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Friday Morning’s Top Stories Before The Opening Bell – Mike Swanson (08/23/2019)

The Fed’s annual meeting in Jackson Hole kicks off today. Here’s everything you need to know. – Business Insider

Fed’s Powell will find it hard not to rock markets with his comments Friday – CNBC

Fed’s Regional Presidents Are Lining Up Against Additional Rate Cuts – Bloomberg

Quick Note on Downward Jobs Revisions – CEPR

G-7 summit to open with examination of the global economy – Market Watch

Will Trump blow up the G7 summit? – CNN

Sarah Huckabee Sanders becomes Fox News contributor – The Hill

US criticism of China’s state-owned firms is ‘sour grapes’, says state media – South China Morning Post

Overstock CEO Resigns After Bizarre “Deep State” Comments, Relationship with Alleged Russian Spy – Slate

The Financialization of the American Elite – American Affairs Journal

India’s Oyo Rolls Dice With Purchase of Las Vegas Hooters Hotel – WSJ

Hasbro buys Peppa Pig, PJ Masks owner in $4 billion deal – Financial Post

Foot Locker down 11.5% on earnings miss – SeekingAlpha

Gap stock falls after company’s Q2 same-store sales fall – Market Watch

Copper price bears “overlooking decent fundamentals” – Mining.com

The Pentagon Is Almost Two Years Late On Efficiency Reforms – Defense One

US and Taliban resume talks on ending America’s longest war in Afghanistan – Military Times

Putin orders reciprocal Russian response to U.S. missile test – Reuters

‘Rude’ Boris Johnson puts foot up on Elysee furniture during key Brexit talks with Macron – Fox News

Trump attacks Ford for not supporting his rollback of Obama-era climate change protections – NBC News

Playbook: Here’s what happened to the GOP’s moderate wing – Politico

The ‘Chicken Sandwich War’: Popeyes, Chick-fil-A, or Wendy’s? – Snopes.com

Stan Lee’s daughter: ‘No one could have treated my father worse than Marvel and Disney’s executives’ – CNBC

Banana Tea: Nutrition, Benefits, and Recipe – HealthLine