September 5 (Thursday)

Markets
Wall Street rises on strong Chinese data, Hong Kong and Brexit news (R)
Dow, S&P 500 Bounce Back After Global Rally (W)
In a world of disappearing income, these stable stocks pay a high dividend yield (C)

Central banks
U.S. economy growing modestly as trade war dents activity: Fed (R)
Fed’s Beige Book Reports Modest Growth Despite Trade Uncertainty (W)
Fed Officials Warn Consumer Is Alone in Carrying U.S. Economy (B)
Fed’s rate-cut debate focuses on ‘robust’ U.S. consumer (R)
Lagarde Pledges to Review ECB’s Negative Rates (W)

US
U.S. trade deficit shrinks, gap with China remains elevated (R)
Capitalism is in a moment of crisis – and business leaders know it (C)

Europe
U.K. Lawmakers Foil Johnson With Votes to Delay Brexit and Bar Snap Election (W)
Italy Signals More EU Cooperation With New Appointees (W)

US politics
Democrats Propose Spending Trillions of Dollars on Climate Plans (W)
Pentagon pulls funds for military schools, daycare to pay for Trump’s border wall (R)

Geopolitics & trade
U.S. imposes duties on structural steel from China, Mexico (R)
Hong Kong to Pull Extradition Bill That Sparked Protests (W)

Industries & companies
FAANGs: Apple is borrowing in the bond market for the first time since US tax reform (C)
FAANGs: Apple Leads Corporate Bond Bonanza (W)
FAANGs: Why Apple Is Borrowing $7 Billion While Sitting on a $200 Billion Cash Pile (B)
FAANGs: YouTube fine shows the US government is not serious about a Big Tech crackdown (C)
FAANGs: YouTube to Pay Fine, Adjust Site Over Children’s Privacy (W)
Financials: How U.S. Banks Took Over the World (W)
Financials: Goldman Sachs’s Partnership Is Shrinking (W)
Restaurants: Starbucks Is Cooling Off in Bad Sign for Corporate Profits (W)

Technology
A Breakthrough for A.I. Technology: Passing an 8th-Grade Science Test (N)

Offbeat
His Cat’s Death Left Him Heartbroken. So He Cloned It. (N)