Saturday, October 07, 2017

Today's Headlines

Bloomberg:
  • Protesters in Spain’s Streets Want to Defuse Catalonia Crisis. Catalan’s separatist leaders pushing for the region’s independence will come under more pressure on Sunday when thousands of people plan to take to the streets of Barcelona to demand the secessionists shelve their plans. Already battered by a corporate stampede to exit the region, Catalan President Carles Puigdemont is seeking to hold the momentum as the clock ticks down to a meeting on Tuesday that could trigger the separation process. Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, meantime, must decide whether to preemptively reassert control, as some of his main allies are urging him to do.
  • Death Toll Rises to 24 in Pakistan Shrine Suicide Bombing. The death toll from a suicide bombing at a Shiite shrine in the country's southwest increased to 24 after four victims died at a hospital overnight, police said Saturday. A suicide bomber struck the shrine packed with worshippers in a remote village in Jhal Magsi district, about 400 kilometers (240 miles) east of Quetta in Baluchistan province on Thursday.
  • Facebook(FB) Security Chief Warns of Dangers in Fake News Solutions. Alex Stamos, who’s handling the company’s investigation into Russia’s use of the social media platform ahead of the 2016 U.S. presidential election, cautioned about hoping for technical solutions that he says could have unintended consequences of ideological bias. It’s very difficult to spot fake news and propaganda using just computer programs, Stamos said in a series of Twitter posts on Saturday.
Wall Street Journal:
Barron's:
  • Had bullish commentary on (WMT), (CHL) and (MTCH).
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