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•	Square posted a loss in the fourth quarter, which Wall Street expected. What Wall Street didn't expect: Projections that Square would post 2016 profit of $6 million to $12 million. The company's stock rose almost 5 percent on the news. [Jason Del Rey \| Re/code]
•	Speaking of Square CEO (and Twitter CEO) Jack Dorsey: He's coming to the Code conference this spring. So are Bill & Melinda Gates, as well as #blacklivesmatter activists Johnetta Elzie and DeRay Mckesson. [Kara Swisher\| Re/code]
•	Traditionally, Uber has appealed to state governments when it encounters opposition in local markets. In Florida, however, the state is the opposition. One state senator in particular seems to be a thorn in the company's side, and a bruising fight is underway. [Johana Bhuiyan \| Re/code]
•	Over the last few years, studio execs have said that the ability to pay a lot of money to see first-run, in-theater movies at watch isn't coming to consumers anytime soon. Sean Parker and media exec Prem Akkaraju are launching a new company that aims to do precisely that, and they're working to line up studio partners. At Code/Media last month, Sony Entertainment CEO Michael Lynton said such an idea was dead in the water. [Brent Lang \| Variety]
•	Shares in the cloud storage and services company Box rose 11 percent in after-hours trading after the company narrowed its loss more greatly than Wall Street expected. [Arik Hesseldahl \| Re/code]