WSJ What’s News

A.M. Edition for May 2. Danish pharmaceutical giant Novo Nordisk upped its full-year guidance today as it reported continued strong demand [https://www.wsj.com/health/pharma/novo-nordisk-lifts-guidance-as-blockbuster-drug-demand-shows-no-signs-of-abating-5d72591f?st=iigl9bugdmif2qe&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink] for its blockbuster weight-loss and diabetes drugs. Barclays analyst Emily Field discusses where the drugmaker could go from here. Plus, Exxon Mobil reaches an agreement to close its $60 billion merger [https://www.wsj.com/business/energy-oil/exxon-to-close-megadeal-pioneer-ceo-to-be-barred-from-exxon-board-in-deal-with-ftc-884c939e?st=b9x7tgtdvjk5npx&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink] with Pioneer. And TikTok strikes a licensing deal [https://www.wsj.com/business/energy-oil/exxon-to-close-megadeal-pioneer-ceo-to-be-barred-from-exxon-board-in-deal-with-ftc-884c939e?st=b9x7tgtdvjk5npx&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink] to return Universal Music artists to the platform. Luke Vargas hosts. Listening on Google Podcasts? Here's our guide [https://www.wsj.com/tech/google-podcasts-e100656c?st=0q6q77a4arjdc9p&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink] for switching to a different podcast player. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

P.M. Edition for May 1. The Federal Reserve is holding interest rates steady [https://www.wsj.com/economy/central-banking/fed-says-inflation-progress-has-stalled-and-extends-wait-and-see-rate-stance-51b74bbf?st=zzxtkcc4o9fzv12&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink], acknowledging recent inflation setbacks. Heard on the Street editor Spencer Jakab [https://www.wsj.com/news/author/spencer-jakab] explains. And BlackRock begins offering 401(k) retirement plans with a monthly check [https://www.wsj.com/personal-finance/retirement/blackrock-lifepath-paycheck-retirement-plan-9a3c9c96?st=rd0f7mr2c6jekei&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink]. Markets reporter Jack Pitcher [https://www.wsj.com/news/author/jack-pitcher] has more. Plus, Arizona’s legislature votes to repeal the state’s nearly total ban on abortions [https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/arizona-abortion-ban-repeal-f3f0a530?st=ugrm2hu7kjdv3bb&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink]. Annmarie Fertoli hosts. Listening on Google Podcasts? Here's our guide [https://www.wsj.com/tech/google-podcasts-e100656c?st=0q6q77a4arjdc9p&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink] for switching to a different podcast player. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

A.M. Edition for May 1. Brazilian planemaker Embraer explores creating a new passenger aircraft that WSJ aviation reporter Ben Katz [https://www.wsj.com/news/author/benjamin-katz] says would compete head-on [https://www.wsj.com/business/airlines/boeing-partner-embraer-aircraft-manufacturing-edf3758a?st=r4a5438f669zl89&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink] with offerings from Airbus and Boeing. Plus, police remove pro-Palestinian demonstrators at Columbia University in New York and intervene amid violent clashes at UCLA [https://www.wsj.com/us-news/columbia-university-nypd-police-students-25418aa5?st=6uj78t1jysdy7nc&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink]. And, we dive into some of the themes playing out this earnings season, including the AI craze [https://www.wsj.com/business/earnings/amazon-amzn-q1-earnings-report-2024-85bf00b1?st=8caqzu3wdev49ps&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink] and the return of business travel [https://www.wsj.com/business/hospitality/welcome-back-road-warriors-business-travel-returns-6241d575?st=mjmbzmopzwmkw44&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink]. Luke Vargas hosts. Listening on Google Podcasts? Here's our guide [https://www.wsj.com/tech/google-podcasts-e100656c?st=o3ovzdgv5osnedk&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink] for switching to a different podcast player. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

P.M. Edition for April 30. The Biden administration plans to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug. And Columbia University threatens to expel [https://www.wsj.com/us-news/columbia-student-protesters-take-over-campus-building-525a8a78?st=dcvj6b17y6if8hz&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink] pro-Palestinian student protestors who took over an academic building on campus. New York City reporter Erin Ailworth [https://www.wsj.com/news/author/erin-ailworth] reports from the scene, and money and power reporter Juliet Chung [https://www.wsj.com/news/author/juliet-chung] digs into the feasibility of their principal demand: divestment [https://www.wsj.com/us-news/colleges-reject-divestment-demands-israel-fbb7a8fc?st=9c1q77a66qlfzkl&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink]. Plus, a New York judge fines Donald Trump $9,000 [https://www.wsj.com/us-news/judge-finds-trump-violated-gag-order-in-hush-money-case-4d20848b?st=v677z78v7sho19k&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink] for violating a gag order. Annmarie Fertoli hosts. Listening on Google Podcasts? Here's our guide [https://www.wsj.com/tech/google-podcasts-e100656c?st=0q6q77a4arjdc9p&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink] for switching to a different podcast player. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

A.M. Edition for April 29. Students upped the stakes in their standoff with the Columbia overnight by barricading themselves in an academic building [https://www.wsj.com/us-news/columbia-student-protesters-take-over-campus-building-525a8a78?st=yw6609tfu89l328&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink] after the school began suspending those who failed to disband a pro-Palestinian encampment. Plus, Microsoft makes a big AI bet [https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/microsoft-to-invest-1-7-billion-in-ai-infrastructure-in-indonesia-5398e04f?st=6uehvwicy1rmkyq&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink] on one of the world’s fastest-growing regions. And housing reporter Will Parker [https://www.wsj.com/news/author/will-parker] describes how lawmakers are attempting to crack down [https://www.wsj.com/real-estate/wall-street-has-spent-billions-buying-homes-a-crackdown-is-looming-f85ae5f6?st=u0n8ago3e1q0c5r&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink] on investor purchases of single-family homes. Luke Vargas hosts. Listening on Google Podcasts? Here's our guide [https://www.wsj.com/tech/google-podcasts-e100656c?st=2x9afbxcy9go3c1&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink] for switching to a different podcast player. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]