Takeaway: A quick look at some stories on our radar screen.

Keith McCullough – CEO

Dollar hits over one-month highs (via Reuters)

Manufacturing ISM Rises To 55.7, Beats Expectations, Highest Since April 2011 (via Zero Hedge)

Hangar Haggling With Ballmer Girds Twitter’s CFO for IPO (via Bloomberg)

Syria crisis: UN says more than 2m have fled (via BBC)

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Daryl Jones – Macro

Nobody Watches Business TV Anymore (via New York)

Josh Steiner – Financials

August Home Prices rose +12.3% Y/Y  (via CoreLogic)

Inventory crunch easing up for home buyers (via Sun Sentinel)

Jonathan Casteleyn – Financials

PIMCO highlights its stock funds: Expect continued weakness in bonds  (via Twitter)

Matt Hedrick – Macro

SNB Franc Shield Reaps Reward of Growth Defying Euro Area (via Bloomberg)

Kevin Kaiser – Energy

Decades of Ruptures From Defect Show Perils of Old Pipe (via Bloomberg)

Brent Crude Climbs On Missile Test Report (via WSJ)

Howard Penney – Restaurants

Starbucks Pastor-to-Be Shows Shift in U.S. Part-Time Job Market (via BusinessWeek)