July 12 (Friday)

Markets
Why Stocks Are Hitting Records as Economic Fears Rise: ‘There Is No Alternative’ (N)
Health-Care Rally Helps Lift Dow Over 27000 (W)
Why everybody is concerned about corporate-bond liquidity (E)

US
U.S. Consumer Prices Increased in June (W)
Stronger Inflation Data Lift Treasury Yields (W)

Central banks
Powell Says Fed Has Room to Cut, May Have Kept Policy Too Tight (B)
Fed’s Powell affirms rate cut view; others see U.S. economy humming (R)
Fed’s Williams Joins With Other Officials Leaning Toward Rate Cuts (W)
Two Fed Regional Chiefs Say a July Rate Cut May Not Be Warranted (B)
The Federal Reserve will do whatever it takes to keep this boom going (MW)
Ocasio-Cortez finds herself on same side as Trump regarding the Federal Reserve (C)
Opinion: The Fed doesn’t have to cut rates — but it can in order to help the middle class (MW)

US politics
Trump to Direct Agencies to Provide Data on Citizenship (W)
Biden Has Poll Lead After First Democratic Debates (W)

Geopolitics & trade
France Presses On With Digital Tax Despite U.S. Probe (W)
Japan’s Restrictions on South Korean Chip Makers Backfire (W)

Industries & companies
Aerospace: Boeing 737 program manager is retiring as Max jet remains grounded (C)
FAANGs: Apple Pulls Watch App After Finding Eavesdropping Glitch (W)
FAANGs: Google Contractors Listen to Virtual-Assistant Conversations (W)
FAANGs: Amazon to Retrain a Third of Its U.S. Workforce (W)
Pharma: Big Pharma won’t like Trump’s next move after rebate rule is abandoned, investors fear (C)
Retail: Jim Cramer introduces ‘WATCH,’ his top 5 retailers with scale (C)
Retail: Nike to Proceed With Phoenix-Area Factory After Betsy Ross Flap (B)
Tech: Trump Attacks Big Tech at Social-Media Summit (W)
Tech: Samsung’s Galaxy Note 10 revealed in these leaked photos (C)

Corporate finance
T-Mobile-Sprint Talks Slow Over Dish Ownership (W)
VW to Invest in Ford-Backed Argo AI at $7 Billion Valuation (B)

Technology
Computers Can Now Bluff Like a Poker Champ. Better, Actually. (W)

Offbeat
Income Options Are Coming to 401(k) Plans (W)