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• Judge Halts Nexstar-Tegna TV Station Merger - WSJ

  1. Judge Halts Nexstar-Tegna TV Station Merger  WSJ
  2. Federal Court Temporarily Freezes Nexstar’s Merger With Tegna  The New York Times
  3. Federal judge blocks Nexstar-TEGNA merger amid antitrust lawsuit  IndyStar
  4. Judge blocks Nexstar's acquisition of Tegna until antitrust suit resolved  CBS News
  5. Judge halts local TV giant Nexstar's takeover of rival Tegna until trial  NPR

• White House chief of staff meets with Anthropic CEO over its new AI technology - AP News

  1. White House chief of staff meets with Anthropic CEO over its new AI technology  AP News
  2. Scoop: Bessent and Wiles met Anthropic's Amodei in sign of thaw  Axios
  3. Anthropic, Trump officials meet to discuss Mythos access  Yahoo Finance
  4. CEO of blacklisted Anthropic and White House hold ‘productive’ discussions on AI | CNN Business  CNN
  5. Opinion | It’s the End of the Internet as We Know It  The New York Times

• 'It's just scale': Local mom-and-pop car dealerships are growing or dying amid industry consolidation, rise of mega-retailers - CNBC

  'It's just scale': Local mom-and-pop car dealerships are growing or dying amid industry consolidation, rise of mega-retailers  CNBC

• Air travel concerns over European jet fuel shortage grow: What travelers should know - The Points Guy

  1. Air travel concerns over European jet fuel shortage grow: What travelers should know  The Points Guy
  2. Jet fuel supplies are lagging. What does that mean for airlines and travelers?  AP News
  3. The Jet-Fuel Surge Is Making Global Flight Connections Disappear  Bloomberg
  4. Can Europe avoid a summer of holiday flight and cross-Channel travel chaos?  The Guardian
  5. KLM Cancels More Than 150 Flights as Fuel Prices Continue to Soar  Condé Nast Traveler

• Tired of waiting for your EV to charge up? One Chinese company has a novel solution - NPR

  Tired of waiting for your EV to charge up? One Chinese company has a novel solution  NPRView Full Coverage on Google News

• AI startups are moving into smaller neighborhoods and shifting San Francisco's economic center - Business Insider

  1. AI startups are moving into smaller neighborhoods and shifting San Francisco's economic center  Business Insider
  2. AI boom is city’s weirdest tech boom, says S.F.’s chief economist  Mission Local
  3. Together AI To Establish New HQ In San Francisco Design District  Bisnow
  4. AI Startups Shift Offices to Smaller San Francisco Neighborhoods  Let's Data Science
  5. News | Cloud AI darling leases spacious new San Francisco headquarters  CoStar

• Trump plans to ease access to psychedelics like psilocybin, ibogaine - The Washington Post

  1. Trump plans to ease access to psychedelics like psilocybin, ibogaine  The Washington Post
  2. Trump Expected to Loosen Restrictions on Psychedelic Drugs  The New York Times
  3. Trump announces reforms to accelerate access to psychedelic drug treatments  Reuters
  4. Trump signs executive order directing FDA to review psychedelics designated as breakthrough therapy drugs  Fox News
  5. Trump expected to sign executive order urging more research into psychedelic ibogaine  CNN

• Kailera CEO 'knew we were in a good spot' before obesity biotech's record-breaking $625M IPO - Fierce Biotech

  1. Kailera CEO 'knew we were in a good spot' before obesity biotech's record-breaking $625M IPO  Fierce Biotech
  2. Kailera nets $625M in one of biotech’s biggest-ever IPOs  BioPharma Dive
  3. Kailera soars over 60% in Nasdaq debut as weight-loss drug race heats up  Reuters
  4. Kailera Therapeutics Announces Pricing of Initial Public Offering  GlobeNewswire
  5. Kailera Rings the Opening Bell  Nasdaq

