Date: 2014-08-20 00:00:00
S&P 500 (SPY) — open: 197.84, high: 198.54, low: 197.44, close: 198.39, volume: 59135000, daily change: 0.0052
News headlines:
Wall Street Banks Lift Pay for Junior Bankers
Crop Tour Says Illinois Corn to Surpass 2013 Harvest
Berkshire Hathaway to Pay Penalty
JA Solar's Profit Rises
Shopper Malaise Hangs Over Target
Icahn Takes 8.5% Stake in Hertz
UPS Warns of Data Breach
Market Chilly to Argentine Debt Proposal
Moscow Advances on McDonald's
Corn, Soybean Yields Shoot Higher
Norwegian Faces Claims Over Dreamliner Delays
Private-Equity Firms Pursue Buyout of American Tire
MetLife Closer to Possible 'Systemically Important' Designation
Fed Debates Early Rate Increases
Synopsys Inc. Third-Quarter Profit Up 26%
Corporate Watch: News Summary
Sandell Claims Bob Evans Board Seats
Yoga Poseurs: Athletic Gear Soars, Outpacing Sport Itself
Mexico's Pemex Prepares to Compete With Private Firms
L Brands Books Higher Profit, Sales
Bonus Points Scarcer at GameStop
Monsanto Expects 2014 U.S. Approval for New Soybean Seeds
American Eagle Flies in Face of Short Sellers
Top U.K. Fund Manager Neil Woodford Says Equities Overvalued
U.S. Dollar Rises on FOMC Minutes
Lowe's Cuts Sales Outlook Even as Traffic, Revenue Rise
Oil Prices Gain on Supply Drop
Gold Prices Slip After Fed Minutes
Bank of America Reaches $17 Billion Settlement
Barclays to Settle Thornburg Mortgage Lawsuit
Copper Prices Surge After Glencore Outlook
Lehman Brokerage Wants Hearing in Dispute with Barclays
Air Berlin Swings to Profit in Second Quarter
Foreign-Exchange Industry Calls for Tougher Rules on Traders
Canadian Judge: Nortel Bondholders Can't Collect Interest
Texas Auto-Finance Firm Fined
Media General, LIN to Sell Stations
America Inc. Gets Schooled on Wages
Palladium May Be Headed for a Fall
Pound Fluctuates on BOE Minutes
Mylan Edges Toward Glaxo Drugs
U.K. Rates Need Firmer Footing
Canada's Big Banks Seen Reporting Mixed Results
BP Hires 'Lower 48' Chief
Carillion Backs Off From Balfour
Voices: Howard Hook, on Clients Who Own Too Many Assets
Drone Maker Eyes Europe Orders
Glencore Plans $1 Billion Buyback
Glencore Deserves Credit for Buyback
Macy's Reaches Settlement on Racial Profiling Allegations
Russia's Mobile TeleSystems Cuts Sales Forecast
Staples Pushes Turnaround as Sales Fall
Geely Automobile Profit Falls
Bristol-Myers, Celgene to Collaborate on Cancer-Treatment Study
American Eagle Outfitters Profit Slides
Coca-Cola Amatil Faces Challenges in Indonesia
European Brewers Are Hurt in Russia
Smucker Sales Fall on Promotions
Expenses Bite Into MSG Profit
Europe to Launch Its Own GPS Satellites
Regulators Eye Variable Annuity Sales
Amicus Therapeutics' Fabry Treatment Meets Primary Endpoints
IFC to Raise $2.5 Billion Via Rupee Bonds, Swaps in India
Fortescue Remains Chained to Its Ore
Dubai International Financial Center CEO Resigns
Youku Streams Problems Alibaba's Way
Standard Chartered Fined $300 Million
Atos Takes Control of French Rival Bull
German Producer Prices Fall
Fortescue Profit Jumps
Citi Weighs Sale of Japan Unit
Argentina Moves to Pay Exchange Bondholders In Argentina
GM Sweetens Labor Day Deals
Investors Pour Into Vanguard
Market direction: Neutral