Date: 2014-10-29 00:00:00
S&P 500 (SPY) — open: 196.82, high: 198.42, low: 196.73, close: 198.41, volume: 106736000, daily change: 0.0115
News headlines:
PanAust Takeover Talks Stall
Corporate Watch: News Digest
Downtown Manhattan Lures Creative Firms
Akamai Posts Strong Earnings on Revenue Growth
Baidu Posts Higher Revenue
Alibaba’s Underwriters Are Bullish on the Stock
Grand Canyon Education May Convert to Nonprofit Entity
Ebola-Related Orders Flood Lakeland
Financier in Apparent Suicide Had Been in Dispute Over Trades
Barrick’s Earnings Decline on Lower Gold and Copper Prices
Fed Closes Chapter on Easy Money
Kraft Profit Drops on Higher Commodity Costs
SEC to Investigate American Realty Capital Properties
DreamWorks Profit Rises on ‘Dragon 2’
Debt Fuels Growth of Buyout Shops
Williams Cos. Profit Soars, Boosted by  Access Midstream Stake
Murphy Oil Profit Falls on Lower Oil Prices
Pilgrim’s Pride Posts Higher Earnings
Range Resources Profit, Revenue Surge
Avis Profit Surges on Higher Pricing
F5 Networks CEO Plans to Retire Next Year
RadioShack Brings on GM Bailout Veteran to Aid Turnaround
Allstate Operating Profit Falls 16% Amid Higher Catastrophe Losses
Canada Issues New Rail-Safety Requirements
Hershey Margins Hurt by Higher Costs
Atlantic City Takes Revel to Court Over Unpaid Taxes
Visa Profit Beats Expectations
Hanesbrands Profit Declines on Acquisition Costs
Weight Watchers Sees Profit Slimmed 37%
Regulator Prods Car Makers to Hurry Air Bag Repairs
Shale Boom Shines Light on Natural-Gas Liquids
Oil Prices Hold Gains on Inventory Data
Dollar Rises After Fed Statement
MetLife Profit More Than Doubles
Orbital Weighs Speeding Design Changes
Starbucks’s Cup Is Half-Full
Cotton Futures Rise to Six-Week High; Coffee Slumps
Samuel Wyly Lawyers Seek OK for Art Sale
Eaton’s Sales Edge Higher
Orbital Sciences CEO Expects Alliant Merger Proceed
Carlyle Sees Profit Climb
Buybacks Can Juice Per-Share Profit
SodaStream to Close West Bank Factory
Probe Widens Into Tax Maneuver
TE Connectivity’s Profit Surges
Pimco Brings Back Two Former Executives
McGraw Hill Posts $60 Million Charge Related to SEC Matter
Gold Extends Losses After FOMC Statement
Sanctions Are Seen Hurting Moscow
Marchionne Aims to Sell Wall Street the Ferrari Life
Fast Traders Get Data From SEC Seconds Early
Goodyear Shares Jump; Results Beat Expectations
Deutsche Bank, Former Traders Settle Dispute Over Suspensions
Ally Financial’s Profit Surges
Bayer to Buy Assets From DuPont
Total Hurt by Weak Oil Prices
Private-Equity Firms Prepare Bids for PetSmart
TransCanada to File ‘Energy East’ Oil Pipeline Application
China’s Focus on Growth Could Hamper Rebalancing
Siemens Said to Pick Buyer for Hearing-Aid Unit Next Week
Europe Stocks On Rise
Tesco Fraud Investigation Opened
Mars Inc.: Chocolate Minus Wall Street
Deutsche Bank, Former Traders Settle Dispute
Greenspan Frets On Monetary Policy
OPEC Chief Says Output Likely to Stay Unchanged
Rethinking Some Grantor Trusts
ECB Should Not Follow the Bond-Buying Crowd, Says Council Member
WellPoint’s Profit Prompts Higher View
BYD Profit Falls 26% on Increased Competition
UPS Predicts 11% Increase in December Deliveries
American Realty Capital Stock Drops
Abbott Labs to Buy Topera
Shell Midstream Partners Opens at $32 in IPO
Russian Wheat Threatened by Lack of Rain
Voices: Rick Buoncore, on Using Master Limited Partnerships
More Americans Gain Bank Accounts
Hess Results Improve
For a Niche Practice, Less Means More
China Lenders Record Sluggish Profit Growth
Plan to Limit Sale of Risky Debt
Statoil Posts Loss After Charges
Phillips 66 Earnings Soar
Eli Lilly, Boehringer Ingelheim Restructure Diabetes Venture
PetroChina Earnings Fall 6.2% On Weaker Oil Demand
Ford Recalls Some Older-Model SUVs
Exelon Earnings Rise 35%
Charter Loss Narrows
Ralph Lauren Lowers Sales View
Teck Resources Profit Slumps 69%
Southern Co. Posts 6.4% Revenue Increase
Deutsche Bank Swings to Loss
Norway’s Oil Fund Curbed by Losses
Waste Management Earnings Fall on Restructuring
Hyatt Revenue Rises 7.6%
ECB Says Banks Ease Loan Standards
IAC/InterActive’s Profit Surges
Booz Allen Earnings, Revenue Fall On Slow Government Spending
Garmin Revenue Increases 9.7%
BBVA Lifted by Lower Provisions
Praxair Earnings Grow 7%
Investors Pressure South Korea Firms
Air France Profit Hurt by Strike
Volatility, Politics Limit Indonesia Deals
China Fund Approved for Bond ETF in New York
BG to Delay Canada LNG Terminal
Ruble Hits Fresh Low
Xiaomi Loan Draws 29 Banks
LG Electronics’ Net Profit Surges
Markets Nervous Ahead of Swiss Gold Vote
Hong Kong Approves Trading Link With Shanghai
Energy Boom Can Withstand Steeper Oil-Price Drop
Market direction: Rise