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• U.S. stocks open lower as Wall Street selloff continues
  U.S. stocks opened lower on Monday as the selloff on Wall Street continued following Friday's 1,000-point...
  U.S. stocks opened lower on Monday as the selloff on Wall Street continued following Friday's 1,000-point drop in the Dow Jones Industrial Average. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -0.58% pulled back 255 points, or 0.8%, to 32,027. The S&P 500 SPX, -0.47% dropped 32 points, or 0.8%, to 4,026. The Nasdaq Composite COMP, -0.50% fell 93 points, or 0.8%, to 12,042. The Dow saw its biggest daily drop since May 18 on Friday, while the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq each recorded their worst days since mid-June. All three benchmarks also finished in the red for the second straight week. Stocks plunged on Friday after Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said the Fed would continue its battle against inflation even if tighter monetary policy causes financial harm to U.S. households and businesses.
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• Oil prices buoyed on prospect of OPEC production cut
  Oil futures moved higher early Monday, building on the previous week’s gains as investors...
  Oil futures moved higher early Monday, building on the previous week’s gains as investors weighed the prospect of a cut in production by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries.
  

  
  
  • West Texas Intermediate crude for October delivery CL00,  rose 69 cents, or 0.7%, to $93.75 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, building on a gain of 2.9% last week.
  
  
  • October Brent crude BRNV22, the global benchmark, was up 40 cents, or 0.4%, at $101.39 a barrel on ICE Futures Europe. The most actively traded November contract BRNX22, rose 55 cents, or 0.6%, to $93.61 a barrel.
  
  
  • September gasoline RBU22, was down 1.6% at $2.805 a gallon, while September heating oil HOU22, hed 1.6% to $3.945 a gallon.
  
  
  • September natural-gas futures NGU22, advanced 1.6% to $9.445 per million British thermal units.
  
  
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• Elon Musk Says World Still Needs Oil and Gas
  The world must continue to extract oil and gas in order to sustain civilization, while also developing...
  The world must continue to extract oil and gas in order to sustain civilization, while also developing sustainable sources of energy, Tesla founder Elon Musk told reporters at a conference in Norway on Aug. 29.
  
  “Realistically I think we need to use oil and gas in the short term, because otherwise, civilization will crumble,” Musk said on the sidelines of an energy conference in the southern city of Stavanger.
  
  Asked if Norway should continue to drill for oil and gas, Musk said: “I think some additional exploration is warranted at this time.”
  
  “One of the biggest challenges the world has ever faced is the transition to sustainable energy and to a sustainable economy,” he said. “That will take some decades to complete.”
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• ☕️What Else is Brewing This Monday Morning
  The Buffalo Bills released punter Matt Araiza after he was accused in a lawsuit of gang-raping a minor with two of his former teammates at San Diego State. Araiza denies the allegations.
  
  US intelligence officials said they’ll review the records taken from Mar-a-Lago for potential national security risks.
  
  Two US warships transited the Taiwan Strait for the first time since House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to the island.
  
  Chipotle workers in Michigan became the first location to unionize at the company.
  
  
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• ⚾️Baseball card sells for $12.6 million (and it's Oklahoma's Mickey Mantle)
  A 1952 Mickey Mantle baseball card in mint condition ...
  A 1952 Mickey Mantle baseball card in mint condition sold for $12.6 million at auction—topping a $9.3 million Diego Maradona jersey as the most expensive piece of sports memorabilia ever sold. The sports collectibles space has exploded in popularity during the pandemic. In 2018, the size of the market was estimated to be around $5.4 million. By 2021, it grew to $26 billion.
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