Date: 2016-10-26 00:00:00
S&P 500 (SPY) — open: 214.68, high: 214.98, low: 213.98, close: 214.17, volume: 66542300, daily change: -0.0034
News headlines:
Oil Prices Roughly Flat on OPEC Uncertainty
U.S. Probes Aluminum Firms Over Chinese Imports
China Market Down on Slowing Industrial Profit Growth
Blackstone Cashes In on China’s Overseas Shopping Binge
NXP Semiconductors Profit Drops Sharply
Canada’s Suncor Energy Swings to Profit
Foundation Donors Were Pressed to Steer Business to Bill Clinton
Verizon to Buy Technology of Web-Video Startup Vessel
Auto Lenders Have New Reason to Worry
Tilton Loses Delaware Court Fight Over Zohar Funds’ Records
Community Health Projects Third-Quarter Loss
Climbing Dollar Expected to Hit Ceiling
Dow Industrials Rise Despite Drag From Apple
Brazil’s JBS Cancels Planned Spinoff
Groupon Buys Rival LivingSocial, Reports Another Loss
Barrick Gold Raises Gold Production Target, Swings to Profit
Morgan Stanley Sets Off a Fight Over the Cost of Your Retirement Account
Carlyle Aims to Raise Another $100 Billion
Newmont Mining Swings to a Loss, Revises Dividend Policy
New York Fed Panel Recommends Lipkin, Cote for Re-Election to Board
Genomics Medicine Ireland Raises $40M Series A for Population Genetics
Canada Housing Agency Raises Warning Level on Frothy Market Conditions
Texas Instruments Reports Higher Profit, Boosts Dividend
General Dynamics Delivers Fewer Gulfstreams
Judge Limits a Bankruptcy Grace Period for China Fishery Group
OCC Offers to Restructure to Assist Innovation at Fintech Firms
Gazprom, EU Agree to Settle Antitrust Case
Bankruptcy Trustee Pushes Back on Garden Fresh Bid
Dollar Recovers on Strong U.S. Data
Southwest Airlines Confident on Return to Positive Unit Revenue Growth
GE Drops Bid to Acquire Germany’s SLM Solutions Group
Natural Gas Declines on Mild Weather Forecasts
Oil Falls to Three-Week Low
Creditors Challenge Noranda’s Plan to Dismiss Its Bankruptcy
Proposed Settlement in West Virginia Chemical Spill
Airbus, Boeing Follow Own Paths to Further Growth
Developed Markets Help Buoy Coke’s Results
Mondelez’s Results Top Expectations
China’s Cnooc Trims Its Exposure in Canadian North
Smaller Surplus Than Average of Natural Gas Expected
Eurozone Inflation Too Weak, ECB Official Says
Texas Toll-Road Operator, Lenders Reach Restructuring Deal
Startup Founders Discuss What’s Ahead in Insurance Tech
Stech’s Take: What Retired Judge Robert Martin Never Figured Out
Fitch: Restaurant Bankruptcies On The Rise
Quick Hits: BOJ Set to Cut Inflation View, Riksbank Seen Extending QE
SEC Eases Path of Dissidents Waging Campaigns for Corporate Boards
The Biggest Money Mistakes We Make—Decade by Decade
What Would It Take to Cut 70% of Federal Regulations?
Stech’s Take: What Retired Judge Robert Martin Never Figured Out
Negative Interest Rates Give Swiss Coffers a Brief Boost
Yeti May Delay IPO and Bring In More Private Money
Wall Street Leads in Campaign Contributions
Procter & Gamble’s Profit Rises
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GrubHub Profit Soars
U.S. Crude Oil Stockpiles Surprisingly Fall
Globalization Is Here to Stay, Says Panama Canal CEO
Former Reddit Executive Raises $8M for Better Online Communities
It’s Not the Economy, Stupid. It’s the Political Gridlock
Boeing Raises Guidance on Tax Benefit
The U.S. Job Recovery Is a Global Laggard
San Francisco Fed Paper Says EU and Currency Union Boosted Exports
Hilton Cuts 2016 Forecast, Says Spinoffs on Track for Year’s End
Wells Fargo Says It Offered More for Atinum Than SandRidge
U.S. New Home Sales Up in September After August Dip
Transcript: WSJ Interview With Philadelphia Fed’s Patrick Harker
Brexit Won’t Lead to Financial Regulation ‘Bonfire’, Says Bank of England Official
TARP Official to Congress: Require CEOs to Confirm No Fraud at Their Firms
Ericsson Names New CEO to Steer Turnaround
Chipotle Outlines New Initiatives to Speed Recovery
Mega Contracts With Colleges Start to Pinch Under Armour
Hess Reports Wider Loss, Trims Spending
Glaxo Profit Jumps on Weaker Pound
Franklin Resources Profit Rises 32%
Norfolk Southern Reports Surprise Profit Increase
National Bank of Abu Dhabi Profit Falls on Interest Income
Simon Property Group Raises Outlook on Improved Occupancy, Rents
Exelon Profit Falls on Nuclear Power Plant Closures
Ally Financial’s Auto Lending Falls
Lloyds Profit Dives on Big PPI Charge
China Seeks More Control Over Wealth-Management Products
Nasdaq Earnings Fall, But Revenue Rises on Acquisitions
State Street Profit Declines
Six Flags Posts Surprise Decline in Revenue, Hurt by Weather
Boston Scientific Raises Outlook
ECB’s Hansson Says Future of QE Could Be Decided in December
Biogen Profit Easily Tops Views
Heineken Puts Faith in Seasoned CEO to Take On AB InBev
Hungary Eases Monetary Conditions Further with Unconventional Measure
Gormley’s Take: Venture-Capital Outlook Brightens in Sunshine State
Media Startup Culture Trip Raises $20M Series A
Creighton’s Take: Banks’ Big Advantage Over Fintech—Deposit Insurance
Northrop Grumman Raises Forecast
Creighton’s Take: Banks’ Big Advantage Over Fintech—Deposit Insurance
Hilsenrath’s Take: Fed Looks To Run Mild Form of High Pressure Economy
The New BOJ: No Surprises
Fed’s Harker Shows Willingness to Challenge Prevailing Views
Bayer CEO Defends Planned Acquisition of Monsanto
Oil Companies Shift Exploration Tactics, Curb Spending
Moving to Frankfurt After Brexit Could Be a Squeeze for Banks
Sterling Could Fall To $1.10
Exchange Rate Predictability
The Blind Alley of Monetary Populism
Asian Shares Broadly Down, Tracking U.S. Weakness
Santander Profit Beats Forecasts
AT&T-Time Warner: A Deal Hedge Funds Won’t Touch
Transcript: WSJ Interview With San Francisco Fed’s John Williams
Market direction: Neutral