Date: 2016-03-08 00:00:00
S&P 500 (SPY) — open: 199.34, high: 201.07, low: 199.25, close: 200.59, volume: 100219000, daily change: 0.0008
News headlines:
Bid Weighed for Swedish Portfolio
For Europe’s Banks, No Place Like Home
Crude Prices Retreat Further; U.S. Stockpiles In Focus
Online Lender SoFi Launches Hedge Fund to Buy Its Own Loans
Production Company Behind ‘Spotlight’ Seeks Buyer or Investor
SEC’s White Says Stock-Market Overhaul Won’t Happen This Year
United Continental Shareholders Launch Battle for Control
Lockheed Martin Seeks to Cut 1,000 Jobs
Sporting Goods Retailers Hit Losing Streak
Birth of a Bull Market: In March 2009, Few Saw It Coming
Companies Go Green on Their Own Steam
A Winning Bet May Prove Fleeting
Risky and Safe Bets Both Gain
A Two-Story Housing Market
U.S. Airlines Reviewing Capacity Plans on Drop in Average Fares
U.S. Stocks Snap Win Streak
Bangladesh Bank Says It Recovered Some Funds After Alleged Breach
Mexico’s Pemex to Use Credit Lines to Pay Suppliers
Amplify Snack Brands Beats Expectations
Financial-Stability Blindness at the Fed
Whole Foods Reaches Installation Deals With SolarCity, NRG Energy
Fed Governor Brainard Donated to Clinton Campaign
Exxon’s Canadian Unit Sells Gas Stations for $2.1 Billion
Stormy Policy Forecast for Marketplace Lenders
Asian Morning Briefing: U.S. Stocks Drop After Recent Rally
General Mills Boosts Quarterly Dividend
Drone Maker AeroVironment Posted Higher Profits
Yum Names Walter to Be Chairman
Analysts Forecast Rise in U.S. Crude Inventories
Euro Gives Up Gains Against the Dollar In Late Trade
Valeant in Talks to Add New Board Members
Oil Prices Fall Back After Recent Gains
Risk-Weighted-Asset Rules on the Horizon
Asia Head of Swiss Bank BSI Steps Down
Markets Mayhem: Abnormalities Getting More Common
Molycorp Bankruptcy Auction Flop Stirs Bondholder Rancor
New York Fed Names New Depository Institution Council Members
Banking’s Crisis Not Just About Regulation
Senate Panel to Hold Hearing on Two SEC Nominees
Cargill Plans to Reduce Antibiotics Use in Beef
Natural Gas Futures Settle Higher
Fed Likely to Stand Pat on Rates, Keep Options Open for April or June
Credit Card Growth Follows Stronger Hiring
Square’s Earnings Debut: Can Fintech Pay?
United Shareholders Set Sights on Big Target
Honeywell Debt Deal Leaves Sour Taste for Some Investors
Intuit Sheds QuickBase
Saudi Aramco Plans to Up its Gas Output Significantly in 10 Years
U.S. Watchdog Warns on Banks’ Counterparty Exposures
Orbital ATK and Intelsat Set to Sign Satellite Servicing Pact
U.S. Energy Agency Sees Lower Global Oil Prices
Carney Warns of ‘Brexit’ Risk to U.K. Financial Stability
Barnes & Noble Education Swings to Loss
Navistar International Loss Narrows; Cuts Sales Outlook
Bank of Canada Expected to Stand Pat on Rates
Morgan Stanley Broker Opts for Raymond James Affiliate
BOE’s Next Interest Rate Move Likely to Be Up
Two Dead, Five Missing at Glencore’s Katanga Mine
Sponsors Cut Ties With Sharapova
German Prosecutors Widen VW Probe
Vivint Ends SunEdison Takeover Deal
Ex-Continental CEO Says He Would Return as Nonexecutive Chairman
FireEye Narrows Loss Estimate For Year
U.K. Plans Code of Banking Behavior Within a Year
Should Fiduciary Advisers Swear Off Mandatory Arbitration?
Chevron Cuts Spending Plans Again
U.S. Retail Sales Rise 0.7% in First Week of March
Dick’s Sporting Goods’ Profit Falls 17%
Sanofi, Merck End Vaccine Venture
Yields on Japanese Government Bonds Hit All-Time Lows
Performance Sports Slashes Profit Forecast
OECD Warns of Slowing Global Growth
United Confirms Purchase of 25 Additional Boeing 737s
German Industry Revved Up in January
Eurozone Economic Growth Driven by Investment, Government Spending
Retail Economist/Goldman Sachs Chain Store Sales Decline in Latest Week
Schlesinger’s Take: Lame Duck Flexes His Muscles
Sterling Dips as BOE’s Carney Talks Brexit
Japan’s Economy Shrank Slower Than Initially Estimated
RWE’s U.K. Unit npower to Slash Jobs
Hilsenrath’s Take: Fed Begins Meeting Prep With a Call for Patience
Theranos Ran Tests Despite Quality Problems
Foxtons Profit Down as High-End London Property Market Subsides
Schlesinger’s Take: Lame Duck Flexes His Muscles
Small-Business Owners’ Confidence Wanes in February
Burberry Becomes Focus of Takeover Talk
Germany’s Merck Boosted by Life Sciences
Goldman Adviser to 1MDB Quit After Alleged Violations of Bank Policy
Ex-Goldman Sachs Banker Subpoenaed in 1MDB Probe
China Stages a Recovery but Property Stocks Take a Hit
Falling JGB Yields Are One Kuroda Success Story
The ECB’s Dilemma
Malaysia Central Bank Seen Holding Policy Rate Steady
NTT in Talks to Buy Dell’s Perot Systems
RBNZ Likely to Keep Rates on Hold
RBA Says Rate Cuts Abroad Pressure Australian Dollar
Vale, Fortescue Plan Iron-Ore Alliance
Goldman Adviser to 1MDB Quit After Alleged Violations of Bank Policy
Creditors Try to Push Former Owner of Aman Resorts Into Bankruptcy
Rare Glimpse Into Norwegian Fund Shows Shift From Large Stakes
Market direction: Neutral