Date: 2015-03-05 00:00:00
S&P 500 (SPY) — open: 210.4, high: 210.49, low: 209.06, close: 210.23, volume: 114497200, daily change: -0.0042
News headlines:
Train Carrying Crude Derails in Illinois
Elaine Wynn Launches Bid for Board Seat
U.S. Furniture Store Sets Sights on Asian Expansion
Outsiders Tried but Failed to Make It Big in Furniture
Daimler Invests in U.S. Factory
Iceberg Hits Noble’s Rebuttal
Financial Briefs: News Digest
Turkish Lira, Brazil’s Real Stung by Turmoil
Business Watch: News Digest
Get Ready, Set, Spring Forward
Apple Pay Stung by Low-Tech Fraudsters
CBRE in Talks to Buy Johnson Controls Unit
Takeovers See U.S. Losing Tax Revenue
Big Banks Pass First Fed Test
Life Time Fitness in Talks With Two Private-Equity Groups
Energy Companies Seek Conversations With Banks on Evaluating Collateral
Glenn Rufrano Leading Contender for ARCP CEO
Commerzbank Set for $1.4 Billion U.S. Settlement
Harris Originally Proposed $22 a Share All-Cash Offer for Exelis
DuPont: Plant Outage to Hurt Unit in 1Q
The Americans Are Coming
Asian Morning Briefing: U.S. Stocks Push Higher
Bank of America Exceeds Fed Minimum Capital Level Under Stress Scenario
Citi Exceeds Fed Minimum Capital Level Under Stress Scenario
Gap Posts Surprise February Sales Decline
Indonesia Seeks Cash By Putting Up Its Own
Copper Futures Ease as Dollar Gains
Diamond Foods Swings to a Profit
Nuclear Power Firms Feel Squeeze
J.P. Morgan Exceeds Fed Minimum Capital Level Under Stress Scenario
Wells Fargo Exceeds Fed Minimum Capital Level Under Stress Scenario
Deutsche Bank Exceeds Fed Minimum Capital Level Under Stress Scenario
Goldman Exceeds Minimum Capital Level Under Stress Scenario
Morgan Stanley Exceeds Minimum Capital Level Under Stress Scenario
Jordan Seeking More U.S.-Made Rocket Launchers
Banco BPI Tells Holders to Reject Caixabank Offer
U.S. Oil Prices Slip
Cotton Futures Fall to Three-Week Low
Brazil Judge Presiding Over Eike Batista Trial Removed
Oil Sparks Storage Dilemma
The Fed's Aim Needs Work
ECB Raises Eurozone Forecasts
Gold Slides to Two-Month Low
Limits Sought on GMO Corn as Pest Evolves
China’s Lower GDP Goal Doesn’t Spook Foreign Firms
Euro Drops Below $1.10, an 11-Year Low
Asia Corporate Watch
AbbVie in $21 Billion Biotech Deal
Turkey’s Central Bank Squeezed by Markets, Government
Berkshire Hathaway Wooed by Europe’s Low Borrowing Costs
Euro Drops Below $1.10
Boeing Sold Half of 777 Production
HKEx Posts Improved Results
Japan’s Family Mart in Talks With UNY Group
Noble Group Disputes Accusations of Accounting Irregularities
Bigger Mortgages Likelier to Go Bust
Brazilian Real Weakens Past 3.0 Per Dollar
U.S. Airlines Detail Claims of Subsidies to Persian Gulf Rivals
Banco Espírito Santo Management Possibly Broke Rules, Audit Finds
U.S. Jobless Claims Highest Since May
SNC-Lavalin Reports Significantly Higher Earnings
Voices: Peter Fisher, on Why Character Trumps Talent When Hiring
Ports Gridlock Alters Supply Chain
Vonnegut: A Client on Safari Poses a Problem
Citigroup Sells Stake in Turkey’s Akbank
Kroger Profit Rises 23%
McDonald’s Size Amplifies Menu Changes
Rite Aid Same-Store Sales Rise 3.3% In February
Standard Bank’s Sharpened Focus on Africa Lifts Profit
LightSquared Confirmation Hearing to Start Monday
Canadian Natural Resources Profit Rises
Costco Profits Surge on Lower Fuel Costs
Mallinckrodt to Buy Critical Care Company
Telecom-maker Ciena Reports Wider Loss
Joy Global Cuts Guidance
Espírito Santo Debt Imperils Customers
LSE Chief Sees IPO Growth
Emirates Boss Rebuts Unfair Aid Claims
China Shares Fall
Adidas Loss Widens
Xstrata Ex-CEO Raises $5.6 Billion for Mining Deals
Beijing to Build Its Commodity Hoard
Aviva Boosts Dividend
Chinese Solar Firm Hanergy Rallies
U.S. Sanctions Hit Two Russia Banks Hardest
Market direction: Fall