August 27 (Tuesday)

Markets
U.S. Stocks Gain as Trump Says China Wants a Deal (W)
Trump’s aggressive, mixed signals on China whiplash Wall Street (R)
Wall Street sees elevated recession risk, market woes after US and China stoke trade fears (C)
A sell-off worse than December can arrive in a week, says analyst who is predicting ‘Lehman-like’ drop (C)

US
Democrats float a short-term funding bill to avoid another government shutdown

US politics
Exclusive: U.S. officials fear ransomware attack against 2020 election (R)
Trump took a page out of the WWE’s playbook (P)

Geopolitics & trade
Trump says China sincerely wants a trade deal: ‘I’m not sure they have a choice’ (C)
Trump Softens Tone on China, Iran at G-7 Summit (W)
Cramer warns investors that believing China over Trump on trade is dangerous and costly (C)
Here’s everything that happened over the weekend with the US-China trade war (C)
Trump sees possible U.S.-EU trade deal that would avert car tariffs (R)
Huawei Launches AI Chip in Push to Unseat U.S. Makers (W)

Industries & companies
FAANGs: Big Tech Shares Lose Their Luster (W)
Pharma: Johnson & Johnson Ordered to Pay $572 Million in Oklahoma Opioid Case (W)
Pharma: Johnson & Johnson Shares Rise After Opioid Fine Is Less Than Expected (B)
Pharma: Investigators Use New Strategy to Combat Opioid Crisis: Data Analytics (W)
Pharma: Bristol-Myers Moves Closer to Buying Celgene (W)
Retail: Dollar-Store Chains to Pay $1.2 Million Over Expired-Product Claims (W)