Generations mix to 'change the conversation' about aging -Boston Globe
"It was a reach across the generational divide. A pair of millennial gerontologists and aspiring entrepreneurs invited strangers of varying ages to grab a drink together at a Dorchester craft beer brewery.

Consumers prop up U.S. economy as business spending retrenches -Reuters
"U.S. economic growth slowed in the third quarter as a further contraction in business investment was offset by resilient consumer spending, further allaying financial market fears of a recession....'An orderly economic slowdown is in progress,' said Sung Won Sohn, a business economics professor at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. 'Unfortunately, businesses do not share the same optimism consumers have.

Markets Spooked By Report China Doubts Trade Deal Is Ever Possible -Zero Hedge
"S&P futures reversed overnight gains, and European stocks slumped on Thursday after a Bloomberg report that China doubts the possibility of a long-term trade deal with President Donald Trump. And one day after they all slumped following the Fed's latest rate cut which pushed stocks to all time highs, safe haven assets including bonds, gold and the yen all advanced.