Date: 2016-09-29 00:00:00
S&P 500 (SPY) — open: 215.83, high: 216.82, low: 214.71, close: 216.64, volume: 87411000, daily change: 0.005
News headlines:
Traders to Scour Japan’s Bond-Buying Plans for Signs of Taper
Oil Prices Down on Profit-Taking After OPEC Deal
Downside of BOJ’s Yield Curve Control Worries an Endorser
Insurer Sues Executives Tied to Platinum Hedge Fund
UFC Goes for a Knockout, With Celebrity Investors in Its Corner
Loving the Coastal Lifestyle in Cold Spring Harbor
Singapore’s STI Does About-Face on Wall Street Losses
Investors in Fast-Growing Philippines Weigh Duterte Factor
China Official Disputes U.S. Allegations on Trade Practices
Harvard Endowment Taps Columbia’s Narvekar
Japan Consumer Prices Fall for Sixth Month
Wells Fargo Woes Shine Light on a Knotty Problem
Roundup of Form D Regulatory Filings--Sept. 29
Transcript: Wells Fargo CEO John Stumpf’s House Testimony
Costco Earnings Get Boost From Switch to Visa
U.K. Consumers Shrug Off Brexit Impact
Longtime Activist Investor Ralph Whitworth Dies After Cancer Battle
Elliott Doubles Stake in Mentor Graphics
Stocks Knocked Down by Financial Fears
Alcoa Sets Nov. 1 Date for Separation Plan
Promontory Financial Group Signs Up With IBM
FTSE Russell Opts Not to Add China’s Local Currency Shares to Indexes
Coca-Cola to Produce, Distribute Bottled Dunkin’ Donuts Coffee
Shape Security Sets Strategic Investment and Partnership With Hewlett Packard Pathfinder
Lawmakers Take More Swings at Wells Fargo CEO
BB&T to Pay $83 Million to Settle FHA-Loan Case
Janet Yellen Sees Benefits to Central Bank Stock Purchases
AT&T CEO Calls for Dialogue on Racial Tensions
CalAmp Shares Fall as Profit Slips
Dollar Rises on Deutsche Bank Concerns
Bank of Mexico Raises Rates to Contain Inflation
Secular Stagnation or Self-Inflicted Malaise?
Wells Fargo Reaches Settlement Over Car Repossessions
NBER Paper Studies the Growing Gig Economy
Fed’s Kashkari Sees No Urgency to Raise Rates With Inflation Low
Pacific Exploration & Production on Track to Emerge From Bankruptcy
Iraq Quarrel on Production Number Could Sink OPEC Deal
ConAgra Continues Shift Toward Healthy Options
Fed’s George Says Data Points to Continued Economic Progress
Natural Gas Prices Fall as Temperatures Seen Easing From High Levels
Wells Fargo’s Fine and Clawbacks Fall Short
Oil Prices Climb After OPEC Deal
Millennials Saving More for Children’s College Than Older Generations
Fitzgerald’s Take: Trustee Still on the Trail of Tim Blixseth’s Assets
Judge Ousts Roscoe’s House of Chicken and Waffles President
Ex-Real Estate Mogul Timothy Blixseth Ordered to Pay $286 Million
Bill Ford Jr. Calls Recent Trump Comments ‘Wrong’ and Misguided
EU Financial Policy Makers Criticize Basel’s Bank-Safety Plan
Firm Retention Summary: Cosi Inc.
Logan’s Roadhouse to Put Reorganization to Creditor Vote
United Airlines Mechanics to Vote on New Labor Agreement
Fitzgerald’s Take: Trustee Still on the Trail of Tim Blixseth’s Assets
IMF: Rise of Nonbanks Strengthens Monetary Policy
Chesapeake Energy Reveals Subpoena
Transcript: EBA Chairman Enria’s Basel Comments
Novo Nordisk Announces Job Cuts
Transcript: Q&A With Atlanta Fed’s Dennis Lockhart in Orlando, Fla.
Former BlackRock Manager Charged With Insider Trading
OCC Finalizes Guidelines for Large Banks’ Recovery Plans
Bank of Japan’s Kuroda Keeps Door Open to Deeper Negative Rates
Retail’s Biggest Debate: Should You Pay More to Use a Credit Card?
Bankruptcy Judge Rebukes Squire Patton Boggs Lawyers
London Metal Exchange Looks to Win Back Business
PepsiCo Boosts Earnings Forecast
Canada’s Kirkland Lake to Buy Newmarket Gold
Fed’s Powell Calls Gradual Increases the ‘Correct Path’ for Rates
United Taps Criminology Students to Study Accident Data
Fed’s Lockhart Sees Rate Increase ‘Before Long’
Lehman to Pay Another $3.8 Billion to Creditors
Spain’s Central Bank Raises 2016 Economic Growth Forecast
South African Regulators Raid Container Operators for Price Fixing
American Eagle Names New Finance Chief
U.S. Jobless Claims Rise
Pending Home Sales Fall in August
Lockheed Wins Contract to Install Weapons on Australian Submarines
Accenture Profit Climbs 45%
Fast-Fashion Tricks Are on Display at Department-Store Chains
Green Dot to Begin Offering Secured Credit Cards
Safran in Talks With Advent for Sale of $2.7 Billion Unit
Eurozone Firms, Consumers Prove More Upbeat in September
Commerzbank to Slash Jobs, Scrap Dividend in Broad Revamp
McDonald’s Raises Quarterly Dividend 6%
Why Markets Are Skeptical of OPEC’s Prospective Deal
Fed’s Harker Backs December Rate Rise if Growth Stays on Track
Wal-Mart in Talks to Invest in Flipkart
Strategic Backers of Ripple Labs Drive Latest Valuation Surge
Sub-Saharan African Growth Slumps, Says World Bank
Apttus Raises $88M, Maintains Its Billion-Dollar Valuation
Simpplr Raises $6M for Employee Productivity
Gage’s Take: Confessions of a Veteran Tech Reporter
Home Chef Wolfs Down $40M Series B for Meal Kit Delivery
Schlesinger’s Take: Europe’s Rethink on Bank Bailout Bans
Brexit Vote Casts Chill Over Irish Economy
U.K. New Mortgage Approvals Falls to Near Two-Year Low
Schlesinger’s Take: Europe’s Rethink on Bank Bailout Bans
Harrison’s Take: Dipping a Toe Into the Stock Market
Three Senators Ask SEC to Investigate Wells Fargo
The Objectives of Financial Stability Policy
New Adidas CEO Faces ‘Very High’ Bar
Fed’s Harker Touts Value of Free Trade
Taiwan Keeps Rates Unchanged
Asian Shares Gain After OPEC Deal
Moleskine Turns Paper Into Big Profit for Owner
Regulations, Low-Cost Sensitivity Pressure Financial Advisers—Survey
Stech’s Take: Congress to Focus on Bankruptcy Watchdog Program
Rogue Activity Described in the Och-Ziff Bribery Case
Glencore’s Congo Connection Adds Another Source of Unease
Market direction: Rise