Date: 2016-02-29 00:00:00
S&P 500 (SPY) — open: 196.57, high: 196.68, low: 194.9, close: 195.09, volume: 129833700, daily change: -0.0023
News headlines:
India Shares Rise on Rate Cut Hopes
Fed’s Dudley: Risks to Economy May Be Tilting ‘Slightly’ to Downside
Philippines to Adopt Basel III Rules in 2018
RBA Leaves Cash Rate Unchanged
Sites Like GoFundMe and YouCaring Raise Money—and Concerns
U.S. Shale Producers Cut Back Production
Australia’s Central Bank Leaves Cash Rate Unchanged
News Corp Settles In-Store Ads Class-Action Suit
Tribune Media Exploring Asset Sales
Crude Oil Prices Fall as China Manufacturing Data Disappoint
China February Official Manufacturing PMI Falls
U.S. Firms in South China Face Tough Local Competition
Citi to Sell 20% Stake in China Guangfa Bank for $3 Billion
House Testimony to Thrust Apple Lawyer in Spotlight
Valeant Under Investigation by SEC
Japan Capex Spending Stalls in 4Q
Australia Current Account Deficit Widens
Workday’s Loss Widens
Japan Consumers Cut Spending in January
Argentina Debt Deal Poised to Deliver Big Payday to Holdouts
Hertz Swings to Profit but Cuts 2016 Outlook
Stocks Limp to End Weak February
Target Revamps Supply Operations
Australia Could Consider Global Candidate to Head RBA
Moody’s Puts Valeant Pharmaceuticals on Review for Downgrade
Sumner Redstone Competency Lawsuit to Proceed
SodaStream Lashes Out Over Work Permits
Tracking Financial-Adviser Misconduct
Marathon Oil to Sell Stock to Shore Up Balance Sheet
Horizon Pharma Discloses Subpoena Over Patient Financial Assistance
Sysco to Cut 1,200 Jobs
Dollar Weaker Against Yen
Juno Therapeutics Loss Narrows on Lower Research Costs
Diplomat Pharmacy 2016 Profit Forecast Misses Estimates
Oil Tankers Wait to Unload Cargo in Rotterdam
The Next Dodd-Frank Headache for Banks: Living Wills
Developer Hopes to Revamp Gowanus Canal Neighborhood
Oil Prices Gain on Drilling Slump
Icahn Offers to Buy Rest of Federal-Mogul
Maserati Looks to SUVs for Sales Boost
Natural Gas Falls Near 17-Year Low
The Chemist Who Took On HSBC
Pemex Cuts Spending to Shore Up Finances
Voices: The Global-Investing Talk You Need to Have With Clients
DHL Has ‘No Intention’ of Selling Freight Forwarding Division
Vivendi Raises Gameloft Tender Offer
AIG Says It Settled Legal Dispute Over ‘Life Settlements’
Kansas City Fed: Evidence Suggests China’s Official Growth Data Is Accurate
The New (Elizabeth) Warren Court?
U.S. Pending Home Sales Tumbled 2.5% in January
A Super Tuesday Look at the Damage Campaign 2016 Can Do
Alibaba, Ma, Tsai to Spend $500 Million to Buy Company Stock
Dallas Fed Factory Index Remains Dismal
Genel Shares Plunge After Oil Explorer Cuts Crude Reserves
Copper Edges Down on Renewed China Worries
United Natural Again Cuts Outlook, to Buy Haddon House
Natural Gas Prices Fall to 17-Year Low
Taxes, Global Economic Woes to Take Toll on London Property Prices
Less Than Zero in Japan
New York Fed Introduces 5 New Data Series on Consumer Expectations
Signet Jewelers Raises Dividend
Dallas Fed Compares Post-Crisis Slump in the Euro Area and U.S.
Citigroup Receives Subpoena in FIFA Probe
Smaller U.K. Banks, Finance Firms Won’t Have to Restrict Bonuses
‘Star Wars’ Drives AMC Entertainment’s Attendance Growth
Citi to Acquire American Express’s  Costco Credit-Card Portfolio
GE’s Jeff Immelt Chides Big Investors
New Eaton Vance Fund Launches but Isn’t Widely Available
Taser Profit, Revenue Top Views
MetLife to Sell Insurance Agent Network to Massachusetts Mutual
Endo to Close Astora Women’s Health
NRG Energy, Consol Energy Slash Dividends
A Strategy for RMDs That an Affluent Retiree Doesn’t Need
Schlesinger’s Take: Gensler’s Ghost Over CFTC
Ocwen Revenue Falls, but Loss Narrows
The G-20 Misses Its Sputnik Moment
Eurozone Slides Back Into Deflation
Hilsenrath’s Take: Taking Stock On Where the Fed Stands Before March
Schlesinger’s Take: Gensler’s Ghost Over CFTC
Lumber Liquidators Swings to Loss Amid Laminate Flooring Fallout
China Weakens Yuan 0.17%, Dollar Index Likely Factor
China Shares End Lower
Eurozone Prices Fall, Piling Pressure on ECB
Australia Central Bank Likely to Hold on Rates
Impatient Barclays Investors Await CEO’s Plan
Barclays to Update Investors on Africa Banking Unit
‘The Big Short’ Director Blasts Banks in Oscar Speech
Nikkei Turns Negative; Yen’s Uptick Prevents Dip-Buying
Market direction: Rise