Date: 2016-12-12 00:00:00
S&P 500 (SPY) — open: 225.41, high: 226.53, low: 225.37, close: 226.51, volume: 88005800, daily change: 0.006
News headlines:
Inside India’s Unprecedented Assault on Cash
Trump Wades Into Military Spending
China Economic Activity Holds Up, Fiscal Spending Rises
TPG Blank-Check Company to Combine With Playa Hotels & Resorts
Chinese Markets Open Lower as Investors Fret Over Another Possible Tumble
Oil Prices Moderate as Doubts Over OPEC’s Output Cut Plan Set in
Roundup of Form D Regulatory Filings--Dec. 12
Former Tuberculosis Hospital Complex Is Up for Development
Big Banks Could Get More Time to Sell Funds Banned by Volcker Rule
Chipotle Drops Dual-CEO Model
ApoGen Biotechnologies Raises $7 Million Series A
Financial Shares Pressure U.S. Stocks
Redstone Ex-Girlfriend Threatens to Name Other Women Who Received Gifts
Calpers Sues Barry Diller Over IAC/InterActive Stock Plan
Prudential to Suspend Sale of Insurance Policy Through Wells Fargo
Private Repo Premium Sinks To Two-Year Low
SEC’s Mary Jo White Clings to Priorities, But Concedes Hurdles
Aetna Executives Defend Pulling Out of Some ACA Exchanges
Blackstone Explores Infrastructure Business
Boeing Boosts Dividend More Than Expected
Genco Bankruptcy-Exit Hearing Set for January
Bitcoin Startup Adds Former Barclays Chief Jenkins
VeriFone Beats Expectations but Outlook Misses Estimates
Dollar Falls Against Oil-Linked Currencies
Email Marketing Tool Iterable Raises $23 Million Series B
Oil Climbs as More Producers Join Output Cuts
Scurria’s Take: GM Prebankruptcy Lenders Can’t Shield Identities
Scurria’s Take: GM Prebankruptcy Lenders Can’t Shield Identities
Bill Gates, Others Launch Clean Energy Fund
In Exxon Case, Judge Cancels Massachusetts AG’s Dallas Deposition
Tribune Media’s CEO Liguori to Advise Sony Board
Market Talk: Daily Analysis Roundup
Gold Rises on Weaker Dollar
Natural Gas Prices Drop As Temperatures Seen Moderating
Firm Retention Summary: Shoreline Energy LLC
Bay-Area Startup Wrap Media Files for Bankruptcy
American Apparel Wins Approval of Its Bankruptcy Loan
Student-Debt Forgiveness Irks Borrowers Who Don’t Benefit
U.S. Budget Deficit Totaled $136.65 Billion in November
As New Accounting Rules Loom, Time To Tell Investors More
High Court Sidesteps Fight on Online Sales Tax Rules
Robo-Advisory Services Grow Rapidly in China
Trump Targets F-35 Program in Latest Dig at Defense Costs
The Bond Market Doesn’t Believe Draghi
NZ House Prices Grow in November
Blue Wolf Buys Extreme Plastics for About $22.5 Million
Housing Market Holds Back Some Jobseekers
St. Louis Fed Looks at Immigration and Labor Markets
Voices: Beware Software Flaws That Can Derail Financial Plans
Fifth Third Signs New Banking Partnership With ApplePie Capital
Listen Closely: Trump Proposes Big Mideast Strategy Shift
Newell to Buy Sistema, WoodWick for a Combined $570 Million
Bank of Cyprus Shareholders Are Set to Approve LSE Listing
An Entrepreneur Has Great Financial Goals, but Needs to Cut Spending
Barney Frank: GOP Focus on Lending Is a ‘Bait-and-Switch’
New York Fed Report Finds Downturn in Job Market Outlook
Supreme Court Declines Greenberg Appeal
ECB Adjusted Policy Given Diminished Deflation Danger
Big Four Accounting Firms Show Fewer Problem Audits
Alexion Names New CEO and CFO
Why It’s Hard to Pay College Tuition With a Credit Card
Inside India’s Assault on Cash | Wells Fargo Faces Regulatory Downgrade | UniCredit, Monte dei Paschi Scramble | Trump’s Goldman Focus | Creighton’s Take: Basel Rules Face Uphill Climb
Sale of Philips Unit Shows Cost of CFIUS Rejection
Molecular Assemblies Seeded for New DNA-Synthesis Technology
Solvvy’s Machine Learning Tech Answers Questions for Customer Support
Tact Raises $15 Million for AI Assistant for Salespeople
Garland’s Take: Parting Thoughts From a Long-Time Observer
Spark Leads Pendo’s $20 Million Series B Funding
Creighton’s Take: Basel Rules Face Uphill Climb
Exchange-Traded ‘Zombies’ Stalk Markets
Inside India’s Assault on Cash | Wells Fargo Faces Regulatory Downgrade | UniCredit, Monte dei Paschi Scramble | Trump’s Goldman Focus | Creighton’s Take: Basel Rules Face Uphill Climb
Harrison’s Take: Don’t Expect Much Bounce in the Fed’s Dots This Week
Eni to Sell Egyptian Gas-Field Stake to Rosneft
Lonza Confirms Talks to Buy Capsugel From KKR
BOJ Weighs Brighter Take on Economy After Trump Win
China Stocks Drop as Insurers Face Crackdown
Mobile-Payment Firms Benefit From India’s Cash Crunch
The World Trade Slowdown
USD/JPY at 10-Month High Before Fed; EUR/USD Edges Up
Asian Shares Broadly Down
For the Bank of Japan, a Tightening Squeeze
Market direction: Rise