Date: 2016-12-06 00:00:00
S&P 500 (SPY) — open: 220.65, high: 221.4, low: 220.42, close: 221, volume: 67837800, daily change: 0.006
News headlines:
Australia Growth Data Threatens Winning Streak
Kuwaiti Fund Pays $165 Million for Tower That Houses Panasonic North America
BOJ’s Iwata Insists Policy Hasn’t Shifted From ‘Quantity’
MetWest Surpasses Pimco as Largest Active Bond Fund Manager
Oil Futures Extend Pullback in Asia
Boeing Becomes Latest Company to Draw Trump’s Ire
Funding Snapshot: Convergent Energy Gets Strategic Backing From Statoil Energy Ventures
Nikkei Up Modestly, Led by Electronics and Financial Stocks
BOJ, ECB to Jointly Study Digital-Currency Technology
House to Vote on Congressional Review for Insurance Agreements
TerraForm’s Loss Narrows Sharply in First Quarter
AT&T CEO: Time Warner Deal Would ‘Disrupt’ Cable-TV Model
Roundup of Form D Regulatory Filings--Dec. 6
Former U.S. Attorney Debra Wong Yang Being Considered to Lead SEC
La Paloma Power Plant Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
Market Talk: Daily Analysis Roundup
Dollar Gains on Fed Hopes
SEC Settles Case With Private-Company Share Marketplace
Burned Carlyle Investor Backs Suit Against Private-Equity Firm
Trump Economic Adviser Takes Aim at Fed Balance Sheet
High-Court Ruling May Spur More Insider Prosecutions
AeroVironment Revenue Tumbles as Drone Sales Struggle
SunEdison, Creditors Turn to Mediation to Stem Lawsuits
Mastercard Raises Quarterly Dividend
U.S. Crude-Oil Stocks Seen Decreasing in DOE Data
Can Tech Help Save Jobs in ‘Red’ States?
Alpha Gets Court Approval to Resolve $100 Million Funding Gap
Oil Prices Pause After Rallying to One-Year High
Dave & Buster’s Raises Outlook
Alaska Air, Virgin America Get U.S. Nod for Merger
U.S. Judge Holds Off on Approving Abengoa Debt Restructuring
Boeing Agrees to Acquire Liquid Robotics
Natural Gas Prices Retreat
U.S. Stocks Edge Slightly Higher
Brazil’s JBS Says IPO for International Unit Can Move Ahead
Toll Brothers Sees Strong 2017, Powered by Millennial Buyers
Gold Prices Continue to Drift Lower
Fed May Struggle to Signal What Comes After December
How to Undo the Latest Dodd-Frank Rules
‘This Could Be Huge,’ Blackstone CEO Said of Foreclosure Opportunity
Firm Retention Summary: Limitless Mobile LLC
Bank of America Tellers, Others to Get Pay Increase
Business Watch
American Apparel Notifies 3,500 Workers of Possible Layoffs
Lego Restructures With Eye to Expansion
Tracking International Spillovers from Regulation
Where Things Stand on the Fiduciary Rule: A Q&A
Financial Advisers Try to Hold On to Business After Clients Die
SeaWorld to Cut 320 Positions
Video Analysis: Fintech Charter Proposal Expected to Survive Across Administrations
Rate Hike a Test for Financial Advisers
Sandell Won’t Seek Bob Evans Shareholder Vote
Chipotle Seeks to Lure Customers With Better Service
Barnes & Noble Education’s Sales Slow; Shares Fall
Home Construction Loan Volume Picks Up the Pace
Samson Resources In Mediation over Bankruptcy Plan
Heads of J.P. Morgan, Bank of America Say FICC Stronger
Court Confirms Key Energy’s Bankruptcy Exit Plan
Equinix to Buy Some Verizon Data Centers for $3.6 Billion
New Market Aims to Make Trading Natural Gas More Like Oil
Michaels Same-Store Sales Slip
Fast Fashion: How a Zara Coat Went From Design to Fifth Avenue in 25 Days
Fed Looks at Prices and Depreciation in the Market for Tablet Computers
Wells Fargo CEO Expects Scandal Fallout to Cost Tens of Millions of Dollars
U.S. Productivity Rose at 3.1% Rate in Third Quarter
U.S. Trade Deficit Widened Sharply in October
Hudson’s Bay Reports Third-Straight Quarterly Loss
OPEC Production Deal Still Faces Hurdles
In China, Trump-Style Infrastructure Partnerships Are Used to Hide Debt
CFTC Punts on Position Limits Rule | Biden Defends Dodd-Frank | Eliminating Fiduciary Rule Not Easy | Finra Fines Credit Suisse Unit | Viswanatha’s Take: SEC May Soon Cut Company Penalties
Roper to Buy Deltek for $2.8 Billion
U.K.’s FCA to Crack Down on ‘Contract for Difference’ Products
AutoZone Revenue Grows as It Opens More Stores
Bank of Montreal Profit Climbs 11%
Rizzo’s Take: The Ripple Effect of Retailer Liquidations
Visbit Raises $3.2 Million for Virtual Reality Streaming
Chernova’s Take: New Fintech Banking Charter Could Upend Startup Partnerships
GE Ventures Spins Out Menlo Micro With $18.7 Million Funding
Rizzo’s Take: The Ripple Effect of Retailer Liquidations
Viswanatha’s Take: SEC May Soon Fine Companies Less
Heal to Serve Medicare Patients, Adds Gephardt to Board
CFTC Punts on Position Limits Rule | Biden Defends Dodd-Frank | Eliminating Fiduciary Rule Not Easy | Finra Fines Credit Suisse Unit | Viswanatha’s Take: SEC May Soon Cut Company Penalties
Carlyle Consortium Nears Deal to Buy McDonald’s China Franchise
Germany’s Economy Revs Up
Glynn’s Take: RBA Stance May Reflect Wariness of Trump-Era Trade Policy
Turkey to Take Necessary Steps to Support Lira
Inflation Approaches Two-Year High in Developed Economies
Blackstone Going Public on $10 Billion Foreclosures Bet
Fast-Fashion Leader Inditex Charts Own Path
ECB Tapering Could Be Bad for Euro, Says ING
Italy’s Banca Monte dei Paschi to Meet Eurozone Banking Regulator
Chinese Fund Manager Xu Xiang Pleads Guilty to Stock Manipulation
Asian Shares Broadly Up, Led by Gains in Finance Stocks
China Bars Baoneng Unit From Selling Universal Life Policies
U.S. ‘Disappointed’ by Japan’s Plan to Cut Drug Costs
Market direction: Rise