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(Bloomberg) -- Why the U.S. is Running Short of Truck Drivers and What it Means for the Economy On What'd You Miss This Week, Joe Weisenthal, Julia Chatterly and Scarlet Fu spoke with New River Investment Portfolio Manager and Bloomberg View Columnist Conor Sen about what he sees as the most worrisome (and not often discussed) constraint on U.S. economic growth at the moment. To contact the authors of this story: Joe Weisenthal in New York at jweisenthal@bloomberg.net Scarlet Fu in New York at scarfu@bloomberg.net Julia Chatterley in New York at jchatterley1@bloomberg.net. [Extracted from the article]

The S&P 500 Index spent the entire session in positive territory for the first time since Jan. 26, its last all-time closing high. AttributionJoanna Ossinger: editor primaryAndrew Dunn: editor secondaryLuke Kawa: by reporterScarlet Fu: by reporterJeremy Herron: editor responsible. [Extracted from the article]

The limited supply of bitcoin may drive up its value for now, but also makes it an unlikely substitute for currencies or gold in times of economic distress, according to Bill Gross, the billionaire bond manager with Janus Henderson Group Plc. Bitcoin's value has been inflated along with other assets as a result of global central bank policies to reduce interest rates, Gross said. [Extracted from the article]

Tesla Is "Structurally Unprofitable", Short-Seller Chanos Says Tesla Inc., a perennial target of short sellers, is "structurally unprofitable" with a "way too leveraged" capital structure, said famed investor Jim Chanos. "Three years ago, this company was supposed to be making money now", Chanos, who's betting against Tesla shares, said in an interview Thursday on Bloomberg Television. [Extracted from the article]

$17 million in tickets sold for mixed-martial arts event The event, which features Conor McGregor, mixed-martial arts' biggest male star, also passes the previous $12 million gate record for UFC. [Extracted from the article]

Companies in China "still learning" M&A, Goldman co- head says "For a lot of these U.S. public company boards, they don't know who these Chinese companies are", Lemkau said. [Extracted from the article]

About one-third of the NHL's overall revenue comes from Canada Bettman said in an interview on Bloomberg Television that while he still believes the NHL will set a revenue record this year, it will do so in spite of a Canadian dollar that fell to a 13-year-low in January. [Extracted from the article]

Blair Says U.K. to "Do Sensible Thing", Vote Against Brexit (1) Former U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair said he believes British voters will "do the sensible thing" and vote to stay in the European Union in next month's referendum. Attribution Scarlet Fu: by reporter Eddie Buckle: editor Robert Hutton: by reporter Alan Crawford: editor responsible Thomas Penny: editor. [Extracted from the article]

Ex-NRG CEO Crane Says Renewable Energy's Yieldcos Are "Broken" Market doesn't value them, sponsors can't buy them back: Crane Attribution Jim Polson: by reporter Scarlet Fu: by reporter Christine Buurma: editor Lynn Doan: editor responsible Alix Steel: by reporter. [Extracted from the article]