Today's Headlines

Bloomberg:    

• Republicans Chide IMF Chief Over China Data Manipulation Report.
• China Will Use Market Tools to Stabilize Commodities: Premier Li.  
• Casinos and Evergrande Crisis Renew Worries Over China Stocks. 
• Short-Sellers Are Beating Day Traders in Korea’s Tech Crackdown.
• China Defends Tech Crackdown in Meeting With Wall Street Chiefs.
• U.K. Holiday Bookings Soar as Covid-19 Travel Restrictions Ease.
• Would-Be NFT Millionaires Throw a Dart and Usually Hit a Dud.  
• Vaccine Debate, Climate Goals Top Scaled-Back UN Summit’s Agenda.  
• AT&T 5G Upgrade Risks Silencing Home Alarms Reliant on Old Tech.  
• Wildfire Risk Prompts West U.S. Utilities to Warn of Power Cuts. 
• Earnings Alarm Bells Ringing for Market Showing Signs of Fatigue.  
• Deluge of Leveraged Buyout Debt to Hit High-Yield Market.  
• Powell Is Moving Closer to a Dial-Back in Stimulus: Eco Week.

Wall Street Journal:  

• Beijing’s Debt Clampdown Shakes Real-Estate Giant.
• West Virginia Was a Vaccine Success Story, but Cases Are Surging.
• Afghanistan’s Economic Meltdown Leaves Citizens Scrambling.
• The Facebook Files: A Wall Street Journal Investigation.
• Durham Cracks the Russia Case.  
• Biden’s Afghan Blunder Hurts India and Helps China.  
• Bernie’s Broken Markets.
• Companies Use Overtime to Solve Shortages. That May Cost Them More Workers.
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IG:

• Weekend Markets Trading Live.

Barron's:

• Had bullish commentary on .
• Had bearish commentary on .
  

MarketWatch.com:             

• Nursing homes are now facing a COVID resurgence, and a staffing shortage will only make it worse.

 

 

 

 

AP:

• 125 no longer employed after declining vaccine at Indiana’s largest hospital system. Indiana’s largest hospital system says more than 100 workers are no longer employed with the health network after they did not comply with its mandate for all employees to get vaccinated against COVID-19.

 

 

NY Post: 

• US companies riddled with members of Chinese Communist Party: Devine. Boeing(BA), Qualcomm(QCOM) and Pfizer(PFE) are just three US companies that have employed dozens of CCP members in their Chinese facilities, the database reveals.

 

 

 

Fox News:    

• Biden infrastructure agenda in limbo as Pelosi plays hardball.
• Liberal mayor gives defiant response after getting caught maskless in club. 
• Milley under fire as remark about failed Kabul strike comes back to haunt him.

Newsmax:     

• Administration, Under Fire, Works Plans to Fly Haitian Migrants Back to Haiti. 
• Ken Paxton to Newsmax: Situation at Del Rio Bridge Shows Border Crisis Worsening. 
• Gohmert: Biden's Call to Tax the Rich Will Hurt Poor.

Reuters:

• South Africa has administered at least 14,670,161 doses of COVID vaccines so far. Assuming every person needs 2 doses, that’s enough to have vaccinated about 12.5% of the country’s population. COVID-19 infections are decreasing in South Africa, with 4,019 new infections reported on average each day(48 infections per 100K people reported last 7 days). That’s 20% of the peak — the highest daily average reported on July 7.
• Israel has administered at least 14,607,688 doses of COVID vaccines so far. Assuming every person needs 2 doses, that’s enough to have vaccinated about 80.7% of the country’s population. Israel is reporting 8,429 new infections on average each day(651 infections per 100K people reported last 7 days), 78% of the peak — the highest daily average reported on September 13.

Zero Hedge:

• Antibody Treatments For COVID Work. Why Aren't They Being Promoted?
• DeSantis Office: Over Half Of Those Seeking Lifesaving COVID-19 Treatment In South Florida Fully Vaccinated.
• Taliban Changes Ministry Of Women's Affairs To Islamic 'Morality Police'.
• Biden Admin Starts Deporting Haitians From Under Texas Bridge, Fox Foils FAA Drone Ban.
• General Milley Downplayed BLM Riots To Prevent Trump From Invoking Insurrection Act. 
• Supply Chain Shipping Hell: "Just Get Me A Box" Says Logistics Manager.
• Ministry Of Manipulation: No Wonder Trust And Credibility Have Been Lost.
• Facebook Deletes German Anti-Lockdown Groups As New Censorship Rules Go Into Effect.
• Anti-Lockdown Protesters In Australia "Break Police Line" As Clashes Erupt.
• Europe's Soaring Natural Gas Prices To Persist For "Weeks To Come," IEA Warns.
• Almost A Quarter Of COVID Patients In England Are Being Treated For Something Else.
• Deep State, Deep Trouble.
• Victor Davis Hanson: The Death Of Science.
• Restaurants Remove Crab From Menus Due To Skyrocketing Prices.
• Here Are The States Receiving Bulk Of Afghan Refugees (With D.C. So Far Taking In Zero).
• 7 Signs Your Friend Or Family Member Has Fallen Victim To The Woke Mind Virus.
• Almost Half Of Americans Disapprove Of Biden Vaccine Mandates, New Poll Finds.
• China's War Against Crypto Is Officially Ramping Up (Again).
• Hospital Staff That Decline COVID Vaccine For Religious Reasons Must Attest To Also Swearing Off Tylenol, Tums, & Other Common Meds.

TheGatewayPundit.com:

• Los Angeles Teacher Caught With ‘F–k the Police,’ ‘F–k Amerikkka’ Propaganda Hanging in Classroom.
• Crossing the Line: Nicki Minaj Exposes the Media Mafia; Posts Private Messages From Reporters Threatening Her Family Members.
• Unreal: Secretary of State Blinken Deletes Tweet on Hong Kong Democracy to Appease His Chinese Overlords.
• Thousands Of Outraged New Yorkers To Protest Vaccine Passport Mandate In Times Square on Sept. 18.
• BREAKING: Armed Person Detained at J6 Rally is Undercover Agent, Pulls Out Badge (VIDEO).
• Governor Abbott Deploys DPS Troopers, National Guard to Build Barricade Along Border Around Del Rio Amid Surge of Illegal Aliens.
• Border Czar Kamala Harris Leads Coin Toss at Howard-Hampton Football Game as Thousands of Illegal Aliens Storm Border in Del Rio (VIDEO).
• “National Humiliation” — 70% Of Americans Embarrassed By Biden’s Failed Afghanistan Withdrawal.

The Epoch Times:

• China May Impose an ‘Economic Blockade’ on Taiwan to Force Submission: Experts.

Covid-19(Data, Maps, Graphs):

• Our World in Data:  New Global Covid-19 Cases(7-day rolling average graphs). New US Covid Hospital Admissions/ICU Admissions/Deaths
  
• FT.com:  Fully Vaccinated by Country(graph). Global Lockdown Stringency Index(map).
• Bloomberg.com:  International Travel Restrictions.  Case Graphs by State.
  
• NYTimes.com:  County Trends and Clusters. Local ICU Occupancy.
  
• Brown School of Public Health:  Covid Severity by State/County(map).  US Hospital Capacity(region).
  
• CovidActNow:  Covid Severity/Infection Rate by Metro Area.
  
• KFF:  US Vaccinations by Race/Ethnicity.
  
• Carnegie Mellon: Covid-Like Symptoms in Community. Covid Symptom Searches on Google. Covid-Related Dr.Visits.  Restaurant Visits. Wearing Masks. (graphs)
  
• Safegraph.com:  Commerce Patterns(graphs).