Edging lower. Monsanto/Bayer a big deal. Import prices fell. Census data on poverty, medical care, and inequality. Techies want real news. Autonomous shopping carts. Ford to Mexico. Uber minus Uber drivers. SpaceX minus a launch pad. Shipping minus customers. Apple’s back. Wells Fargo under investigation.   Financial Review by Sinclair Noe for 09-14-2016   DOW – 31 = 18,034 SPX – 1 = 2125 NAS + 18 = 5173 10 Y – .04 = 1.69% OIL – 1.26 = 43.64 GOLD + 4.20 = 1323.60   Wall Street edged lower, and trading seemed calm compared to the past few days. The S&P 500 remains down almost 3 percent from before a steep selloff on Friday, even though interest rate futures indicate expectations for a rate hike at the Fed’s Sept. 20-21 meeting are still low. What we are seeing is probably a preview for what will happen when the Fed does raise rates.   Monsanto has finally agreed to a takeover offer from Bayer, valuing it at $128 per share or a total of more than $66 billion, ending months of wrangling after increasing its bid for a third time. The deal would be the largest all-cash transaction on record and put a quarter of the combined world market for seeds and pesticides under one roof. Bayer has also settled on a $2 billion break-up fee for the deal, which could close by the end of 2017.   The Monsanto-Bayer deal will face anti-trust scrutiny. Last year Monsanto tried to ...