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PLUS - Whistleblower testifies as Boeing faces scrutiny in Senate hearings... your pre-market briefing inside →                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 April 18, 2024 | [Read Online]( First time here? [Sign up]([»]( Good morning. The Fast Five → [Whistleblower testifies]( as Boeing faces scrutiny in Senate hearings, Wall Street wants answers on [Tesla's Model 2]( car, [China warns west]( of 'survival of the fittest', TikTok divest-or-ban bill heads to fast-track in Congress, and bank leaders hail [IPO market’s budding revival](… 🚀 Accelerate your individual or team sales growth to Serhant levels with the "Sell It" training (and it’s not just for real estate). [Start your 14-day trial here »]( Calendar: (all times ET) Today: Jobless claims, 8:30a Your 5-minute briefing for Thursday, April 18: BEFORE THE OPEN As of market close 4/17/2024. Pre-Market: US Investor % Bullish Sentiment: 43.44% for Wk of Apr 11 2024 (Last week: 47.29%) Market Recap: - Stock futures flat after S&P 500, Nasdaq down 4th day. - Equifax down 9% on weak guidance, Las Vegas Sands slips 3%. - Tech struggles, Nvidia falls 4%, Dow down 7th of 8 sessions. - Q2 tougher, indexes below 50-day moving averages. - JPMorgan's Hunter eyes S&P 500 bounce at 5000. - Today: Jobless claims, home sales due. - Earnings: Alaska Air, KeyCorp pre-market; Netflix post-market. EARNINGS What we’re watching this week: - Today: Blackstone ([BX]() - [Netflix (NFLX)]( - expect NFLX to report Q1 earnings of $4.20 per share (+45.8% YoY) on revenue of $8.6 billion (+5.8% YoY) - Friday: American Express ([AXP]() - [Proctor & Gamble (PG)]( - earnings of $1.31 per share (-4.4% YoY) on revenue of $19.0 billion (-5.5% YoY) Full earnings calendar [here]( HEADLINES [Whistleblower Testifies as Boeing Faces Scrutiny in Senate Hearings Over Safety and Quality]( A Boeing whistleblower, who alleged that the manufacturer cut corners on its 787s and 777s, is testifying. Boeing has denied the whistleblower’s allegations, calling them “inaccurate.” [Wall Street Wants Answers from Elon Musk on Tesla's Model 2 Car]( Elon Musk has kept investors hanging since he issued cryptic social posts following an April 5 Reuters report that Tesla had scrapped its plans for a $25K “Model 2” electric vehicle. - Biden promises U.S. Steel will remain an American company ([more]() - TikTok divest-or-ban bill heads to fast track in US Congress ([more]() - Wall Street bank leaders hail IPO market’s budding revival ([more]() - Americans sick of 0.01% yields create new dilemma on Wall Street ([more]() - Biden wants to triple China tariffs on steel, aluminum imports ([more]() - China warns west of 'survival of the fittest' as manufacturing boosts economy ([more]() - Union vote underway at Volkswagen's only US plant ([more]() - Tesla asks shareholders to vote again on Musk’s $56B payout ([more]() - Google restructures finance team as part of AI shift ([more]() - Amazon starts selling smart grocery carts to other retailers ([more]() - Airline execs predict a record summer and even more demand for first class ([more]() - American introduces new Flagship Suite Preferred seats as it scraps first class ([more]() - Micron set to get $6 billion in chip grants from US ([more]() - Trump Media stock surges more than 20% to end weeks of bleeding ([more]() SPONSORED BY SELL IT by RYAN SERHANT Accelerate your individual or team sales growth to Serhant levels with the "Sell It" training. 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[Start your 14-day trial now »]( DEALFLOW M+A | Investments - FTC preparing to sue to block Tapestry's takeover of Capri Holdings ([more]() - Stellantis to acquire stake in Argentina solar power firm in green energy push ([more]() - Vinci to buy majority of Edinburgh Airport in UK expansion ([more]() - Commvault, a provider of cyber resilience solutions for the hybrid cloud, acquired Appranix, a cloud cyber resilience company ([more]() - Beef ree, a company specializing in no-code email creation tools, acquired Really Good Emails, a platform of email design ([more]() - Armis, an asset intelligence cybersecurity company, acquired Silk Security, a platform for cyber risk, for a total of $150M ([more]() - Forward Consumer Partners buys Firehook Bakery ([more]() - Angeles-backed Data Clean acquires DC Canada ([more]() - State Street explores acquisition of SocGen’s custody arm ([more]() - Obi Group purchases Walki from OEP ([more]() - Godspeed Capital buys Special Aerospace Services ([more]() - One Equity Partners acquires Ballymore Safety Products ([more]() - Foss Recycling purchases AIP’s Wall Recycling ([more]() - TSCP-backed PestCo buys Sasquatch Pest Control assets ([more]() - APi acquires Elevated from L Squared ([more]() - The National Thoroughbred League, a horse racing company, received an investment from DCB Sports ([more]() VC - Asher Bio, a biotechnology company developing precisely-targeted immunotherapies for diseases, raised $55M in Series C funding ([more]() - NeuBird, a provider of a cloud-based generative operations platform for enterprises, raised $22M in Seed funding ([more]() - Theolytics, a biotech company developing oncolytic viral therapies, raised £19M in funding ([more]() - Vorlon, a provider of a platform for comprehensive third-party API security, raised an undisclosed amount in Series A funding ([more]() - AI Squared, a company that helps deliver data and AI insights into business applications, raised $13.8M in Series A funding ([more]() - Found Energy, a cleantech startup building industrial decarbonization solutions, raised $12M in Seed funding ([more]() - Breaking, a plastic degradation and synthetic biology company, raised $10.5M in Seed funding ([more]() - Rivet Work, a provider of an electrical construction workforce management platform, raised $6M in funding ([more]() - Ilant Health, a provider of obesity management and cardiometabolic health solutions, raised additional $3M in funding ([more]() - Renterra, a provider of a modern software platform for the equipment rental industry, raised $3M in funding ([more]() First time reading? 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