Be in the know. 12 key reads for Sunday…

  1. PayPal Links The ‘Fan Economy’ Into A Payments Network With The NFL (forbes)
  2. PayPal Goes After Streaming TV Advertisers With New Adtech Deals (adweek)
  3. How Intel’s CEO brought the storied company back from the brink (marketwatch)
  4. Cox Automotive Forecast: April New-Vehicle Sales Pace to Reach 16.1 Million, Despite Declining Consumer Sentiment, Rising Economic Uncertainty (coxauto)
  5. Q1 Earnings Off To Strong Start; Record CEO Confidence Anchor Market (seeitmarket)
  6. American corporate profits keep shrugging off global tumult (economist)
  7. QXO Eyes Builders FirstSource — Lumber Giant Next on Jacobs’ List (woodcentral)
  8. More Homeowners Are Putting Up ‘For Sale’ Signs As the Days Get Warmer (redfin)
  9. Leading Chinese Automakers Announce Integration with Qwen at 2026 Beijing Auto Show (alizila)
  10. Alibaba to integrate its AI into cars (cnbc)
  11. Crown Castle counts the cost of Dish payment dispute, but identifies opportunities at the Edge (datacenterdynamics)
  12. The Greatest Entrepreneurs in U.S. History, According to Business Historians (wsj)

Be in the know. 15 key reads for Saturday…

  1. US Government Stake in Intel Has Jumped 300% to $36 Billion (bloomberg)
  2. Why the party for Intel and other chip stocks could last a long time (marketwatch)
  3. Intel’s stock extends its spectacular run by posting its best day in nearly four decades (marketwatch)
  4. Intel Plans Multi-Billion Dollar Bond Sale Tied to Apollo Deal (bloomberg)
  5. U.S. Energy Exports Hit Records as World Adjusts to a Closed Persian Gulf (wsj)
  6. Baker Hughes CEO Sees Upstream Oil and Gas Investment Picking Up (bloomberg)
  7. April’s Consumer Sentiment Is the Lowest on Record (wsj)
  8. Forgotten no more: Generation X is driving beauty sales (cnbc)
  9. EV ownership at ‘tipping point’ in many parts of the world, experts say (ft)
  10. Justice Department Will End Probe of Jerome Powell, Opening Path for Kevin Warsh (wsj)
  11. Kevin Warsh Wants to Fix the Fed. Can He Realize His Ambitions? (barrons)
  12. Stanley Black & Decker approves $0.83 dividend and $500 million buyback plan (investing)
  13. QXO Continues to Tumble Following TopBuild Deal (barrons)
  14. Hollywood Writers Approve Four-Year Deal With Studios (wsj)
  15. Hormel Foods completes sale of whole-bird turkey business to LSI (investing)