New legislation from Senator Elizabeth Warren would make price gouging anywhere in the supply chain illegal, and would give the FTC and state attorneys general leeway to investigate companies for charging excessive prices.
Musk says he wants Twitter to foster a "public platform that is maximally trusted and broadly inclusive." In other words, the trust and safety program shouldn't be used to censor speech.
First-quarter corporate earnings are beating estimates by 7%: "As 2022 progresses, we will begin to experience an easing in supply-chain disruptions, general inventory rebuilding across many end-use markets, and still a healthy consumer willing to spend."
While economists in a recent Bloomberg survey expected consumer sentiment to dip slightly, from 59.4 in March to 59 in April, the University of Michigan found that sentiment actually increased, to 65.7.