Date: 2014-11-03 00:00:00
S&P 500 (SPY) — open: 201.78, high: 201.82, low: 200.77, close: 201.66, volume: 146903000, daily change: 0.0114
News headlines:
Banks Ready New Defense Against Hackers
J.P. Morgan Probed by Justice Department
Corporate Watch: News Digest
CFTC’s Wetjen: Regulators Should Act to Help Bitcoin Fulfill Potential
One World Trade Opens, New Era Begins
Blackstone to Cut Hilton Stake
Acquittal Deals U.S. a Blow in Tax-Cheat Crackdown
Saudi Price Cut Upends Oil Market
The Big Number: News Digest
Justice Department Files Suit Against Cinema Advertising Firms
Credits & Debits: News Digest
New Rules, New Corporate Puzzle: Where to Steer Cash?
Auto-Safety Agency Probes Honda for Possible Lapses
SEC Inches Closer to ‘Five-Cent Tick’ Test
Soured Deal Sets Schorsch Firms Feuding
Turner to Hire Ex-Fox Executive
SEC Fines 13 Brokerages Over Sale of Puerto Rico Bonds
AIG Posts Higher Profit
Elections May Signal Stock Rally
Vornado Posts Higher Funds From Operations
Sysco: US Foods Deal Won’t Close This Year
Stryker Settles Hip Implant Lawsuits
Sapient Deal to Alter Publicis’s Profile
History Lesson for Tech Employees
Giant Diamonds Lure Investor Cash to Botswana
RetailMeNot Shares Plunge
Marathon Oil Profit Falls on Lower Revenue, Sales Volume
L Brands Increases Earnings Guidance
Herbalife Profit Falls 92%
Gap Narrows in Access to SEC Filings
First Time Home Buyers Decline
China Bankers Enjoy a Bumper Year
Tenet Healthcare Revenue Soars
Auto Makers Report Strong U.S. Sales
Avon Products Cut to Junk by S&P
Anglo American Troubled Mine Finally Ships Iron Ore
Petrobras Unit CEO Takes Leave of Absence
Maybe Investors Really Aren’t Afraid
Test Your Smarts...on Country Funds
What’s That? A Guide to Wall Street’s Jargon
Why a Busy Fund Manager Isn’t Always Best
Mutual Funds’ Professor Is Willing to Flunk the Business
Advisers Deal With Pimco Fallout
Merger Funds: More Tame Than the Reputation
After All That, Stock Funds Gain 2.7%
Which Ivy League College Is the Best Investor?
Sticking With Europe
ETF Assets Climb Toward $2 Trillion
Bill Gross Gets a Longer Leash
Confirmation Bias: What It Means
UniTek Files for Chapter 11
U.S. Factories Revving Up, in Divergence From Global Rivals
Natural Gas Makes Largest Gains Since June
Oil Skids as Saudis Adjust Prices
Orange Juice Slides; Cocoa Falls to 9-Month Low
Gold Sinks to Fresh Four-Year Low
Rocket Internet Shares End Lower
Bio-Rad to Pay $55 Million to Settle Bribery Charges
Banks Expect Rise in Small-Business Lending
Saudi Arabia Raises Oil Prices to Asia
China Censors Loom Over TV Shows
Creditors Call Trump Entertainment Bankruptcy Plan a ‘Charade’
Turkish Company to Buy United Biscuits
European Stocks Tumble
LabCorp to Make $6.1 Billion Buy
Election-Day Ground Zero: The States That Tell All
Virgin America Unveils Estimated Terms of IPO; Profit Rises 24%
Hyundai, Kia Penalized for Fuel Claims
Pimco Rehires Marc Seidner
Diageo Swaps Whiskey for Tequila
Deaths Linked to GM Switch Remain at 30
Voices: Brian Jacobsen, on Using Alternative Investments
Copper Prices Rise
Pimco Upheaval a Quandary for Retirement Plans
P&G Refutes Argentina’s Tax-Fraud Claims
Bristol-Myers Signs Option Agreement to Buy Galecto
Aetna to Buy Insurance Exchange Technology Company
Statoil Forecasts North Sea Oil Bonanza
Improper Pilot Command Cited in Virgin Galactic Crash
Chinese Demand for Gold Cools
Church & Dwight Profit Increases
Altice Offers $8.8 Billion for Portugal Telecom Business
Holcim Expects to Seal Asset Sale Agreements by Early Next Year
Weak Yen Hits South Korean Car Makers
HSBC Results Hit by Provisions
Eurozone Manufacturing Picks Up
French Car Sales Fall in October
AngloGold Ashanti’s Profit Climbs
HeidelbergCement Won’t Pursue Bid for Holcim, Lafarge Assets
Mixed Picture for China’s Business Activity
Corporate Watch: News Digest
The Way-Early ‘529’ Gift
Market direction: Neutral