Today's Headlines

Bloomberg:           

• Hong Kong Masses Show China They're Ready to Fight.

• China Rebukes EU, U.S. Politicians for Interfering on Hong Kong.

• Trump Stays Defiant Before Tariffs, Lashing ‘Weak’ Critics.

• Hong Kong Students Vow to Keep Protests Alive as Classes Begin.

• Hong Kong Protesters Wave U.S. Flags, Urge Trump to Take Action.  

• South Korea’s Export Slump Extends to Ninth Month Amid Gloom.

• The Unstoppable Surge in Negative Yields Reaches $17 Trillion.

• All-or-Nothing Stock Market Lurches All Around —and Goes Nowhere.

• Emerging Markets Are Often Bad in August, But Rarely This Bad.  

• U.S. Unleashes Military to Fight Fake News and Disinformation. 

• U.S. Advises Non-Smokers to Avoid e-Cigarettes Amid Lung Disease Outbreak.

Wall Street Journal:

• Violence Erupts in Hong Kong as Protesters Defy Ban.

• Beijing Moves on Hong Kong.

• Markets Show Resilience in Topsy-Turvy August.

• Hurricane Comey Was a National Disaster.

• European Diplomats Swing Behind French Bid to Ease U.S.-Iran Tensions.

Barron's:

• Had bullish commentary on  (TPRE), (GLRE), (ATVI), (MRNA) and (TBIO).

MarketWatch.com:

• How Hurricane Dorian is affecting flights, cruises and theme parks in Florida.

Fox News: 

• Traffic stop sets off shooting rampage that leaves at least 24 shot, 5 dead, officials say.  

• 'High octane' storm heads toward four states, nears Category 5.

CNBC:

• Port of Los Angeles slammed with cargo as companies rush to get imports in ahead of tariffs.

• Trump’s tariffs on $112 billion of Chinese imports hit at midnight.

Zero Hedge:

• Hong Kong Police Fire Live Rounds To Quell Protesters As Chaos Rules Streets.

• 5 Dead, At Least 20 Injured In Another Texas Mass Shooting, Suspect Shot & Killed.

• The Real "Helicopter Money": Since 2009, China Has Created $21 Trillion Of New Money, More Than Double The US.

• America's Billionaires Congealing Around Warren And Buttigieg.

• Lula Admits, BRICS Was Created As A Tool Of Attack Against The US Dollar.

• iPhones Hacked As Malware Infected "Thousands Of Users A Week" For Years.

• AOC Claim That Millennials "Most Informed, Historically-Literate" Annihilated In Scathing Op-Ed.

• No Idea What's Going On With Brexit? Here Is The "Simplified" Flow Chart.

• "It Scares Me To Death": Coding Errors In Sex Robots Make Them Prone To Violence And Strangling Humans.

• A Climate Alarmist Sued A Skeptic For Defamation... And Lost.

• Chinese Youth Dangerously Drunk On Debt As Grandparents Roll In Graves.

• Virtue-Signaling Canadians Love Carbon Initiatives...Until They Have To Pay For Them.

• Yuan Crashes Most In 25 Years As August Ends With Bonds & Bullion Bid.

The Telegraph:   

• Eurozone suffering from ‘tremendous accumulation’ of debt, warns outgoing ECB policymaker.   

• Apple(AAPL) braces for $1bn tariff hit as it prepares for launch of new iPhone.