• United CEO Scott Kirby and American CEO Robert Isom were once colleagues known as the 'dream team.' Now Kirby wants to acquire his rival - Fortune

  1. United CEO Scott Kirby and American CEO Robert Isom were once colleagues known as the 'dream team.' Now Kirby wants to acquire his rival  Fortune
  2. American Airlines Says It Won’t Merge With United  The New York Times
  3. American Airlines Rejects United CEO’s Merger Proposal  WSJ
  4. Statement from American Airlines  American Airlines
  5. American rejects merger talks with United Airlines  Reuters

• Ted Sarandos: Netflix Was 'Willing to Put Emotion and Ego Aside' and Walk Away from Warner Bros. Acquisition - Variety

  1. Ted Sarandos: Netflix Was 'Willing to Put Emotion and Ego Aside' and Walk Away from Warner Bros. Acquisition  Variety
  2. Netflix was long 'a builder not a buyer.' Is that era over?  CNBC
  3. Netflix’s Failed Warner Deal Built ‘M&A Muscle’ For Other Acquisitions  Forbes
  4. Netflix "Really Built Our M&A Muscle" During Warner Bros Pursuit, Ted Sarandos Says  Deadline
  5. Netflix May Pursue M&A Opportunities Elsewhere Amid Content Risk, Says Gary Black  Stocktwits

• Wall St Week Ahead Surging record-high US stocks to wade deeper into earnings season - Reuters

  1. Wall St Week Ahead Surging record-high US stocks to wade deeper into earnings season  Reuters
  2. S&P 500 notches first close above 7,100, Nasdaq posts longest win streak since 1992: Live updates  CNBC
  3. Stocks Extend ‘Astonishing’ Rally as Middle East Tensions Ease Further  The New York Times
  4. Stock Market News, April 17, 2026: Dow Jumped, Oil Tumbled After Iran Declared Strait Open  WSJ
  5. Wall Street Rushes to Price Out War Damage as Stocks Hit Records  Bloomberg

• California coffee chain reinstates policy on Pride flags after swift backlash - The Guardian

  1. California coffee chain reinstates policy on Pride flags after swift backlash  The Guardian
  2. ‘I am sincerely sorry': Philz Coffee to keep Pride flags at cafes  NBC Bay Area
  3. Philz Coffee doubles down on removing Pride flags despite backlash  San Francisco Chronicle
  4. Bay Area-based Philz Coffee reversing course, adding back Pride flags to all of its locations  ABC7 San Francisco
  5. After Backlash, Philz Coffee Decides to Let Pride Flags Fly in Stores After All  them.us

• Eli Lilly's Pill Lags Novo Nordisk's In First Week. Why Stock Rallied. - Investor's Business Daily

  1. Eli Lilly's Pill Lags Novo Nordisk's In First Week. Why Stock Rallied.  Investor's Business Daily
  2. Eli Lilly Just Got Some Good News on Its Weight-Loss Pill  WSJ
  3. ACHIEVE-4, the longest Phase 3 study of Lilly's Foundayo (orforglipron) to date, reaffirmed its cardiovascular and overall safety profile as well as consistent improvements across key measures of cardiometabolic health  Eli Lilly and Company
  4. Lilly's obesity pill draws 1,390 US prescriptions in launch week  Reuters
  5. Lilly’s new obesity pill linked to ‘serious’ safety signals, FDA requests more data  BioSpace

• Why Netflix Stock Is Tanking Friday - Yahoo Finance

  1. Why Netflix Stock Is Tanking Friday  Yahoo Finance
  2. Netflix stock slides as forecast misses, co-founder Reed Hastings announces departure from board  Yahoo Finance
  3. Reed Hastings created a work culture that made Netflix a giant. Can it survive without him?  MarketWatch
  4. Netflix co-founder Reed Hastings to step down, departure is 'spooking investors'  Fox Business
  5. Netflix Stock Walloped As Wall Street Questions Its Post-Warner Path  Deadline

