First Read

First Read begins the week with news that two lawsuits accuse Elon Musk of making false statements to boost Tesla's stock price, Lee and Wrangler jeans owner is looking to exit the denim business, and Aretha Franklin is reportedly gravely ill.

First Read wraps up the week with news that Dropbox's COO is leaving, the Nasdaq posts its longest winning streak as Amazon hits a record high and Softbank provides $1 bln of debt to WeWork amid widening losses.

First Read begins the day with news that the SEC is inquiring into Elon Musk's tweets about taking Tesla private, Twinkies' maker Hostess posts disappointing earnings as the stock tanks, and Dun & Bradstreet is going private in $5.3 billion deal. 

First Read kicks off the day with news that MailChimp bans Alex Jones for hateful conduct, Disney stock slips after the company misses on earnings, and General Atlantic is leading a new round, possibly $400 million or more, for Slack.

First Read begins the day with news that Zillow acquires Mortgage Lenders of America, Mattress Firm weighs filing for bankruptcy, and almost nobody is using Amazon's Alexa to buy stuff.

First Read begins the day with news that Venezuela says a drone attacked targeted its president, Berkshire Hathaway's stake in Apple is now worth nearly $50 billion, and Wells Fargo admits that hundreds lost their homes after a computer error.

First Read begins the day with news that the Federal Reserve keeps interest rates unchanged, Cigna shareholder Carl Icahn reportedly plans to oppose the company's purchase of Express Scripts, and Sonos priced its IPO at $15 a share.

First Read begins the week with news that IBM has won $8 million from Groupon in an ecommerce patents case, New York revokes its approval of the Charter/Time Warner Cable merger, Softbank's ARM Holdings has agreed to buy Treasure Data Inc.

First Read begins the day with news that Lululemon names Calvin McDonald as its new CEO, the award-winning Broadway smash hit "Hamilton" may become a movie, and Bitwise files with SEC to launch a crypto ETF.

First Read begins the day with news that Google parent Alphabet's stock jumps after reporting big earnings, JPMorgan opens a fund for entrepreneurs of color in Chicago, and Uber whistleblower Susan Fowler Rigetti has joined the New York Times.