Date: 2017-02-14 00:00:00
S&P 500 (SPY) — open: 232.08, high: 233.07, low: 232.05, close: 232.77, volume: 55182100, daily change: 0.0054
News headlines:
Indonesia Likely to Hold Rates Steady
Oil Futures Reverse Gains on Increased U.S. Oil Rig Activity
CSX Seeks Shareholder Input on Activist Investor’s Requests
SoftBank to Buy Fortress Investment Group for $3.3 Billion
8i Grabs $27 Million Series B for Virtual Reality
Trian Builds $3 Billion Stake in P&G
China Stocks Gain as Credit Growth Slows
Mexico’s Alfa to Sell Energy Assets
A Remarkable Turnaround for Stocks
Roundup of Form D Regulatory Filings--Feb. 14
LendingClub Gives Downbeat Outlook
Antitrust Rulings Put Chill on Health-Insurance Mergers
Yellen Says Fed Will Consider Raising Rates at Coming Meetings
Ditching Opel Is Next Step in GM CEO’s Profit Drive
It’s Boom Time Again for America’s Largest Banks
Trump’s ‘Stew of Uncertainties’ Puts Hedge-Fund Managers on Alert
Berkshire Hathaway Ramped Up Apple Bet Ahead of Historic Rally
Fossil’s Shares Slide on Quarterly Results
AIG Posts Loss on Large Charge to Boost Reserves
Morgan Stanley Settles ETF Investment Case
U.S. Stocks Again Close at New Highs
Yellen Defends Postcrisis Rules
Dollar Gains on Yellen’s Rate Rise Remarks
A Politicized Fed Would Be Too Expensive
U.S. Crude-Oil Supplies Seen Increasing
Oil Inches Higher on OPEC Supply Cuts
Express Scripts Revenue Falls
Money-Market Rule Working as Planned
Does It Pay to Double Major?
Lynn Tilton’s Firm Took Millions From Failing Ambulance Operator
Hedge fund Millennium Management Hires Santoro to Lead Equity Teams
Market Talk: Daily Analysis Roundup
PayPal to Buy Bill-Payment Firm TIO Network Corp.
Transcript: Q&A With SEC’s Michael Piwowar
Yellen Testimony Takeaways: Rate Rise Signals and Defending Dodd-Frank
Natural Gas Prices Edge Lower on Warmer Weather Outlook
Atlanta Fed’s Lockhart Doesn’t See Need for a March Increase
GM’s Long History of Trying to Turn Around Opel
Hedge Fund TCI Voices Opposition to Safran’s Zodiac Deal
Aetna, Humana Abandon Merger, Putting Paths to Growth in Doubt
Toshiba’s Meltdown: Chairman Out, $6.3 Billion Write-Down
Quick Hits: Fed Rate Raise Views Edge Up; Mnuchin Looks Forward to Yellen Meetings
Big Apple Circus Bankruptcy Sale Gets Green Light
New AllianceBernstein Funds Link Fees to Performance
Energy Future Comes to Terms on Make-Whole Claims
Gold Cuts Gains on Rate Increase Concerns
Fed’s Kaplan Reiterates Rates Should Rise Sooner Rather Than Later
Discovery Profit Rises, but Content Costs Weigh on Europe
The Dodd-Frank Rule Banks Want to Keep
Activist Investor Calls for Rent-A-Center to Sell Itself
T-Mobile Profit, Revenue Rise
Video Analysis: Mnuchin, Tarullo and the Dodd-Frank Rollback
BJ’s Wholesale Owners Preparing for Sale or IPO
Yellen: Fed Doesn’t Want Balance Sheet to Drive Policy
Fed’s Lacker Calls for ‘Significantly Higher’ Rates
Eurozone Economy Weaker Than Previously Reported
Asia’s Era of ‘World’s Workshop’ May Be Ending, BOJ’s Kuroda Says
Voices: Advisers Without Borders: How Technology Is Changing the Industry
After Flynn, White House Is at a Crossroads
Firm Retention Summary: Vanguard Natural Resources LLC
Viewpoint: Is Section 546(e) the Great Ponzi Scheme Facilitator?
Thailand Slaps Philip Morris With More Tax Evasion Charges
Nasty Gal to Lay off Employees, Close Stores
Credit Suisse Posts Loss, but Investors Eye Its 2017 Start
Abengoa Bioenergy Files Revamped Chapter 11 Plan
Why Stop at Dodd-Frank? Some Want Trump’s Regulatory Overhaul to Go Further
General Motors Is in Talks to Sell Opel
Stone Energy Wins Approval for Bankruptcy-Exit Plan
Copper Pulls Back From 20-Month High
Foreign Investors Fret Over ‘Frexit’ Risk After French Election
Are OPEC’s Cuts Adding Up to Lower Oil Prices?
Molson Coors Swings to Pro Forma Loss, Revenue Falls
Dr Pepper Snapple Sees Peso Woes Pressuring Profit
Small-Business Confidence Reaches Highest Point Since December 2004
Janet Yellen on Capitol Hill
Martin Marietta Optimistic on Infrastructure Investment
PepsiCo Earnings: What to Watch
GOP Targets Dodd-Frank Rule Banks Like | Sarbanes-Oxley Revamp Gains Steam | Mnuchin Confirmed | Yellen Testimony: What to Watch | Britain’s Bank Bailout Test | Michaels’s Take: Second Bite at the Cuban Apple
TransUnion Gives Rosy Outlook, Tops Views
Anglo American Chairman to Step Down
Michaels’s Take: A Second Bite at the Cuban Apple
Chernova’s Take: Manufacturing Rebound’s Limited Lift for Startups
Taylor Woods Hedge-Fund Founders to Split
Torry’s Take: Yellen Likely to Keep Her Options Open in Congressional Testimony
GOP Targets Dodd-Frank Rule Banks Like | Sarbanes-Oxley Revamp Gains Steam | Mnuchin Confirmed | Yellen Testimony: What to Watch | Britain’s Bank Bailout Test | Michaels’s Take: Second Bite at the Cuban Apple
For Asia’s Best-Performing Stocks, Look to China
U.K. Inflation Accelerates on Weak Pound
Yellen Testimony to Be Watched for Hints on Rates, Deregulation Concerns
Sterling Falls After UK Inflation Data
Rolls-Royce Posts Huge Loss
Noble Group in Talks to Sell Stake
Stech’s Take: Will Florida Ruling Cause Bankruptcy Filings to Rise?
Stech’s Take: Will Florida Ruling Cause Bankruptcy Filings to Rise?
Market direction: Rise