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 | Good Morning Here's what we're watching as the U.S. business day gets under way: | | |
| Google shows first cracks in years. Google's once-untouchable online-advertising operation took a body blow after its parent Alphabet posted its slowest revenue growth since 2015. The company was hurt by mounting competition and struggles within its increasingly high-profile YouTube unit. The internet giant's ad machine seems to have slipped a gear. | |
- WeWork files for its IPO. WeWork, which rebranded as the We Company, said it filed confidentially with the SEC in December. The New York-based company was last valued in January at $47 billion.
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- Another big day in earnings. GE, Pfizer, General Motors, BP and McDonald's will report before the bell. Apple and Mondelez will report after markets close.
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| Sri Lanka bomber trained with ISIS. At least one suicide bomber in the Easter attacks in Sri Lanka trained with Islamic State in Syria, reflecting the group's continued reach even after the collapse of its self-declared caliphate. | | |
- Video shows ISIS leader. Islamic State released a rare recorded video that purports to show its leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
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| Trumps and businesses sue Deutsche Bank and Capital One. President Trump, three of his children and his real-estate businesses filed a federal lawsuit to block Deutsche Bank and Capital One from complying with congressional subpoenas for documents related to him and his family. | |
| Boeing signals additional software problem on 737 MAX. A company statement suggested the plane maker and regulators either missed or overlooked a safety-alert software problem when the jet was certified two years ago. | |
| Rod Rosenstein submits resignation. The deputy attorney general will leave his post next month, ending a tumultuous two years in which he tried to steady a rocky Justice Department and its relationship with the White House. | | |
| Europe's economy sees pickup. The eurozone economy regained some lost momentum at the start of 2019, offering fresh evidence of surprisingly resilient global growth amid lingering uncertainties about its trade relationship with the U.S. and the strength of demand for its exports from China. | |
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| Women wanted: Blue-collar fields find a new workforce. A growing number of women are taking jobs in blue-collar roles that have long been—and still are—traditionally held by men. The share of truck drivers, electricians, plumbers and mechanics who are women recently touched the highest level in at least 25 years. | |
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| "We're talking about things that are just imaginary." iPhone maker Foxconn got fat incentives to build a $10 billion LCD plant on land where Mount Pleasant, Wis., razed homes and crops. But the factory hasn't materialized. | |
| Democrats pepper voters with competing health-care ideas. Presidential candidates in the crowded race are backing a range of health-care proposals—from Obamacare to launching Medicare for all and ending employer-based insurance—ahead of the presidential debates this summer. | |
- Maryland takes steps toward capping drug prices. The state is poised to become the first to create a panel to review expensive prescription drugs and cap what public agencies will pay for them.
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| Apps can reduce child-custody acrimony. Co-parenting apps may not solve every communication problem between divorcing parents, but experts say the technology's benefits can ease the stress on children caught in the crossfire. | | |
| Marriott takes aim at Airbnb. The world's biggest hotel operator is starting a new home-rental business, aiming to take on Airbnb and other home-sharing companies in one of the lodging industry's hottest segments. | |
| Impeachment could be a trap—for Democrats. With substantive policy proposals on the table—and the GOP's failed attempt to remove President Bill Clinton as a cautionary tale—Democrats would run significant risks in trying to impeach President Trump, writes Gerald F. Seib. | |
| The new strategies for raising a boy. It's a challenging time to parent a boy. Moms and dads worry about everything from hypermasculine cultural stereotypes to how to talk about sex in the #MeToo era. A new book suggests there's good reason for concern, writes Elizabeth Bernstein. | |
| Success in the age of Amazon. Atlanta-based A Cappella Books has survived, even thrived, the same way other indie bookstores have: by rethinking the way it makes money. | | |
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| | | Highlights from our trade coverage | | |
| 1. Trump's push to revamp North America's trade rules hit a roadblock. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) and other Democrats have signaled they won't allow a vote on the new U.S.-Mexico-Canada agreement without improved labor rights and other changes. 2. U.S.-China trade talks resume this week. Beijing's economic espionage is one area of focus in current negotiations. But U.S. officials now say China has also grown bolder and more successful in traditional spy games. Both pose a significant long-term strategic threat to the U.S. 3. Trump's washing-machine tariffs pushed up prices about 12%. The prices of dryers, which weren't subject to the tariffs, rose about the same amount. Why? Vendors spread out the full cost increase over both items since they're frequently sold in a bundle. Want more on trade? Sign up to get our daily Real Time Economics newsletter delivered to your inbox for the latest insight and analysis. — Jeffrey Sparshott | |
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| Measles outbreak worsens. The measles outbreak in the U.S. shows no signs of abating, as it topped the 25-year high it set last week with at least 704 cases now in 22 states since the beginning of this year, the CDC reported. | | |
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| Nixon Sends U.S. Force Into Cambodia In a televised national address, President Richard Nixon said he was sending U.S. troops into Cambodia in response to North Vietnamese aggression. The incursion angered many members of Congress who accused Nixon of widening the Vietnam war illegally. His speech also triggered antiwar demonstrations that led to four students at Kent State University being killed when National Guard troops fired on protesters. U.S. combat forces ultimately took part in operations in Cambodia with the Army of the Republic of Vietnam from May 1 until June 30, 1970. | | |
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