Date: 2016-05-23 00:00:00
S&P 500 (SPY) — open: 204.92, high: 206.1, low: 204.86, close: 205.49, volume: 104990400, daily change: 0.0063
News headlines:
BOJ Executive Says Presence in Stock Market Not Oversized
Singapore Stocks Take Their Cues, Follow Global Markets Down
Oil Prices Retreat On Near-Term Supply-Growth Concerns
Banks Dealt Blow in Libor Lawsuits
Russia Places First Eurobond Since Sanctions Imposed
At Bell Works, a Little City in the Suburbs
Polycom Receives Revised Offer From Second Potential Buyer
Fed’s Harker Sees Possibility of Two to Three Rate Increases This Year
U.S. Takeover Targets Wrest Fees, Guarantees From Chinese Suitors
J.P. Morgan Private Bank Lays Off Nearly 100 Employees
Fannie, Freddie and Government Favoritism
Stanford Business School Names Jonathan Levin as New Dean
The Big Number
Bank of America Penalty Thrown Out in ‘Hustle’ Case
Roundup of Form D Regulatory Filings--May 23
Swift Moves to Harden Customers’ Security
Germany’s Bayer Offers $62 Billion in Cash for Monsanto
Moody’s Cuts Credit Ratings on Deutsche Bank
Tribune Rejects Gannett’s New Offer
The World Economy is Running on Monetary Fumes
Nine Facts about the Great Recession and Tools for Fighting the Next Downturn
Shanda Group Accumulates 11.7% LendingClub Stake
DuPont, Dow Chemical Detail Post-Merger Executive Roles
A Doctor Comes to Tribune’s Aid
Waddell & Reed CEO to Retire
U.S. Businessman Pleads Guilty in Belize Money-Laundering Scheme
Dollar Gives Up Gains Despite Hawkish Fed Officials
U.S. Stocks Slip on Light Volume
An Examination of Treasury-Market Liquidity
Banking Regulators Questioned on Response to Swift Network Cyberattacks
Natural Gas Loses Steam as Weather Forecasts Cool
New U.S. Tax Rules Scuttle CF-OCI Fertilizer Merger
Oil Slips on Supply Concerns
A Rare Look Inside China’s Central Bank Shows Slackening Resolve to Revamp Yuan
Lawmaker Raises Concerns on Limiting FSOC’s Authority to Oversee Shadow Banks
FDIC Official Criticizes Global Regulators Over Easing of Certain Capital Restrictions
Finra Chief Calls Out Conflicts Posed by Bonus-Pay System
Vonnegut: How Do You Stabilize Volatile Wealth?
Hillary Clinton’s Complicated Path to the Center
Harvard Endowment Chief Takes Medical Leave
CEO of Futures Regulator to Retire
Energy Future Contemplates Possible  Competing Chapter 11 Plan
Brexit Campaigners Spar With Treasury Over Economy
The High Cost of Ultralow Interest Rates
Fed Paper Looks at the Effects of Fewer Startups
IMF Increases 2016 and 2017 Growth Forecasts for Italy
Versace Appoints Jonathan Akeroyd as CEO
Fed’s Williams Sees Rate Rises, But Doesn’t Tip Hand on June Meeting
Abercrombie Taps Target, Victoria’s Secret Veterans as Brand Chiefs
Bayer Shares Drop on Monsanto Deal Fears
Eurozone Economic Activity Slowed in May
Aeropostale Shareholder Eyes Claims Against Sycamore
Anthem, Cigna Privately Bicker as They Seek Merger Approval
American Capital Selling Operations for $4 Billion
Fed’s Bullard: More Factors in Favor of Fed’s Rate View Than Market’s
China’s Old-School Stocks Are Back in Style
China’s S.F. Express to Use Merger in a Bid to Go Public
GE to Invest $1.4 Billion in Saudi Arabia
Schlesinger’s Take: The Swift Emergence of a New Global Finance Worry
‘Liquid Biopsy’ Startups Face Long Road to Payoff for Breakthrough
Venture Industry Still in Shadow of Crossover Investors
Ryanair Posts Profit Jump, Warns of Growing Pressure on Airfares
Why the Virtual-Reality Hype is About to Come Crashing Down
ANZ Reviewing Options for Wealth-Management Arm
Schlesinger’s Take: The Swift Emergence of a New Global Finance Worry
Clinical Development News, May 16-20
Buell’s Take: The ECB’s Medium Eternity
Rate-Rise Worries Add to Iron-Ore, Steel Woes
CFTC Chairman: Critics Misconstrue Plan to Access Traders’ Code
Falling Commodity Prices Weigh on Asia Resources Stocks
Yen Gains After Japan Reports Strong Trade Surplus, Nikkei Falls
ECB Praet Says Further Rate Cut Remains an Option
Transcript: Q&A With CFTC’s Timothy Massad
Market direction: Rise