**__ Diplomatt’s Daily Digest – April 21, 2022__**
Good morning and happy Thursday! Stock futures rose in morning trading Thursday as investors digested more quarterly reports from the likes of Tesla and United Airlines and awaited a policy speech from Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell. Investors will be looking to a speech from Powell, who will talk at 1 p.m. ET during the International Monetary Fund Debate on the Global Economy. Despite market expectations for a series of aggressive interest rate increases, Fed officials in recent days have talked down making any dramatic moves. Despite market expectations for a series of aggressive interest rate increases, Fed officials in recent days have talked down making any dramatic moves.

Quote of the week: „Ambition is the path to success. Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in.“ – Bill Bradley.

**General News:**
• Elon Musk’s Boring Company wants to build a network of underground tunnels to transport people and cargo around cities. It’s just raised $675 million to push further toward that goal.
• Digital freight broker Convoy announced a new round of funding, valuing the start-up at $3.8 billion, even as rates for on-demand trucking fall from all time highs.
• Amazon has launched a new service, Buy with Prime, that lets third-party merchants use Amazon’s vast shipping and logistics network to fulfill orders on their own sites, while also appealing to Amazon’s 200 million-plus Prime customers.
• Ford Motor plans to introduce four new electric vehicles into its Lincoln lineup by 2026, as the once-dominant American luxury brand reinvents itself to focus on EVs.
• The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that it requested the Justice Department to proceed with an appeal of a ruling that lifted a travel mask mandate.
• Tesla just reported first-quarter earnings for 2022 and beat analysts’ expectations on the top and bottom lines rising as high as 6% in after-hours trading.
• AT&T posted a 2.5% rise in core wireless revenue for the first quarter, as the telecom giant benefited from the aggressive expansion of its fiber internet and 5G services.
• United Airlines expects to turn a profit in 2022 for the first time since before the pandemic as bookings rise and passengers appear willing to pay more to fly.

**StockTwits Top 10 Trending Tickers of the Day:**
1. TSLA
2. DKNG
3. SNAP
4. AAL
5. UAL
6. CVNA
7. NFLX
8. DOW
9. DQ
10. DHR