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U.S. oil prices jump more than 8% as Saudi Arabia lifts prices, China crude imports climb (MarketWatch )
The U.S. economy may already have clawed back 5 million jobs of the 20-million-plus positions eliminated during the pandemic (MarketWatch )
Jobless Claims Drop,but Remain High (Barron’s )
10 Stocks for Right Now (Barron’s )
Four-Legged City Dwellers Get Their Moment While Humans Are Stuck Inside (Wall Street Journal )
One Car Maker That Will Emerge Stronger From the Pandemic (Barron’s )
Nearly Half of Men Say They Do Most of the Home Schooling. 3 Percent of Women Agree. (New York Times )
The Alarming Rise of Algorithms as Heroes of the Stock Recovery (Bloomberg )
Mnuchin Spars With Guns N’ Roses Frontman Axl Rose on Twitter (Bloomberg )
India Looks to Lure More Than 1,000 U.S. Companies Out of China (Bloomberg )
Look Closely at Risk-Parity Funds’ Different Strategies (Barron’s )
Germany to Reopen Most of Economy in Coming Weeks as Coronavirus Recedes (Wall Street Journal )
New York Survey Yields New Insights Into Who’s Getting Infected With Covid-19 (Wall Street Journal )
Wynn Resorts Details Coronavirus Damage (Wall Street Journal )
A Stunt Driver Is Making Ford’s Unloved Fox-Body Mustang Cool Again (Bloomberg )
John Malone Proves Market Wrong Again With Virgin Media Deal (Bloomberg )
When will hospitals and doctors’ offices be open for normal business again? Experts weigh in (CNBC )
Ulta to reopen 180 stores on Monday (MarketWatch )
China trade data lifts futures ahead of jobless claims (Reuters )
FDA approves coronavirus vaccine candidate for Phase 2 study (Fox Business )
Wall to Wall: Warren Buffett Airline Stock Dump Analysis (OANN )
Egyptian billionaire Naguib Sawiris sees oil at $100 in 18 months, says he would buy airlines (CNBC )
Global Equities Are Higher After Trump Says Economy Must Reopen (Barron’s )
Why BlackRock says it’s time to reduce the government bonds, and take on more risk, in your portfolio (MarketWatch )
Gilead Lays Out Plan to Produce Remdesivir (Barron’s )
22 Beaten-Down IPOs That Are Worth a Second Look (Barron’s )
10 High-Yielding Energy Bonds Are Worth a Look (Barron’s )
Oil Stocks Have Rebounded, But Can Still Go Higher (Barron’s )
Trump Eyes New Tax Cuts for Next Stimulus Package (New York Times )
What going to the mall will be like as coronavirus restrictions are lifted (New York Post )
Ferrari Touts “Strong Order Book”, Expects To Outperform In 2H 2020 (ZeroHedge )
CVS Health revenue rose 8% as customers rushed to buy essentials; shares up (CNBC )
This cruise stock may be a ‘short-term opportunity’ despite 80% drop, trader says (CNBC )
US investors have piled $1 trillion into cash during coronavirus lockdown, but UBS says ‘rushing to the exits’ and abandoning the markets is not the answer. (Business Insider )
ADP says 20.2 million private-sector jobs lost in April during coronavirus pandemic (MarketWatch )
AbbVie (ABBV), Allergan (AGN) Merger Cleared by FTC (StreetInsider )
Fox News’ Greg Gutfeld Tops Colbert, Kimmel and Other Late-Night Hosts in Ratings (Yahoo! Finance )
Buy Boeing Stock, Analyst Says. The 737 MAX Will Become a Cash Provider. (Yahoo! Finance )
Shanghai Disneyland to reopen with coronavirus social distancing measures in place (Fox Business )
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Nio More Than Doubles Deliveries In April As Domestic Economy Limps Back To Normalcy (Benzinga )
Why Home Prices Are Rising During the Pandemic (Wall Street Journal )
