Date: 2015-03-12 00:00:00
S&P 500 (SPY) — open: 205.29, high: 205.5, low: 204.4, close: 204.5, volume: 110145700, daily change: -0.0023
News headlines:
Japan’s Banks to Ease Tourists’ ATM Woes
Windfall for China as Commodity Prices Plunge
U.S. Gains Buoy Asian Stocks
For the Graceful Belnord, a New Owner
Financial Briefs: News Digest
United Technologies CEO’s Exit Put Focus on Sikorsky
Business Briefs: News Digest
Oil Deaths Rise as Bakken Boom Fades
Test Results Bring Relief to Citigroup
‘Stress Tests’ Still Puzzle Banks
Oil Prices Fail to Deter Mexico’s Sierra Oil & Gas
AutoNation Removes Corporate Controller
U.S. Steel to Idle Minnesota Plant
U.S. Bancorp CEO Davis Earned $19.4 Million in 2014
Here’s How to Size Up Rival Bids for Salix
Citigroup CEO: Stress-Test Efforts Are ‘Far From Over’
Currency Defenses May Come Up Short
Disney Unveils Details on ‘Star Wars: VIII’ and ‘Frozen’ Sequel
Reprieve Debate Delaying SEC Probe Resolutions
Pfizer’s CEO Pay Rises 23%
Ackman Bets Draw U.S. Scrutiny
Trump Entertainment Cleared to Exit Bankruptcy
Ulta Profit Rises on E-Commerce Sales
The Price Is Still Right for Rate Hikes
In Japan, Permanent Jobs Vanish
Bristol-Myers’s Andreotti Got $27.1 Million in Compensation in 2014
Revel Urges Judge to Approve Deal With Developer
GM Recalls 64,000 Chevy Volts Over Idling Concerns
Asian Morning Briefing: U.S. Stocks Rise Sharply
Re/Max Posts Higher Revenue, Profit
Tentative Deal to End Strike at U.S. Oil Refineries
Changes Afoot in Chinese Stocks
Dollar Weakens As Investors Take Profits
FXCM Repays $12 Million of Rescue Package
Aéropostale’s Loss Narrows
Commerzbank to Pay $1.45 Billion in U.S. Settlement
Have Oil Prices Hit Their Floor?
U.S. Oil Prices Fall to Six-Week Low
North Dakota Crude Production Falls
Doral Financial Corp. Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
Gold Ekes Out Gain as Investors Turn Cautious
New Canadian Exchange Adds Funds,  Investors
Crude-Price Collapse Takes Toll on North Dakota Town
Auto-Parts Supplier Chassix Files for Chapter 11
Irish Economy Grows at Fastest Pace in EU
Economists See Dollar Strength, Global Weakness Restraining U.S. Growth
Sabadell’s TSB Bid Stems From Lessons Learned
Dollar General’s Labor Costs to Rise
Lumber Liquidators Sales Fall After TV Report
U.S. Budget Deficit Down 1% on-Year
Post to Close PowerBar Facility
Owens-Illinois Awarded $455 Million in Seizure of Venezuela Plants
Levy Acquisition to Buy Del Taco Chain
African Farmers Put Hope in Beer
Euro Recovers After Losses
Coca-Cola CEO’s 2014 Compensation Up 24%
Brazil Indicates Tightening Cycle Might Be Nearing an End
‘Green Bonds’ for a Parking Garage?
A New Way to Use a Prenup
Standard Register Files for Bankruptcy
Caesars Wants Bankruptcy Judge to Halt Suits Against Parent
GM to Curtail Warranty, Free Maintenance Offers
ZF Merger With TRW Gets Green Light
Trading Ends in Some Dow, Nasdaq Futures
U.S. Retail Sales Fall Amid Rough Weather
Denmark to Defend Currency Peg
Barclays Braces for ‘Mack the Knife’
U.S. Import Prices Rose in February
Eskom Suspends Executives Amid Power Crisis
Canada Household Debt Reaches Record High in Fourth Quarter
Honda to Urge Repair of Recalled Vehicles
Integrated Silicon Agrees to $640 Million Takeover
Hovnanian Posts Wider-Than-Expected Loss
Gannett Split to Close By Mid-Year
Bundesbank at Ease About Targets
Tapping the Kids’ 529 Plans to Fund Dad’s M.B.A.
U.S. Jobless Claims Fell in March 7 Week
Children’s Place to Close More Stores, Gives Soft Outlook
Vail Resorts Profit Soars on Stronger Revenue
Revlon Hurt By Currency Headwinds
JA Solar Revenue Beats on Demand in China, Shift in Product Mix
Bond Traders Unfazed by Rally
Spain’s Banco Sabadell Offers to Buy U.K.’s TSB
Volkswagen Tightens Belt
Brazil Meatpacker JBS to Focus on Organic Growth
Asian Shares Rise After Rate Cuts
Eurozone Industrial Output Falls
Egypt Draws Foreign Investment
ECB Details First QE Purchases
Generali to Raise Dividend Despite Drop in Profit
ITV to Acquire Talpa Media
Market direction: Fall