Date: 2014-05-22 00:00:00
S&P 500 (SPY) — open: 188.09, high: 189.22, low: 188.06, close: 189.13, volume: 89093000, daily change: 0.0084
News headlines:
China-Russia Gas Deal May Benefit Asia
Australia's Spotless Makes Strong Debut
Bankruptcy Case Tests Tenants' Rent Protections
Time Inc. to Leave Midtown After 55 Years
Clash Over Darden Board Will Be Measure of Activist Clout
Monopoly, Menthol Pose Hurdles to Any Reynolds-Lorillard Deal
Skilled Foreign Workers a Boon to Pay, Study Finds
Planting Corn at Warp Speed
U.S. Banking Crackdown Stings Somalia
Cox Joins Ultrafast-Broadband Push
NYSE CEO Niederauer Resigns
Investors Show Little Fear
NTSB Urges Enhanced Analysis of Lithium Jetliner Batteries
Thai Baht Takes a Hit as Coup Stokes Fears
ISS Supports Signet-Zale Merger
Most Recalled GM Car? Chevy Malibu
TD, RBC Post Higher Profits
Hewlett-Packard Changes Managers in Software, Networking
Brooklyn's reBar Owner Pleads Not Guilty
Deutsche Bank Co-CEO Pleads for Investor Support
Private Equity Backs Off on European Deals
CFPB Cites Problems With Payday Lenders, Debt Collectors
TiVo Swings to First-Quarter Profit
GE Extends Deadline on Alstom Deal
Investors Push Up JD.com Shares
Aeropostale's Loss Widens as Sales Continue to Slide
Sinopec Advances Iran Oil-Field Plans
GameStop Profit Rises 25%
Energy Future Bankruptcy to Remain in Delaware
Yen Posts Biggest Drop in Over a Month
Astra Shareholder Backs Rejection of Pfizer Bid
Ross Stores Profit Rises 4%
Gap Reaffirms Outlook, Focuses on Expansion Outside the U.S.
Oil Futures Dip
Platinum, Palladium Prices Rise
Portugal's Espírito Santo International to Shed Assets
Cotton Retreats to Near Three-Month Low
Alcatel-Lucent in Talks to Sell Cybersecurity Unit
Olive Oil Prices Are on the Rise
Specialty Hospital Files for Bankruptcy With Bid From Silver Point
UnipolSai CEO Is Placed Under Investigation
Officials Hope For Deal to Keep MasterCard, Visa in Russia
Institutional Investors to Invest in Dutch Economy
Best Buy Sees Continued Sales Declines
European Stocks Edge Higher
Existing-Home Sales Rise
Siemens Leans Toward Formal Alstom Bid
Using K-1 Income for Charitable Giving
Toyota Recalls 430,000 More Vehicles
JBS Could Still Decide Against Foods Unit IPO
Archer Daniels Doubles Cost-Savings Target
Investor Targets Darden Board After Red Lobster Sale
Office Depot Recalls 1.4 Million Adjustable Chairs
Euro-Zone Business Activity Slows Slightly
Investors Bet on Indonesian Coal, Despite Price
Royal Mail Posts First Annual Results Since IPO
Itau Unibanco Seeks Latin American Expansion
BNY Mellon to Sell 49% Stake in China Joint Venture
Perry Ellis Beats Expectations
Sears Loss Widens on Weak Sales
Standard Chartered May Quit Zimbabwe
Australia Tugboat Union Suspends Strike Plan at Iron-Ore Port
Marathon to Buy Hess Retail Arm
Dollar Tree Profit, Sales Increase
Polymetal to Buy Kazakh Gold Project for $618.5 million
United Natural to Buy Tony's Fine Foods for $195 Million
TD Bank Profit Rises 16%
Signet Jewelers Profit Rises
FatFace Pulls IPO
China CNR Shares Fall in Debut
Buckle Profit Nearly Flat
Royal Bank of Canada Profit Climbs 15%
Consumer Spending Drives U.K. Growth
Russia Trims Currency Interventions
Zoopla Plans London IPO
Hedge Funds Miss Merger Wave
Oil Firms Pull Some Staff From Libya
Investors Start to Shun Property
Deutsche Bank Shareholder to Vent Anger
Hungary's Wizz Air to List in London
Africa, Latin America Pep Up SABMiller
Shell Halts Scrip Dividends
Mothercare Sees Improved Trading
Explosive Oil Trains, Shrouded in Secrecy
Market direction: Neutral