Your genes could determine whether coronavirus puts you in the hospital — and we’re starting to unravel which ones matter (MarketWatch )
Ken Griffin’s Shutdown Playbook Kept Him on Top of Markets (Bloomberg )
Instacart Wasn’t Ready to Become an Essential Service Overnight (Bloomberg )
Netflix Won’t Share Crucial Data, So TV Producers Are Piecing It Together Themselves (Bloomberg )
One-Man Hedge Fund Gains 56% With Virus-Resistant Tech Bets (Bloomberg )
Hertz Lenders Postpone Financial Reckoning (Wall Street Journal )
Property Investors See Fiber-Optic Cables as ‘Railroads of the Future’ (Wall Street Journal )
Oil Prices Extend Rebound, Boosted by Demand Hopes (Wall Street Journal )
Banks Make $10B in Fees in Phase 1 of PPP (Fool )
Big Banks Pull Ahead in U.S. Small-Business Aid After Stumbles (Bloomberg )
Global Stocks Advance as Focus Returns to Reopenings (Barron’s )
What Might Gilead’s Covid-19 Drug Cost — $10 or $4,500? (Barron’s )
Drive-Throughs Are Now a Lifeline for Fast-Food Chains (New York Times )
Carnival Plans to Sail Again in August, Maybe (New York Times )
‘Trolls’ streaming success to usher in more new movies at home (USA Today )
Wall Street’s Elite Bond Club Is Cracking at the Worst Possible Time (Bloomberg )
Cash on the Sidelines Could Limit Stocks’ Slide, Yardeni Says (Barron’s )
Smaller Banks Doled Out Bulk of PPP Loans, Fed Data Show (Barron’s )
NBCUniversal to Combine TV, Streaming Operations in Broad Restructuring (Wall Street Journal )
Italy Starts Easing Lockdown, Rebooting Its Stricken Economy (Wall Street Journal )
A Surprising Way to Stay Resilient (Wall Street Journal )
Small Businesses Were at a Breaking Point. Small Banks Came to the Rescue. (Wall Street Journal )
Test, trace, isolate: Governments need to do these three things before reopening economies, expert warns (CNBC )
Israel Will Reopen Malls to Revive Economy as Virus Cases Drop (Bloomberg )
TikTok is winning over millennials and Instagram stars as its popularity explodes (CNN )
Tesla stock rise appears to qualify CEO Musk for $700 million payday (StreetInsider )
5 BofA Securities Yield Advantage Dividend Stocks for Worried Investors (24/7 Wall Street )
Open for lunch: California counties with few coronavirus cases re-start their economies (Reuters )
Buffett’s Chance for a Blockbuster Deal Faded When Fed Stepped In (Bloomberg )
The subtle tone shift from Warren Buffett every investor must note: Morning Brief (Yahoo! Finance )
Global Stocks Slump on U.S.-China Trade Tensions (Barron’s )
Buffett Was Cautious in the First Quarter (Barron’s )
Warren Buffett’s Optimistic? Pessimistic? No, Realistic (New York Times )
Warren Buffett tells investors to ‘Bet on America,’ buying stocks for long-term gain (USA Today )
President Says More Help Likely for Out-of-Work Americans (Bloomberg )
Buffett on coronavirus, airlines and more: Watch the 5 best moments from the Berkshire meeting (CNBC )
Here are Warren Buffett’s 25 best quotes from Berkshire Hathaway’s annual meeting, where he discussed airlines, coronavirus, and bailouts (Business Insider )
‘Billions’ Creator Shares Story On How The Show Saved His Career (Benzinga )
Trump says it was right to close US, but it’s time to reopen for economy’s sake (Fox Business )
Liberty Global and Telefónica in advanced talks to create £28 billion U.K. (MarketWatch )
Owl Rock Looks to Raise $1.5 Billion for Opportunistic Debt Fund (Bloomberg )
How Big Data Is Attacking the Coronavirus (Wall Street Journal )
Brazil Doubles Down on Reform (Wall Street Journal )
Coronavirus Prompts Biggest U.S. Manufacturing Pullback Since Last Recession (Wall Street Journal )
