…..More records on Wall Street. Reckitt Benchkiser buys Mead Johnson. Blackstone buys Aon unit. Consumer sentiment dips. Oil rallies. Import prices rise. Trump hosts Japan’s Abe. Talks to China’s Xi. Wall will cost more. Greece is still a problem for the EU. Italy next? Germany banks gold. Fast brandy. Financial Review by Sinclair Noe for 02-10-2017 DOW + 96 = 20,269 SPX + 8 = 2316 NAS + 18 = 5734 RUT + 10 = 1388 10 Y + .01 = 2.41% OIL + .81 = 53.81 GOLD + 5.70 = 1234.50 Reckitt Benckiser has agreed to buy Mead Johnson Nutrition for $90 a share, or $16.6 billion, taking the UK consumer-products group into the infant food market. Including debt, the deal is valued at $17.9 billion. The transaction will add to Reckitt’s per-share earnings in the first full year. Blackstone has agreed to acquire insurance broker AON’s employee benefits outsourcing unit for $4.3 billion in cash, giving Blackstone ownership of a business that processes work benefits for 15% of the U.S. population. It will also allow Aon to exit the capital-intensive business, allowing it to invest in growth areas beyond its core insurance brokerage operations. The University of Michigan preliminary February consumer sentiment index fell to 95.7 from January’s final reading of 98.5. The most marked decline was in a forward-looking part of the survey, down 5.1% from January. Oil is rallying on OPEC. West Texas Intermediate crude oil is higher after data released by the International Energy Agency ...