Date: 2013-10-29 00:00:00
S&P 500 (SPY) — open: 175.89, high: 176.47, low: 175.7, close: 176.23, volume: 84979000, daily change: 0.0016
News headlines:
Baidu Reports Slightly Higher Profit
Gaw Capital Raises Cash for Asia Property Fund
Sears May Try to Unlock Value in Lands' End
Rise of Middle East Airlines Doesn't Fly With U.S. Rivals
Sprint to Reveal Speedier Technology
Ally Financial Settles Mortgage Suits
'Skew' Gives Negative View
Twitter IPO Offers Banks Entree to Spoils
SAC Capital to Plead Guilty to Fraud
Troubles for J.P. Morgan in Its Effort to Settle
Goldman Commodities Trading Co-Head Leaves
Truckers Tap Into U.S. Gas Boom
Vote Expected on Swaps-Rule Revamp
Private-Equity Loses To Corporate Buyer - Again
Witness: Entire Madoff Operation Was Fraud
Gilead Profit Up on Newer HIV Drug Sales
DreamWorks Animation's Profit Falls on 'Turbo' Flop
Caterpillar to Close Texas Plant
Caesars Loss Widens on Steeper Charges
J.P. Morgan's $5.1 Billion Settlement Is Tax Deductible
Activist Investor Peltz Escalates Pressure on Mondelez
Bolloré Charges Up Battery Business
Allergan Agrees to Sell Lap-Band Business
IAC Boosted by Revenue Gains
LinkedIn Warns of Slowdown
Yelp Loss Widens, With Costs Eclipsing Revenue
Rate Scandal Hits Dutch Rabobank
Crude Falls Back as Supplies Grow
Natural Gas Slides to One-Month Low
Puerto Rico Munis Weigh on UBS Wealth Management Americas
Treasury Gives Foreign Financial-Firm Guidance
Occidental Petroleum CEO Hints at Spinoff
U.S. Dollar Rises; Aussie Retreats
Nasdaq Glitch Prompts Halts
Thomson Reuters Cuts 3,000 Jobs
Potential Suitors Circle Orange's Dominican Unit
Luxottica's Profit Up, But Sales Flat
Pfizer Earnings Fall 19%
Boeing Raises 737 Max Fuel Efficiency Gain To 14% From 13%
European Stocks Lifted by Energy Sector
Brokerage Earnings Show Japan in Flux
Casinos Battle Regulatory Critics
CFTC to Drop Appeal of Position Limits Rule
New Life for Skyscraper
Deutsche Bank Hit by Legal Costs
OGX at Dead End with Creditors
Mosaic to Buy Phosphate Business
Nokia Sells Record Number of Lumias
Tata Steel Eyes 500 U.K. Job Cuts
Vertex Pharmaceuticals to Cut Workforce 15%
Peugeot Rebuffs Sale of In-House Bank
GAIL India, Ophir in Talks for Tanzania Gas-Block Stake
Banks Probed Over Foreign Exchange
Clock Is Ticking on Some Major Tax Breaks
Voices: Paul Carroll, on Wealthy Clients with Irregular Incomes
Martha Stewart Revenue Falls on Publishing Weakness
Cummins Posts Disappointing Profit, Cuts Sales Forecast
Earnings of Sinopec, PetroChina Helped by State Pricing Change
Changing a Client's View on Performance
JetBlue's Profit Up 58%, Unveils Fleet Restructuring
Goodyear Posts Higher Profit, Outlook
Hawaiian Adds Premium Economy Seats
Vodafone Seeks Full Ownership in India Unit
TD Ameritrade's Profit Rises 40% on Stronger Fees
Standard Chartered Puts Currencies Trader on Leave
Entergy's Profit Falls 29% as Expenses Rise
Archer Daniels Profit Surges on Accounting Credit
Aetna Profit Rises as Membership Improves
Korea Weighs on Standard Chartered
Lloyds in Talks to Resume Dividend Payments
BP Net Drops 34%
Asian Markets Digest Earnings
Australia Central Bank Wary of Rising Currency
Financial Briefing Book: Oct. 29
Report Notes Weaknesses of TARP Homeowner-Aid Plan
U.S. to Hit Infosys With Record Fine
Market direction: Neutral