August 09 (Thursday)

Markets
Traders Pile Into Bets That Stock Rally Will Continue (W)

Trade
U.S. to Impose Tariffs on Another $16 Billion in Chinese Imports (W)
China Retaliates With New Tariffs, Hunkering Down for Long Trade Fight (W)
Trump’s Tariffs Are Changing Trade With China. Here Are 2 Emerging Endgames. (N)

US
Jobs Go Unfilled as the Economy Expands (W)

Europe
The EU Spent a Bundle to Unify the Continent. It’s Not Working. (W)

US politics
IRS Cracks Down on the ‘Crack and Pack’ (W)

Industries & companies
Autos: SEC Review of Musk Tesla Tweets Likely to Focus on Truthfulness (B)
Media: 21st Century Fox’s Profit Surges on Growth in Cable, Film Businesses (W)
Media: How MoviePass Has Changed Ticket Buying (Atlantic)
Retail: Amazon Captures 5 Percent of American Retail Spending. Is That a Lot? (B)
Tech: New York City just voted to cap Uber and Lyft vehicles, and that could make rides more expensive (C)
Tech: Why a Cap on Uber in New York Would be a Major Blow for the Ride-Hail Giant (N)

Corporate finance
DealBook Briefing: How on Earth Will Tesla Go Private? (N)
Tesla still hasn’t said where its secured financing is coming from — here’s what that probably means (C)
Physicians come out against CVS-Aetna merger (P)

Technology
Video: Test Driving Magic Leap’s Augmented-Reality Goggles (MW)

Offbeat
The Money Laundering Hub On the U.S. Border? It’s Canada (W)