Weather Alert: Hurricane Dorian Gains Strength – Expected to Become Category 4 on Way to Florida (Bloomberg)

Brexit Editorial of the Day: Suspending Britain’s Parliament Is an Act of Desperation – It’s Wrong (Bloomberg Opinion)

Today’s Update: In Blow to Boris Johnson’s Election Chances, Scottish Tory Leader, Ruth Davidson, Quits (Bloomberg)

Italian Power Shift: Nationalist Matteo Salvini Sidelined as PM Giuseppe Conte Vows to Lead ‘More United, Inclusive’ Italy (BBC News)

Today in Trade.

De-escalation: China Indicates It Won’t Retaliate Now on New U.S. Tariffs (Bloomberg)

Steven Mnuchin Says China Trade Meeting Will Happen – But Won’t Say When (Bloomberg)

Foxconn Sees India as Manufacturing Alternative to China (Bloomberg)

2020 Watch.

Trump’s Worst 2020 Poll Yet (Washington Post)

Trump trails all five Democrat’s names tested in a Quinnipiac national poll, all by at least nine points.
Biden 54 Trump 38
Sanders 53 Trump 39
Warren 52 Trump 40
Harris 51 Trump 40
Buttigieg 49 Trump 40

Must Read Profile: Jim Mattis Shares Lessons in Leadership from a Lifetime of Service, the Marine Corps, and President Donald Trump (Wall Street Journal)

Today in Financial News.

Goldman Plans Hiring Spree for 100-Plus Engineers in Tech-Related Roles (Bloomberg)

China Industrial Securities Adopts Buy-Side Tools from Bloomberg (The Trade)

Climate Today.

Weak on Climate: Trump Administration to Loosen Rules on Methane, A Key Greenhouse Gas (Bloomberg)

Not Just Brazil: Colombia, Peru and Bolivia Also Burning and Poisoning the Amazon, Colombia at Faster Rate (Bloomberg)

Beyond Coal: Last Coal Train Rolls to Arizona Power Plant as Closure Looms for Major Polluter (Arizone Central)

She’s Here: Greta Thunberg, Climate Activist, Arrives in NYC With a Message for Trump (New York Times)

Today at Bloomberg.

Today, Bloomberg launched a new and improved “About Bloomberg” web site, combining 5 different websites into one site that tells a much more cohesive story about what Bloomberg does and what we believe in.

Visit Bloomberg.com/about or click here and explore for yourself!

Quiz du jour.

Test Your Memory Today! Trump and Democratic front-runner Joe Biden disagree on a lot. But they often sound alike.

Take this short 15 question quiz and let me know your results. The top scores win a special prize.

Who Said It: Trump or Biden? (Bloomberg)

Best of late night.

“Papa John’s has named its new CEO, it’s the former President of Arby’s. Yeah. The former head of Arby’s said ‘I’m excited to finally work in the food industry.’ He just wants to see what it’s like.”
— Conan O’Brien

“The President of Brazil is refusing to put out the fires in the Amazon unless the President of France apologizes for calling him a liar. Ladies and gentlemen, I am not sure about you, but I am ready for women to run the world. This is the kind of B.S. only men get into!”
— Conan O’Brien

“Elizabeth Warren is having a huge surge. Her rallies are apparently getting huge. I just saw on the news today, at her political rallies, Senator Elizabeth Warren enters to the song ‘9 to 5‘. That’s true! Meanwhile, at his political rallies, Bernie Sanders enters to the song ‘I’m 95.’”
— Conan O’Brien