MSNBC
Shutting down the government for 35 days may cost the American economy $11 billion - this according to the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office. 

Lexology
For years, many small businesses have refused credit card payments entirely or credit card payments for transactions under a certain amount due to high transaction costs. Smaller retailers may also refuse certain brands of credit cards. However, a different trend has emerged in recent years as an increasing number of retailers are refusing to accept cash and instead accepting only credit/debit and smartphone payments.

American Banker 
The suggestion that banks and payment networks should monitor or refuse to finance consumer purchases of legal firearms is a suggestion that banks take the law into their own hands.

CNN
Retail sales in China will reach more than $5.6 trillion this year, about $100 billion more than in the United States, according to a report published by research firm eMarketer.

KATU News
Detectives are looking for a jewelry thief that stole thousands of dollars' worth of merchandise at All That Glitters Jewelry and Loan on Lombard Street in Portland, Ore., and then tried to pawn it off less than a day later.