Last year, with much fanfare, the tech giant unveiled a screen-time tracker of its own. Then it quietly began purging competitors from its store. Source: NYT > Business – JACK NICAS
Microsoft Touches $1 Trillion Value, Signaling Big Tech’s Stock Market Comeback
Big tech stocks including Microsoft have been leading the market higher, a rally that would have been hard to imagine at the end of 2018. Source: NYT > Business – STEPHEN GROCER
Gary Stewart, Master of the Reissue Compilation, Dies at 62
Mr. Stewart’s knowledge of, and enthusiasm for, a range of musical genres helped make Rhino Records the gold standard for anthologies. Source: NYT > Business – RICHARD SANDOMIR
With Interest: The Week in Business: Pinterest Provides I.P.O. Inspiration and Tesla Shows Off Self-Driving Cars
Plus, The National Enquirer has a new owner and the country’s economy gets a checkup. Source: NYT > Business – CHARLOTTE COWLES
Strategies: ‘Medicare for All’ Is Hammering Health Care Stocks. For Now.
The popularity of proposals for a government-run, single-payer system among Democratic presidential candidates has hurt health care stocks, despite their strong earnings. Source: NYT > Business – JEFF SOMMER
DealBook Briefing: Apple and Qualcomm Kiss and Make Up
After two years of bitter patent battles across three continents, Apple and the chip maker Qualcomm have settled all of their disputes. Source: NYT > Business –