Be in the know. 12 key reads for Sunday…

  1. Work boots, the new red carpet shoe – just ask Timothée Chalamet and Austin Butler (scmp)
  2. Canada Goose CEO Dani Reiss Focuses In on Profitability After Strong Growth Year (wwd)
  3. Gen Z shoppers helping revive America’s malls with push for in-person experiences (foxbusiness)
  4. Etsy Taught AI to Find the Unfindable (pymnts)
  5. Papa Johns to bottle, sell iconic garlic sauce in stores nationwide (usatoday)
  6. Diageo readies Tequilas for World Cup travel retail takeover (thespiritsbusiness)
  7. Pending Home Sales Jump 10% From a Year Ago to Highest Level Since 2022 (redfin)
  8. New-Vehicle Inventory Holds Steady in April as Automakers Sell Down Model Year 2025 Inventory (coxauto)
  9. AliViews: Eddie Wu on Alibaba’s Q4 Earnings (alizila)
  10. Big tech is sacrificing its cashflows to prop up the AI boom (economist)
  11. America is experiencing a productivity miracle (economist)
  12. Investor Patience Pays Off (seeitmarket)

Be in the know. 15 key reads for Saturday…

  1. Trump-Xi Summit Ends With Few Breakthroughs. Chinese Stocks Emerge the Winner. (barrons)
  2. Trump says China to buy 200 Boeing jets, order could rise up to 750 (reuters)
  3. Trump, Xi to Set Up Trade and Investment Boards, China Says (bloomberg)
  4. Disney Is Banking on Baby Yoda to Revive the Star Wars Franchise (bloomberg)
  5. Diageo Top Chiefs to Exit as CEO Dave Lewis Pushes Revamp (bloomberg)
  6. U.S. Industrial Production Rose in April (wsj)
  7. Motor vehicles, AI boost US manufacturing production; supply shortages from war loom (reuters)
  8. Cooper-Standard Holdings shareholders elect board and approve key proposals (investing)
  9. Toyota Mulls $2 Billion Investment to Add Assembly Line in Texas (wsj)
  10. Sources: Final Bids in for Estée Lauder Cos.’ Smashbox, Too Faced and Dr. Jart (wwd)
  11. Spam ditches the can for new format – hot dogs (usatoday)
  12. 10 Quality Stocks That Hit New Lows This Week—and Look Like Bargains (barrons)
  13. Big Tech goes beyond Wall Street for huge AI borrowing (ft)
  14. U.S. industrial natural gas consumption expected to hit records in 2026 and 2027 (eia)
  15. Why Stocks Sometimes Fall for No Obvious Reason (morningstar)