May 03 (Monday)
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Daily Markets Overview
Today’s Morning Briefing
Markets
Stock futures rise ahead of first trading day of May | C
Americans Can’t Get Enough of the Stock Market | W
Central banks
Cryptos Are a Threat to Central Banks. Why It Goes Beyond Bitcoin. | BR
US I
From Apple to Domino’s Pizza, U.S. Companies Scramble to Meet Surge in Demand | W
U.S. Treasury’s Yellen tamps down inflation fears over Biden spending plan | R
Biden, Republicans Set Talks Over Competing Infrastructure Plans | W
How to tax capital without hurting investment | E
US II
Covid-19 Savings Stockpile Could Accelerate Economy—if Consumers Spend It | W
The Pandemic Prompted Them to Return Home—Now They’re Staying [in Town] | W
Many Black Homeowners Are Falling Further Behind on Their Mortgages | W
More Americans Are Considering Retirement Because of Covid | B
China
Is China’s population shrinking? | E
Geopolitics & trade
The most dangerous place on Earth | E
Industries & companies
Financials: Barron’s Stock Pick: Why Bank of America Is a Buy | BR
Pot: Marijuana Legalization Is Good News for Pot Stocks. How to Play It. | BR
Retail: Cargo Pants and Outdoor Slippers Are Hot, as Americans Return to Stores | W
Tech: Five Tech Giants Just Keep Growing | W
Corporate finance
Verizon may sell AOL and Yahoo remnants: Who’d want them, and why? | C
Virus
Covid: Gottlieb says cases will decline, vaccinations monumental achievement | C
Dining out is back, as America gets vaccinated | NN
New York City indoor dining capacity to increase to 75% in May | C
U.K. Covid-19 Variant’s Hold in U.S. Has Silver Lining: Vaccines Counter It | W
India’s Covid Calamity Has Sick Caring for the Sicker: ‘Alone to Save My Family’ | W
Health care and workplaces must adjust for long covid | E
Offbeat
Why PayPal and Chobani Believe Financially Healthy Workers Are Key to a ‘Strong Democracy’ | BR
Virtual eviction hearings often deprive renters of their rights | C
Neuralink cofounder Max Hodak leaves Elon Musk’s brain implant company | C