Be in the know. 12 key reads for Sunday…

  1. VF Corp CEO Pledges To Deep Brand Turnaround At Berlin Congress (forbes)
  2. Vans’ Fifth Avenue Store Closes After Police Response to Satoshi Nakamoto Sneaker Release (wwd)
  3. Swashbuckling oil-services firms are preparing for a boom (economist)
  4. ‘Devil Wears Prada 2’ in Box Office Heaven, Heads for $75M-$80M U.S. Opening, $180M Globally (hollywoodreporter)
  5. Etsy Bets on AI to Attract the Shoppers It’s Been Losing (pymnts)
  6. Israel approves plan to buy F-35 and F-15IA fighter jets from Lockheed, Boeing (cnbc)
  7. Homebuying Demand Ticks Up, Mortgage Rates Tick Down (redfin)
  8. M2 update: still looking like inflation will remain low (scottgrannis)
  9. The Quest to Use AI to Help Find New Drugs (wsj)
  10. Sedans Are Back as Honda Accord Sales Soar 42% and the Camry Isn’t Far Behind (thedrive)
  11. Alibaba Named to TIME Top 10 Most Influential AI Companies (alizila)
  12. Ant Group’s bank adds stock trading to Alipay app in Hong Kong (scmp)

Be in the know. 14 key reads for Saturday…

  1. US FDA approves Pfizer, Arvinas’ breast cancer drug (reuters)
  2. Big Pharma M&A set for mega year as patent expiries drive deal urgency (reuters)
  3. Disney’s New CEO Is Exploring a ‘Super App’ For Theme Park Tickets, Movies and More (bloomberg)
  4. Crown Castle completes $8.4 billion fiber, small cell sale (investing)
  5. Ford opens employee pricing to all US buyers in nationwide sales push (foxbusiness)
  6. BYD Exports Jump as Soaring Fuel Prices Spur EV Demand (bloomberg)
  7. Trump Says He Will Raise Tariffs on EU Cars and Trucks (wsj)
  8. U.S. Factory Activity Expands in April (wsj)
  9. So far the spring homebuying market is showing ‘surprising resilience’ (yahoo)
  10. S&P 500 profit eyes sharpest quarterly growth in four years after Big Tech results (reuters)
  11. What investors should be buying and selling in May, according to Bank of America’s ‘Flow Show’ strategist (marketwatch)
  12. After Dumping At The Lows, Retail Is Back, Chasing Energy And Tech (zerohedge)
  13. The Estée Lauder Companies will reduce department store footprint as it focuses on ‘high-growth’ online channels (glossy)
  14. Trump’s Tariff Reversal Reopens a Major Market for Scotch Whisky (nytimes)