Business Bible News Market Minute: October 1 @ 12:00AM ET

This is a Business Bible News Market Minute for Wednesday October 1 at 12:07 PM Eastern Time. According to Bloomberg, US futures slipped as the government neared a shutdown after a funding bill failed to pass. Global markets are mixed today. In overseas trading, the Nikkei is down 451 points. The Dow is up 75 points to 46,391. Gold is up $68 to $3,889 per ounce. Today's Daily Principle is BUSINESS: MANAGEMENT, specifically dealing with Fair Value. This principle is found in 1 Chronicles 21–22. The verse reads: "David said to him, 'Sell me your threshing place, so that I can build an altar to the Lord, to stop the epidemic. I'll give you the full price.'"