Be in the know. 18 key reads for Sunday…

  1. Warren Buffett Plans to Step Down as Berkshire CEO at Year-End (wsj)
  2. Why There Will Never Be Another Warren Buffett (wsj)
  3. Read the WSJ’s Early Coverage of Warren Buffett (wsj)
  4. Warren Buffett, on Stage at Berkshire Meeting, Defends Global Trade (wsj)
  5. Who Is Greg Abel, the Man Preparing to Take Over for Warren Buffett? (wsj)
  6. Warren Buffett has created a $348bn question for his successor (economist)
  7. U.S. auto sales up 10.0% in April on rush demand, inventory decline and price hikes concerns going forward (marklines)
  8. Ford CEO does the math on Trump’s auto tariffs (npr)
  9. GM to increase production in existing U.S. plants, hold pricing steady (marklines)
  10. April Auto Sales: How Tariffs Shaped the Market (coxauto)
  11. eBay and Etsy are relatively confident despite tariff pressures (techcrunch)
  12. China’s Ant Group plans to list overseas unit in Hong Kong, report says (reuters)
  13. Can Starbucks be turned around? (economist)
  14. Big tech has a big Trump problem (economist)
  15. The trouble with MAGA’s manufacturing dream (economist)
  16. 69 housing markets where higher inventory is tipping scales to buyers (fastcompany)
  17. The 4 bucket-list trips that any cultured golfer needs to take (golfdigest)
  18. The Ferrari 296 just got a lot more Speciale (classicdriver)