The Brutalist Report

MarketWatch

• The Wall Street Journal: Top attorneys at California fair-employment agency leave roles amid Activision Blizzard lawsuit [1498d]
• The Tell: Why the stock-market rally may be nothing more than ‘wishful thinking,’ according to Morgan Stanley CIO [1498d]
• The Wall Street Journal: Starbucks may expand worker benefits that would exclude unionized staff [1498d]
• : Facebook parent Meta set to take nearly 50% cut from virtual sales within its metaverse [1498d]
• : How bad is the bond-market carnage? This unlikely sector is down 10% as inflation takes a bite out of returns. [1498d]
• Personal Finance Daily: New York Public Library makes banned books free on its app and Biden to allow more ethanol in effort to ease gas prices — here’s what you need to know [1498d]
• The New York Post: Texas Gov. Abbott’s migrant bus discharges passengers at D.C. building housing Fox News, NBC News, C-SPAN [1498d]
• Key Words: ‘My fellow New Yorkers, we got him’: Mayor Adams on arrest of Brooklyn subway shooting suspect [1498d]
• The Fed: Fed’s Waller says inflation may have peaked in March [1498d]
• : Amazon to add inflation and fuel surcharge to U.S. sellers: report [1498d]
• The Wall Street Journal: Biden administration set to expand intelligence sharing with Zelensky government in Ukraine [1498d]
• : New York Public Library makes banned books free on its app [1498d]
• The Margin: ‘Glue girl’ protests Timberwolves owner’s alleged animal rights abuses by trying to glue herself to the court at an NBA game [1498d]
• The Margin: Dungeons & Dragons is on such a roll, Hasbro bought D&D Beyond for almost $150 million in cash [1498d]
• Market Extra: Traders and investors may have bitten on a ‘head fake’ from a single soft U.S. inflation number [1498d]
• : Frank James, suspect in New York City subway shooting, arrested in Manhattan [1498d]
• : IMF warns fintech firms are pushing banks into riskier mortgage lending. Could crypto be next? [1498d]
• : Gas is going up, but this is how inflation really hurts older Americans [1498d]
• The Ratings Game: Delta Air’s profitable March, guidance boosts airline stocks [1498d]
• : Bed Bath & Beyond says Q4 revealed unforeseen weaknesses and the strength of its baby-focused chain [1498d]
• The Wall Street Journal: Starbucks planning new employee benefits that might exclude unionized workers [1498d]
• : Zoom is transforming its platform as hybrid work becomes permanent [1498d]
• Financial Crime: New York man charged with running illegal bitcoin ATMs in laundromats to help criminals launder money [1498d]
• : The U.S. must take a strong stance against Russia — harsh sanctions will only raise risks to the world [1498d]
• The Wall Street Journal: Manhunt continues as New York police formally name suspect in subway shooting [1498d]
• : Transportation stocks have fallen enough, even if there is a freight recession, analyst says [1498d]
• Outside the Box: Even if stocks rise in the months ahead, the market has limited upside potential [1498d]
• In One Chart: This indicator says stock-market investors don’t believe inflation has peaked: analyst [1498d]
• Economic Report: Wholesale prices surge 1.4% and point to high U.S. inflation through the spring [1498d]
• Coronavirus Update: WHO says omicron variant now accounts for 99.2% of global COVID cases and warns that people are still getting severe disease and dying [1498d]
• Outside the Box: The energy independence of the U.S. and its allies is an enduring tailwind for oil and gas stocks [1498d]
• Earnings Watch: Corporate profit is at a level well beyond what we have ever seen, and it’s expected to keep growing [1498d]
• : Yellen warns countries ‘sitting on the fence’ on Russia not to undermine sanctions [1498d]
• The Moneyist: ‘The weight of this debt is crushing’: I’m 74, and a retired speech-language pathologist with a student-loan debt of $200K. Am I obliged to pay it off? [1498d]
• Earnings Results: JPMorgan Chase profit misses targets as war, inflation and supply chain issues cause it to boost reserves [1498d]
• Futures Movers: Oil lifted as Putin vows to press ahead with war in Ukraine [1498d]
• Encore: Why are Social Security disability rolls declining? [1498d]
• Metals Stocks: Gold attempts to extend winning streak to 5 sessions [1498d]
• Bond Report: Treasury yields move higher as investors await more inflation data [1498d]
• Need to Know: Here’s the playbook from Credit Suisse’s monetary plumbing guru if the rest of the world breaks free from the U.S. dollar [1498d]
• Peter Morici: American foreign policy needs radical surgery [1498d]
• Market Snapshot: Here comes earnings season. U.S. stock futures rise as JPMorgan, BlackRock set to release results [1498d]
• Kelley Blue Book: The new 2022 Nissan Pathfinder takes a step back to its rugged roots [1498d]
• Next Avenue: Can you find love after 65? [1498d]
• NerdWallet: Will a savings account earn money or lose it? These 5 numbers can tell you. [1498d]
• Next Avenue: How to thrive in retirement [1498d]
• Dow Jones Newswires: IEA cuts demand forecast and says reserve release will help counter loss of Russian supplies [1498d]
• Dow Jones Newswires: Tesco profit jumps as revenue rises faster than forecast [1498d]
• Dow Jones Newswires: GlaxoSmithKline to buy Sierra Oncology for $1.9 billion [1498d]
• Dow Jones Newswires: U.K. inflation accelerates to three-decade high in March [1498d]
• Dow Jones Newswires: New Zealand central bank accelerates monetary tightening with rate hike [1499d]
• The Tell: ‘Private markets get it,’ but disruptive tech is beaten-up in the stock market, says ARK’s Cathie Wood [1499d]