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Benzinga
Generation Z is growing up with an aversion to alcohol, in part because its members don’t want to look wasted when they take
selfies with their fancy smartphones:
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With buzzing capital markets, New York and Chicago have long been Meccas for aspiring financial leaders. Centered around their
stock and option exchanges, the cities’ capital markets lured fresh talent looking to make a name in the financial sector:
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Digital is emerging as the frontrunner among an assortment of media consumption, and consequently, traditional media is at risk
of becoming a dying breed:
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Wall Street Journal
Tropical Storm Maria became Hurricane Maria Sunday, casting a long shadow of fear and uncertainty over a swath of the Caribbean
that was slammed by Hurricane Irma less than two weeks ago:
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President Donald Trump’s top economic adviser is expected to outline the administration’s proposals to reduce greenhouse-gas
emissions while restating that its stance on the Paris climate accord has not changed, White House officials said, following
signals over the weekend that the U.S. was exploring ways to remain in the 2015 pact:
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A Canadian union failed to reach an agreement on a new contract with General Motors (NYSE: GM) and its members will strike, labor leaders said late Sunday, threatening to
crimp supply of the auto maker’s top-selling SUV:
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Reuters
World stocks hit a record high on Monday and the dollar reached an eight-week peak against the yen on expectations that the U.S.
Federal Reserve will this week announce trimming of its balance sheet, part of a reversal of cheap money worldwide:
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The U.S. military staged bombing drills with South Korea over the Korean peninsula and Russia and China began naval exercises
ahead of a U.N. General Assembly meeting on Tuesday where North Korea’s nuclear threat is likely to loom large:
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Bloomberg
Here’s what we know about the details of the tax reform plan: almost nothing:
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Janet Yellen, the first woman to chair the Federal Reserve, may be entering the final stretch of a tenure defined by her deft
navigation of the U.S. economy and the first steps toward exiting crisis-era policies that kept interest rates near zero for the
better part of a decade:
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ECONOMIC DATA
- The housing market index for September is schedule for release at 10:00 a.m. ET.
- The Treasury is set to auction 3-and 6-month bills at 11:30 a.m. ET.
- The Treasury International Capital data for July will be released at 4:00 p.m. ET.
ANALYST RATINGS
- UBS upgraded Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT)
from Neutral to Buy
- Goldman Sachs upgraded Infosys (NYSE: INFY) from Sell to Neutral
- RBC upgraded Applied Materials (NASDAQ:
AMAT) from Sector Perform to Outperform
- Piper Jaffray downgraded Finish Line (NASDAQ: FINL) from Neutral to Underweight
- DA Davidson downgrades Super Micro Computer (NASDAQ: SMCI) from Buy to Neutral
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