• QVC Group, Whose Networks Popularized Shopping On TV, Files For Chapter 11 Bankruptcy - Deadline

  1. QVC Group, Whose Networks Popularized Shopping On TV, Files For Chapter 11 Bankruptcy  Deadline
  2. TV shopping empire behind QVC, HSN files for bankruptcy amid mounting losses  Fox Business
  3. Clarks, Skechers Among Shoe Brands Hit by QVC Bankruptcy  WWD
  4. QVC Group to Significantly Strengthen Financial Position as Company Continues Advancing Transformational Live Social Shopping Growth Strategy  QVC Group
  5. QVC and HSN staff won't face layoffs in bankruptcy process, company says  The Business Journals

• Oil Slides but the Real Test Comes This Weekend - Crude Oil Prices Today | OilPrice.com

  1. Oil Slides but the Real Test Comes This Weekend  Crude Oil Prices Today | OilPrice.com
  2. Oil drops, stocks soar to wrap up a wild week. What just happened in markets?  CNN
  3. Trump Says Iran Deal Will Bring ‘Free Oil’ and ‘Free Hormuz Strait’  WSJ
  4. Strait of Hormuz blockade hurts Iran’s economy, threatens to spike energy prices  The Hill
  5. Stock Market Rallies As Strait Of Hormuz Reopens; U.S.-Iran Talks, Tesla Earnings Loom  Investor's Business Daily

• O’Hare Must Cut About 300 Flights Per Day This Summer To Reduce Delays, Officials Order - Block Club Chicago

  1. O’Hare Must Cut About 300 Flights Per Day This Summer To Reduce Delays, Officials Order  Block Club Chicago
  2. FAA orders O'Hare Airport to cut more than 300 planned daily flights  NBC 5 Chicago
  3. Europe widespread flight cancellations today: Europe jet fuel shortage announced amid Chicago O'Hare flight cancellations order  ABC7 Chicago
  4. This Busy U.S. Airport Is Cutting Over 300 Daily Scheduled Flights This Summer. How It Might Impact Your Vacation  people.com
  5. F.A.A. Caps Flights at O’Hare Airport in Chicago to Cut Delays  The New York Times

• The attack on Sam Altman exposed a dark underbelly of the anti-AI movement - CNN

  1. The attack on Sam Altman exposed a dark underbelly of the anti-AI movement  CNN
  2. How a fiery attack on Sam Altman’s home unfolded  The Guardian
  3. Attacks on Sam Altman's home are extreme. But the AI backlash is going mainstream  Fortune
  4. The ‘Techlash’ Against AI Is Here. Have We Hit a Tipping Point?  Rolling Stone
  5. Exclusive | Altman Attack Suspect Called for ‘Luigi-ing Tech CEOs’ in Online Messages  WSJ

• Spirit Airlines seeks U.S. government aid as oil spike threatens turnaround - The Air Current

  1. Spirit Airlines seeks U.S. government aid as oil spike threatens turnaround  The Air Current
  2. Opinion | The U.S. government killed Spirit Airlines  The Washington Post
  3. Spirit Airlines reached out to Trump administration for emergency bailout  CBS News
  4. Spirit Airlines could liquidate as early as this week, sources say  CNBC
  5. What to know if you plan to fly Spirit Airlines in the coming weeks  NBC News

• Speech by Governor Waller on the economic outlook - Federal Reserve (.gov)

  1. Speech by Governor Waller on the economic outlook  Federal Reserve (.gov)
  2. Fed Governor Waller says Iran war and labor market risks are keeping central bank on hold  CNBC
  3. Fed’s Waller Signals Caution On Rate Cuts, Sees Risk of Longer Conflict  Bloomberg
  4. Fed's Waller strikes a cautious tone on rate cuts amid oil shock  Yahoo Finance
  5. Top Fed official warns Iran war could spark ‘lasting’ price shock  Financial Times