Monday Morning Reads
Reads:
- This Is How the Unicorn Bubble Will Burst
- This Is the Single Most Meaningless Shopping Event
- From 18 Products to 10,000
- How One Family Built $8 Billion Startup
- Trends & Time Lapses
- Market Storm Averted?
News:
- Futures start week on steady note
- Up in smoke? BAT sinks on possible menthol ban
- Democrats to review Trump actions on AT&T, Amazon
- Aurora Cannabis reports Q1 results
- Diageo offloads 19 brands for $550M
- FDA accepts AstraZeneca's marketing application for expanded use for Lynparza
- Saudis bolster oil prices with supply cut
- Netflix to keep current pricing in India
- AcelRx Pharmaceuticals prices public offering of common stock
- Takeda sets target date to close $62B Shire deal
- Amarin's Vascepa reduced major adverse cardiovascular events by 25% in large-scale REDUCE-IT study
- Weyerhaeuser declares $0.34 dividend
Futures:
From the Weekend
- Cautious view on Kroger (KR). Barron's Report
- Positive views on CSCO, INTC, AAPL, KEYS, NATI, QCOM, COMM. Barron's Report
- Positive view on Dollar Tree (DLTR). Barron's Report
- Over 20 people are dead from California wildfires (PCG). CNN Report
- Netflix (NFLX) is not planning India offerings. Reuters Report
- Vodafone (VOD) unlikely to cut its dividend, despite pressure. Telegraph UK Report
- BaE Systems' (BEASY) deal to sell 8 Eurofighter Typhoon jets is In jeopardy amid Germany's ban on sales to Saudi Arabia. Sunday Times UK Report
- OPEC and other allied oil producers considering output cuts (USO, XLE). Bloomberg Report
- Telecom Italia (TI) will not seek to replace its CEO. Bloomberg Report
- Iran selling oil to private exporters to bypass sanctions (USO, XLE). Reuters Report
- House Democrats plan to investigate President Trump's actions toward CNN & Washington Post (AMZN, T). Axios Report
- With Congress divided, White House could take steps to reduce Government backstop in Fannie (FNMA) and Freddie (FMCC). WSJ Report
- Veritas Capital and Elliott Management plan to bid for Athenahealth (ATHN) for $5.5 billion. Reuters Report
- President Trump wants to eliminate hurricane relief funding for Puerto Rico (MUB, MBI, AGO). Axios Report
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