Today's Headlines

Bloomberg:     

• Tech, Trade War Break S&P 500’s Momentum.

• China's Export Growth in August Beats Forecasts in Yuan Terms.

• Wage Pickup in U.S. Renews Hope Long-Awaited Liftoff Is Near.

• U.K.'s Lidington Absolutely Confident of Brexit Deal in November. 

• U.S. East Coast Faces Rising Hurricane Threat from Florence.  

• Hedge Funds Defy Emerging Market Selloff With Bullish Crude Bets Growing.

Wall Street Journal:   

• Trump Presses Apple: Shift Production to U.S.

• Apple(AAPL) Pulls Alex Jones’s Infowars From App Store.

• Emerging Markets Rattle Tennessee’s Retirement System.

• Exits, Musk Interview Sting Tesla(TSLA).

• Strong Economy Drives Wages Higher as Hiring Heats Up.

Barron's:

• Had bullish commentary on (VIAB), (BABA), (BIDU), (TCEHY) and (CWH).

MarketWatch.com:

• The new fear for stock investors is an emerging-market meltdown.

• Trump suggests that Nike’s stock is ‘getting absolutely killed with anger and boycotts’. 

• Yardeni urges investors to stay the course as U.S. stocks are still in meltup mode.

Fox News:

• Kamala Harris, Planned Parenthood blasted for taking Kavanaugh out of context.

• Army vet fires back at Nike(NKE)-Kaepernick campaign with 'Just Stand' shirts.

CNBC: 

• US and China could soon prompt a 'big slowdown' in global growth, former bank regulator warns.

• Trump has set economic growth on fire. Here is how he did it.  

• California Gov. Jerry Brown moves to block Trump on offshore drilling, declares 'not here, not now'.

• Oil prices may spike on a coming mismatch between supply and demand, an expert says.

• What to expect from Apple's big iPhone event on Sept. 12.

• Alibaba's(BABA) Jack Ma, China's richest man, to retire from company he co-founded. 

• Tech in trade crosshairs after its worst week since March. 

• Goldman(GS) admits it was wrong on Apple, boosts stock outlook by 20 percent.

• Economy adds more jobs than expected in August, and wage growth hits post-recession high.

Zero Hedge: 

• The Untold Story About Obama's Former CIA Director, John Brennan.

• There Goes The Credit Impulse: Why Chinese Consumption Is On The Verge Of Collapse.

• China's Trade Surplus With US Hits Record High At Worst Possible Time.

• Twitter(TWTR) Exposes Its Politically Motivated Censorship Policy In Banning Of Alex Jones.

• Ethereum Plummets After Co-Founder Buterin Says Days Of Explosive Growth Are Over.

• NYT Flashback: "If Donald Trump Targets Journalists, Thank Obama".

• Trump Organization Executives Face Federal Campaign-Finance Probe.

• Iran, Russia, Turkey Leaders Urge "Negotiated Political Process" On Idlib As Putin And Erdogan Clash.

• R.I.P. Chinese Exceptionalism?

• Washington Is Growing Exasperated Over Iran's "Defiance" In Region.

• Obama Condemns Trump, "Nazi Sympathizers" In Fiery Speech Warning Of "Dangerous Times".

• How Cory Booker's Failed "Spartacus" Moment Made Brett Kavanaugh Look Like A Star.

• Trump Issues Executive Order “Title 50” to Save America.
• College Removes All Uniforms With Nike Logo To Protest Kaepernick Ad.

• Trump Threatens China With Another $267BN In Tariffs.

• The Pension Crisis Is Bigger Than The World’s 20 Largest Economies.

• Apple(AAPL) Drops To Session Lows After Admitting Its Products Would Be Hit By Tariffs.

• Trump Tariff Threat Trounces Tech Turnaround, Tesla Tattered.  

Business Insider:

• Tesla(TSLA) is getting crushed after 2 executives jump ship and CEO Elon Musk smokes weed. 

• Tesla's(TSLA) board is terrible at its job — it's shown it has no interest in controlling Elon Musk or sticking up for investors.