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• : Facebook announces Clubhouse competitor among new audio tools
  Facebook Inc. on Monday joined the scrum of tech companies pursuing the digital audio craze popularized by Clubhouse with new tools and features for live audio rooms, podcasts and soundbites.
• The Wall Street Journal: Oatly, backed by Oprah and Blackstone, files for IPO
  Oatly Group AB has formally filed paperwork Monday for an initial public offering in the U.S., nine months after private-equity giant Blackstone Group Inc. and a handful high-profile celebrities took a stake in the oat milk producer.
• Capitol Report: Cannabis-banking bill approved by House; future in Senate uncertain
  Marijuana-related businesses would have one industry obstacle -- access to the U.S. banking system -- made less burdensome under a bill that passed the House on Monday evening.
• What's Worth Streaming: Here’s everything coming to Amazon Prime Video in May 2021
  Barry Jenkins' adaptation of 'The Underground Railroad' and the star-studded anthology series 'Solos' highlight May's original releases
• : Derek Chauvin trial judge warns Maxine Waters’ comments ‘may result in this whole trial being overturned’
  Chauvin’s defense attorney said Waters’ calls to ‘get more confrontational’ intimidated the jury. The judge suggested this could be used in an appeal.
• Earnings Results: IBM surprises with revenue gain, see growth returning to pre-COVID-19 levels
  International Business Machines Inc. shares rallied in the extended session Monday as the tech giant not only topped Wall Street estimates and broke a streak of declining revenue levels but forecast a return to pre-COVID-19 growth levels.
• The Big Move: ‘I don’t have the funds or the gusto’: My wife painted our house in Rustic Western — now Realtors want us to whitewash our lives away
  'What in the heck am I supposed to believe, realize and trust in selling my house and buying another especially in todays seller’s market?'
• : Lawsuits against Robinhood in the GameStop saga are getting their day in court — but there’s one big snag
  Monday, April 19 marked an important initial court date. Here's what happened.
• : ‘We’re still blazing the trail’: Joe Biden wants to create millions of infrastructure jobs — but will his plan help women rejoin the workforce?
  Women have a lot to gain from entering the male-dominated field but pervasive of harassment and overt discrimination may stand in their way, experts told MarketWatch.
• : The world’s fossil-fuel addiction has only gotten stronger — so here’s where to invest, says Wells Fargo’s LaForge
  Since Earth Day was first celebrated decades ago, fossil fuels have become a larger percentage of global energy use, according to a Wells Fargo report.