What I Am Reading
Friday, April 8, 2022
Markets
Energy
- Shell Warns of Up to $5 Billion Hit From Russia ExitWall Street Journal
- EU Backs Russian Coal Ban in First Punch at Energy RevenueBloomberg
Central banks
US
China
Geopolitics & trade
- The Russian Patriarch Just Gave His Most Dangerous Speech Yet — And Almost No One in the West Has Noticed
- Russians discuss killing civilians in radio intercepts by German intelligenceWashington Post
- How Ukraine Used a Ragtag Arsenal to Thwart Russia’s Air AttacksWall Street Journal
- Ukraine Calls for More Arms as It Girds for Heavier Fighting Against Russia in the EastWall Street Journal
- Horrors of Ukraine’s Bucha Laid Bare on Yablunska StreetWall Street Journal
Industries & companies
- Consumer discretionary:Walmart says it is raising pay for truck drivers, starting training programCNBC
- Consumer discretionary:Walmart Dangles $110,000 Starting Pay to Lure Truck DriversWall Street Journal
- Pharma:Medicare Limits Payments for Biogen’s Alzheimer’s DrugWall Street Journal
Crypto
- Crypto-Like Digital Dollar at Least Several Years Away, Yellen SaysWall Street Journal
Virus & climate
Technology
Beyond markets
- How Many Billionaires Are There, Anyway?New York Times