Bloomberg:
- China to Expand Shenzhen’s Qianhai Zone, Eyeing H.K.
- Tech Crackdown Is a Cloud Over China Economy, Ex-WTO Chief Says.
- Japan Household Spending Falls for a Third Month.
- U.K. Retail Sales Lose Steam as Firms, Shoppers Fret Over Prices.
- Merkel Confidant Dies Days After Becoming China Ambassador.
- Singapore Won’t Exclude Tighter Curbs as It Confronts Covid Jump.
- Iran Condemns Taliban for Assault on Afghan Resistance Enclave.
- Run-it-Hot Eurozone Economy Robs Junk Bond Market of Real Yield .
- Porsche CEO Says Electric Supercars Will Win Out: Munich Update.
- Brazil Economists See Higher Key Rate and Slower Growth in 2022.
- European Stocks Have Record In Sight on Hopes Stimulus Will Stay.
- Stocks Set to Extend Rally in Asia; Dollar Firmer: Markets Wrap.
- Oil Steady With Saudi Price Cuts Raising Competition Stakes.
- Europeans Hit the Road to Fire Rebound in Continent’s Oil Demand.
- Ida’s Initial Hit to U.S. Oil Output Has Surpassed Katrina’s.
- Goldman Cuts U.S. Growth Forecast as Consumer Sees ‘Harder Path’.
Wall Street Journal:
- Taliban Claim to Have Conquered Last Pocket of Resistance in Afghanistan.
- Business Travel Rebound Stifled by Covid Resurgence.
- Aluminum Hits Decade High After Guinea Coup.
- U.S. Left Afghanistan Littered With Decaying Factories, Schools.
- Big Boeing Customer Says It Is Walking Away From New MAX Order.
- Democrats Bet That Legislative Success Will Bring Political Rewards.
- Instacart Goes Deeper Into Digital Advertising as Grocery Delivery Slows.
- Does Joe Biden Have Any Core Principles?
- Kavanaugh to the Liberal Rescue.
- Our Friends the Taliban.
- Reclaiming Our Independence From Big Tech.
Fox News:
- EXCLUSIVE: State Dept accused of stealing credit for rescue of 4 Americans from Afghanistan.
- Alarming crime analysis reveals which major US cities saw the worst upticks in shootings, murders.
- President's approval tanks, only 2 others have had lower ratings at this point.
- CNN blasted for article claiming 'Whiteness' will expand to be 'tan'.
CNBC:
Zero Hedge:
- Investigating The Mass Hysteria Over 1 Degree In Climate Change Since 1850.
- Aussie Health Chief: COVID Will Be With Us "Forever", People Will Have To "Get Used To" Endless Booster Vaccines.
- Evergrande Bonds Halted Amid Liquidation Panic As Contagion Spreads To Other Chinese Junk.
- 'AntiVaxMomma' Sold Fake Vaccination Cards That Got Verified In NY State Database.
- The Great Computer Chip Shortage Of 2021 Is Just Heating Up.
- United Nations Vows To Keep Afghan Aid Flowing After Meeting With Taliban.
- Millennials & Zoomers Inherit A Boomer Mess, What Will They Do With Their Turn?
- Traffic Deaths Surged To 38,680 In 2020 Despite Americans Driving 13% Less Miles.
- Futures Rise, Europe And China Bounce With US Closed For Holiday.
- State Department, Then Taliban, Reportedly Blocking Private Rescue Planes From Departing Afghanistan.
- Oregon Police And Firefighters Suing Governor In Resistance Of Vaccine Mandate.
- Divers Identify One-Foot Broken Pipeline As Source Of Oil Spill In Gulf Of Mexico.
- UK Minister Says Minors Can Get COVID Vaccine Jab Without Parental Consent.
- "I Will Not Submit": 140,000 French Citizens Protest Against Vaccine Passport.
- Belarus Floods EU With Migrants From Middle East.
- Soros' Dream: To Turn China Into A Neoliberal Grabitization Opportunity.
- Robocop Is Here: Singapore Deploys Robots To Detect "Undesirable Behavior" Including Groups Of "More Than Five People".
- Milley Admits US Withdrawal From Afghanistan Will Lead To Civil War, Terrorism.
Reuters:
- U.S.-bound migrants fill Colombia town as COVID-19 border closures lifted. (Aug. 11)
- Colombia has administered at least 35,750,492 doses of COVID vaccines so far. (graph) Assuming every person needs 2 doses, that’s enough to have vaccinated about 35.5% of the country’s population.
- COVID-19 infections are decreasing in Colombia, with 1,959 new infections reported on average each day. That’s 6% of the peak — the highest daily average reported on June 27.
Nature:
- Why US coronavirus tracking can’t keep up with concerning variants. (April 7) Laboratories supported by the US government have doubled the rate at which they are sequencing SARS-CoV-2 genomes over the past two months. Still, the number of genomes that the country shared in the online genome repository GISAID in March represented only 1.6% of its positive COVID-19 cases that month.
NewsMax:
TheGatewayPundit.com:
- Image Surfaces of Stranded Planes Filled with Americans at Mazar-i-Sharif Airport in Afghanistan – Taliban Holds Planes Hostage as Biden State Department Blocks Departures.
- Hundreds Turn Out at Camp Pendleton for Candlelight Memorial for Lost Marines – And More Rumblings of a Countdown Before Bombing.
- Biden Effect: Taliban Now Controls More Territory in Afghanistan Today than They Did on 9-11 20 Years Ago.
- Fauci Keeping an Eye on “Mu Variant” to “Make Sure it Doesn’t Become More Dominant” (VIDEO).
- “Makes Me Want to Puke!”: GOP Congressman Accuses Biden Admin of Lying About Helping Four Americans Escape Afghanistan Who Were Rescued by Veteran Cory Mills.
- US Congressman: At Least 500 Americans Stranded in Afghanistan.
- Democrat
Senator Blumenthal Blasts Biden Admin Over Abandoning Americans in
Afghanistan: “Furious at Our Government’s Delays and Inaction”.
The Epoch Times:
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).
Night Trading
- Asian indices are -.25% to +.75% on average.
- Asia Ex-Japan Investment Grade CDS Index 64.5 unch..
- China Sovereign CDS 32.5 +.25 basis point.
- Bloomberg Emerging Markets Currency Index 60.62 +.02%.
- Bloomberg Global Risk-On/Risk Off Index 3,079.0 -24.0 points.
- Volatility Index(VIX) futures 20.32 -1.2%.
- Euro Stoxx 50 futures -.1%.
- S&P 500 futures +.13%.
- NASDAQ 100 futures +.27%
Earnings of Note
Company/Estimate
Before the Open:
Before the Open:
- None of note
After the Close:
- (CASY)/2.99
- (COUP)/-.06
Economic Releases
- None of note
Upcoming Splits
- None of note
- The Eurozone GDP report, German ZEW Sentiment Index, $58B 3Y T-Note auction, UBS Chemicals Conference and the Goldman Sachs Biotech Symposium could also impact trading today.
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