Today's Headlines

Bloomberg:     

• Stocks Jump on Signs China's Tired of Losing the Trade War.    

• U.S., Mexico Bridge Differences on Nafta Farm Goods.     

• Currency Devaluation Layers on More Chaos in Caracas.

• Deere(DE) Says Trade Anxiety Is Getting Overblown in the Farm World.

• Turkey Cut Deeper Into Junk as S&P Sees Recession Next Year.

• Kofi Annan, UN Leader Who Won Peace Prize, Dies at 80.

• Americans Will Spend More Than $1 Billion on Weddings on Saturday.   

• Funerals Are Becoming One Last Extravagant Display of Wealth. 

• Tesla(TSLA) Board Torn Between Service to Shareholders and CEO.

Wall Street Journal:

• The Press Abets a Coverup.

• Tuition Insurance Catches On as Costs Rise, Students Struggle to Adjust.

• China’s Uighur Camps Swell as Beijing Widens the Dragnet.

• Trump to Roll Back Restrictions on Coal-Burning Plants.

• How Erdogan’s Push for Endless Growth Brought Turkey to the Brink.

• End Quarterly Reporting? Not Much to Cheer About.

• What Your Car Knows About You.

• U.S., China Chart Plan to End Trade Dispute by November.

• Big Spenders Pinch Chip Equipment Makers.

MarketWatch.com:

• The best stock-market investing strategy now is just to ‘stay home,’ says Ed Yardeni. 

• Meet the tech-savvy upstarts who think they can finally give Realtors a run for their money.

• If turmoil spreads in Europe, expect heavy flows into U.S. stocks.

Fox News:

• Dem candidates embrace gun control en masse in campaign for House takeover.

• Top Dem 2020 hopefuls under fire for 'collective bashing of America'.

CNBC: 

• US stocks are again headed for new highs while rest of the world's stock market struggles.   

• Tesla stock has its worst day in two years after Elon Musk's off-kilter interview with the NYT. 

• The Dow is flashing 2 big bullish signs, says chart 'godfather' Ralph Acampora.

• Tech, retail bellwethers show how US economy’s strength is real and broad-based.

• Why crypto investors might want to think twice about giving out their phone numbers.

• US, China plot roadmap for meeting between Trump, Xi to resolve trade dispute: Wall Street Journal.

• Why the current rally could end up being the 'longest bull run ever'.   

• Walmart(WMT) asks some beauty suppliers to consider sourcing outside of China. 

• Maduro orders 96 percent devaluation in hyperinflation-stricken Venezuela.

• Wall Street still loves Nvidia despite warning about cryptocurrency revenue. 

• Crude oil is getting crushed, but one expert sees year-end rally.

Zero Hedge: 

• White House Counsel "Cooperating Extensively" With Obstruction Probe, Spent 30 Hours With Mueller.

• Musk Admits He Saw Azealia Banks, Unclear If He Was Tweeting On Acid.

• Black Voter Support For Trump Nearly Doubles To 36%: Rasmussen.

• Judicial Watch Demands Re-Opening Of Hillary Email Probe After More Classified Info Found.

• Americans' Appetites For "Eating Out" Is Soaring.

• Hedgies Hit Record Short Gold As Gundlach Warns Bond Bears Of "Massive...Short Squeeze".

• The Charts To Watch In "A Frantic August".

• "Facebook(FB) Enshrines Stupidity!" Doug Casey Dumps On Social Media's Ubiquity.

• Death Of A Nation: Drug Overdose Deaths Jump To Record 72,000 Last Year.

• Russia Offers 2.5 Million Acres Of Farmland To China, Amid Worsening Trade War.

• Trump: "Social Media Is Totally Discriminating Against Conservative Voices".

• Not The Onion: Southwest To Allow Miniature Horses As 'Emotional Support Animals'.

• Stocks, Yuan Jump On Reports Of US-China "Roadmap" For Trade-Talks.

• Leaking Las Vegas: West's Biggest Reservoir Nears Critical Threshold.

• Philadelphians Alcohol Intake Has Soared Since The City's Soda Tax Was Imposed.

• Trump 'Boom' Sparks Record-Breaking Backlog Of Big Rigs. 

• To Survive The Midterms With Your Mental Health Intact, Turn Off The "News" & Social Media Now.

• S&P Downgrades Turkey To B+, Forecasts "Recession" And "Hard Landing".

• Global Stocks Slump, US Stocks Jump Despite Economic Data Dump.

The Telegraph:

• Buyers flee Hong Kong property as credit crunch bites.