Be in the know. 20 key reads for Thursday…

  1. How A Retail Maverick Turned Boot Barn Stores Into Pure Gold (IBD)
  2. Just Eat Takeaway (GRUB) Gains as Seth Klarman Hedge Fund Buys a $645 Million Stake, Shareholders Says Stock ‘Deeply Undervalued’ (StreetInsider)
  3. App Store Competition Targeted by Bipartisan Senate Bill (Wall Street Journal)
  4. How Millennial Investors Lost Millions on Bill Ackman’s SPAC (institutionalinvestor)
  5. Manchin warns of ‘grave consequences’ if Democrats pass $3.5 trillion package (MarketWatch)
  6. Feeling the Inflation Heat. The Energy Report 08/12/2021 (Phil Flynn)
  7. Crypto wars: Biden administration at war with itself over regulation (Fox Business)
  8. Bumble, Match Have Love Left to Give (Wall Street Journal)
  9. Banks Are a Good Bet if Interest Rates Spike (Barron’s)
  10. Merck Spinoff Organon Is Supercheap and It Just Set a 3.7% Dividend Yield (Barron’s)
  11. China unveils five-year plan to strengthen control of economy (Financial Times)
  12. Baidu Earnings Beat Expectations. Why Its Stock Is Dropping. (Barron’s)
  13. Fannie Mae Aims to Make Home Loans More Accessible (Wall Street Journal)
  14. One Number to Gauge Where the Economy Is Headed (New York Times)
  15. Liquidity Is Evaporating Even Before Fed Taper Hits Markets (Bloomberg)
  16. S. Initial Unemployment Claims Drop for Third Week in a Row (Bloomberg)
  17. Palantir revenue jumps 49% in second quarter (CNBC)
  18. Labor shortage gives retail and restaurant workers the upper hand—for now (CNBC)
  19. Billionaire ‘Bond King’ Jeff Gundlach warns inflation is worryingly high — and official readings are understating the problem (Business Insider)
  20. How Do Baidu’s Q2 Numbers Stack Up Against Google? (Benzinga)