It's hard to find attractive yields with dividend growth among tech stock but Broadcom (AVGO), Cisco (CSCO), Qualcomm (QCOM) and Texas Instruments (TXN) offer both, Lawrence Strauss writes on this week's edition of Barron's. Reference Link

For nearly a decade, Vertex Pharmaceuticals could do no wrong but then the biotech company canceled development of a once-promising drug after trial results disappointed and its stock is now down 25% since mid-October, Josh Nathan-Kazis writes in this week's edition of Barron's. The pullback has been overdone, the author contends, adding that there is an opportunity now for investors to get back in. Reference Link

Lowe's was a lockdown winner and investors are having second thoughts about its stock now that reopening looms, but Lowe's is far more than just a COVID-19 play, Teresa Rivas writes in this week's edition of Barron's. Concerns are probably overblown and with COVID receding, Lowe's is set to become a more profitable company, while housing might be more resilient than it's given credit for, the author contends. Reference Link

Mytheresa stock - technically an American depositary share of parent company MYT Netherlands Parent - was recently trading just below its $26 initial-public-offering price after having jumped to $36 shortly after the debut, Nicholas Jasinski writes in this week's edition of Barron's. The stock could recover those losses and more in the coming months, the author contends, noting that while luxury buyer might have been slower to adopt e-commerce, the overall luxury market is growing by about 7% annually. Reference Link

The state of California will allow theme parks and sports stadiums in the state to welcome back visitors sooner than expected under new guidance unveiled Friday, the Los Angeles Times' Luke Money and Rong-Gong Lin II report. While the changes don't mean such facilities can operate at full capacity right away, they do reflect the state's growing sentiment that it is now possible to resume certain activities as COVID-19 case rates decline and as the vaccine rollout continues to ramp up, the authors note. Beginning April 1, amusement parks in California will be eligible to reopen with limited capacity in counties that are in the red tier, also known as the second-strictest of the state's four-category reopening roadmap, the authors say. Companies that operate theme parks in California include Disney (DIS), Cedar Fair (FUN), SeaWorld (SEAS), and Six Flags (SIX). Reference Link

Standard General LP, which owns a 9.2% interest in Tegna, is ramping up its push for board seats at the company a year after investors spurned its call for change as the COVID-19 pandemic took hold, Bloomberg's Scott Deveau reports. Standard General CEO Soo Kim told Bloomberg in an interview that his slate of nominees would bring ample industry experience and diverse points of view to Tegna's board. Kim claims that Tegna has benefited from the firm's activism even without the firm having representation on the board, Deveau notes. Reference Link

Most Senate Democrats agreed to cut weekly federal unemployment benefits to $300 a week from the $400 passed by the House as part of a $1.9T COVID-19 relief bill, the Wall Street Journal's Kristina Peterson, Andrew Duehren, and Richard Rubin report. Most Democratic senators agreed to cut the benefits but extend them through October 4 instead of August 29, the authors say, noting that Democrats also proposed making the first $10,200 of the 2020 benefits nontaxable. Reference Link