Blinken stranded after Boeing 737 breaks down on Davos trip... your pre-market briefing inside â January 18, 2024 | [Read Online]( Sponsored by âï¸ Good morning. Today: Jobless claims report @ 10:00 am ET The Fast Five â [Blinken stranded]( after Boeing 737 breaks down, [Spirit Airlines shares sink]( 20% in second day of losses after blocked merger, EV owners [unable to charge]( in freezing weather, [Apple sales ban]( restarts today, and Samsung packs newest Galaxy smartphones with AI [to beat Apple](⦠Your 5-minute briefing for Thursday, January 18: BEFORE THE OPEN As of market close 1/17/2024. PRE-MARKET: MARKETS: - Flat U.S. stock futures post 3rd Dow losing day. - Dow futures down 0.01%, S&P 500 -0.04%, Nasdaq 100 -0.09%. - Discover -7% despite Q4 revenue beat. - Wednesday: Dow -0.25%, S&P 500 -0.56%, Nasdaq -0.59%. - 10-year Treasury yield above 4.1% raises rate cut concerns. - Markets eye March rate cut with 56% probability. - Today: jobless claims, housing starts, building permits, Bostic speech. EARNINGS What weâre watching this week: - Today: Charles Schwab (SCHW) - [Kinder Morgan (KMI)]( - expected: $.30 per share (-3.2% YoY) on $4.4 billion revenue (-3.7% YoY) - Friday: - [Travelers (TRV)]( - expected: $5.00 per share (+47% YoY) on $10 billion revenue (+13.1% YoY) Full earnings calendar [here]( HEADLINES [Blinken Stranded After Boeing 737 Breaks Down on Davos Trip]( After flying from Davos to Zurich on helicopters and boarding the modified Boeing Co. 737, Blinken and his party were informed that the aircraft had been deemed unsafe to fly. [Spirit Airlines Shares Sink 20% in Second Day of Losses After Judge Blocks JetBlue Merger]( Shares of Spirit Airlines sank about 22% yesterday. The second day of double-digit losses after a judge blocked its proposed merger with JetBlue. Shares of JetBlue fell roughly 9% yesterday. - 10-year Treasury yield hits five-week high after strong retail sales data ([more]() - Retail sales rose 0.6% in December, topping expectations for holiday shopping ([more]() - Biden proposal could drop overdraft fees to as low as $3 ([more]() - Homebuilder sentiment improves for second straight month, following drop in mortgage rates ([more]() - Sorry, millennials, Gen Zers are coming for boomersâ houses ([more]() - Red Sea crisis could last a year with Houthi attacks âjust increasingâ ([more]() - Jamie Dimon warns âall these very powerful forcesâ will impact U.S. economy in 2024 and 2025 ([more]() - Sheryl Sandberg is leaving Metaâs board ([more]() - Apple Watch sales ban restarts Today ([more]() - Apple faces US antitrust lawsuit as soon as March ([more]() - Samsung packs newest Galaxy S24 smartphones with AI functions to beat Apple ([more]() - JPMorgan to hire this year on wealth, dealmaking revival ([more]() - Google CEO says more job cuts are needed in 2024 in order to reach âambitious goalsâ ([more]() - Bayer unveils significant job cuts as part of broader revamp ([more]() - 'Wake-up call' for EV owners â unable to charge in deep freeze ([more]() TOGETHER WITH RadAI This AI Startup Investment is Winning RAD AI has developed technology that transforms the $633B MarTech industry. 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Please read the offering circular at [invest.radintel.ai]( ~ please support our sponsors ~ DEALFLOW M & A | INVESTMENTS - Holcimâs Europe head says firm looking at 20 small acquisitions ([more]() - Japan's Mizuho hunting for deals to bolster asset management business ([more]() - Italy clears Telecom Italiaâs â¬22 billion grid sale to KKR ([more]() - Indian govt to sell up to 3.5% stake in NHPC ([more]() - Visa (V) completed its acquisition of Pismo, a global cloud-native issuer processing and core banking platform ([more]() - GoPro (GPRO) acquired Forcite Helmet Systems, a company specializing in embedding technology into helmets ([more]() - Accel-KKR announced that itâs reached an agreement with American Express (AXP) to acquire Accertify, a wholly owned subsidiary that provides fraud prevention, chargeback management, account protection, and payment gateway solutions ([more]() - CIVC Partners, L.P., a middle market private equity firm focused on investments in the business services sector, acquired Datavail Corp., a data managed services provider, from a group of growth investors led by Catalyst Investors ([more]() - Parse Biosciences, a provider of accessible and scalable single cell sequencing solutions, acquired Biomage, a data analysis software company ([more]() - TRC purchases Locana from Transom and Angeleno Group ([more]() - HATCo, a new healthcare venture capital firm, to acquire Summa Health ([more]() - Snyk, a developer security company, acquired Helios, a leader in capturing application runtime data ([more]() - FEP acquires Precision Garage Door Service ([more]() - Wind Point Partners buys MOREgroup ([more]() - Apprio, a provider of specialized healthcare technology solutions and services for hospitals and health systems with a focus on automized solutions, received an investment from HCAP Partners ([more]() - Blueshift, a company that helps brands automate and personalize engagement across every marketing channel using AI, received a $40M growth investment from Runway Growth Capital ([more]() - MidOcean Partners invests in The Re-Sourcing Group ([more]() VC - Noctrix Health, Inc., a medical device company, closed a $40M Series C financing ([more]() - Panacea Financial, a financial technology company dedicated to providing financial services to doctors and doctorsâ practices, raised $24.5M in Series B funding ([more]() - ZymoChem, a provider of a carbon-efficient bio-manufacturing platform, raised $21M in Series A funding ([more]() - Granata Bio, a biopharma company focused on the infertility medication market, raised $14M in Series A funding ([more]() - Oxford Medical Simulation, a company specializing in virtual reality healthcare training, raised $12.6M in Series A funding ([more]() - Cyrano Therapeutics, a regenerative medicine company, raised $9.0M in Series B funding ([more]() - Palm Tree Crew, an entertainment, hospitality, and investment holding company, recently closed a $6M funding round at a $150M valuation ([more]() - Tandem PV, a company specializing in perovskite solar technology, raised additional $6M in funding ([more]() - Second Front Systems, a corporation accelerating the delivery of mission-critical solutions in the US/Europe/Australia/NATO, received an investment from Booz Allen Ventures, the venture capital arm of Booz Allen Hamilton (BAH), NEA and Moore Strategic Venture ([more]() FUNDRAISING - Thomvest Ventures, an SF-based venture capital firm, closed a new $250M fund ([more]() - RidgeLake Partners closes $1.1B inaugural GP Stakes Fund ([more]() Was this briefing forwarded to you? [Sign Up Here]( CRYPTO - Cathie Woodâs Ark buys its own Bitcoin ETF ([more]() - Jamie Dimon says heâs done talking about bitcoin: âI donât careâ ([more]() - Bitcoin ETF net inflows near $1B after three days ([more]() BULLISH BITES ð True/False: Whatâs the â[January effect](â for stocks? 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