Date: 2017-01-31 00:00:00
S&P 500 (SPY) — open: 228.17, high: 228.2, low: 226.41, close: 227.55, volume: 79737300, daily change: -0.0062
News headlines:
Deutsche Bank to Pay Nearly $630 Million to Settle Probes Into Russian Trades
Smart-Glass Startups Get Attention From Industry
Dollar Slides After Trump Hits Out at ‘Devalued’ Currencies
Oil Futures Slip in Asia Trading as Focus Stays on OPEC
Asian Markets Slip as Trump Trade Continues to Unwind
Altria to Recall Skoal, Copenhagen Smokeless Tobacco Products
Elliott Launches Fight for Board Seats at Arconic
Union Speaks Out Against Walgreens-Rite Aid Deal
Startup Investors and Executives Denounce U.S. Border Curbs
Canada Rates Won’t Move in Lockstep With Fed, Poloz Says
SEC to Reconsider Enforcing ‘Conflict Minerals’ Rule, Acting Chief Says
CRV Pledges to Help Immigrants, and Make a Statement
Merrill Lynch Offers More Clarity on Customers’ Investment Costs
Soros Hires New Chief Investment Officer
Twist Bioscience Fires Back at Agilent Technologies
Lawmakers Urge Yellen to Improve Diversity Among Regional Fed Presidents
A Guinness Brewery for the U.S.
Trump’s Criticism of Imports Adds to Drugmakers’ Headaches
Bullish Oil Bets Hit a Record High
Roundup of Form D Regulatory Filings--Jan. 31
Shuttered Companies, Unpaid Bills Test Tilton’s Empire
Restoration Hardware Sues Crate & Barrel Over Trade Secrets
Match Group to Sell Nondating Business, Including Princeton Review
Stocks Drop as Earnings Disappoint
Under Armour Punished After Revenue Hits a Wall
Measures of Inflation Tick Up Around the Globe
Chubb Operating Earnings Grow
Exxon Profit Tumbles on Charge; Revenue Rises
Anadarko Petroleum Narrows Loss
Aflac Revenue Rises
Market Talk: Daily Analysis Roundup
Video Analysis: Financial Regulation Under Trump—Freeze and Roll Back
U.S. Crude-Oil Stockpiles Seen Up in Week
Scurria’s Take: Make-Wholes May Fade to Bankruptcy Back Burner
Oil Prices Rise on OPEC Cuts
Eurozone Economy on Pace With U.S.
Natural Gas Near Two-Month Low on Warmer Weather Forecast
Dollar Slides as U.S. Data, Politics Weigh
EcoPlexus on Tap to Acquire SunEdison Projects in Minnesota
Maker of Ben Hogan-Brand Golf Clubs Files for Bankruptcy
Anger Grows Over Trump Travel Restrictions
Fed’s Stress Tests Hit Some Bank Lending Harder Than Basel
Scurria’s Take: Make-Wholes May Fade to Bankruptcy Back Burner
Robo-Adviser Betterment Adds Human Option
Pfizer Revenue Falls
Caterpillar Moving Headquarters to Chicago
Senate Republicans Introduce Bill to Rein In CFPB
Parsing Trump’s 2-1 Regulatory Plan
Gold Prices Up on Data, Politics
The Growing Symbiosis of Insiders and the Dark Web
Hormel Investigating Alleged Hog Abuses at Supplier’s Oklahoma Farm
Diageo to Launch New Irish Whiskey Brand
Trump Tells Pharmaceutical CEOs He Wants Prices Down
Azure Midstream Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
Defense Department Takes Aim at ModSpace Bankruptcy Restructuring
Demand for ‘High Street’ Retail Space in Italy
Hennes & Mauritz Rolls Back on New Store Openings
Aetna Profit Slides, but Beats Forecasts
Toshiba to Exit Nuclear Construction Business
Blind Industries Says Lynn Tilton Rebuffed Job-Saving Buyout
UAW Stance Against Immigration Order Gets Mixed Reviews
ACLU to Join Startup Accelerator Y Combinator
GoDaddy Hires Adviser for Possible Sale of HEG Unit
Video Analysis: Financial Regulation Under Trump—Freeze and Roll Back
Mexico’s Economic Growth Slowed in Fourth Quarter
Coach Earnings Rise, but Sales Forecast Eases
Harley-Davidson Doesn’t See Bike Shipments Growing This Year
Mastercard’s Revenue Growth Slows
Big Investor Group to Push for End to Dual-Class Shares
Shutdown of Texas Pipeline Boosting Oil Prices
UPS Results Hurt By Rapid Shift to E-Commerce
BC Partners Hires Former Senior Honeywell Executive Alex Ismail
Home Price Growth Showed No Signs of Slowing in November
Citi Merges Investment-Banking Units
HCA Gives Upbeat Outlook
CIT Group Swings to Loss Amid OneWest Charge
U.S. Consumer Confidence Fell in January
Shell to Sell U.K., Thai Assets for Almost $5 Billion
Chicago PMI Falls to 50.3 in January
The Markets Don’t Believe in Trump for the Long Term
Xerox Says Profit and Revenue Fall
‘Trump Country’ Might Suffer More in a Trade War, Study Says
Signet Jewelers Creates New Chief Customer Officer Position
Adelson Pulls Out of Las Vegas Stadium Plan for Raiders
Louisiana Hospital Files for Bankruptcy
Eli Lilly Profit and Revenue Rise on New Drugs
Electronic Arts Earnings: What to Watch
Ally Financial Posts Revenue Gain
Valero Energy Revenue Rises 10%
Banks Try to Thwart Hackers, Take Aim at Vendors
Nasdaq Earnings Slump on Write-Downs
Trump Blasts Dodd-Frank | Fed Stress Tests Hit Some Bank Lending Harder Than Basel | House Aims at SEC Energy Payments Rule | Ex-Fed Employee Fined Over Bitcoin Software | Tracy’s Take: Trump Puts Regulators in Tough Spot
Sprint Narrows Its Loss
Trulia Alumni Launch Knock to Help Homeowners Sell Fast
Chernova’s Take: Fintechs Wonder, Where Have All the Exits Gone?
Tracy’s Take: Trump Orders Put Financial Regulators in Tough Spot
SoundHound Takes Aim at Alexa, Siri as Voice Search’s Top Dog
Trump Blasts Dodd-Frank | Fed Stress Tests Hit Some Bank Lending Harder Than Basel | House Aims at SEC Energy Payments Rule | Ex-Fed Employee Fined Over Bitcoin Software | Tracy’s Take: Trump Puts Regulators in Tough Spot
Harrison’s Take: A More Dovish FOMC?
Singapore Dollar Edges up as Traders React to Trump
“Alternative Facts” and U.S. Economic Policy
Turkish Central Bank Keeps Options Open to Curb Inflation
U.K. Consumer Credit Slowed Sharply in December
ECB’s Draghi Seeks More Financial- Market Integration in Europe
BOJ’s Kuroda Airs Concerns Over Trump’s Trade Policies
College Endowments Fell 1.9% in Year, but Spending Was Up
Wal-Mart to Scrap Its Amazon Prime Rival
Market direction: Neutral