Here are the most important news, trends and analysis investors need to start their trading day:
1. Stable futures with earnings, increased yield on centralized bonds
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during morning trading on April 12, 2022 in New York City.
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2. J&J lowers outlook for 2022, suspends guidance on selling Covid-19 vaccines
A healthcare practitioner prepares a dose of Johnson & Johnson’s coronavirus vaccine (COVID-19) for commuters during the opening of the MTA’s public immunization program at 179th Street tube station in Queens of New York City, New York, USA, May 12, 2021.
Shannon Stapleton | Reuters
Johnson & Johnson’s first quarter defeated income and missed revenue before the opening bell led about a dozen S&P 500 companies to report financial results on Tuesday. J&J downgraded its full-year revenue and profit outlook and announced the shutdown Covid vaccine sales guidance due to global oversupply and uncertain demand. J&J’s board of directors approved a 6.6% quarterly dividend increase to $1.13 per share.
3. Apollo ready to fund an acquisition on Twitter, sources say
Apollo Global Management may be willing to finance a Twitter repurchase, According to the source who spoke to CNBC. However, the private equity giant is not interested in joining other companies in an acquisition bid. Last week, Elon MuskCEO of Tesla and SpaceX, the richest man in the world, have offered to buy Twitter for $43 billion. Funders are looking into the possibility of lending to Musk or another potential buyer, the sources added.
4. TSA will not enforce mask wearing duties on airplanes, public transport
Travelers wait in line at the security checkpoint at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in SeaTac, Washington, April 12, 2021.
Lindsey Wasson | Reuters
Transportation Security Administration will not execute Covid mask regulations for public transportation, after a federal judge in Florida on Monday dropped the Biden administration’s national masking mandate for airplanes and other forms of public transportation. plus other. US District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle ruled that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had exceeded its authority. The CDC continues to recommend that people wear masks on public transit, a Biden administration official said.
5. Russia is moving its war machine to eastern Ukraine
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukrainian soldiers are seen on a tank on the front lines in Donbas, Ukraine on April 12, 2022. Russia has begun the battle for Donbas that it has long prepared.
Diego Herrera Carcedo | Anadolu Agency | beautiful pictures
Long-awaited Russian offensive in eastern Ukraine seems to be in progress after withdrawing from the northern front. Kremlin forces have launched attacks on several areas in the Donbas region. If successful, the eastern offensive will bring the President of Russia Vladimir Putin an important part of Ukraine and desperately needed a victory after the plan to capture the capital Kyiv failed. Eastern Ukraine, especially the Donbas region, has seen conflict between pro-Russian separatists and Ukrainian fighters for eight years.
– CNBC reporters Vicky McKeever, Spencer Kimball, Alex Sherman and Holly Ellyatt as well as The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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