8/14 Monday's Stock Market Movers & News: SYY, PG, JD, FCAU, VFC, BLK, MDLZ, TSLA Good Morning TSMF! Happy Monday! Frontrunning: August 14 Korea tensions ease slightly as U.S. officials play down war risks (Reuters) Pence Plays Down Trump Threat on Venezuela (WSJ) Trump Pressed to Reject White Nationalist Groups (WSJ) White House Says Trump Abhors Neo-Nazis (BBG) Charlottesville, and the World, Take Stock of Violent Episode (NYT) Car Attack Suspect Had Shown Troubling Behavior (NYT) U.S. Default? Unlikely, But Bond Traders Are Taking No Chances (BBG) Voters sense betrayal in Britain's Brexit heartlands (Reuters) What the Google Controversy Misses: The Business Case for Diversity (WSJ) Chinese state newspaper says Trump trade probe will 'poison' relations (Reuters) Chinese try to buy Fiat Chrysler (Automotive News) China steel output hits record in July at 74 million tonnes (Reuters) Now Advising China’s State Firms: The Communist Party (WSJ) Vladimir's Venezuela - Leveraging loans to Caracas, Moscow snaps up oil assets (Reuters) HBO Hackers Leak Episodes From Upcoming Season of 'Curb' (AP) Trump Will Get His Tax Cuts, Vast Majority of Economists Say (BBG) U.S. tax change proposals anger builders, realtors, charities (Reuters) London’s Big Ben to Fall Silent Next Week for Four Years (BBG) Tudor and Brevan Howard abandon Mifid (FT) Hawking TVs on Tinder Helps Fuel 2000% Rally for Brazil Retailer (BBG) Trump Chips Away at Postcrisis Wall Street Rules (WSJ) French food group Danone's share rise after bid speculation report (Reuters) How a Conservative TV Giant Is Ridding Itself of Regulation (NYT) The Investment Bank Tipping Gold to Hit $1,400 (BBG) Businesses re-open in Kenyan capital despite opposition strike call over election (Reuters) Suspected Islamist militants kill 18 in attack on Burkina Faso restaurant (Reuters) STOCK FUTURES NOW: LAST WEEK'S MARKET HEAT MAP: LAST WEEK'S S&P SECTORS: THIS WEEK'S ECONOMIC CALENDAR: THIS WEEK'S GLOBAL ECONOMIC & POLICY CALENDAR: MOST ACTIVE TRENDING DISCUSSIONS (STOCK SYMBOLS ARE CLICKABLE!): JD BABA CSIQ SORL SVXY ZYNE XIV BTU HD TGT SYY WNRL DKS UGAZ PSTG UVXY GPS DGAZ AAP NTAP CNP CSCO SNAP DUST THIS WEEK'S EARNINGS CALENDAR: ($BABA $JD $HD $AMAT $WMT $CSCO $TGT $SORL $CACI $COH $CSIQ $TJX $DE $SYY $FL $DKS $AAP $ASUR $EXTR $NTAP) THIS WEEK'S IPO'S: THIS MORNING'S PRE-MARKET EARNINGS RELEASES: ($JD $SORL $CSIQ $SYY $ASUR $CETX $TGEN $EBIO $GALT $VBLT $URRE $WOW $TGA $CASI $DGLT $LIQT $PLYM) BEFORE TODAY'S MARKET OPEN: AFTER TODAY'S MARKET CLOSE: THIS MORNING'S ANALYST UPGRADES/DOWNGRADES: THIS MORNING'S INSIDER TRADING FILINGS: TODAY'S DIVIDEND CALENDAR: THIS MORNING'S PRE-MARKET STOCK NEWS MOVERS: source: cnbc.com Sysco — The food distributor posted earnings per share and revenue that topped analysts' expectations. Sysco reported earnings per share of 72 cents on sales of $14.421 billion. Analysts polled by Reuters expected a profit of 71 cents a share on revenue of $14.35 billion. Procter & Gamble — The company urged shareholders to vote against activist investor Nelson Peltz, saying Peltz is seeking a board seat to satisfy his own agenda. "P&G right now is balance and focus, with the Board and employees continuing a steady commitment to a plan that is working. P&G will not benefit from change for the sake of change," the company said in a letter. JD.com — The second-largest e-commerce firm in China said its net loss widened during the second quarter as marketing expenses soared 63 percent. JD.com's U.S.-listed shares fell 4 percent in the premarket. Fiat Chrysler — The automaker's U.S.-listed shares rose more than 4 percent in the premarket after Automotive News reported that representatives from a Chinese car company made at least one offer in the past month to buy Fiat. Fiat Chrysler did not immediately respond to CNBC.com's request for comment. VF Corp. — VF Corp. said it will buy the owner of Dickies and Workrite for about $820 million in cash. VF, which owns Timberland and Wrangler brands, said it expects the deal to add 2 cents a share to its current-year earnings forecast of $2.94 a share. BlackRock — Dan Loeb's Third Point took a stake worth about $678.7 million in BlackRock during the second quarter, according to a 13F filing released Friday. Mondelez — Nelson Peltz's Trian Partners reduced its stake in Mondelez by 3.9 percent last quarter, according to a regulatory filing released Friday. Tesla — Elon Musk's electric car maker raised $1.8 billion at a yield of 5.3 percent in its first junk-bond offering last week. Analysts expected Tesla to raise about $1.5 billion. The company's stock rose 1.7 percent before the bell. Have a happy trading day to everyone in here on this Monday!
