Date: 2015-07-29 00:00:00
S&P 500 (SPY) — open: 207.79, high: 209.5, low: 206.8, close: 209.33, volume: 123544800, daily change: 0.0123
News headlines:
Wynn Resorts Remains Bullish on Macau
Canada’s Suncor Operating Profit Falls
GM Raises Its Bet on India
Stock, Bond Investors Cheer Fed’s Statement
Construction in New York City Goes Through The Roof
Singapore Sovereign-Wealth Fund Expects Lower Returns
Banks Pitch Swaps as Alternative to Buying Stock
Mixed Signals on U.S. Oil Output Puzzle Investors
Senate Republicans Tout Bill to Cut U.S. Funds to Planned Parenthood
Meet Wall Street’s Highest-Paid CEOs
Despite Oil’s Plummet, Some Smaller Drillers Faring Well
Whole Foods Sales Sour After Price Scandal
Carlyle and Apollo Find Selling Is Easy; Buying, Not So Much
Italy’s Saipem Implicated in Petrobras Corruption Scandal
Hanesbrands Says Hackers Accessed  Customer-Order Data
ITG in Talks to Settle SEC Probe of Alternet Securities
Gannett Pursuing Large-Market Acquisitions, Says New CEO
Skechers’s Profit, Sales Top Estimates
Boardroom Soap Opera at P&G Hasn’t Helped Shares
U.S. Probes Former UBS Puerto Rico Adviser Over Loans
Pall Europe’s President Resigns
House Committee Approves Fed Overhaul Bill
Williams Cos. Profit Rises, But Misses Forecasts
DepoMed Raises Guidance
McKesson Profit Jumps 43%
Relativity Media Lays Off Staff
Asian Morning Briefing: U.S. Stocks Extend Gains After Fed
Pilgrim’s Pride Profit Rises Sharply
O’Reilly Beats Estimates, Boosts Outlook
Marriott Lifts Outlook as Profit Rises 25%
Tesla Launches Referral Program
Merrill Plans New International Adviser Group
AMC Entertainment Profit Misses Expectations
Carlyle Group’s Profit Jumps
Vertex Revenue Rises 20%
Barclays Scraps Dividend Target
LifeLock Cuts Its Outlook
International Paper Profit Surges
Charges Dismissed Against Chinese Woman in Seed-Theft Case
Oil Rises on Supply, Production Declines
Stocks Gain After Fed Statement
Natural Gas Gains as Cooling Front Fades
MetLife’s Operating Profit Rises 11%
Dollar Gets a Boost on U.S. Rate Outlook
Apollo Global Reports Lower Earnings
Bank of Russia Halts Foreign-Currency Purchases
T-Mobile Earnings: What to Watch
China Regulator Probes Stock Sales
Eaton Sets Priorities for Cash
Axel Springer, ProSieben End Merger Talks
Bombardier Earnings: What to Watch
U.S. Natural-Gas Inventories Expected to Rise
Trump Entertainment Gets More Time to Control Bankruptcy Case
Renewable Energy Powers Up Rural India
Southern Co. Profit Edges Higher, Revenue Slips
Judge Approves Optim Energy Plan to Exit Bankruptcy
Judge Denies Fast Caesars Appeal
GSK Boosted by New Vaccines
Saudi Arabia to Cut Oil Production After Summer
Northrop, General Dynamics Beat Expectations
Judge Approves Settlement With Madoff Investor Plaza Investments
Patrick Drahi’s Strategy Pays Off
ConocoPhillips Earnings: What to Watch
MasterCard Posts Weaker-Than-Expected Revenue Growth
Merrill, Raymond James Recruit From Barclays, Wells Fargo
Altria Nudges Guidance Higher as Revenue Rises
Hilton’s Profit Slides as Expenses Rise
Global Markets Build on Gains
Merchants File Challenge to Visa, MasterCard Settlement
Ukraine Debt Seen as a Good Bet
U.S. Pending Home Sales Slip in June
U.S. Crude Supplies Unexpectedly Drop
Goodyear’s Profit Drops
SolarCity Earnings: What to Watch
IMF: China Can Withstand Market Turmoil
Northrop Grumman Raises Guidance After Earnings Beat
Nomura Profit Falls 16% From Previous Quarter
Franklin Resources’ Results Miss Wall Street Views
Dollar a Tad Stronger Ahead of FOMC
Anthem Results Top Expectations
Garmin Earnings Slip on Currency Headwinds, Promotional Costs
Exelon Reports Profit Increase on Higher Sales, Hedging Gain
Nestlé India’s Sales Fall 20% After Noodle Scare
General Dynamics Lifts Outlook
Despite Higher Top and Bottom Lines, PG&E Cuts Guidance
Level 3 Communications Swings to Loss
Lone Star Bets on London With Quintain Estates Buy
Humana Profit Jumps 25%
Dine Equity Revenue Rises, Helped by IHOP Growth
Booz Allen Posts Profit Decline
Procter & Gamble Earnings: What to Watch
Avoid a Big Tax Hit by Properly Naming Beneficiaries
Thomson Reuters Profit Increases
Mylan Gets European Regulator’s Approval for Perrigo Deal
P&G Names David Taylor as CEO
Solvay to Buy Cytec Industries for $5.5 Billion
China Shares Break Three-Day Losing Streak
Good Things in Small Spaces
RBS Plans $2.2 Billion Citizens Sale
Paris Stocks Seen Opening Firmer
China’s GSR Aims Big for Overseas Tech Deals
Market direction: Neutral