wiar 05-04-19

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May 04 (Saturday)

Markets
If This Is a Tech Bubble in Stocks, It’s the Expansionary Phase (B)

Central banks
Fed Officials Diverge on Need for Possible Interest-Rate Cut (B)
Clarida Says Fed Can Be Data Dependent as Economy in Good Shape (B)
White House Escalates Feud With Fed (W)
Paul Winfree Under Consideration for Federal Reserve (W)

US
Strong Hiring, Low Unemployment Rate Signal Solid Growth (W)
Jobs Report Won’t Alter Fed’s Wait-and-See Approach (W)
Key Sector of Economy Is Slowing, But Economists Think It May Be a Good Thing (W)

US politics
Senate Has a Duty to Denounce MMT, Republicans Say in Resolution (B)
A parody website with embarrassing photos of Joe Biden is outranking his official campaign page on Google (C)

Geopolitics & trade
Trump and Putin talked about Mueller report, Venezuela and North Korea during phone call (C)

Industries & companies
Aerospace: Boeing Test Pilots Lacked Key Details of 737 MAX Flight-Control System (W)
Autos: Fiat Chrysler Sees 29% Drop in Operating Profit (W)
Autos: Here’s the email Tesla sent employees telling them to stop leaking info (C)
Autos: GM joins Tesla, Ford in building EV pickups — but Texas ranchers don’t want a ‘playboy’s truck’ (C)
FAANGs: OK Google, How’s YouTube Doing? (W)
Financials: HSBC Beats Expectations, but Brexit Clouds Outlook (W)
Media: Cord-Cutting Clips Dish Network’s Profit (W)
Retail: Adidas Picks Up Pace in Race Against Nike in North America (W)
Tech: Uber Wants to Be the Uber of Everything—But Can It Make a Profit? (W)

Corporate finance
SoftBank Considers IPO for $100 Billion Vision Fund (W)
Tesla Completes $2.35 Billion Stock and Bond Sale (W)