Date: 2015-03-17 00:00:00
S&P 500 (SPY) — open: 206.71, high: 208.69, low: 205.86, close: 208.58, volume: 136099200, daily change: 0.0134
News headlines:
Li Ka-shing’s New Conglomerate Gains on Trading Debut
Lions Gate Sees Benefits From China Deal
Goldman Prices Shares in Lending Unit
Business Watch: News Digest
Financial Briefs: News Digest
Canadian Safety Board Calls for Speedier Timeline for Rail-Car Standards
U.S. Refiners Sue BNSF Over Surcharge
Wells Fargo’s Stumpf Gets $19.3 Million in Pay
Early Alibaba Shareholders Get Chance to Cash In
Guardrail Whistleblower Puts Own Company Into Bankruptcy
Fed to Markets: No More Promises
Kraft Recalls Macaroni & Cheese
Quicksilver Resources Files for Chapter 11
Boeing Suppliers Use Ukrainian-Built Cargo Jets to Keep Supplies Flowing
Fannie, Freddie to Alter Some Loan Modifications
Activist Pushing MGM Resorts to Spin Off Real Estate
Yield Ticks Up on 5-Year CD
Ocwen Sells Mortgage-Servicing Rights to J.P. Morgan
Jefferies Profit Plunges
Macerich Rejects Rival’s $16 Billion Bid
Citigroup, Barclays Close to Settling Forex Lawsuit With Private Investors
Track May Have Role in Canadian Derailments
Pentagon’s Rocket Supplier to Decide on U.S. Engines
Asian Morning Briefing: U.S. Stocks Pull Back
U.S. Oil Prices at Six-Year Low on Storage Concerns
Quiksilver Posts Narrower Loss
Bank of Montreal Cuts Mortgage Rate
Holy Grail: Pain Pills Without the High
SEC Head Backs Uniform Standards
U.S. Stocks Drop
Market Puts Money Where Fed’s Mouth Is
Dollar Slips as Investors Bet on Fed Message
Economic Data Complicate Fed Rate Deliberations
Cnooc’s North American Unit Slashes 13% of Workforce
Alcoa to Sell Suriname Refining Operations
Gourmet Express Files for Bankruptcy
Finra Probes Brokers’ Unreported Liens, Judgments
Brazil’s Cocapec Expects Coffee Output Down 50% in 2015
‘Italy’s Back?’ Some Real-Estate Investors Skeptical
Meet the New Bond King
Dairy Prices Fall in Overnight Auction
Vanguard Sets Sights on Small-Business Pensions Market
Korea’s Daebo Shipping Seeks U.S. Bankruptcy Protection
Loews Hotels Seeks Growth for Less
German Recovery to Accelerate
Euro Creeps Higher
Algerian Attempt to Rally Oil Prices Fails to Ignite
Persian Gulf Airlines Win U.S. Fans
Citibank to Exit Custody Business in Argentina
U.S. Housing Starts Plunge
Learning About Investing with Fractional Shares
Actavis Completes Acquisition of Allergan
Investors Move Out of U.S. Stocks Ahead of Fed Decision
Couche-Tard to Buy Shell’s Danish Retail, Commercial Fuels and Aviation Businesses
Tesla Closer to Opening N.J. Dealerships
Helping Wealthy, Out-of-Work Clients
Conoco Cuts Spending Plan
PNC, Comerica CEOs Receive Pay Raises
Morgan Stanley Recruits Three Advisers
EU Extends Probe Into GE’s Acquisition of Alstom Units
Arcos Dorados Halts Dividend as Currency Weakness Weighs
Turkey Keeps Interest Rates Steady
Kaisa Expects to Swing to Loss
Malaysia Airline to Buy Up to 40 Bombardier CSeries Planes
MTS Profit Plummets on Currency Depreciation
Espírito Santo’s Miami Bank in Talks With Benacerraf Family
Russia’s Alfa Bids $2.8 Billion for Turkcell Stake
DSW Earnings Rise on Strong Sales Growth
Burlington Earnings Rise on Same-Store Sales
FactSet CEO Hadley to Step Down
EU New-Car Registrations Rise
China Probes Ex-Shanghai FTZ Official
Asian Shares Rise Ahead of Fed Meeting
Algeria Discusses Oil Price With Nigeria, Angola
Japan to Scrap Three Reactors
BHP Plans to Spin Off South32
Tweet-Analysis Firm Dataminr Raises Funding
Gulf Airlines Reject Claims of Unfair State Support
Market direction: Rise