wiar 06-11-19

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June 11 (Tuesday)

Markets
Stocks Climb on U.S.-Mexico Deal (W)
The Fear Gauge Is Sounding an Alarm Even as U.S. Stocks Surge (B)
Why the path for stocks and other markets now depend ‘critically on politics’ (MW)
Bank Stocks Climb on Mexico Tariff Delay (W)
Oil’s Slide Lowers Fuel Prices (W)

Central banks
‘Not My People’—Trump Hectoring of Fed Chairman Complicates Rate Calls (W)

US
U.S. Job Openings Outnumber Unemployed by Widest Gap Ever (W)
Forget the Low Job Growth, the Number of People Who’ve Stopped Looking for Work Is the Real Problem

Europe
Italy, Short of Euros, Flirts With a Different Way to Pay (W)

US politics
Congress takes on Big Tech in hearing on anti-competitive behavior among digital giants (C)
Amid Polarization, Bipartisanship Emerges on China, Big Tech (W)

Geopolitics & trade
Trump’s Mexico Strategy Laid Out in Draft Executive Order (W)
Tariff Dispute Complicates U.S. Ties With Mexico (W)
U.S. Presses Mexico on Asylum Overhaul (W)
Trump Says He’ll Raise China Tariffs If Xi Won’t Meet at G-20 (B)
U.S. Targets Efforts By China and Others To Recruit Scientists (W)

Corporate finance
United Technologies, Raytheon to Merge in Year’s Largest Deal (W)
Salesforce to Buy Analytics Platform Tableau for More Than $15 Billion (W)
Salesforce is paying top dollar for growth — and not just in the cloud (C)
Slack Projects 50% Revenue Growth in Current Year (W)

Offbeat
Millennials Prize Experiences. Now So Do Travel Companies. (W)