Be in the know. 15 key reads for Friday…

  1. Fed Stress Test Finds U.S. Banks Healthy Enough to Withstand the Coronavirus Crisis (Wall Street Journal)
  2. FDIC to Lift Postcrisis Curb on Banks (Wall Street Journal)
  3. Banks Get Easier Volcker Rule and $40 Billion Break on Swaps (Bloomberg)
  4. Fed puts restrictions on bank dividends after test finds some banks could be stressed in pandemic (CNBC)
  5. ECB’s Lagarde says we’ve probably passed the worst of the coronavirus crisis (CNBC)
  6. Ford unveils new F-150 as tech-savvy pickup with hands-free driving, integrated power generator (CNBC)
  7. Two European Airport Stocks Are Ready to Take Off (Barron’s)
  8. Why one strategist is actually encouraged by a spike in new U.S. coronavirus cases (MarketWatch)
  9. Race for a COVID-19 vaccine has drug makers scaling up manufacturing — before one is developed (MarketWatch)
  10. Don’t Fault Florida Yet for Its Handling of Covid-19 (Bloomberg)
  11. Once the Center of the Coronavirus Crisis, Europe Now Looks Ahead With Hope (Wall Street Journal)
  12. Connecticut Plans to Reopen Schools in the Fall (Wall Street Journal)
  13. Kanye West Signs Multiyear Deal to Sell New Yeezy Line at Gap (Bloomberg)
  14. The 2021 Ford F-150 Aims to Double as a Rolling Office (Wall Street Journal)
  15. Top Energy Analyst Upgrades 3 Stocks With Big Potential Upside (24/7 Wall Street)

Be in the know. 15 key reads for Thursday…

  1. Hospitals Sued to Keep Prices Secret. They Lost. (New York Times)
  2. LeBron James Gets $100 Million Investment to Build Media Empire (Bloomberg)
  3. One Biohacker’s Improbable Bid to Make a DIY Covid-19 Vaccine (Bloomberg)
  4. No Apps, Just Old-School Contact Tracing in Japan (Bloomberg)
  5. A $60 million painting will test the art market’s resilience during the pandemic (CNBC)
  6. Toughened Bank Stress Tests Are Today. Don’t Expect Clarity on Dividends. (Barron’s)
  7. The Urgency of Returning to Full Employment (Wall Street Journal)
  8. How to Lose a Billion Dollars Without Really Trying (Institutional Investor)
  9. Opinion: Bank stocks may ‘rally powerfully’ once investors realize their concerns are overblown (MarketWatch)
  10. Is July 15th still tax day? Treasury may consider delaying deadline to Sept. 15, Mnuchin says (USA Today)
  11. U.S. durable-goods orders rebound 15.8% in May (MarketWatch)
  12. Bank Shares Jump in Rocky Session (Wall Street Journal)
  13. Baltic index up for 20th session on stronger vessel demand (Reuters)
  14. Southwest Airlines May Have Just Started a Fare War (Yahoo! Finance)
  15. Race for a COVID-19 vaccine has drug makers scaling up manufacturing — before one is developed (MarketWatch)