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Good morning. Given the tragic news of the ketchup shortage sweeping the country, we Brew writers thought we’d offer our hottest ketchup takes.
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Jamie: “New Zealand’s version is the best.”
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Neal: “I don’t personally do it, but putting ketchup on eggs is nothing to be ashamed of.”
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Alex: “Companies could have stopped the bottle from making those noises years ago. They chose not to.”
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MARKETS 1-DAY PERFORMANCE
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*Stock data as of market close, cryptocurrency data as of 5:00pm ET.
Here's what these numbers mean.
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Covid: President Biden called on
states to open up vaccine appointments to all adults by Monday, April
19 (most of them have already). And California Gov. Gavin Newsom said if
hospitalizations remain stable, his state will fully reopen June 15.
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Markets: The main indexes dipped a little from Monday’s highs during the slowest trading day of the year so far. But Chipotle shares gained after Truist analysts upgraded the chain for raising its beef prices 4%. Bullish.
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This may
sound bizarre following an economic lockdown that caused more than 20
million jobs to evaporate, but many US companies can't find enough
employees to fill their open positions.
First, the headline stat: US job openings surged
to a two-year high in February, the Labor Department said yesterday.
That number blew past economists' expectations and, when paired with
last Friday's A+ jobs report, shows that employers are ready to hand out offer letters like Lyft discount codes.
If only there were workers to accept them.
Which sectors are having recruitment trouble?
Restaurants: On
April 21, Taco Bell is holding interviews in thousands of parking lots,
and candidates don't even have to get out of their cars to apply. The
goal is to hire at least 5,000 people in a single day to keep up with demand for Quesalupas.
- Other restaurant execs
are facing similar issues. The staffing situation is a "total
nightmare," the CEO of Johnny Rockets owner FAT Brands told Reuters.
Airlines:
Last week, United told staff it plans to hire hundreds of pilots to
meet the growing itch to travel. Delta was forced to cancel almost 100
flights over Easter weekend due to a pilot shortage.
Manufacturing: Factory activity in the US hit its highest level in 37 years in March, but it would've been higher
had there been enough qualified workers to helm production lines. If
anyone reading this is a trained welder, there’s a good-paying job for
you.
What's going on?
The speed and force of the economic recovery have surprised some employers that dramatically lowered their payrolls last year.
Business
owners also point to the extra unemployment benefits from the $1.9
trillion stimulus package for keeping would-be workers at home, although
research from earlier in the pandemic concluded that the extra weekly
benefits did not disincentivize work.
Bottom line: When
the job market tightens → salaries get a bump and HR departments start
throwing around referral bonuses. Applebee’s is paying $3,000 for
manager referrals after the first six months.
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If showrunners for HBO's Industry are looking for Season 2 inspiration...may we present Credit Suisse?
After March's collapse of Archegos Capital Management cost Credit Suisse almost $4.7 billion, the bank announced
yesterday it's pulling executive board bonuses, suspending buybacks,
cutting its dividend, and letting its top investment banker and chief
risk officer go.
A pattern or apophenia?
Switzerland's
second-largest bank surely wants to sweep this under the
"unprecedented" banner of the last year. But Archegos is its fourth
high-profile slip-up in the last 18 months.
- Also in
March, Credit Suisse froze $10 billion in funds tied to collapsed
financial firm Greensill Capital. It could face ~$1.5 billion in losses.
- In April
2020, an accounting scandal imploded Luckin Coffee, whose IPO was
underwritten by...Credit Suisse. The bank was on the hook for $100
million worth of defaulted loans.
- And before that, then-CEO Tidjane Thiam stepped down after the bank admitted to spying on former employees.
Bottom line: While investors rewarded Credit Suisse for taking action yesterday, its shares are down over 25% since the start of March.
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Francis Scialabba
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Baseball card collectors: You can finally tell your parents those boxes in their basement are worth something.
Collectibles-and-more company Topps said it’s going public
via SPAC after growing sales 23% last year to a record $567 million.
Topps is trying to capitalize on the wider mania in the collectibles
market, as bored quarantiners buy cards, sneakers, and non-fungible
tokens in Costco portions for Erewhon prices.
But Topps's
chairman, the former Disney CEO Michael Eisner, doesn't think the
collecting craze will end when commuters stop wearing subway gloves. He told CNBC
that Topps today "is in the exact same financial position that Disney
was in 1984 when I went there, to the dollar. If we do a tenth as well
as we did at Disney, I will be happy."
It's more than a bet on baseball cards
Topps has
its hands in other pockets, and it's pulling up more gold than lint. It
owns Bazooka candy and a gift cards business, and it recently announced
it’s expanding into NFTs. Eisner calls adding this digital collectible
component to its physical offerings "the icing on the cake."
