Date: 2014-04-22 00:00:00
S&P 500 (SPY) — open: 186.44, high: 187.1, low: 186.21, close: 187.04, volume: 68329000, daily change: 0.0035
News headlines:
Global Drug Industry Does About-Face
Fed Looks Likely to Stick to Path
Allergan Adopts Poison Pill
Flurry of Allergan Trading Preceded Offer
Coffee Prices Surge
Drug Companies Back in Deal Mode
Newmont, Barrick Still in Contact After   Aborted Merger Talks
Valeant's Little Patience for Science
Discover Profit Slips But Still Beats Estimates
BP to Sell Stakes in Four Alaska Oil Fields
JetBlue Pilots Vote to Unionize
Vote Rejecting UAW at Plant Is Certified
Toronto-Dominion Hires Adam Steiner as Director of Forex Institutional Sales
Auto Industry Insiders Poised for Comeback
Record Junk-Bond Sale Readied
Amgen Profit Falls 25%
BNY Mellon Weighs 'Goodbye' to 'NY'
Judges Consider What Defines Insider Trading
Barrick Gold's Munk Says Deal Is  'Inevitable'
Court Strikes Down Ohio Hospital Merger
Yum's Profit Improves
Gilead's Results Boosted by Hepatitis Drug
In Botox Alliance, Ackman and Valeant Navigated Maze of Rules
Intuitive Surgical Reports 77% Profit Decline
Valeant Pharmaceuticals Popular Among Hedge Funds
Duke Estimates Coal-Ash Cleanup Cost
Asian Morning Briefing: U.S. Stocks End Higher
Crude-Oil Futures Tumble
Nabors First-Quarter Profit Slumps
Lockheed Raises Profit Guidance
Dollar Pares Losses Against Rivals
Vornado Sees Toys 'R' Us Profit Being Offset by Loss
AT&T Revenue Rises, Profit Slips
Travelers Profit Tops Estimates
Warren Pushes U.S. to Get Tougher on Banks
Comcast, Charter Close to Subscriber Deal
Tax Issues Snag Omnicom-Publicis Deal
Citi Holders Approve Leaders' Pay
Charter, Comcast Close to Subscriber Deal
Ackman Warns Allergan Against Saying No to Valeant Offer
AT&T Forms Online Video Venture With the Chernin Group
France's Treasury Chief in Line to Become Orange CFO
Time Warner Unveils Time Inc.'s 10-Member Board
Harley-Davidson Reports Higher Sales
Lilly to Pay $5.4 Billion for Novartis Animal-Health Unit
Gold Futures Drop to 10-Week Low
Ex-Celgene Executive Sentenced for Insider Trading
McDonald's Plans Marketing Push as Profit Slides
Starboard Secures Votes to Force Darden Holder Meeting
PNC's CEO Demchak Takes Over as Chairman
United Technologies' Carrier-Unit Orders Signal Housing Strength
Regions Financial Profit Slips
U.S. Existing-Home Sales Slip
Volkswagen Gets Boost in Bid for Scania
Mexican State Utility Unveils Natural-Gas Pipeline Plans
China's Tencent Completes Bond Sale
CEZ Proposes Dividend Unchanged from Previous Year
Pharma Shares Rise
GM Engineering Chief to Depart
Centene Profit Rises on Expanded Memberships
MetLife Boosts Quarterly Dividend 27%
Euro-Zone Consumer Sentiment Improves
Tesla CEO Pledges to Build Up Support Network in China
Barclays Confirms Plans to Exit Most Commodities Businesses
Big Pharma's Deal Frenzy
Voices: Richard Kagawa, on Clients Changing States When They Retire
BJ's Restaurants, Shareholders Come to Board Agreement
Philips Sees Tough Year Ahead
AK Steel Loss Widens
RadioShack Store Operations Executive Resigns
Arch Coal Loss Widens on Weaker Margins
Illinois Tool Works Profit Jumps on Buybacks, Revenue Growth
A Plan to Manage an Out-of-Control Spender
Mizuho Names Board Chairwoman
Glaxo Exits Cancer Drugs
Ashland CEO, Chair to Retire at Year-End
Simon Property Posts Higher Profit
Russia's Oil and Gas Allow It to Act Badly
Xerox Profit Declines on Document-Technology Weakness
Interpublic Posts Narrower Loss
Janus Profit, Assets Under Management Rise
Crédit Agricole Shuts Crimean Bank Branches
Competition Hits China Mobile
Fund Eyes Beat-Up Chinese Stocks
Vietnam's Bad-Debt Problem
Big Brands to Be United in Joint Venture
Ukraine Tensions Won't Hit Total's Russian Operations
Tokyo Ends Lower After Dollar Gives Up Gains
Yuan Falls to 14-Month Low
TNT Appoints New CFO
Healthscope Draws Interest from China, Malaysia and the U.S.
Market direction: Neutral