Date: 2015-05-12 00:00:00
S&P 500 (SPY) — open: 211.57, high: 211.89, low: 210.52, close: 210.61, volume: 75708100, daily change: -0.0048
News headlines:
Sotheby’s Sells Rothko for $46.5 Million
Financial Briefs: News Digest
Business Briefs: News Digest
Study Raises Questions About Efforts to Privatize Air-Traffic Control
Virgin Takes Step Into Footrace Market
Grocery Chains in Merger Talks
Banks Rethink Common Sales Tricks
Patriot Coal Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
Boeing Loses Only Small Satellite Order
Glencore Under Fire on Colombia Coal Mines
Many Investors Still Bullish on Treasury Bonds
Buddhist Monk Offers Loans With Karma
Democrats Greet Banking Bill With Skepticism
Banks’ Overdraft Fees Still Hit Hard
SEC Ex-Enforcement Chief Calls for Reforms
Canadian, U.S. Courts Rule on Nortel’s Cash Fight
Starwood Hotels Sells Gritti Palace in Venice
Southwest Pilots Convene Strike Committee
New Zealand Proposes Tighter Mortgage-Lending Rules
FDA Panel Backs Vertex Cystic-Fibrosis Drug Orkambi
Exor Sweetens its Bid for PartnerRe
ConAgra Buys Blake’s All Natural Foods
Republican SEC Commissioner to Step Down
Asian Morning Briefing: U.S. Stocks Edge Lower
American Express Boosts Dividend
McKesson Revenue Up 19%
Key Negotiations Ahead for GE
Dollar Falls as Investors Await U.S. Recovery
Oil Prices Gain on Demand Forecasts
U.S. Stocks Edge Lower
Maryland Allows Direct Sales by Tesla; FTC Urges Michigan to Do So
Finra Strengthens Broker Penalty Guidelines
Tight Mortgage Market Keeps Lid on Americans’ Debt Levels
Boeing Confident on Jet Output, Accelerating Cost Cutting
Soybean Prices Fall as USDA Forecasts Big Crop
Air Gets Thin in Luxury Condo Market
Chinese Debt Stands Tall
Verizon Wireless, Sprint to Pay $158 Million to Settle Cramming Allegations
Boeing Plans to Keep Defense Scale
American Air Plans Tricky Computer Switch in Summer
MSCI Sets Date for Decision on Chinese Stocks
Greek Bank-Rescue Fund CEO Anastasia Sakellariou Resigns
Raising the Warehouse Roof
SEC Charges ITT Educational With Fraud
Don’t Expect Cheap Gasoline to Fuel Retail Sales
OPEC Expects Market Share Gain on Crude Demand
Orexigen Terminates Required Study for Diet Drug Contrave
U.S. Authorities Near End of AT&T-DirecTV Review
European Bonds, Stocks Sell Off Again
Encana Hit by Oil and Gas Prices
Volatility Hits Once-Quiet German Bonds
To Keep Trusts Private, Estate Planners Avoid Litigation
Voices: Nancy Stevens, on Serving Young Entrepreneurs
OPEC Sees Oil Price Below $100 a Barrel in Next Decade
Baxter to Buy Leukemia Treatment
American Energy Partners Seeks Capital for Australia Push
Loss Widens for McDonald’s Franchisee Arcos Dorados
Air Canada Revenue Rises on Lower Fuel Prices
Perrigo to Buy Patheon’s Mexican Business
Raise Alcohol Tax to Boost Output, Says OECD
International Flavors Reports 20% Profit Growth
China Market Fails to Lift Other Boats
Greece to Ask for Revised Bids for Piraeus Port
Leidos Profit Improves
Prosecutors Probe Korea’s KNOC, Bank of America
BaFin Concludes Libor Probe Into Deutsche Bank
Volatile Oil May Hurt Global Economy
Mobily Plans Telecom Towers Sale
EasyJet to Pack Planes to Offset Costs
Ian Schrager Targets Luxury Hotels
Jack Ma, Pony Ma Among Fosun Buyers
Carlsberg Posts Unexpected Loss
Elliott Presses Bank of East Asia Over Share Sale
Asian Currencies Hit by Bond Market Turmoil
Rothschild vs. Widjaja: Superrich Battle Over Indonesia Coal Mine
China Resources Land Joins Stock-Sale Spree
Qantas Eyes Dividend Liftoff
Market direction: Neutral