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Stat: On Monday, the Texas Rangers said that 38,238 people
attended their home opener against the Toronto Blue Jays—that's 94.8%
of Globe Life Field's capacity. It's also the largest crowd at a US
sporting event since the pandemic began, topping the Daytona 500 and the
Super Bowl.
Quote: "It says Covid on the death certificate, but the underlying condition was Amazon."
That's how one bookseller described
the many challenges facing small businesses today. Now, they're
fighting back: Yesterday, small biz organizations introduced Small
Business Rising, a coalition that's calling on lawmakers to break up
Amazon's retail business from its marketplace business.
Read: Yesterday,
the State Department said the US may join allies in boycotting the 2022
Winter Olympics in China. Here’s why the games are controversial and
what a boycott might look like. (Morning Brew)
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Francis Scialabba
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Bradley in St. Louis: What's actually in the Georgia voting law that everyone is arguing about?
Morning Brew: Many
readers had questions about the specifics of this law, so let's dive
in. High level, this GOP bill has been criticized by voting rights
activists for placing new curbs on voting, while Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp
insists it expands access.
Here are some of the main changes:
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Limits on absentee ballots: The law
shrinks the window for voters to request mail-in ballots, allows
officials to send ballots only to voters who request them, and
introduces ID requirements in place of signature matching.
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Power to the state government: Power
over local elections is being stripped from the secretary of state, an
elected position, and transferred to a newly created position that's appointed. Critics say this removes the nonpartisan flavor of election governance.
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No food in line: The law bans handing out food or drink within 150 feet of a polling place or within 25 feet of any voter.
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More access in some cases: The GA
law guarantees a minimum # of drop boxes for mail ballots per county,
expands early voting in most small counties, and adds more resources to
polling places where lines get long.
The context
is crucial. The US has a long history of suppressing voting access for
Black and minority populations, and critics say this law continues that
practice. It was also drafted after some GOP lawmakers lobbed baseless
allegations of voter fraud during the 2020 election.
Republican supporters of the law say Democrats are spinning false narratives to score political points.
Have another question? Ask us here.
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Honeywell.com
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Behold—Honeywell x Will.i.am’s “Xupermask,” a collab that came about
after Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff saw the former Black Eyed Peas member
wearing a similar mask at last year’s MTV Video Music Awards.
This new-and-improved version launches tomorrow, and it’s much more than a rave accessory. Here are some specs:
- HEPA-certified filtration vents
- Noise-cancelling headphones
- Dual-speed fans
- LED lights
- Bluetooth-enabled
Zoom out: The release comes during a broader discussion of how often we’ll wear masks once the pandemic winds down.
But more importantly...would you rock this $299 Daft Punk x Blade Runner look? We asked on Twitter.
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Coinbase released more financial data ahead of its direct listing next week. It estimates it did $1.8 billion in revenue last quarter.
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GM confirmed rumors that it’s making an electric Chevrolet Silverado pickup, sending shares to a new intraday record yesterday.
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Forbes’s
annual billionaires list dropped, and it’s bigger than ever: A record
2,755 people are on the list, and their cumulative wealth has grown $5
trillion since the start of the pandemic to $13+ trillion.
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Discord removed over 2,200 extremist groups from its group-chat app in the latter half of 2020.
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European regulators
believe there is a link between AstraZeneca’s vaccine and blood clots,
but say the benefits of its protection against Covid far outweigh the
risks.
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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have landed on their first project for Netflix: a docuseries on the Invictus Games.
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Tax Day is coming fast?! H&R Block
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They're coming: 14 facts about cicadas, which will soon make a loud entrance in more than a dozen states.
Write for the Brew: If you read this newsletter and think, "Wow, writing this would be my dream job," we are hiring people just like you! Apply to be a writer at the Brew.
People map: Explore the US through the lens of each place's most Wikipedia-ed resident.
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One song has spent 260 consecutive weeks (five years) on the UK’s Top 100 list, setting a new chart record. What’s the song?
Hint: It was first released in 2004.
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"Mr. Brightside" by The Killers
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April 07
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1994: Rwandan Prime Minister Agathe Uwilingiyimana, a moderate Hutu, was assassinated by Hutu soldiers—a day after the deaths of Juvénal Habyarimana, president of Rwanda, and Cyprien Ntaryamira, president of
Burundi—as Rwanda entered a period of anarchy and mass killings
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Today's
Headlines...
Jill
Biden Tries to Speak Spanish – It All Goes Downhill from
There
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Alaska
RINO Lisa Murkowski Has Officially Met Her Match
Parler
Warned the FBI about Capitol riot threats…but still got blamed?!
Biden
Has Another Close Call while Walking Up Steps to Air Force One
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