IN THE NEWS
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Apple Inc. AAPL CEO Tim Cook took the wraps off the company’s newest flagship phone, the iPhone X, marking the 10th anniversary of the iconic, game-changing device, which now features "super retina display" facial recognition to unlock the phone: Link
Health Insurance Innovations Inc HIIQ’s stock plummeted 21 percent Monday after MOX Reports published an article suggesting the company could be facing fraud penalties in excess of $100 million: Link
In the gap between the number of Americans who have access to prime credit and the number of Americans who are a good risk, Dave Girouard found enough room for an entire business: Link
Wall Street Journal
Two Senate bills aimed at shaping the future of the Affordable Care Act are facing uncertainty, as the White House voices tepid support for an ACA repeal effort and opposition to a bipartisan bill to shore up insurance markets: Link
The Trump administration said Tuesday it would maintain a hands-off approach to federal regulation of autonomous vehicles, even as government investigators placed some blame on Tesla Inc. TSLA's Autopilot technology for a fatal crash last year: Link
Reuters
Bitcoin “is a fraud” and will blow up, Jamie Dimon, chief executive of JPMorgan Chase & Co JPM said on Tuesday: Link
Democratic lawmakers are probing whether retired U.S. General Michael Flynn secretly promoted a U.S.-Russian project to build dozens of nuclear reactors in the Middle East after becoming President Donald Trump’s first national security adviser: Link
Bloomberg
Since news of the Equifax Inc. EFX breach, Symantec's SYMC LifeLock has seen six times its usual web traffic and the company is enrolling 10 times as many new customers every hour than before the attack was disclosed: Link
Several senior Amazon.com Inc. AMZN executives advocate putting a second headquarters in Boston, according to a person briefed on the matter: Link
New York Post
Nordstrom JWN’s founding family on Tuesday was close to partnering with a Los Angeles private equity firm to try and take the struggling retailer private — but the effort still faces steep odds, The Post has learned: Link
ECONOMIC DATA
- MBA Mortgage Applications up 9.9% for the Week
- PPI (MoM) for Aug 0.20% vs 0.30% Est; PPI (YoY) for Aug 2.40% vs 2.50% Est; Core PPI (MoM) for Aug 0.10% vs 0.20% Est
- The Energy Information Administration’s weekly report on petroleum inventories is schedule for release at 10:30 a.m. ET.
- The Treasury is set to auction 30-year bonds at 1:00 p.m. ET.
- The U.S. Treasury budget report for August will be released at 2:00 p.m. ET.
ANALYST RATINGS
- Cowen & Co. upgraded DowDuPont DWDP from Market Perform to Outperform
- Susquehanna upgraded Finish Line FINL from Neutral to Positive
- Goldman Sachs upgraded Micron Technology MU from Neutral to Buy
- Mizuho downgraded Mallinckrodt plc MNK from Buy to Neutral
- Baird downgraded Rockwell Collins COL from Outperform to Neutral
- Goldman Sachs downgraded ON Semiconductor ON from Buy to Neutral
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