Date: 2016-04-25 00:00:00
S&P 500 (SPY) — open: 208.55, high: 209.29, low: 207.91, close: 208.97, volume: 99251700, daily change: 0
News headlines:
1MDB Confirms Default on $1.75 Billion Bond Issue
Detergent Pods More Dangerous to Children
Regulators Recommend Approval of Charter-Time Warner Cable Deal
Regulators Release Lightly Redacted Theranos Letter, Inspection Report
South Korean Economy Grows 0.4%
Asia Natural Gas Prices Hit the Brakes
Supreme Court Grapples With Patent-Challenge Rules
Goldman Sachs Drops the Velvet Rope for Savers
Sheltering Foreign Profits From U.S. Taxes Is No Big Feat
Wal-Mart to Drop Wild Oats Organic Food Brand
Why I’m Still Not a Bank Customer at Goldman Sachs
Zohar Funds Sue Tilton’s Patriarch Partners
Saudi Aramco to Become Holding Company With Listed Subsidiaries
United Technologies Raises Dividend
The Big Number
Regulators to Call for Banks to Have Year’s Worth of Liquidity
KKR Swings to First-Quarter Loss
Boyd Gaming to Buy Two Cannery Casino Properties in Las Vegas
Container Store Plans Costs Cuts
Financial Data Doesn’t Need Trade-Deal ‘Carve-Out’
Valeant Names Joseph Papa as New CEO
Express Scripts Raises Annual Profit Projection
Nabors Industries Swings to Loss
Canadian National Railway Reports Higher Profits
Stocks Fall on Declines in Energy Sector
Libyan Eastern Government’s First Crude-Oil Export Sets Sail
As Its CEO Leaves for Valeant, Perrigo Continues to Struggle
Ethan Allen Earnings Beat Forecast
Dollar Falls Ahead of U.S., Japanese Central Bank Meetings
U.S. Closes Probe Into Honda’s Failure to Report Deaths, Injuries
FHFA Program Reflects Improved Housing Market
Natural Gas Pulls Back From Near Three-Month High
Oil Falls on Signs of Rising Supplies
Gold Rises on Weaker Dollar
Copper Falls With Oil Prices
Gannett Offers to Acquire Tribune
Unilever Almost Borrowing for Free Following ECB Bond-Buying Plans
Bundesbank Official: Banks Coping ‘Reasonably Well’ With Negative Rates
Qatar Airways in Talks with Boeing over Narrowbody
Westlake Nominates Slate to Replace Axiall Board
Honeywell Unveils $5 Billion Stock Buyback Plan
Barrick Gold Turns to New Finance Chief
Depomed Says Starboard Has Month to Call Shareholder Meeting
Cruz-Kasich Alliance the Latest GOP Stunner
Dallas Fed Index Little Changed in April
U.S. New-Home Sales Fell in March
Caterpillar CEO’s 2015 Pay Package Reached $17.9 Million
Five Big Truths About Trade
San Francisco Fed Post Says Boost From Cheap Oil Still Possible
Vonnegut: The New Estate Planning That’s Critical for Clients
Abu Dhabi Fund Prepared to Pay Interest for 1MDB Bond
Target CEO’s 2015 Pay Package Totals $16.9 Million
Bob Evans to Lay Off 1,100 Workers
The Road to a Second Round Gets Harder
Concerns Over 11,000 Jobs As BHS Appoints Administrators
African Tale of Two Currencies Puts Euro on Top
GBP/USD Hits 10-Week High, Boosted by Obama
BOJ May Wait Until June to Act, Abe Adviser Says
EU Regulator to Approve NOL Takeover By CMA CGM This Week
Hayashi’s Take: Regulators Play Catch Up With Elder Financial Abuse
Smart Environmental Sensor Maker Helium Picks Up $20M
Augmedix Raises $17M for Google Glass for Doctors
Kamcord Nabs $10 Million for Virtual Goods Tips to Gamers
Shell Outlines BG Consolidation Plans
Steel, Iron Ore Dip in China After Increase
Hilsenrath’s Take: Fed Has Little Incentive to Send Strong New Signal on Balance of Risks
Hayashi’s Take: Regulators Play Catch Up With Elder Financial Abuse
Shares in EDF Dive After it Unveils $4.5 billion Capital-Raising Plan
Roundup of Form D Regulatory Filings--April 22
Clinical Development News, April 18-22
Fed Statement Could Offer Clues Toward June Rate Decision
Asian Shares Mostly Lower
Philippine Central Bank to Start Rate Corridor May 4
Germany’s Economy Has Weak Points, Says Economic Institute
Mario Draghi and Germany’s Fiscal Fetish
Blacklisted Terrorism Financiers Still Active on Social Media
Market direction: Neutral