Saturday, August 19, 2017

Today's Headlines

Bloomberg:
  • Spain Maintains Terrorism Alert Level After Police Break Up Group That Staged Attacks. Spain kept the terrorist alert unchanged at the second-highest level after police broke up the group that carried out two attacks this week that killed 14 civilians and injured scores of others. Government experts found no “imminent terrorism attack threat" and recommended maintaining the alert at level 4, the second-highest in the five-step scale, Interior Minister Juan Ignacio Zoido said Saturday at a press conference. Police broke up the gang that staged the attacks in the Catalan cities of Barcelona and Cambrils, Zoido said after a meeting of the terrorism threat assessment group.
  • Suspect Arrested in Killing, Wounding of Florida Officers. A suspect in the fatal shooting of a police officer in Florida and the grave wounding of a sergeant was arrested in a bar several hours after the attack, authorities said Saturday. Everett Miller faces a charge of first-degree murder for the killing of Officer Matthew Baxter and could face other charges for the wounding of Sgt. Sam Howard, said Kissimmee Police Chief Jeff O'Dell at a news conference Saturday. Kissimmee is located south of the theme park hub of Orlando, Florida.
  • Traders Might Be About to Get a Big Buy Signal for U.S. Stocks. Traders have been selling U.S. stocks so heavily lately they might be giving themselves a good reason to buy.
  • Pet Stocks Are Beating the Market. Among the best in show is pet pharmacy PetMed Express Inc.(PETS), which has seen its shares nearly double over the past year. Trupanion Inc.(TRUP), which offers pet health insurance, is up about 44 percent in that span, while IDEXX Laboratories Inc.(IDXX), a veterinary-diagnostics company, has gained about 30 percent.
  • Nestle's Poland Spring Is Common Groundwater, New Suit Alleges. Nestle SA’s Poland Spring Water unit has duped American consumers into paying premium prices for ordinary ground water that’s pumped from some of Maine’s most populated areas, rather than from natural springs as the company advertises, according to a lawsuit.
  • Mnuchin Rejects Yale Classmates' Pleas to Quit Because of Trump Comments.
Wall Street Journal:
Barron's:
  • Had bullish commentary on (LMT), (GDI) and (SBUX).
  • Had bearish commentary on (MSI).
Zero Hedge:

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