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19:29 EDT On The Fly: Top five weekend stock stories - Catch up on the weekend's top five stories with this list compiled by The Fly: 1. Canada, the EU, Japan, Mexico and South Korea will meet in Geneva next week to discuss how to respond to threats by U.S. President Donald Trump to impose tariffs on U.S. imports of autos and car parts, according to Reuters, citing officials familiar with the matter. Publicly traded companies in the space include Daimler AG (DDAIF), Fiat Chrysler (FCAU), Ford (F), General Motors (GM), Honda (HMC), Nissan (NSANY), Toyota (TM) and Volkswagen (VLKAY). 2. BMW (BMWYY) is planning to raise the prices of two U.S.-made crossover sport-utility vehicles in China to cope with the additional cost of tariffs on U.S. car imports, according to Reuters. Meanwhile, U.S. manufacturers are also said to be charging more to cope with rising steel and aluminum costs, The Wall Street Journal reported. Polaris Industries (PII) is raising prices on its boats, motorcycles, snowmobiles and other recreational vehicles to cover $15M of the $40M in tariff-related costs the manufacturer expects to pay for foreign-made steel, aluminum and components from China this year, the report noted. CEO Scott Wine said Polaris would accelerate plans to move production of motorcycles that it sells in Europe to Poland from Iowa to avoid rising European Union tariffs on U.S. motorcycles, a similar plan to the one announced by Harley-Davidson (HOG) in June, the publication added. 3. Facebook (FB) looks like a bargain after its recent tumble given its rarity and the company's strong balance sheet, Andrew Bary wrote in this week's edition of Barron's. The bearish argument is that Facebook is peaking, as user growth slows and expense growth outpaces revenue gains, but Facebook remains a powerful platform, with 1.5B daily users, strong engagement and no major competitor, he added. 4. Viacom (VIAB) owned Paramount's "Mission: Impossible - Fallout" opened to $61.5M from 4,306 theaters in North America, a franchise-high. Overseas, the movie earned $92M from its first 36 markets for a series-high global bow of $153.5M. "Mission: Impossible - Fallout" earned an A CinemaScore and sports a 97% Rotten Tomatoes score. 5. UnitedHealth (UNH), AO Smith (AOS), Zoetis (ZTS), MasterCard (MA), Nvidia (NVDA), Triton International (TRTN), Eli Lilly (LLY) and Fiat Chrysler saw positive mentions in Barron's.

18:16 EDT Macquarie Infrastructure enters into agreement to sell Bayonne Energy Center - MIC - Macquarie Infrastructure Corporation - announced that it has entered into an agreement to sell 100% of the Bayonne Energy Center power generation facility in Bayonne, New Jersey for approximately $900M in cash and assumed debt. The transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2018, subject to receipt of customary regulatory and other approvals. The transaction values BEC at approximately $1,400 per kilowatt of generating capacity. MIC anticipates using part of the net proceeds of approximately $650M, after transaction fees and expenses, to reduce debt including $150M outstanding on the revolving credit facility at the company's IMTT business. MIC expects its ratio of net debt to EBITDA to be less than 4.5 times at year end 2018. Proceeds not used to reduce debt will be available to fund a portion of MIC's planned growth capital deployments. The MIC Board will consider options for returning any excess capital to shareholders. MIC expects taxable gain from the sale of BEC to utilize the majority of its federal prior year Net Operating Loss carry-forward although the company expects to be able to offset future federal taxable income with the tax benefits associated with planned growth capital deployments.

17:01 EDT Box Office Battle: New 'Mission: Impossible' wins weekend with franchise best - Viacom (VIAB) owned Paramount's "Mission: Impossible - Fallout" opened to $61.5M from 4,306 theaters in North America, a franchise-high. Overseas, the movie earned $92M from its first 36 markets for a series-high global bow of $153.5M. "Mission: Impossible - Fallout" earned an A CinemaScore and sports a 97% Rotten Tomatoes score. BOX OFFICE RUNNERS-UP: Universal's (CMCSA; CMCSK) "Mamma Mia: Here we go again!" stayed at number 2, grossing an estimated $15M from 3,514 theaters. Behind it was Sony's (SNE) "The Equalizer 2," ending the weekend with $14M for a 10-day domestic total of $64.3M. Sony's "Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation" placed number 4 in its third weekend, earning $12.3M for a cume of $119.2M in North America. Rounding out the top five, Warner Bros. (TWX) "Teen Titans Go! To The Movies" ended its opening weekend with $10.5M from 3,188 theaters. Other publicly traded companies in filmmaking include 21st Century Fox (FOXA), Lionsgate (LGF.A), and Disney (DIS).