Date: 2010-07-20 00:00:00
S&P 500 (SPY) — open: 107.05, high: 107.63, low: 106.22, close: 107.29, volume: 186709000, daily change: 0.0059
News headlines:
Corporate Watch
EADS's Space Unit Looks to Partner With U.S. Firms
Washington Mutual Agrees to Chapter 11 Probe
Seagate's View Not as Rosy As Some Tech Peers
Icahn, Lions Gate Go At It Again
Honeywell, China Plan Deal
Claiborne to Close Outlets
UnitedHealth Net Rises 31%
Metals USA Holdings, Royal Bancshares of Pennsylvania: Biggest Price Decliners (MUSA, RBPAA)
Texas Industries, HSW International: Biggest Price Gainers (TXI, HSWI)
International Business Machines, SPDR Trust: Money Flow Leaders (IBM, SPY)
MGIC Cautious After Posting Profit
U.K. Borrowing Higher Than Expected
Euro Zone Isn't out of the Woods Yet
Gold Prices Gain Ground
TD Ameritrade Quarterly Earnings Rise 5.2%
IMF: Banks Must Thwart Bubbles
Oil Settles at Three-Week High
Biogen Net Soars on Higher Sales
Tanker Contest Called 'Price Shootout'
Housing Starts Decline
Bank of Canada Reinforces Cautious Tone
Harley-Davidson Profit Soars
Regional Banks Continue to Struggle
Chinese Stocks Hit Three-Week High
Whirlpool Net More Than Doubles
Late Rally Can't Push Europe to a Gain
More Bond Buys the Most Likely Next Move, BOE's Posen Says
Ocado IPO Shrinks to $548 Million
Metals USA Holdings, Zions Bancorp: Biggest Price Decliners (MUSA, ZION)
Harley-Davidson, MannKind: Biggest Price Gainers (HOG, MNKD)
PowerShares QQQ Trust, Apple: Money Flow Leaders (QQQQ, AAPL)
Hypo RE Needs More Capital
BA Crew Reject Latest Offer
Omnicom Profit Rises 4%
U.K. Warns Defense Industry of Cuts
Bank of New York Mellon, State Street Earnings Recover
Peabody's Profit, Sales Jump
Japan Vows to Cap Budget
Fast Retailing, Toray Expand Partnership
London Recruitment to Hold Steady
J&J Cuts Outlook Due to Recalls
Hermès Lifts Outlook as Sales Rise
Eni in Talks Over Azeri Gas Project
Japanese Yields Steady
Shanghai Rises; Techs Weigh in Tokyo
Alstom Orders Fall 36%, But Confirms Guidance
BOJ May Consider Intervention
LG Chem Earnings Beat Estimates
Ryanair Profit Falls 24%
C&WW Issues Profit Warning
India Nuclear Power Corp Implementing 36 Projects
TeliaSonera's Net Profit Rises
German PPI Rises Sharply
Moody's Downgrades Ireland
BP Weighs New Way to Kill Gulf Well
Euro Climbs; Focus on Stress Tests
India Sees Hurdle In Iran Sanctions
Spanish Bad Bank Debt Rises
Hungary Resists Austerity Moves as Markets Fall
Temasek Nears First Sterling Bond
ECB Nearly Halts Government-Bond Buying
U.S. Approves Shallow-Water Well in Gulf
U.K. to Overhaul Tax Rules
Bollinger Named to Lead New York Fed
ShoreBank's Ill-Fated Crosstown Expansion
PepsiCo Profit Slumps
China Steps Up Global Mining Buys
Yahoo Still Chasing Ad Recovery
Mega Banks Pressure Smaller Players
AXA Gives Suitor More Time
Airbus, Boeing Reel In Orders
Treasury to Sell $57 Billion
In Russian Thaw, Opportunity
Armajaro Leads Cocoa Play in Europe
Investors Question the 'Stress' in Stress Tests
New Tool for Trapped Miners
Cameron to Accent U.S. Trade
Innkeepers Files for Bankruptcy
Doctors Slam Insurers Over Rankings
Senate Set to Extend Jobless Benefits
An International Call to (Buy) Arms
Small Banks Avoid Overhaul's Sting
Treasury Draws Fire on Paperless Social Security Checks
Market direction: Fall