The FirstAlert(tm) Economics Calendar lists Personal Income & Consumption Spending for Sep (8:30 am ET); ISM Manufacturing Index for October (10 am ET); Construction Spending for September (10 am ET); Treasury auctions 5-year TIPS (1 pm ET).

The FirstAlert(tm) Events Calendar showcases NAV, DAN and MOD, at the Gabelli & Company, Inc. Automotive Aftermarket Symposium; NST at the EEI Financial Conference.

The FirstAlert(tm) Earnings Calendar highlights Corning; IntercontinentalExchange, Inc.; Momenta Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Regal-Beloit Corporation; Texas Roadhouse, Inc.; The Principal Financial Group.

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Quote of the Day: "All wars are planned by old men, in council rooms apart." — Grantland Rice (11/01/1880 – 07/13/1954), US writer.

Word of the Day: eke \EEK\, transitive verb: 1. To gain or supplement with great effort or difficulty — used with 'out'. 2. To increase or make last by being economical — used with 'out'.

In context: “Inevitably, the prodigious footnotes get in the way of what is, basically, a simple parable. Like the wide margins the publishers use to eke out a skimpy text, they make the novel seem bigger than it is.” — James MacBride, "What Did Myra Want?", New York Times, February 18, 1968

(Eke is from Old English ecan, "to increase.")

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Happy Birthday: 1889 – Philip Noel-Baker, Baron Noel-Baker, Canadian-born peace activist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1982).

Today in History: 1512 – The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, painted by Michelangelo, is exhibited to the public for the first time.

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