wiar 04-26-18

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Apr 26 (Thursday)

YRI
Why You Should Care That the 10-Year Treasury Yield Just Reached 3% (Fortune)
Daily Markets Overview

Markets
U.S. Stocks Higher as Boeing Lifts Dow Industrials (W)
Investors Are Looking for Any Hint of Trouble in Strong Earnings (B)
Once Market Darlings, Tech Stocks Enter ‘Prove-It-To-Me’ Era (W)
BlackRock Aims to Turn Retail Investors Into Quants (B)

US
Retiring broke? More than half of Americans are at risk of it happening (USA)

Geopolitics & trade
Nafta Proposal on Foreign Investments Jolts Energy Firms (W)
Huawei Under Criminal Investigation Over Iran Sanctions (W)
South Koreans Take a Reality Check Ahead of Summit With North (W)
North Korea Nuclear Test Site Largely Unusable, Chinese Scientists Say (W)

Industries & companies
Autos: Ford Plans $11.5 Billion in Extra Cuts, Kills Most U.S. Cars (B)
FANGs: The ‘Amazon Effect’ Stings Consumer-Staples Stocks (W)
FANGs: Facebook Earnings Soar as It Tackles User-Data Crisis (W)
FANGs: Gmail Is Getting a Long-Overdue Upgrade (Wired)
Financials: Visa Profit Rises Sixfold as Card Spending Growth Continues (W)
Tech: Twitter Remains Profitable as It Continues to Add Users (W)

Technology
BMW’s New Electric SUV Looks Shockingly Normal (Wired)
Turning an Echo Into a Spy Device Only Took Some Clever Coding (Wired)
Robotics: The Lab Making Robots Walk Through Fire and Ride Segways (Wired)

Corporate finance
Comcast Sets Up Battle With Fox (W)