Be in the know. 15 key reads for Saturday…

  1. Nike, Adidas, Puma, Steve Madden, Caleres + Dozens More Companies Urge Trump to Exempt Shoes From Tariffs in FDRA Letter (footwearnews)
  2. Vans Owner VF Corp. Confirms 400 More Layoffs Across the Company (footwearnews)
  3. Berkshire Stock Could Drop 99% and Still Top S&P 500 Over Buffett’s 60-Year Reign (barrons)
  4. Berkshire shareholders head to Buffett’s 60th annual meeting, economy top of mind (reuters)
  5. Trump’s Auto Tariff Relief Shields USMCA Auto Parts From 25% Tax (bloomberg)
  6. Commercial aircraft demand boosts US factory orders in March (reuters)
  7. U.S. natural gas inventories in underground storage ended winter at a three-year low (eia.gov)
  8. US adds surprisingly strong 177K jobs in April as labor market holds up in face of tariffs (nypost)
  9. Speculators Turn Most Bearish on the Dollar Since September (bloomberg)
  10. Even Marvel Knows Its Movies and Shows Need to Be Better (wsj)
  11. Beijing Weighs Fentanyl Offer to U.S. to Start Trade Talks (wsj)
  12. Europe’s first grid crisis may not be its last (ft)
  13. Visa, Mastercard, PayPal Fuel Agentic AI Commerce Boom (pymnts)
  14. Temu and Shein Will Feel ‘De Minimis’ Pain. So Will These U.S. Companies. (barrons)
  15. These 3 Oil Refiners Can Buck the Energy Downturn (barrons)