Five things you need to know today, and why it's OK to start holiday shopping now

Good morning, friends. Here are the five things you need to know to get your day started, plus a pretty good reason to start holiday shopping before Halloween this year. The incredible shrinking Raytheon Waltham-based Raytheon Technologies, one of the largest employers in Massachusetts, reported earnings yesterday, and on the call CEO Gregory Hayes said the aerospace and defense giant is planning to shrink its office space even more than planned. Think 10% of total square footage across the country. Two…