Finance - CNBC

1. Earnings and data could be proof that slowdown fears were overblown

2. Japan's inflation edges higher but its central bank is still in a bind

3. After-hours buzz: Intuitive Surgical, Pinterest & more

4. A controversial part of Robinhood's business tripled in sales thanks to high-frequency trading firms

5. Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Pinterest, Zoom, Blackstone & more

6. Expectations for first-quarter growth have suddenly surged past 2%

7. Your first trade for Thursday, April 18

8. Canadian weed giant Canopy Growth strikes $3.4 billion deal to buy Acreage after US legalization

9. Herman Cain: 'My voice is needed' to counter Fed and its 'professor standard'

10. The cannabis 'gold rush' is underway and shows no sign of stopping, says pot CEO and Jim Beam heir

11. Snap falls after Wedbush downgrades and says shares are getting too expensive

12. Indicators suggest stocks will hit 'substantial new highs' this earnings season, Jeff Saut says

13. Citi downgrades Morgan Stanley: 'We'd rather be on the sidelines'

14. Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Blackstone, American Express, Honeywell & more

15. Blackstone is converting to a corporation from a publicly traded partnership

16. European stocks close higher as investors shrug off weak data

17. China's sliding auto sales may be obscuring a change in buyers' tastes

18. Retail sales likely bounced back on expected higher spending on gasoline, cars

19. After-hours buzz: Las Vegas Sands, Pier 1, Atlassian & more

20. JP Morgan names new CFO, and Marianne Lake moves to top consumer lending role