What Would You Risk for a Faster Cure? (Wall Street Journal )
Investors Bet Oil Crash Will Weaken Middle East Currency Pegs (Wall Street Journal )
Rising Natural Gas Prices Are a Hot Bet (Wall Street Journal )
Sicily Wants To Lure Tourists By Helping Pay For Flights And Hotels Post-Lockdown (Forbes )
Bill Ackman: Getting Back Up [The Knowledge Project Ep. #82] (Farnam Street )
Hedge Fund and Insider Trading News: Ray Dalio, Bill Ackman, Citadel LLC, Tudor Investment Corporation, Unity Bancorp, Inc. (UNTY), Guardant Health Inc (GH), and More (Insider Monkey )
The ‘Armortruck’ SUV Is An Apocalypse-Ready Supertruck (Maxim )
7 Warren Buffett Stocks With 60% Upside (U.S. News and World Report )
Donald Trump’s Best Friend, Billionaire Casino Mogul Phil Ruffin, Sees A Hidden Jackpot In The Pandemic ()
Goldman Sachs Has Its Top Oil Stocks to Buy Ahead of a Second-Half Recovery (24/7 Wall Street )
A Strategy for Reopening New York City’s Economy (Manhattan Institute )
The Double Life of Damian Lewis (GQ )
UFC President Dana White’s quarantine routine includes Trump calls, family time (Fox Business )
OPEC Production Cuts Start Today (Futures Mag )
Warren Buffett built up cash and bought only small amounts of stock during the market rout (CNBC )
Tim Cook On Warren Buffett: ‘I Don’t Think There’s A Better Teacher’ (Benzinga )
Why BJ’s, Ulta Stock Are Retail Buys Right Now (MarketWatch )
Berkshire Hathaway First Quarter Earnings (Berkshire Hathaway )
Carl Icahn, who’s made a large bulk of his fortune in energy, has a new play in the industry (CNBC )
When Buffett Was a Quant (Verdad )
Buffett: Why Smart People Do Dumb Things (Novel Investor )
Small caps had best month in nearly a decade and if history is a guide it may signal a broader market rally, analysts say (MarketWatch )
Volatility Provides Greater Value Opportunities (Miller Value )
Performance After 10% Up Months (Quantifiable Edges )
Michael Lewis on the Crafts of Writing, Friendship, Coaching, Happiness, and More (#427) (The Tim Ferriss Show )
The Billion Dollar Hedge Fund Club: Who’s Up, Who’s Down (Institutional Investor )
Apollo Pivots Buyout Fund ‘Almost Entirely’ Into Distressed Mode (Institutional Investor )
10 Questions That Should Be Asked at Berkshire’s Annual Meeting (Morningstar )
Gilead gets emergency FDA authorization for remdesivir to treat coronavirus, Trump says (CNBC )
The Economic Recovery Rests on Getting Consumers to Spend. It Won’t Be Easy. (Barron’s )
Stocks to Buy Now, According to Energy Roundtable Panelists (Barron’s )
Retail Brands That Could Thrive Postpandemic (Barron’s )
Big Tech’s Big Week: 5 Earnings Takeaways (Barron’s )
The Non-Bailout: How the Fed Saved Boeing Without Paying a Dime (Bloomberg )
Buffett Stays on Sidelines With Cash Rising to $137 Billion (Bloomberg )
Insiders at Olive Garden’s Parent Bought Up Stock (Barron’s )
10 High-Yielding Energy Bonds Are Worth a Look (Barron’s )
Inflation Insurance Is Cheap. Now May Be a Good Time to Buy. (Barron’s )
Fortune Favors the Brave, Especially Now (Barron’s )
Billionaire Malone Finds Love Match for Virgin Media (Bloomberg )
Berkshire Hathaway Reports $49.7 Billion Quarterly Loss (Wall Street Journal )
Remdesivir Affirms the American Way (Wall Street Journal )
Wall Street’s Math Whizzes Face a Testing Time (Bloomberg )
Covid Exit Won’t Just Depend on Finding Vaccine, but Making Billions of Doses (Bloomberg )
Saudi Outlook Cut to Negative at Moody’s as Reserves Tumble (Bloomberg )
Under Quarantine, Vintage Soloflexes Are Getting a Workout (Bloomberg )
