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March 16 (Saturday)

Markets
Dow rises more than 100 points, S&P 500 posts best weekly gain since November (C)
Weak Economic Data Spurs U.S. Government Bond Rally (W)
$10 Billion Corporate Debt Sale Highlights Credit Market’s Recovery (W)

Central banks
Fed to raise interest rates once more in third quarter, then done: Reuters poll (R)
Fed Puts Inflation Expectations at Heart of Major Policy Review (B)
ECB Official Calls for Fresh Look at Strategy, Tools (W)
Bank of Japan Takes Gloomier View of Economy (W)
The Era of Cheap Money Shows No One Knows How Monetary Policy Works (B)

US
U.S. manufacturing sector slowing as economy loses steam (R)
U.S. corporate leaders are getting worried about a recession (MW)
U.S. Job Openings Ticked Up to 7.58 Million in January (W)
U.S. Consumer Sentiment Improved in March (W)
Baby boomers are more prepared for death than they are for their own lives (MW)
Nashville’s Job Market Hits High Note (W)

US politics
Trump rejects bill that would block his border emergency in his first veto (C)
Beto O’Rourke’s secret membership in America’s oldest hacking group (C)
Beto O’Rourke’s Past GOP Ties Could Complicate Primary Run (W)

Geopolitics & trade
China Investment in U.S. Startups Keeps Flowing Despite New Rules (W)
Trump’s trade war cost U.S. economy $7.8 billion in 2018: study (R)
North Korea may suspend talks with ‘gangster-like’ U.S., rethink nuclear test freeze (R)

Terrorism
At least 49 people killed in shootings at New Zealand mosques (C)
Facebook, YouTube and Twitter are struggling to remove New Zealand mosque shooting videos (C)
A year after Zuckerberg’s testimony on violent content, has anything changed? (MW)
It’s Hard to Spot the Terrorists Among the Trolls (W)

Industries & companies
Aerospace: Piece Found at Boeing 737 Crash Site Shows Jet Was Set to Dive (B)
Airlines: Air Canada Suspends 2019 Guidance After Boeing 737 MAX Grounding (W)
Autos: Tesla’s introduction to the Model Y underwhelms and stock promptly falls (MW)
FAANGs: Amazon is introducing private investors to high-risk start-ups in a new pilot program (C)
FAANGs: Amazon Tests Pop-Up Feature Touting Its Cheaper Products (W)
Health Care: Amazon takes another step into the medical space by accepting pre-tax health spending accounts (C)
Media: New York’s super mall at Hudson Yards is open at last — and it’s not getting rave reviews (MW)
Pharma: Fast-acting treatment for postpartum depression, if approved, could help hundreds of thousands of new mothers (MW)
Retail: How Sears Lost the American Shopper (W)

Corporate finance
Uber’s eye-popping $120 billion valuation would make it worth more than Nvidia, 3M and PayPal (C)
Corona brewer Constellation is nearing a deal to sell some wine brands to E. & J. Gallo (C)
SEC Charges Volkswagen With Defrauding U.S. Bond Investors (W)

Offbeat
Warren Buffett Is No Fan of Modern Monetary Theory (B)
Key Ingredient in College-Admissions Scam: A Harvard-Grad Test Whiz (W)
Eggs Might Not Be That Great for You After All (W)