Date: 2016-10-04 00:00:00
S&P 500 (SPY) — open: 215.82, high: 216.04, low: 215.04, close: 215.78, volume: 83512100, daily change: -0.0024
News headlines:
Australian Shoppers Flock to Department Stores
India’s Central Bank Cuts Interest Rates
Netflix Expands in Theaters via Deal With iPic Entertainment
Asian Sovereign Bond Yields Rise on ECB Tapering Talk
Singapore’s STI Flat Despite Negative Wall Street Cue
Retail Trade Groups Forecast Strong Holiday Spending
Asian Currencies Largely Stable Against U.S. Dollar
Sears CEO Says No Plans to Close Kmart
Constellation Brands Acquires High West Distillery for $160 Million
Roundup of Form D Regulatory Filings--Oct. 4
Fed’s Evans Sees Weak Case for Raising Rates
Ascena to Restructure Under ‘Change for Growth’ Plan
Big Banks Tweak Business Plans
South Korea Consumer-Price Index Rose 1.2% in September
U.S. Stocks Fall as Bets Move Toward Rate Increase
Micron Warns of Tight Memory-Chip Supplies
Caesars Unit Asks Judge to Protect Restructuring Accord
Explorer Claims Major Oil Find in North Alaska
Target Goes After Millennials With Small, Focused Stores
Bankrupt Rochdale Securities Wins $8 Million Award Against Wall Street Firm
Boeing Keeps Sights Set on Sales Goal
U.S. Crude-Oil Supplies Seen Increasing
Dollar Boosted by Pound, Yen Selloffs
Garden Fresh Wins Approval to Tap Bankruptcy Loan
Oil Prices Fall on Skepticism of OPEC and Strong Dollar
Samson Seeks to Head Off Dueling Plans
Fed Needs to Improve Security of Sensitive Information, Watchdog Says
Natural Gas Rebounds From Two-Week Low
GoEuro Books $70M Round Led by Silver Lake, Kleiner Perkins
Pinterest Names Twitter Executive Todd Morgenfeld as First CFO
Amazon and EU in Settlement Talks Over E-Book Terms
Toys “R” Us Sells FAO Schwarz to ThreeSixty Group
J&J Warns Insulin Pump Vulnerable to Cyber Hacking
Global Central Banking in 2016: Fourth-Quarter Update
Merrill Lynch Unveils Plans to Launch Robo Adviser
In Market-Manipulation Brawl, CFTC Loses Round One
Garden Fresh Restaurant Corp Files for Bankruptcy
Brazil’s Industrial Output Plunges in August
Citi to Invest More in Mexico Operations, Renames Unit
Gawker Expects to Win Legal Fight With Hogan
Financial Stability Amid Low Interest Rates
What We Know About the Global Financial Safety Net
Group Calls for More Curbs on Use of Antibiotics in Livestock
Inspector General Finds Gaps in CFPB’s Information Security Program
French Regulator Opposes Altice Share Offer to SFR Shareholders
Palank’s Take: Deal Advances USA Discounters Bankruptcy
IMF Raises U.K. Growth Forecast
IMF Sees Woes in Wealthy Countries Offsetting Others’ Turnaround
ECB Officials Express Concerns Over Effect of Negative Rates on Lending
Antitobacco Groups Sue to Require Graphic Labels on Cigarette Packs
Pound’s Plunge Widens Gap for Brexit’s Winners, Losers
Ericsson Slashes 3,000 Jobs
Texas Banker’s Game Plan: Ditch Branches, Prosper
BP to Buy Eni Coral South LNG Project Production
Turkey Lowers Economic Growth Forecasts
BOE’s Saunders Says U.K. Economy Will Beat Forecasts
Cargill Fiscal First-Quarter Earnings Rise 66%
Newell Brands to Sell 10% of Its Portfolio
Oil Prices Near Flat on Skepticism Over OPEC’s Efficacy
Iran Signs New Model Oil Deal as It Vows to Pump More
Olive Garden Pushes Darden’s Results Past Expectations
Delta Air Unit Revenue Decline Slowed in September
Lacker: Prudent Pre-Emptive Action Can Help Avoid Troubling Situations
Firm Retention Summary: Verengo Inc.
New York City Employment Drops in September
Firm Retention Summary: Last Call Guarantor LLC
Best Buy to Pay Penalty to Settle Charges Over Recalled Items
Altus Power America Raises $205 Million for Solar Expansion
U.S. Retail Sales Fall 0.4% in September
TransDigm Considering Special Dividend, New Debt
Weekly Chain-Store Sales Rise
Davis’s Take: Sticking to Truth In a Down Round
Restless Bandit Raises $10 Million for HR Software
Creighton’s Take: Basel III—Are We There Yet?
Creighton’s Take: Basel III—Are We There Yet?
Hilsenrath’s Take: Third Quarter Growth Didn’t Measure Up
Nestle Suspends Coffee Imports From South Sudan
Siemens to Upgrade Iran’s Rail Infrastructure
Global Inflation Falls to Seven-Year Low
What We Know About the Global Financial Safety Net
UBS Sees GBP at $1.20, Parity Vs EUR by End-2017
Eurozone Producer Prices Fall in August
Asian Shares Rise, Led by Tokyo
LVMH Bags Rimowa to Bolster Luggage Range
Janus to Be Acquired by U.K. Fund Giant Henderson Group
Boeing’s Unique Accounting Method Helps Improve Profit Picture
Swiss Consumer Prices Fall Again in September
Brickley’s Take: ITT Tech Creditors Crawling from the Wreckage
Market direction: Neutral