new CEO was not an easy one due to J.C. Penney’s problems coupled with a competitive retail environment.

And in M&A news, rail giant CSX (CSX) is in play, according to the WSJ. The paper is reporting Canadian Pacific Railway (CP.TO) made an offer that was rebuffed. Any potential deal would combine two of the largest railways in North America and take advantage of the North American energy boom. It also marks a renewed interest in rail stocks not seen since Warren Buffett spent nearly $30 billion to add  Burlington Northern to his Berkshire Hathaway  (BRK-A) empire back in 2010. This deal potentially could be worth double what Buffett paid based on market valuations.

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