The Brutalist Report

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• The Ratings Game: Wall Street loves FedEx’s cost cuts and plans to combine networks. But here’s where some analysts say it could get messy [1129d]
• Personal Finance Daily: Are the post office and banks open on Good Friday? And here’s the No. 1 mistake people make when it comes to their credit score [1129d]
• : Who is Harlan Crow? 4 things to know about the man who paid for Clarence Thomas’s luxury trips. [1129d]
• : Semiconductor sales suffer steepest decline since 2009 [1129d]
• Crypto: Dogecoin falls after Twitter switches out Shiba Inu image to bird logo [1129d]
• : Tesla files proxy, proposals include request for ‘key person risk’ report [1129d]
• Economic Report: Banks trim borrowing from the Fed again [1129d]
• ETF Wrap: ETF investors showed ‘a lot of restraint’ in the first quarter. Here’s why bonds won them over. [1129d]
• Living With Climate Change: 3D-printing startup crushes recycling with disposable clay cups, inspired by the 5,000-year-old kulhar [1129d]
• The Margin: Is the post office open on Good Friday? Are banks open? [1129d]
• : Eating more than 6 teaspoons of sugar a day linked to cancer, stroke, diabetes, early death and dozens of other health problems [1129d]
• : ‘Significant progress’ made cleaning up train derailment that spilled beer into Montana river [1129d]
• Earnings Outlook: Banks on the line for deposit flows and margin pressure in Q1 updates as they reel from banking crisis [1129d]
• The Ratings Game: Lumentum stock heads for lowest price since 2019 as component glut seems to spread to telecom sector [1129d]
• TaxWatch: IRS reveals how its spending $80 billion in extra funding — wealthy taxpayers and large corporations can expect more scrutiny [1129d]
• Washington Watch: Biden team on track for toughest-ever limits on auto pollution: report [1129d]
• : Watchdog groups call for Justice Clarence Thomas to address reported failure to disclose gifts from real-estate tycoon [1129d]
• Distributed Ledger: After Elon Musk’s Shiba Inu logo switch on Twitter, will memecoins make a comeback? [1129d]
• Earnings Outlook: U.S. oil refiners looking at ‘record’ Q1 profits ahead of peak summer season [1129d]
• In One Chart: Traders now see no chance rates will end up where Fed thinks in 2023 [1129d]
• : FDA pulls preterm-birth drug Makena and its generics from market after 12 years [1129d]
• Washington Watch: Gensler’s meme-stock reforms are meant to help retail traders. Some investor protection advocates aren’t so sure. [1129d]
• The Ratings Game: Nvidia market share surges with gaming-chip market ‘on the mend’ and boosted by AI, analyst says [1129d]
• The Ratings Game: Amazon needs to lay off more employees for ecommerce to become ‘meaningfully profitable,’ analysts say [1129d]
• The Ratings Game: Walmart’s big automation push will boost margin performance, analysts say [1129d]
• Lawrence G. McMillan: Stocks are giving mixed signals right now, as investors look for a confidence boost [1129d]
• Movers & Shakers: Costco shares stumble after sales decline, FedEx shares rise after upgrade, and more stocks on the move [1129d]
• The Margin: Nike teams up with trans activist Dylan Mulvaney following that buzzy Budweiser promo [1129d]
• The Fed: Fed’s Bullard doesn’t see a looming credit crunch that would push economy into a recession [1129d]
• : Buying a home this spring? Experts offer 3 top tips — from negotiating your interest rate to the best way to ‘time the market’ [1129d]
• : KBW shuffles bank-stock ratings as stock price beatdown upends sector ahead of earnings [1129d]
• Earnings Results: Constellation Brands’ stock flat as analyst frets the days of double-digit growth in beer sales are over [1129d]
• Earnings Results: Levi Strauss’s stock sinks as inventory ‘remains an overhang’ despite improvements [1129d]
• : Video shows BlackRock office in Paris being invaded as protests continue to grip France [1129d]
• : Ciena’s stock pares losses as company reiterates forecast after Lumentum warning [1129d]
• Economic Report: Jobless claims top 200,000 after changes to formula for seasonal adjustments [1129d]
• Metals Stocks: Gold, silver tread water after touching 1-year highs [1130d]
• : AMC stock jumps, APEs tumble, after judge denies attempt for swift stock conversion [1130d]
• Futures Movers: Oil on track for third straight weekly gain after OPEC+ production cuts [1130d]
• Mark Hulbert: Your market-timing move to sell stocks in May and ‘go away’ until October actually starts now [1130d]
• Vitaliy Katsenelson's Contrarian Edge: The U.S. must regulate banks in the same way it oversees nuclear power [1130d]
• The Moneyist: My father named my late mother as a beneficiary on his $80,000 life insurance, but my stepmother says it belongs to her. Who’s right? [1130d]
• Need to Know: Bitcoin has been boosted by the banking crisis — and these two other factors, says JPMorgan strategist [1130d]
• : Worried about your credit score? TransUnion’s head of consumer education reveals people’s No. 1 mistake. [1130d]
• Bond Report: U.S. 10-year yields down for seventh day as fears build of economic downturn [1130d]
• NerdWallet: Buy down a mortgage rate with points, or wait and refinance later? How to figure which is right for you. [1130d]
• Kelley Blue Book: The 2023 Mazda CX-50 vs. the 2023 Ford Bronco Sport: Which one is better? [1130d]
• Next Avenue: Want to live longer and healthier? Start looking on the bright side of life. [1130d]
• Dow Jones Newswires: Swedish prosecutor says Nord Stream blast perpetrators may never be found [1130d]
• Market Snapshot: U.S. stock futures steady as major jobs report looms [1130d]
• : Shell sees first quarter gas output rising but corporate losses widening [1130d]
• : German industrial production rose for second consecutive month in February [1130d]
• : Allianz says it will not renew Nord Stream insurance cover [1130d]
• Tax Guy: I bought a used EV and now want solar panels. Can I claim tax credits for both in the same year? [1130d]
• : Venture funding plunges amid the implosion of Silicon Valley Bank [1130d]
• Key Words: One important lesson Tim Cook learned from Apple founder Steve Jobs: GQ interview [1130d]
• FA Center: Your financial adviser won’t say it, but you might be able to get a managment fee discount [1130d]