Today's Headlines

Bloomberg:   

• China Issues Rules for Securities Ventures by Foreign Firms.

• Hedge Funds Throw Record Bets on Rising Gasoline Prices.

• Mexican Banks Are Said to Have Been Targeted in Cyber Attack.

• Sainsbury Considers Buying Asda From Walmart.

Wall Street Journal:

• Metal Buyers Race to Secure Supplies Ahead of Tariff Decision.

Barron's:

• Had bullish commentary on (MNR), (CTL), (ALLY), (NFLX), (DIS), (KRE), (BBT), (ESV) and (BTI).

CNBC: 

• Sprint, T-Mobile set to announce a $26 billion merger, with John Legere at the helm

• Trump administration is likely to extend steel and aluminum tariff exemptions beyond May 1, sources say.

• Connecticut is going after hedge funds for more money to fill its budget gap.

• 5G could change the video game industry forever.

• How to download a copy of everything Instagram knows about you — and how to delete it.

Zero Hedge:

• Clapper Busted Leaking Dossier Details To CNN's Jake Tapper, Lying To Congress About It.  

• "This Won't End Well" - Speculators Have Never Been More Short Bonds... Ever.

• 800,000 People To Flee New York & California In Next Three Years.

• One Year Later: Illinois On The Verge Of Downgrade To Junk; Its Residents $5 Billion Poorer.

• "There's Crack And Heroin Everywhere" - Homeless Set Up Shooting Gallery Inside SF BART Station.

• Mystery Group Of "Wealthy Donors" And Soros Spends $50 Million For "Private Trump-Russia Investigation"

• Here Are The "Missing" Strzok-Page Texts The DOJ Handed Over To Congress.  

• Socialist Dystopia: Venezuelans Assaulted By Police Outside Socialist Health Ministry.

• "Canada Is In Serious Trouble" Again, And This Time It's For Real.

• Breakaway Bounce In Techs Truncated As Strong Stats Stir Sellers. (graph)