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June 14 (Monday)

YRI
Dr. Ed’s latest video podcast
Daily Markets Overview
Today’s Morning Briefing

Markets
Markets Are Leaving Little Room for the Fed to Be Wrong on Inflation | W
Strange Bond Moves Could Signal Slower Growth in Second Half | BR
Regulators Tell Banks It Is Time to Stop Using Libor | W
Teen Traders Are Shaking Up the Stock Market | BR

Global supply chains
How green bottlenecks threaten the clean energy business | E
Home Depot contracted its own container ship to avoid shipping delays | C
Why That Sofa You Ordered Isn’t Showing Up Soon | W

US
Huge Paydays for C.E.O.s, as Gap With Workers Widened | N
Retiring Workers Alter Fed’s Calculus on Jobs Shortfall | W
Forget Going Back to the Office—People Are Just Quitting Instead | W

Europe
Europe Keeps Aiding Companies to Avoid Surge of Covid-19 Insolvencies | W

China
China plans to accelerate blockchain development and adoption in push to become a world leader in the technology by 2025 | SCMP

Middle east
Israel Parliament votes in new government, ending Netanyahu rule | C

G7
G-7 Leaders Rally to Biden’s Call to Challenge China | W
G-7 leaders agree on vaccines, China and taxing corporations | C
G7 pledge cooperation on carbon leakage as EU border tariff looms | R
Biden says U.S. is ‘back at the table’ following G-7 summit | C

Industries & companies
Autos: GM, Ford are all-in on EVs. Here’s how dealers feel about it | C
Consumer discretionary: Fake Reviews and Inflated Ratings Are Still a Problem for Amazon | W
Pharma: Biogen’s Alzheimer’s Drug Opens Up a New Market. These Stocks Could Benefit if More Approvals Come. | BR
Tech: Taiwan Semiconductor Stock: How to Play the World’s Most Important Chip Maker. | BR
Tech: Kinaxis Solves Supply-Chain Issues. Its Stock Is Due for a Resurgence. | BR

Corporate finance
Shell considering sale of holdings in largest U.S. oil field | C
 
Cryptocurrency
China blocks cryptocurrency Weibo accounts in ‘judgment day’ for bitcoin | GU
Musk: Tesla will accept bitcoin when miners use clean energy | C
What is monero? New cryptocurrency of choice for cyber criminals | C

Technology
Amazon details new warehouse robots, ‘Ernie’ and ‘Bert’ | C

Virus
Texas Hospital System Can Require Employees to Get Covid-19 Vaccine, Judge Rules | W

Offbeat
Hoover Dam water shortage: Levels decline amid West dryness, droughts | USA
The Hedge-Fund Manager Who Did Battle With Exxon—and Won | W
National Parks Are Overcrowded and Closing Their Gates | W