Date: 2014-07-14 00:00:00
S&P 500 (SPY) — open: 196.22, high: 196.75, low: 195.78, close: 196.61, volume: 64243000, daily change: 0.0014
News headlines:
Tough Judge Polices Merger Scene
NBA Aims to Double TV-Rights Fees
Pimco and Gross Struggle to Heal
AIG's Chief Gets a Small Salary Bump
Justice Department Investigates Pricing in Music Publishing
Joint Venture to Bid for Mt. Gox Assets
Head of S&P Capital IQ Departs
Ernst & Young to Pay $4 Million to Settle SEC Allegations
FedEx Discloses Pending Legal Proceedings
Political Ads Take Targeting to Next Level
Citigroup to Pay $7 Billion in Mortgage Probe
Hearst Launching Cosmopolitan Online Video Service
Marketers Hope Soccer Is New Football
Race to Cut Taxes Fuels Urge to Merge
Merck Pushes to Revive Beef Drug
Energy Executives Buzzing at U.S. Oil-Export Opening
Barclays Dark-Pool Trades Drop 37%
Australia Awash in Cash
Seventh Generation Adds to Its Product Lineup
Staples, Postal Service to End Joint Program
América Móvil Raises Stake in Telekom Austria
Calpers, Calstrs Report 18% Gains on Investments
Brazil's JBS Agrees to Buy 2 Poultry Processing Plants
Zions Says Fed Delayed Capital-Plan Re-evaluation
U.S. Stands to Lose Billions From Corporate-Tax Inversions
Thai Lottery Changes Have Some Saying Leaders Are Pressing Their Luck
U.S. Oil Futures Edge Higher
Booz Allen Hamilton CEO to Retire by Year's End
Citi Beats Estimates, but Profit Plunges
Apollo Says Education Department Plans Review of Federal Aid Programs
Debt Purchases Within ECB's Mandate, Draghi Says
Regulators, Traders Are Out of Sync
Airbus's A330 Jet Gets Upgrade
Houston Teams: Don't Broadcast Potential Buyers
Yen Falls Against Dollar, Euro
Targacept Drops Development of Alzheimer's Drug
Mortgage Insurers Warn Rules Could Boost Borrowing Costs
Espírito Santo Family Losing Grip on Bank
No Rival Emerging to Battle AbbVie for Shire
Bail Set for Spain's Let's Gowex Founder
Volkswagen to Invest $900 Million in U.S. Plant
Gold Posts Worst Loss in Nearly Seven Months
European Companies Fear U.S. 'Inversion' Takeovers
Pilot Flying J Reaches Settlement in Rebate Fraud Probe
AbbVie, Shire Near $54 Billion Deal
Fox to Put Broadcast, Creative Groups Under Same Umbrella
KKR Weighs Sale of German Telecom Versatel
Why Pharma Is Flocking to Inversions
Vulcan Materials Names Hill New Chief Executive
EU Approves SSAB's Deal for Rautaruukki, With Conditions
Qatar Airways Chief Slams Airbus, Boeing
Court Rules Amanresorts CEO Must Step Down
Airbus Sees More Lessor Orders for A330neo
European Shares Climb
U.S. Asks Car Makers to Road Test Mileage Claims
Kindred Boosts Bid for Gentiva Stake
Fate of the Iran Nuclear Talks Hangs on Three Questions
Chinese Banks Halt Yuan-Remittance Program
Tensions Flared in Insider-Trading Trial
Florida Law Lets Planners Talk Insurance
Sterling Strength Hits U.K. Stocks
Chinese Prosecutors Indict Investigative Team
Voices: Cicily Maton, on Clients' Sudden Money Events
Adidas Declares World Cup Victory
IMF Touts Quantitative Easing Benefits for ECB
India Imposes Price Controls on Diabetes and Heart-Disease Drugs
Abbott to Sell Generics Assets to Mylan for $5.3 Billion
Empty Floors Fray Trader Nerves
St. Jude Medical to Buy NeuroTherm
Harmonic Cuts Outlook Amid Slowdown
Allergan Doubts Valeant's Efforts to Improve Transparency
Eastern Air Lines Signs Mitsubishi Jets MOU
Lexmark Again Raises Offer for ReadSoft
Maaden, Barrick Gold in Copper Venture
Lindt Bets on U.S. Chocolate
Weatherford to Sell Some Land Rig Operations
Ford, Toyota Halt South African Production
Exterran Partners to Acquire Chesapeake Energy Assets
Profits Shrink for China Fund Managers
Brazil's Embraer Jet Deliveries Rise
Euro-Zone Industrial Output Slumped in May
GIP to Buy Stake in Freeport LNG
Alcoa Signs $1.1 Billion Jet Engine Deal
Holder to Cite Citi's 'Egregious' Misconduct
Bombardier Inc. Signs deals for 24 CSeries Aircraft
Cracks Start Showing in Libya's Oil Recovery
Lindt to Buy Russell Stover
Lockheed Bets on Transporter Revamp for Exports
Generali Sells BSI to BTG Pactual
KKR Buys Swiss Internet Shopping Sites
Volkswagen to Unveil New SUV for U.S.
EasyJet Orders CFM International Engines
Standard Chartered Takes Legal Action Over China Metals Loans
Sweden's SEB Posts 10% Rise in Profits
Roche's Melanoma Skin-Cancer Drug Study Meets Goals
Bond Insurer Takes On Detroit
Market direction: Neutral