Date: 2014-05-15 00:00:00
S&P 500 (SPY) — open: 189.79, high: 189.88, low: 188.79, close: 189.06, volume: 72367000, daily change: -0.0047
News headlines:
Cemex Names Fernando Gonzalez CEO
Penney Sales Offer Sign of Hope
Credit Suisse to Pay $2.5 Billion in Pact
Light Stockpiles Pump Gas Futures
U.S. Consumer Prices Up 0.3%
Blackstone Goes All In After the Flop
Wal-Mart Takes Another Hit on Sales
Ratings Firms Go Their Own Way on New Bond Deals
Consolidation in French Mobile Market Urged
Chipotle Shareholders Reject Executive Pay Plan
WWE, NBCUniversal Reach New Television Deal
Gentiva Health Rejects Kindred's Takeover Bid
Carmike Cinemas Acquires Digiplex
CIBC to Record Impairment Charge
FDA Cuts Recommended Lunesta Dose
Applied Materials Swings to Profit on 19% Revenue Rise
Comcast Names CEO of Cable Spinoff
Novartis Delays Leukemia Drug Competition
Nordstrom Earnings Beat Expectations
Dollar Falls With Treasury Yields
U.S. Oil Prices End Lower
GE Moves to Save Alstom Deal
Cooper Tire Sets Long-Term Sales Goal
Dixons, Carphone Warehouse to Merge
Wal-Mart Won't Oppose Minimum Wage Increase
Portugal's Economy Needs Further Help
Nickel Drops 11% in Two Days as Investors Flee
Dave & Buster's Gets $1.1 Billion Bid From Roark Capital
Chief Accountant Beswick to Leave SEC
Intesa Sanpaolo Posts Higher First-Quarter Profit
Coldwater Creek Creditors Oppose Bankruptcy-Exit Plan
21st Century Fox in Preliminary Pact for TV Venture
Home Builders Remain Downbeat
London Firm Fined Over Libor
Kohl's CEO Details Recovery Plan
Europe Stocks Slide on Poor GDP Numbers
Fosun Buys Real Estate Firm IDERA
Air Canada Loss Widens
GM Recalls Another 2.7 Million Vehicles
Greece: Tax on Foreign Holders of Bonds Won't Be Imposed Retroactively
Zale Urges Support for Signet Deal
LME Can Appeal Rusal Decision
U.S. Industrial Production Falls 0.6%
London Stock Exchange CEO Seeks U.S. Expansion
Zendesk Shares Pop on First Day
BP's American CEO in Uncomfortable Place
Investors Fear Losses on Santander's Brazil Buyback
Dunkin' Brands to Expand into Sweden
Active Business Owners Skirt 3.8% Tax
Lithuania Bans Energy Drinks Sales to Minors
U.S. Jobless Claims Hit Seven-Year Low
AstraZeneca Sees Progress in Late Stage Pipeline
Saudi Oil Minister Open to Possible U.S. Oil Exports
Gold Drops on Upbeat Jobs Data
Recovery Presents Mixed Picture for Firms
Vonnegut: How Not to Be a Rookie
Advance Auto Parts Reports Higher Profit, Boosts Guidance
5,000 Nokia India Employees Take Severance
UBS Americas Hires Wealth Industry Vet
Train Maker China CNR Revises IPO Guidance
Richemont Lifted by Luxury Demand
Boston Scientific to Buy Bayer Unit
Iran Oil Exports Fall in April
Aviva Boosted by Europe, Asia
Brazil's JBS Profit Drops on Hedging Costs
Manchester United Profit Surges
Profit Slides at Slim-Line Vivendi
Lilly Says Court Rules in Favor of Generic Maker on Alimta
Malaysia Airlines Loss Widens
France Says Talks with Siemens on Alstom 'Extremely Constructive'
Criticism Leveled at China on Africa 'Absurd'
Generali Posts Higher First-Quarter Profit
Goldman Banker Linked to Malaysia Fund Leaves
ECB on Low-Inflation Alert
OPEC May Struggle to Meet Demand
ECB Will Foster Conditions for Growth -- Mersch
French Policies Impede Investment, Says CEO of Engineering Firm
Mixed Picture for Euro Zone's Big Economies
Murphy Oil Seeks Sale of Malaysia Oil and Gas Assets
Market direction: Neutral