Date: 2015-02-25 00:00:00
S&P 500 (SPY) — open: 211.12, high: 212.05, low: 210.76, close: 211.81, volume: 72472300, daily change: 0.0028
News headlines:
Transocean Posts Loss on Impairment Charge
United Warns Pilots After Errors
Citi, Wells Fargo Detail Regulatory Issues
AIA Profit Rises on China
Morgan Stanley to Pay $2.6 Billion to Settle Mortgage Cases
Business Watch: News Digest
McGraw Hill’s Terry McGraw to Give Up Chairman Post
SEC Probes Companies’ Treatment of Whistleblowers
Financial Briefs: News Digest
For Sandy-Struck Eatery, a New Start
Brazil Truckers Jar Soybean Markets
Qantas Flies Back Into Profit
Apple Throws Wrench Into Nasdaq’s Gearbox
BofA Settles Las Vegas Casino Lawsuit
In Iran, Middlemen Can Get Cash in or Out—for a Fee
Retailers Prepare to Spend More
Magna Keeps The Door Open On New Plant
Santander Consumer USA to Pay $9.4 Million Settlement
Amgen Drug Shows Positive Results in Late-Phase Study
L Brands Profits Rise
Treasury, California Regulators Probing Citi’s Banamex
Generic Copies of Remicade Go on Sale in Europe
EU Regulator Takes Pro-Business Line
Standard General to Lead Bidding for RadioShack Stores
Financial Pressure on Ukraine Mounts
Regulators in U.S. Escalate Takata Probe
Asian Morning Briefing: Dow Inches Up to New Record
Noble Energy, Plains All American Unveil Equity Offerings
Tobacco Companies to Resolve Some  Suits
BB&T Received DOJ Subpoenas On FHA-Backed Loans Audit
Scotland Suspends Judge Linked to Collapsed Hedge Fund Heather Capital
FTC Antitrust Authority Over Professional License Boards Affirmed
Southwest Makes Progress on Planes That Missed Checks
Oil: How Much Does China Need?
BlackBerry, Google Team Up To Secure Android Phones
Quebec Pension Fund Generates 12% Return
Fed’s Yellen Fends Off Charges of Partisan Tilt
Wells Hires Four Morgan Stanley Brokers
Liberty Media’s Profit Rises Sharply
Atkins Nutritionals Up For Sale
CIT Chief Thain Prepares to Face Critics
Wells Fargo Wrestles With FHA Suit
Dollar Slips as Yellen Remains Cautious on Rates
N.Y. Regulator Boosts Pressure on Banks Over Security
MetLife Unit Agrees to Resolve Mortgage-Lending Allegations
Abercrombie Faces Supreme Court Battle Over Head Scarf
Finra Fines on the Rise
Buyout Shops Keep Skin in the Game
T.J. Maxx Owner Follows Wal-Mart in Lifting Wages
Deutsche Bank Names Co-Head of Corporate Banking
Oil Prices Gain
Target Sales Grow at Fastest Rate in  Three Years
Bombardier Delays CS300 Flight
Gold Rebounds From One-Month Low
Cablevision Plays Down Effect of FCC Proposal
Coca-Cola Femsa Takes Forex Hit
EU Urges French Budget Cuts
HSBC Chief Takes Heat
Big Indie Firms Add More of Their Own
European Stocks Dip From Seven-Year Highs
Nani Marquina’s Magic Carpets
Man Group Earnings Jump
Royal Bank of Canada Posts Strong Earnings, Raises Dividend
Saudis to Increase Refining Capacity
Hertz Accounting Issues Have Cost $153 Million
Optimism in Palm-Oil Market Wanes
Hedge Fund Bids for RadioShack Name
Lowe’s Builds Its Fourth-Quarter Sales
New-Home Sales Edge Lower
Campbell Soup Posts Lower Earnings
U.A.E. Seeks to Fill Defense Needs at Home
Blackstone Seeks ‘Coalition’ Partners
Voices: Wendy Lanton, on RIAs Keeping Their B-D Licenses
Telefónica Sees Growth Ahead
ECB Faces Struggle in Sourcing Bonds
Sears Canada Continues String of Losses
Boosting Returns with Commercial Real Estate
Eaton Vance Profit Falls
Telephone & Data Systems, U.S. Cellular Report Losses
DineEquity’s Sales Growth Boosted by IHOP
Hudson’s Bay, Simon Property Group to Form Joint Venture
Maersk to Sell Stake in Danske Bank
EU Could Rule on Gazprom Probe Soon
Oil Demand Seen as Growing
Dollar Tree Outlook Misses Mark
South Africa Announces New Taxes, Spending Cuts
Encana Cuts Capital-Spending, Cash Flow Guidance
R.R. Donnelley Sales Rise on Acquisitions
Lamar Revenue Tops Expectations
Riksbank Ready to Do More
Asian Shares Mixed
Southwest Jets to Keep Flying After Missed Inspections
AXA Profit Lifted by Currency Gains
Safran Profit Rises on Strong Jet Demand
Oil’s Plunge Clouds Outlook for WorleyParsons
Pfizer Australia Lipitor Case Dismissed by Federal Court
Fashion Executive Sets About Fixing Gucci
Market direction: Neutral