The Hong Kong protests turn violent and ugly with
pro-democracy demonstrators and police clashing in the worst violence since the
initial evenings of the protests about two weeks ago. Police are beating the
students with batons. A video shows police pulling a protestor from the crowd
and beating him to the point where he had to be rushed to the hospital. Hundreds
of Hong Kong police use pepper spray on the protestors while continuing to
disassemble and remove the barricades. Th
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URI, a darling of long traders for the last two
years, reports an earnings beat on top and bottom lines and gains +2.2%. Las Vegas
Sands earnings EPS is in line but the top line is light. LVS trades +1.9%
higher after announcing a divvy increase.
The Whitehouse finally names the military operation in Syria
and Iraq calling the mission “Inherent Resolve” which is met with moans.
Usually the names denote stronger themes to encourage the troops such as
Operation Desert Storm. Operation Inherent Resolve is an odd selection and the president’s
detractors instead call the new war “Incoherent Resolve”. President Obama is
taking the ISIS radicals and Ebola outbreak more seriously cancelling several fund-raising
parties. With the world spinning out of control, Americans are happy to see the
Commander in Chief at the Whitehouse providing leadership.
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