Date: 2014-09-04 00:00:00
S&P 500 (SPY) — open: 201.38, high: 201.41, low: 200.22, close: 200.5, volume: 57462000, daily change: -0.0005
News headlines:
U.S. Mail Cuts Prices, Chafing UPS and FedEx
Tesla Confirms Nevada for Factory
BP's Deadly Decision to Keep Drilling
BP Is Grossly Negligent in Gulf Disaster
Rate Rift Makes Investors Regroup
Fund Manager Lambastes HFT in Closing Letter
Allergan Approves Special-Meeting Requests
New DreamWorks Chief Named
AlixPartners Will Lead Puerto Rico Power Authority's Restructuring
MetLife Is Closer to 'Systemically Important' Tag After Vote
Walgreen Grapples With Label Woes
New Study for Recro Drug Candidate
Credit-Card Industry Ramps Up Security Efforts
Merck's Cancer Drug Approved
MetLife Tarred With AIG's Brush
J. Crew Group Profit Declines 38%
Europe's Rate Cut Good for Exports
Quiksilver Reports Lower-Than-Expected Sales
Euro Drops to 14-Month Low Against Dollar
Promotions Spur Retail Sales
Cooper Earnings Slip Even as Revenue Improves
Scottish Banks in Focus
Oil Prices Fall on Dollar Strength
Sugar Prices Drop to 7-Month Low
Judge Denies Martoma's Bid for a New Trial
Hot Jobs Data Could Singe Stocks
New Cancer Drug Offers Hope, At a High Price Tag
Gold Slips on Dollar Strength
BP's Cash Flow Still Under the Gavel
Opening Up to FireEye
Fed: Gap Between Rich, Poor Americans Widened During Recovery
BATS In Search of New President
Caterpillar Unit Loses Some Railcar-Repair Contracts
Monsanto's New GMO Defender
Air France-KLM to Lean on Discount Unit
ECB Balks at Sovereign QE, Aims at Euro
Matagorda Island Gas Files for Chapter 11
Banks Likely to Await More Details on ECB Debt Plan
Mattress Firm to Buy Sleep Train for $425 Million
China Vets Investors for Sinopec
Irish Bond Yield Turns Negative
Sliding Euro Adds Pressure On Neighbors
Bundesbank Chief Opposed ECB Moves
Brazil Auto Sales Fall
Standard Life to Sell Largest International Business
Home Depot Continues to Probe Possible Data Breach
U.S. Productivity Rose 2.3% in 2Q
Corporate Watch: News Digest
Rogue Trader Kerviel Granted Parole
United Biscuits to Meet Buyers
Chinese Developers' New Financing Tool Raises Red Flags
Gunvor Renews Middle East Borrowing Facility
Ciena Projects Disappointing Revenue
U.S. Jobless Claims Rose 4,000 Last Week
U.S. Trade Gap Narrowed in July
Merck Bacterial Drug Fast-Tracked by FDA
Hovnanian's Profit Soars
Standard Life Insures Smooth Exit From Canada
Vonnegut: Navigating the Family Office
Manulife to Buy Canadian Operations of Standard Life
GM Reaffirms Partnership With GM Financial
BP Signs Deal on Iraq Oil Output
VeriFone Beats Street, Ups View
Hootsuite Secures $35 Million Investment from Fidelity-Led Group
Funded Status of Corporate Pensions Falls In August
Joy Global Profit Slumps
German Manufacturing Growth Robust in July
Balfour Beatty Sells U.S. Unit to WSP
Thai Union Frozen to Buy MerAlliance
Sweden's Central Bank Holds Main Rate
Co-Op Returns to Profit
Weathering Japan's Hot and Cold Economy
Roche's Levinson Quits Board Over Google Role
Fiat Came Close to Merger Upset
Bilfinger Issues Third Profit Warning
Expedia Faces Hurdle in Australia
Wellness Programs Hurt by Rules, Some CEOs Say
Johnson & Johnson to Quicken Development of Ebola Vaccine
Market direction: Neutral