Be in the know. 15 key reads for Monday…

  1. Apple Has Two Trillion Reasons to Fight for the App Store (Wall Street Journal)
  2. Berkshire Hathaway’s Greg Abel Is Planned Successor to Buffett Abel oversees Berkshire’s big non-insurance operations. (Barron’s)
  3. Exxon Mobil Board Fight Enters Final Rounds (Barron’s)
  4. 3 Things to Know From Berkshire Hathaway’s Shareholder Meeting (Barron’s)
  5. Biden’s Plan to Spend $4.5 Trillion Without Boosting Deficits Depends on Factors Beyond His Control (Wall Street Journal)
  6. Americans Can’t Get Enough of the Stock Market (Wall Street Journal)
  7. Covid-19 Savings Stockpile Could Accelerate Economy—if Consumers Spend It (Wall Street Journal)
  8. Epic vs. Apple Trial: Tim Cook, Tim Sweeney and the Other Key Players in ‘Fortnite’ Maker’s Antitrust Lawsuit (Wall Street Journal)
  9. Workers are coming back to the office – slowly (USA Today)
  10. Verizon sells Yahoo and AOL as part of $5 billion deal (USA Today)
  11. EU Looks to Open Its Borders After a Year of Pandemic Isolation (Bloomberg)
  12. New York City Is Roaring Back to Life, One Year After Its Nadir (Bloomberg)
  13. Buffett says Berkshire is seeing ‘very substantial inflation’ and raising prices (CNBC)
  14. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says Americans can expect a ‘big return’ from Biden’s $4.1 trillion spending proposal (Business Insider)
  15. Intel CEO stresses more U.S. chip production, fewer stock buybacks (MarketWatch)
  16. A 10% drop or at least a pause could be looming for the S&P 500. Take shelter in these sectors, says veteran strategist (MarketWatch)
  17. Bridgewater Co-CIO: The Market Is “Very, Very Dangerous” (ZeroHedge)
  18. China stocks take lion’s share as EM flows bounce back in April –IIF (Reuters)
  19. U.S. Supreme Court refuses to revive Wells Fargo accounts scandal suit (Reuters)
  20. 9 Takeaways From Berkshire Hathaway’s Annual Shareholder Meeting (Benzinga)