Today's Headlines

Bloomberg:           

• Trump Warns China to Act on U.S. Trade Deal or Face Worse Terms.

• China Names Its Trade-Deal Price as Trump Sets New Deadline.

• China’s Latest Crackdown Target Is Liberal Economists.

• China's Top Security Regulator Seeks to Ease Volatility Concerns .

• Trump's Tariffs Put China at Center of 2020 Re-Election Bid.  

• Aussie Housing Slump Deepens as Sydney Listings Hit 2004 Low.

• Punch-Drunk Traders Stop Guessing as Trump Runs Markets Ragged.    

• China's BAIC Seeks to Buy Stake of Up to 5% in Daimler: Reuters.

• North Korea, China Tensions With U.S. Are Back: Weekend Reads.

Wall Street Journal:    

• China Holds Fire After Trade Talks Fail to Find Deal.

• How a Chinese Scientist Broke the Rules to Create the First Gene-Edited Babies.

• The China Trade Impasse.

• The New Cities for New Grads: Salt Lake City, Pittsburgh and Baltimore.

• Wake-Up Call for Grads: Entry-Level Jobs Aren’t So Entry Level Any More.

• Day Traders Are Back, Now Playing With Options.

• Global Regulators Race to Curb Silicon Valley.

• Push for a $15 Minimum Wage Divides Democrats.

Barron's:

• Had bullish commentary on (SRE), (UPS), (DEO), (JBHT), (NEE), (JPM), (MSFT), (APD), (HON) and (MKC).

• Had bearish commentary on (BF/B) and (MGPI).

MarketWatch.com:

• Why the U.S.-China trade deficit is so huge: Here’s all the stuff America imports.

• Fed’s Bostic: Higher tariffs could result in interest-rate cuts if consumer spending suffers. 

• Uber’s IPO was the 5th worst over the past quarter-century, by this measure.

Fox News:

• Dems fume as president makes plans for grand patriotic celebration of nation’s founding. 

• Human trafficking victims mostly underage children from within the US.

CNBC:

• Uber’s IPO caps an era of mediocrity and small thinking in Silicon Valley.

• Wage growth is hot and more raises are coming, major employers tell CNBC.

• ‘Trade deal trauma’ sees investors pull $20 billion from stocks in a week.

• These charts from Uber’s IPO filing show why investors are nervous.
  

Zero Hedge:

• Trump Pulls The Trigger: Begins Process Of Raising Tariffs On All Remaining $300 Billion China Imports.

• Here's How To Review All The Recordings Alexa Has Of You.

• "I Will Not Yield" - In Epic Rant, Jim Jordan Accuses Dems Of Sweeping 'Spygate' Coverup. 

• 2006 Biden: 'We Need A Border Wall' And To 'Punish American Employers' Who Hire Illegals.

• The Origins Of The Deep State In North America, Part 2.  

• China Car Sales Tank 16.6% In April, Falling For A Record 11 Months In A Row.

• The Latest Tariffs Come At A Time Of Weakening Economic Growth.

• Global Hard Disk Drive Demand In Free-Fall.

• Microsoft Rolls Out 'Politically Correct' AI To Avoid Misgendering And Other 'Problematic' Faux Pas.

Business Insider: 

• Uber wipes out $655 million of investor wealth in its opening day.

• China uses an intrusive surveillance app to track its Muslim minority, with technology that could be exported to the rest of the world. Here's how it works.

• Amazon's shift to one-day Prime shipping could prove a big challenge to 2 breeds of retailers.