Takeaway: A quick look at some stories on Hedgeye's radar screen.

Keith McCullough – CEO

Crude oil prices reach 18-month high (via WashPost)
China Sets November for Key Economic Meeting for Communist Party (via Bloomberg)
Baghdad hit by new wave of deadly bomb attacks (via BBC)

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Todd Jordan – Gaming

Trump Taj Mahal To Open Strip Club (via AP)


Howard Penney – Restaurants

Starbucks Won't Cut Worker Hours, Benefits Ahead Of Obamacare (via HuffPost)

Kevin Kaiser – Energy

Syria sends oil to 2-year high, $150 spike feared (via RT)
No Particular Place to Go? What Will Happen to the Tsunami of Marcellus/Utica Ethane Production? (via RBN Energy)

Jonathan Casteleyn – Financials

SEC’s White to Meet With Exchanges on Nasdaq Trading Halt (via Bloomberg)
Putin Filmmaker Says Lonely Leader Scared to Loosen Grip (via Bloomberg)

Brian McGough – Retail

REI Close to Naming Key Coach Executive Stritzke As New CEO (via WSJ)

Jay Van Sciver – Industrials


Joy Global warns on revenue as coal glut hits orders (via Reuters)