Date: 2016-12-01 00:00:00
S&P 500 (SPY) — open: 221.63, high: 221.82, low: 220.31, close: 220.38, volume: 113291800, daily change: -0.0024
News headlines:
Red Sox ‘Big Papi’ Takes a Swing at Private-Equity
Wells Fargo Formally Separates Chairman, CEO Roles
Roundup of Form D Regulatory Filings--Dec. 1
Oil Prices Take a Breather but Sentiment Remains Bullish
Singapore Fund Asks U.S. Warehouse Operator for Strategic Review
Asian Shares Lower as Trump Trade Cools
Silicon Valley Challenged to Reach a Higher Bar
Australian Retail Sales Rise in October
Workday’s Loss Widens
Hospitals Spend Billions as They Expand and Update
Credit-Default Swaps Still Pose a Threat, New Paper Says
Starbucks’ Schultz Stepping Down as CEO to Focus on Higher-End Shops
Fruit of the Loom Inc. Names Melissa Burgess-Taylor as Chairman, CEO
Avon Taps Former SABMiller Executive as Finance Chief
SQZ Biotech Boosts Series B to $24 Million
Caterpillar Says Wall Street ‘Too Optimistic’ on Its 2017 Profit
Ambarella Beats Projections, but Outlook for Holiday Quarter Falls Short
WorkRamp Raises $1.8 Million for Employee Training Software
Top Bank Regulator Hints at Potential Fintech Charter
FCC to Pay Less for Airwaves as Auction Moves to Third Round
Joe Biden to Make Last-Ditch Defense of Financial Regulations
Smith & Wesson Shares Slide On Disappointing Outlook
U.S. Objects to Abengoa Bankruptcy-Exit Plan
Oil-Price Rebound Gives Banks New Reason to Cheer
Dollar Falls Ahead of Jobs Report
Indiana’s Carrier Deal Could Complicate Firms’ Plans to Move Factories Overseas
Gap Same-Store Sales Dragged by Warehouse Fire
Ulta Salon Lifts Year’s Outlook Again
EU Steps Up Dispute With U.S. Over Trans-Atlantic Flights
Unsecured Creditors Cry Foul on American Apparel Sale Timeline
Despite Fiduciary Uncertainty, Wells Fargo Details Compliance Plans
Dow Industrials Rise; Bond Selloff Continues
Transcript: Q&A With Cleveland Fed’s Loretta Mester in Pittsburgh
Natural Gas Continues to Rise on Falling Stockpiles
Bank of Mexico’s Carstens Leaving to Lead Bank for International Settlements
Oil Keeps Rising After OPEC Output Deal
Energy Future Revamps Bankruptcy Exit Plan
Gold Falls After Strong U.S. Data
Bennu Oil & Gas Files for Chapter 7 Bankruptcy in Texas
Transcript: WSJ Interview With Dallas Fed President Robert Kaplan
The Obama Administration’s Last Regulatory Push
Hopes for Fannie, Freddie Leaving Conservatorship
Parker Hannifin to Buy Clarcor
Kroger Cuts Outlook Again
Card Companies Give Gas Stations 3 Extra Years to Install Chip Technology
Firm Retention Summary: Dowling College
Firm Retention Summary: Dowling College
WSJ Interview: Fed’s Kaplan Says It’s Too Soon to Say How Trump Affects Rate View
Reflections on the Basel Committee’s Work
Dollar General Posts Disappointing Sales
Absent From Trump Rally in Stocks? Insider Buying
What Makes an Institution Systemically Important?
Majority of Delta Pilots Approve New Labor Contract
SBE Entertainment Concludes Morgans Hotel Acquisition
Carnival Agrees to Fine, Will Plead Guilty to Pollution Charges
Investment Group Pays $76.5 Million for Downtown Brooklyn Development Site
Nortel Takes Another Step Toward Wrapping Up Bankruptcy Case
As Web Sales Spike, Retailers Scramble to Ship From Stores
TD Bank Profit Climbs 25%
U.S. Manufacturing Activity Expanded in November
CIBC’s Profit Jumps 20%, and It Increases Dividend
With $720 Self-Tying Sneaker, Nike Loosens Ties to Retailers
Adidas Plots for More Gains in U.S.
UBS Sets Up Frankfurt Headquarters for European Wealth Management Operation
Ireland Courted by ‘Several’ Banks in Wake of Brexit
Fed’s Kaplan: U.S. Oil Output Could Reach 11 Million Barrels a Day
Mnuchin’s Dodd-Frank Salvo | Bharara Surprise | Europe Completes Derivatives Trading Cap | Democrat Warner Open to SIFI Tweak | Curry: Split Bank Chairman, CEO Roles | Tracy’s Take: What We Know About Mnuchin’s Views
Fed’s Mester: Monetary Policy, Financial Stability Goals Can Be at Odds
Glencore to Resume Dividend With $1 Billion Payout Next Year
Self Magazine Going All Digital
Foreign Firms Face New Clampdown for Getting Money Out of China
Spain’s Struggling Banco Popular to Replace Chairman
British Pound Jumps
Big Tobacco Opens Shops to Show Off Vaping Devices
Trump’s Money Men
U.S. Jobless Claims Rose to 268,000 During Thanksgiving Week
Carlyle to Sell Remaining Stake in Booz Allen
Comcast’s Fandango to Buy Ticketing Firm Cinepapaya
India’s Stock Market Suffers 7% Hit After Trump Election, Currency Ban
Court Rules IRS Can Seek Information on Bitcoin Customers
Eurozone Unemployment Lowest Since Mid-2009
Mnuchin’s Dodd-Frank Salvo | Bharara Surprise | Europe Completes Derivatives Trading Cap | Democrat Warner Open to SIFI Tweak | Curry: Split Bank Chairman, CEO Roles | Tracy’s Take: What We Know About Mnuchin’s Views
Iridium Projects Mid-December SpaceX Launch Of Its Next-Generation Satellites
Express Slashes Outlook Again
Haggin’s Take: AppNexus Ushers in Ad-Tech Shakeout
Blackstone’s Take: Domino Theory for the SNB
Tracy’s Take: What We Know About Mnuchin’s Views
For Rio Tinto, Another Africa Headache
Japan’s Trump-Fueled Markets Rally Gathers Steam
Philip Morris CEO: Cigarette Production Could End Someday
China Stands to Gain From Oil Deal
Giant Aluminum Stockpile Moved From Mexico to Vietnam
Investors See Opportunities in Europe’s Political Stress
Norges Bank Tilting Further Toward Stocks
Hyundai Merchant Denies Alliance Hopes Are Dead
South Korea’s Exports Rebound in November
OPEC Deal Fuels Asian Shares
Shenzhen Stock Link May Need Time to Take Off
Peer-to-Peer Loan Marketplace Opens in Russia
China’s Dalian Wanda Faces Renewed Regulatory Scrutiny Over Hollywood Deals
White House Pushing Cuba on Deals for GE, Google
India Manufacturing Activity Cools Off After Government Currency Move
Emerging Market Outflows Raise Specter of Taper Tantrum Redux
Higher Prices, Weaker Currencies Threaten Oil Demand in Asia
Peru’s CPI Rose in November on Higher Fuel, Electricity Prices
Market direction: Neutral