The Brutalist Report

MarketWatch

• MarketWatch First Take: It looks like nothing will stop Elon Musk from owning Twitter [1609d]
• The Wall Street Journal: Senate advances nomination of Lael Brainard as Fed’s second-in-command [1609d]
• : Shareholders push for more board diversity at Tesla, Google, Wells Fargo and Home Depot [1609d]
• Dow Jones Newswires: South Korea’s first-quarter economic growth decelerates [1609d]
• The Ratings Game: Snowflake stock surges after analyst says its story is misunderstood [1609d]
• Earnings Results: UHS stock drops more than 10% following earnings miss as higher wages eat into revenue [1609d]
• : Reaction to Twitter and Musk split along party lines —‘An encouraging day for free speech’ or ‘a platform where only the loudest can be heard’? [1609d]
• Brett Arends's ROI: Don’t ignore these 2 things when you’re choosing a nursing home [1609d]
• : Brothers charged with running elaborate memorabilia scam from their Michigan barn — and selling fake Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig baseball bats [1609d]
• The Margin: Twitter’s board accepts Elon Musk’s offer — and users are either celebrating ‘free speech’ or saying ‘RIP Twitter’ [1609d]
• Outside the Box: Here’s why you should be wary of buying the stock-market dip [1609d]
• Key Words: Many Americans feel the pandemic is over, but new, highly transmissible and immune-evasive variants are likely, says White House COVID response coordinator [1609d]
• Washington Watch: Broadband companies are spending an ‘unseemly amount of money’ to sink key nominee to FCC, critics allege [1609d]
• Earnings Outlook: GE’s stock slips as investors brace for more volatile trading after earnings [1609d]
• : Twitter agrees to be bought by Elon Musk for $44 billion [1609d]
• Earnings Outlook: Why semiconductor stocks are ‘almost uninvestable’ despite record earnings amid a global shortage [1609d]
• Economic Report: Are recession worries overblown? Here’s why a downturn appears far off [1609d]
• Outside the Box: Billionaires and the 1% are using ‘dynasty trusts’ to avoid estate and gift taxes — forever. Congress needs to stop them. [1609d]
• Crypto: Dogecoin jumps 17%, outperforms bitcoin, as supporters count on Musk to make Twitter more ‘doge-friendly’ [1610d]