Goldman tells oil bulls to be patient, expects 3-stage oil rally after ‘violent rebalancing’ (Business Insider )
Walmart expanding Express Delivery to 1K stores (USA Today )
Macy’s to reopen 68 stores Monday with plan to open fully by June (USA Today )
Apple sales, profits exceed expectations as Chinese market brightens (New York Post )
The number of oil rigs in operation worldwide plunged in April, falling 22%. (Rig Count BH )
‘Burn. It. The. F#&!. Down.’ (Institutional Investor )
Gilead says it can produce ‘several million’ rounds of remdesivir coronavirus treatments next year (CNBC )
The U.S. Strategizes to Stabilize Oil Prices (Barron’s )
Why It’s Time to Pick Winning Stocks (Barron’s )
AbbVie tops earnings estimates, sticks with 2020 guidance (MarketWatch )
Oil-Tanker Rates Crash as OPEC+ Cuts Near (Bloomberg )
Oil traders turn to salt caves and train cars in storage crisis (Financial Times )
Taco Bell Unveils At-Home Taco Kit Ahead Of Cinco De Mayo (Benzinga )
Hard-hit energy companies’ bonds rise after Fed expands loan program (Yahoo! Finance )
AstraZeneca and Oxford university agree deal to develop virus vaccine (Financial Times )
Bill Gates thinks there are eight to 10 promising coronavirus vaccine candidates and one could be ready in as little as nine months. Business Insider )
Get out! Populous cities lose appeal amid COVID (USA Today )
Boeing borrows $25 billion instead of pursuing federal bailout amid coronavirus, 737 Max crises (USA Today )
Showtime’s ‘Billions’ Is Back With More Financial Schemes Than Ever (Wall Street Journal )
This CEO’s Formula For Building Success Is So Simple (Investor’s Business Daily )
Stocks Pause After Strong Rally (Barron’s )
Health Care Was Biggest Drag on GDP (Barron’s )
Cash-hungry firms are turning to convertible bonds (fnLondon )
Justin Amash Discloses Purchases of Disney Stock (Barron’s )
You’d Be Surprised Who Can Beat Buffett and Icahn (Barron’s )
China’s nonmanufacturing PMI hits 3-month high (MarketWatch )
Two Mortgage REITs Are Benefiting From Fed-Backed Market (Barron’s )
Elon Musk slams ‘fascist’ coronavirus lockdowns in Tesla earnings call (New York Post )
Kraft Heinz Sticks With Its Dividend. Earnings Were Strong. (Barron’s )
35 Stocks to Buy if the Economy Recovers in a V-Shape (Barron’s )
U.S. Explores Emergency-Use Approval for Gilead Drug After Study Found It Helped Recovery From Covid-19 (Wall Street Journal )
Fed’s Powell Says More Spending Will Be Needed From Congress (Wall Street Journal )
Steven Mnuchin Says U.S. Aims to Get Back Its Money From Fed Programs (Wall Street Journal )
The Bad News Won’t Stop, but Markets Keep Rising (New York Times )
Fed Suggests Tough Road Ahead as It Pledges to Help Insulate Economy (New York Times )
Gilead CEO Says Over 50,000 Remdesivir Courses Ready to Ship (Bloomberg )
Warren Buffett to Break Silence at Virtual Woodstock for Capitalists (Bloomberg )
Coronavirus pushed Twitter to a record 24% growth in daily users last quarter (Business Insider )
‘Trolls World Tour’ Breaks Digital Records and Charts a New Path for Hollywood (Wall Street Journal )
Simon Property to Reopen 49 Malls (Wall Street Journal )
Boeing’s stock surges after wider-than-expected loss and revenue miss, but free cash flow beat (MarketWatch )
‘Will You Help Save My Brother?’: The Scramble to Find Covid-19 Plasma Donors (New York Times )
China’s Factories Are Back. Its Consumers Aren’t. (New York Times )
Rhode Island Pushes Aggressive Testing, a Move That Could Ease Reopening (New York Times )
Icahn’s ‘Beautiful Trade’ Pays Off Early With Malls Forced Shut (Bloomberg )
