Today's Headlines

Bloomberg:    

• Asia Stocks Face Mixed Start; Dollar Holds Gains: Markets Wrap. Asian stocks were set for a mixed start to the week as the dollar held its recent rally. The pound retreated as U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May ruled out a second Brexit vote. Equity futures edged higher in Australia, were largely flat in Japan, while Hong Kong was poised for small declines. The S&P 500 closed flat Friday as gains in consumer shares offset losses in energy stocks, while Treasuries slipped. U.S. markets are closed for Labor Day Monday. Futures on Japan’s Nikkei 225 were flat in Singapore. Futures on Hong Kong’s Hang Seng were down 0.5 percent. Futures on Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 index edged up 0.4 percent.  

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Wall Street Journal:  

• GOP’s Big Challenge in November: How to Reach Beyond Trump’s Base.

• China Selloff Casts Foreigners in Unusual Role as Market Bulls. 

• Companies Ramp Up Worker-Retraining Efforts. 

• Billionaire Head of China’s JD.Com Arrested in Minnesota.

MarketWatch.com: 

• The rampaging U.S. economy is pushing unemployment to lowest level since 1960s.

Fox News:

• Paul, Collins among handful of senators who hold key to Trump’s Supreme Court pick Kavanaugh.  

• Lawmakers defend Meghan McCain after she targets Trump in eulogy.

CNBC:  

• Inside Alibaba's new kind of superstore: Robots, apps and overhead conveyor belts.  

• Facebook's(FB) 'family' is getting smaller, as several executives head for the exits in a turbulent year.

• Scammers are tricking people out of enormous payments as they're about to close on a house.  

• How 'Clash Royale' could play a big role in boosting mobile esports' already explosive growth.

• No profit? No problem. Investors keep snapping up loss-making companies.

Zero Hedge: 

• Godfrey Bloom: "Get Ready For A Fake Brexit That Will Fool No One". 

• Trump Allies Fume Over "Political Hand-Grenades" At Hyper-Partisan McCain Funeral.

• After Two Failures, Whitney Tilson Is Back With Another Attempt At Managing Your Money.   

• Progressives: The Real World Versus Neverland.

Business Insider:

• How various industries are taking advantage of drones to increase efficiency and cut costs.