Today's Headlines

Bloomberg:    

• China’s Liu Confirms Phase One of U.S. Trade Deal is in Progress.   

• PBOC Governor Yi Says Yuan Level ‘Appropriate’ After Weakening.

• Johnson Asks EU for Brexit Delay, But Hopes He Won’t Need It.

• Johnson Says He'll Press on After Commons Defeat: Brexit Update.      

• Brexit’s Impact on World Economy to Be Minimal, Mervyn King Says.

• Global Finance Chiefs Pledge to Use All Tools to Aid Growth.

• Kurdish-Led Forces Say Turkey Is Not Abiding by Syria Truce.  

• Fed Leaves October Cut on Table, And Questions About What’s Next.  

• Nestor Is Set to Storm Into Florida Panhandle With Needed Rain.

• Brexit Countdown, Canada Votes, Erdogan’s Gamble: Weekend Reads.

• Your Weekend Reading: Walking a Tightrope.

• Goldman Banker Arrested Over U.S. Insider Trading Allegations.  

• Bitcoin’s Latest Swoon Raises the Risk of Key Technical Breach.

Wall Street Journal:

• The NBA’s China Problem Is Deeper Than a Tweet.

• Carl Icahn Is Nearing Another Landmark Deal. This Time It’s With His Son.

• U.S. Government Still Uses Suspect Chinese Cameras.

• PG&E Says It Could Impose Blackouts in California for a Decade.

Barron's:

• Had bullish commentary on (DIS), (CI), (CMG), (PM), (CVS), (LUV), (COP) and (CMCSA).

• Had bearish commentary on (EYE) and (MSFT).

MarketWatch.com:

• Beyond Meat(BYND) initiated at sell as large competitors make gains in plant-based food.

Fox News:

• Biden son was paid $83G per month for Ukraine ‘consulting services’ gig: report.

• Dem 2020 contenders stand behind Tulsi amid Clinton ‘Russian asset’ row.

CNBC:

• FAA says Boeing withheld ‘concerning’ pilot messages about the safety of 737 Max.

• Boeing’s stock worth buying on pullback from new 737 Max developments, analyst says.

• UK lawmakers delay Brexit vote and force Boris Johnson to ask for deadline extension.
• It’s the bulls’ game to lose as the stock market heads for its final act of 2019.

• The US and China made ‘substantial progress’ at trade talks, Chinese vice premier says.

• Stocks will likely hit new records in the week ahead if earnings keep topping expectations.

• Electric car start-ups — once seen as threat — now struggle to survive.

• Scientists debate if lab-grown meat production could exacerbate climate change.

Zero Hedge:

• "I Stand Against Everything She Represents" - Gabbard Hammers Tired, Sick, Fragile Hillary.

• CME Slams "Patently False" Vanity Fair Trump-Frontrunning-Trades Allegations.

• CIA Analysts Lawyer Up As Brennan, Clapper Ensnared In Expanding Russiagate Probe.

• China's Top Trade Negotiator Sides With Trump: We "Have Made Substantial Progress" In Trade Deal.

• Trudeau Approval Hits All Time Low As Canadians Prepare To Vote.

• Renault, Volvo Slash Guidance, Unleashing Shockwaves Across Auto Industry.

• France Foils "Sept. 11-Style" Terrorist Attack.

• Impeachment Becomes A Psychodrama Of The Press.

• PG&E May Sporadically Cut Power To Californians For A Decade.

• NBA Spectators Stage Anti-China Protest During Nets-Raptors Game.

• Fisher Investments Pension Losses Spike To $1.3 Billion As Iowa Pulls Out.

• Times Square Billboard Shows Trump Being Hogtied & Tortured.

• Office Vacancies In China Hit Decade High Amid Economic Turmoil.

• Why Is The Elitist Establishment So Obsessed With Meat? For at least the past ten years the United Nations has been aggressively promoting the concept of a meat free world, based on claims that accelerated land use and greenhouse gas emissions are killing the Earth. The problem with this dietary revolution is that it is based primarily on junk science and cherry-picked data, along with outright lies and propaganda.

• China Bans Exports Of Black Clothing To Hong Kong Amid Escalating Social Unrest.

• Twitter War Breaks Out Between "Russian Asset" Tulsi Gabbard And "Warmongering Queen" Hillary Clinton.

• Why Has There Been A 56% Increase In Suicide Among Young Americans In Just 10 Years?

• Economists: Greta Thunberg's Ideal World Would Result In A "Human Tragedy Of Disastrous Proportions".

• Ex-Goldman Billionaire Backs Warren Redistribution Plan, Tells 'Rich' To "Lighten Up".

• The Chaos Of Baltimore Explained, How The Descent Into Hell Continues.

• America's Road Map To $40 Trillion National Debt By 2028.

• Complicated Web Of Payments Behind Hunter Biden's $700K Ukraine, China Dealings Untangled.

• Welcome To The USSR: The United States Of Suppression And Repression.

• Dow Dumps On Talc-Turmoil, Boeing-Bust, & Pence-Panic.