Elon Musk Joins the Lockdown Rebels (Bloomberg )
Saudi Prince’s Year of Prestige Is Unraveling in Front of Him (Bloomberg )
Weekly mortgage applications to buy a home make a strong recovery (CNBC )
Pfizer coronavirus vaccine could be ready for emergency use by this fall (New York Post )
Starbucks expects to reopen 90 percent of its stores by June (New York Post )
Oil price jumps 15% after reports that a key measure of storage demand was 2 million barrels lower than expected. (Business Insider )
Arthritis drug may help fight severe coronavirus cases, study finds (New York Post )
Much of U.S. economy still plugging along despite coronavirus pain (Reuters )
Home-buying interest spikes to highest level in weeks, showing signs of recovery (Fox Business )
Stock futures jump after positive data on Gilead coronavirus treatment (CNBC )
U.S. Economy Shrinks at 4.8% Pace due to Coronavirus (GDP) (Bloomberg )
Gilead Remdesivir Trial for Covid-19 Has Met Primary Endpoint (Bloomberg )
IHOP parent Dine Brands shares jump after earnings beat (MarketWatch )
Pfizer Earnings, Sales Top; Dow Jones Drug Giant Rises (Investor’s Business Daily )
Chevron Stock Could Have a Record Month (Barron’s )
Investors to Get a Peek at Buffett’s Potential Successor (Barron’s )
The Fed Made It Easier for Municipalities to Borrow (Barron’s )
Caterpillar’s Earnings Missed Expectations. The Stock Is Rising Anyway. (Barron’s )
Best Movies You Can Stream at Home This Week (24/7 Wall Street )
Pfizer said sales of Eliquis, hospital products rose in Q1 on COVID-19 demand (MarketWatch )
No Junk Debt Is Too Risky: How Fed’s Action Changed Everything (Bloomberg )
Tesla asks employees to return to work before coronavirus lockdown ends (New York Post )
Warren Buffett to answer questions online at Berkshire Hathaway’s annual meeting Saturday (USA Today )
Texas Is Open, California’s Closed and States Go Their Own Way (Bloomberg )
Warren Buffett will soon tell us what he really thinks about stocks, investing and the coronavirus pandemic (MarketWatch )
3M’s Earnings Were Strong. Health Care, Masks Boosted Sales. (MarketWatch )
Fed has simple goal this week — project confidence in face of the unknown (MarketWatch )
PepsiCo adjusted earnings rise as consumers stock up, but company yanks outlook (CNBC )
Confused by the tax implications of the CARES Act? Here’s a breakdown. CNBC )
Allbirds debuts its first running shoe. To succeed, it must face rivals like Nike—and a pandemic (CNBC )
One group of small-cap stocks could outperform, Oppenheimer says (CNBC )
Raymond James Has 5 Stocks to Buy Now If We Have a Snapback V Recovery (24/7 Wall Street )
This is Still an Election Year (Almanac Trader )
The most important chart to support an economic re-opening (Yahoo! Finance )
Secret group of billionaires, scientists work to find modern A-bomb for virus (Fox Business )
The Value Investor Who Sold Lysol Stock — And Bought Oil (Institutional Investor )
How Kim’s sister could be next in line to rule North Korea (Financial Times )
Warren Buffett offers his 2 best pieces of advice for aspiring young investors (Yahoo! Finance )
Opinion: Investors have $5.1 trillion hiding out in the shares of five companies, which will be tested this week (MarketWatch )
Coronavirus Relief Often Pays Workers More Than Work (Wall Street Journal )
‘Trolls World Tour’ Breaks Digital Records and Charts a New Path for Hollywood (Wall Street Journal )
Consensus Is Emerging That Children Are Less Vulnerable to Coronavirus (Wall Street Journal )
Japan’s Coronavirus Cases Fall Sharply Without Compulsory Measures (Wall Street Journal )
