Date: 2015-03-24 00:00:00
S&P 500 (SPY) — open: 210.42, high: 211.11, low: 210, close: 210, volume: 71784500, daily change: -0.0019
News headlines:
Inside the Allergan Battle
Companies Split Off Real-Estate Assets
Ex-Fed Governor to Join Hedge Fund
Financial Briefs: News Digest
Business Watch: News Digest
Executive Pensions Grow at Top Firms
Chinese Developer Finds Rough Road in Motor City
Fiat CEO’s Testimony Starts in Jeep Lawsuit
Kraft in Talks to Be Acquired by Brazil’s 3G
Yuan Faces Global Trade Headwinds
Orange Juice Enters a Bull Market
Dollar Gains Slightly as U.S. Inflation Resumes Rise
Lexmark to Buy Kofax in Deal Valued at $1 Billion
NLRB Sets April Vote on Union for Boeing Machinists in South Carolina
Whiting Petroleum Silences Takeover Talk
RadioShack Auction Continues
Morgan Stanley Turns to Adviser to CEOs as New Finance Chief
New York City Comptroller to Call for New Disclosures by Brokers
AmEx’s Chenault Aims to Overcome Setbacks
Hertz Global Holdings Gets Notice That It Is Out of NYSE Listing Compliance
Lockheed Likely to Lose Part of F-35 Fee
Forced Sellers Could Get More in Florida
Legal Battle Pits Wealthy Developer Against Senior Condo Board
Ocwen to Sell Added $25 Billion in Mortgage Servicing Rights
Oil Prices Retreat as Dollar Gets Boost
Ally Names Insider to Head Banking Unit
Montana Rules Tim Blixseth Owes $56 Million
Sonic’s Profit Nearly Doubles
Alvarez & Marsal to Launch Investment Arm
Insurer Sues US Bancorp as Fallout Over Financier Spreads
University of Phoenix’s Wings Get Clipped
China’s Cnooc Shuts Nexen Oil Trading Business
Hedge Fund Boss Steps Up Fight With Vivendi
Great Wolf Resorts to Be Acquired by Centerbridge Partners
RadioShack Creditors Weigh Standard General Offer
Inflation, New-Home Sales Look Solid
Madoff Trustee Strikes $93 Million Deal with Feeder Fund
Property Investors’ Horror: Zombie REITs
Panel to Probe Supervision of Failed Portuguese Lender
Dollar’s Rise Stings Africa
Auto Workers’ Medical Benefits at Risk Under New Tax
UAW to Again Push for Mississippi Nissan Union
Wynn Resorts Alleges Improper Behavior by Elaine Wynn
Italian Broadcaster Mediaset 2014 Profit Surges
Dollar Rebounds Against Euro
Morgan’s Porat: Best Part of Job Was Restoring Bank to Pre-Eminence
Schwab to Charge Some Advisers for Robo Service
Hungary Cuts Interest Rate
U.S. New-Home Sales Rise
Ship-Demolition Rates Surge
Sonus Networks Slashes Guidance
Voices: Maury Fertig, on Finding Value In Closed-End Funds
McCormick Profit Falls on Strong Dollar
Google Hires Morgan Stanley’s CFO
Merck’s Keytruda Meets Study Goals as Advanced Melanoma Treatment
UBS Names Two New Regional Directors
Ross Stores to Split Stock in June
American Airlines Group to Combine Two Loyalty Programs This Weekend
Freeport-McMoRan Slashes Dividend
Saban Rides Australia Surfwear Wave
Eurozone Recovery Gains Momentum
China Shares Rise on Stimulus Hopes
China’s AgBank Posts Slowest Profit Growth Since IPO
G-III Apparel Profit Rises on Broad Sales Strength
Chesapeake Energy Cuts Capital Budget
Linn Energy Partnering With Private-Equity Firm Quantum to Fund Deals
UPS Chief’s Compensation Doubles
Bullard Says Zero Rates No Longer Appropriate for U.S.
U.K Inflation Rate Drops to Zero in February
U.K. Watchdog Turns Light on Dark Pools
IHS Cuts Outlook After Mild Earnings
H&M Sees Profits Rise
Qantas, China Eastern Alliance May Fail to Take Off
Market direction: Fall