Be in the know. 7 key reads for Monday…

  1. Anadarko to Resume Occidental Talks About $38 Billion Takeover (Bloomberg)
  2. US-China trade talks are in the ‘final laps,’ Treasury Secretary Mnuchin says (CNBC)
  3. Cloud Gathers Over Chip Makers (Wall Street Journal)
  4. ‘Avengers: Endgame’ smashes box-office records with $1.2 billion weekend (MarketWatch)
  5. Consumer spending jumps in March while core inflation moderates (MarketWatch)
  6. Traders Brace for Big Moves After GE Earnings This Week (Wall Street Journal)
  7. Chinese electric car maker BYD’s Q1 profit up 632% (Irish Times)

Be in the know. 20 key reads for Sunday…

  1. The Best Sandwiches in New York, as Picked by Top Chefs (Bloomberg)
  2. Ford Mustang still top sports car, but Dodge Challenger ousts Chevy Camaro as No. 2 (USA Today)
  3. The big mystery in the GDP report — where did the inventories come from? (MarketWatch)
  4. Week in review: How Trump’s policies moved stocks (TheFly)
  5. A Little Market Chaos Is Just Fine With These Stock Traders (Bloomberg)
  6. Nicole Kidman Burns Brighter Than Ever (Vanity Fair)
  7. Kevin Systrom (Founder of Instagram) — Tactics, Books, and the Path to a Billion Users (#369) (Tim Ferriss)
  8. Hedge Fund and Insider Trading News: Kyle Bass, Pinterest Inc (PINS), ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc. (ARR), Camping World Holdings Inc. (CWH), and More (Insider Monkey)
  9. Volkswagen Built the World’s Fastest Electric Car. Now, It’s Planning a Whole EV Family (Robb Report)
  10. 25 Secrets Chick-Fil-A Employees Will Never Tell You (BuzzFeed)
  11. Brodie Van Wagenen’s Bold Plan to Resurrect the Mets (Men’s Journal)
  12. Brian Earhart Makes Epic 391-Foot Disc Golf Hole-In-One (Digg)
  13. Aston Martin Unleashes Their Fastest Convertible Ever (Maxim)
  14. Helping others makes us happier — but it matters how we do it (Ted)
  15. What Happened To U.S. Workers? (NPR Planet Money)
  16. The Anatomy of a Great Decision (Farnam Street)
  17. 9 Success Habits of Wealthy People That Cost Nothing (Entrepreneur)
  18. China says criticisms on IP protection lack evidence amid trade spat (Reuters)
  19. Bond Traders Betting on a Fed Rate Cut Won’t Be Easily Dissuaded (Bloomberg)
  20.  Uber is seeking a public valuation as high as $90 billion (Business Insider)

Be in the know. 9 key reads for Saturday…

  1. Who Created Maslow’s Iconic Pyramid? (Scientific American)
  2. Chinese stocks just saw their worst week since October (CNBC)
  3. 4 Rules of Successful Networking (Forbes)
  4. Jack Dorsey’s TED Interview and the End of an Era (New Yorker)
  5. Hedge Funds Are Shorting the VIX at a Rate Never Seen Before (Bloomberg)
  6. Ray Dalio has donated $100 million to fight poverty and boost public education in Connecticut. Now comes the hard part. (Hartford Courant)
  7. Billionaire investor Howard Marks explains why he’s investing with ‘more caution than usual’ (Business Insider)
  8. Trump debates waiving Jones Act to ship natural gas to New England and Puerto Rico (Washington Examiner)
  9. Stanley Cup Playoffs 2019: Sharks roll past Avalanche; Hurricanes top Islanders 1-0 in OT (CBS Sports)

Be in the know. 7 key reads for Friday…

  1. U.S. Growth of 3.2% Tops Forecasts on Trade, Inventory Boost (Bloomberg)
  2. Warren Buffett says Berkshire could buy back $100 billion stock: FT (CNBC)
  3. China’s Xi Signals Approval for Trump’s Trade War Demands (Bloomberg)
  4. Intel drops 7% after chipmaker projects a drop in revenue this year (CNBC)
  5. Amazon to give Prime customers one-day shipping, cutting free delivery time in half (MarketWatch)
  6. Hedge-fund billionaire Ray Dalio asked Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Reed Hastings and other top leaders to take a one-hour personality test — and they all scored low in one key area (Business Insider)
  7. Taylor Swift’s new pastel-drenched video for ‘ME!’ celebrates ‘you’re the only one of you’ (USA Today)