August 09 (Friday)

Markets
U.S. Stocks Jump as China Signals a More Stable Yuan (W)
China’s Official Yuan Rate Crosses 7-Per-Dollar Milestone (W)
The yield curve everyone’s worried about is inches away from flashing a recession signal (C)
Emerging-Market Stocks Correct Sharply as Trade Battle Flares (W)
Opinion: Insiders were buying — not selling — as stock market sank (MW)

Central banks
Opinion: Trump’s new trade strategy targets the Fed (MW)

US
20 companies, including Amazon and Chipotle, that are getting more profitable as sales improve (MW)
More people are job-hopping, tempted by better salaries and the highest number of openings since 2000 (MW)
Homeowners Rush to Refinance, Thanks to Falling Bond Yields (W)

Europe
Italian Populist Moves to Bring Down Government (W)

Japan
Japan Posts Solid Growth in the Second Quarter (W)

Geopolitics & trade
China Exports Stage Surprising Turnaround (W)
Economists Upgrade U.S.-China Trade Conflict to ‘War’ (W)
Hong Kong Police Draw Protester Rage, but Beijing Doesn’t Think They’re Tough Enough (W)
U.S. Holds Off on Huawei Licenses as China Halts Crop-Buying (B)

Industries & companies
Autos: Tesla’s chaotic year after Musk’s ‘funding secured’ tweet (C)
Consumer: Kraft Heinz’s latest tumble begs question what is value of its brands (C)
FAANGs: FBI and Facebook Potentially at Odds Over Monitoring (W)
FAANGs: Facebook Makes Offer to News Outlets to License Content (W)
Tech: Uber’s Q2 losses were bigger than total 2018 losses for all but three S&P 500 companies (C)

Corporate finance
Broadcom acquires Symantec’s enterprise business for $10.7 billion (C)
Viacom Improves Performance as CBS Merger Talks Continue (W)