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1. Land O'Lakes CEO Beth Ford, from the cornfield to the C-suite

   Land O'Lakes CEO Beth Ford charts her career path, from her first job to becoming the first openly gay CEO at a Fortune 500 company in an interview with CNN's Boss Files.

2. Goldman Sachs slants research to help Democrats, top White House adviser says

   Kevin Hassett, President Donald Trump's top economic adviser, suggested Goldman Sachs may be slanting its economic research to help Democrats ahead of the midterm elections.

3. China says it will never use its currency as a weapon in the trade war

   Premier Li Keqiang said China "will never go down the path of stimulating exports by devaluing its currency."

4. The next big test for Elon Musk arrives this week

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5. The next big test for Elon Musk arrives this week

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6. CEOs are cashing in on the market boom

   Corporate insiders at US companies have dumped $5.7 billion of stock this month, the highest in any September in the past decade, according to TrimTabs.

7. General Electric is in a sharp decline

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8. Minimum wage since 1938

   When the federal minimum wage first became law in 1938, it was 25 cents. Adjusted for inflation, that would be worth $4.19 today. Scroll over the chart to see historical minimum wage amounts, and their corresponding values in today's dollars.

9. Why investors aren't freaking out about inflation

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10. Countries with higher wages than the U.S.

    Some Republicans say high wages in the U.S. are hurting America's global competitiveness. See the countries where wages are even higher.

11. Corporate America, not banks, could cause the next recession

    US companies have piled on a record-setting $6.3 trillion of debt.

12. Blind Brexit? Businesses fear even more uncertainty

    The United Kingdom could leave the European Union with very little idea of what its trading relationship will be at the end of a transition period in 2020. That's a new nightmare for business.

13. Dow sets first record high since January

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14. China strikes back by going after America's energy companies

    Liquified natural gas is a fast-growing industry, and China's retaliatory tariffs will hurt.

15. Investors are starting to worry about the economy

    One in four professional investors are bracing for global growth to slow in the next year, according to a Bank of America Merrill Lynch survey.

16. Executives on the front line worry about where the trade war goes next

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17. What they're saying about the trade war at China's 'Davos'

    As the US government steps up its trade offensive, business leaders in China say that Beijing is ready to dig in for a war of attrition.

18. Corporate America is spending more on buybacks than anything else

    For the first time in a decade, Corporate America is steering more money into stock buybacks than investing in the future.

19. Lehman Brothers: When the financial crisis spun out of control

    The implosion of Lehman Brothers -- and the mayhem it unleashed -- was the most terrifying moment for business and the US economy since the Great Depression.

20. These countries are most vulnerable to the emerging market storm

    Rising interest rates, along with trade wars, have sparked a stampede out of Turkey, Argentina and other emerging markets.