Date: 2016-08-16 00:00:00
S&P 500 (SPY) — open: 218.89, high: 219.5, low: 218.88, close: 219.09, volume: 49813500, daily change: 0.0029
News headlines:
Morgan Stanley Is Dealt a Challenge
Singapore’s STI Falls Again on Offshore Marine, Developers
Univision Wins Bankruptcy Auction for Gawker Media for $135 Million
Rising Yen Passes 100 to Dollar
Wary Investors Push Down Stocks
Dollar’s Drop Signals Doubts Over Fed Rate Rise
Regulators’ Failure and the Loss of a Mortgage Option
Barnes & Noble Says CEO Boire ‘Not a Good Fit’ and Will Step Down
First Republic: Is It Wrong to Build a Bank for Wealthy Clients Only?
Urban Outfitters Profit Rises, Helped by Sales Gains
U.S. Charges Gabonese Fixer Tied to Hedge Fund Och-Ziff With Bribery
Roundup of Form D Regulatory Filings--Aug. 16
Americans’ Positive View of the Banking Industry Slips a Bit
Josephine Raises $2.5M Seed, Sets Aside 20% of Equity for Home Cooks
China Approves Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Link
GOP Lawmakers Raise Concerns About Capital Charge for Big Banks
Industrial Production Rose 0.7% in July
Dollar Falls to Lowest Level Since Brexit Vote
Oil Prices Rise, Despite OPEC Uncertainty
Puerto Rico’s Doral Financial, FDIC Reach Bankruptcy Settlement
Home Depot, TJX Buck Retail Trends
Steven Cohen Settles With CFTC
LittleThings Bids $10M for Gawker’s Jezebel
Natural Gas Rises on Demand Expectations
Data Manager Rubrik Collects $61M as Valuation Climbs
Germany’s Outfittery Bags $22M for Men’s Clothing Service
Former Goldman Trader to Pay $400,000 to Resolve RMBS Case
Hammons Defends Chapter 11 Filing Challenged by JD Holdings
Antofagasta Shares Up as Results Beat Expectations
Atlanta Fed Chief Lockhart Says September Rate Rise Looking More Probable
Brazil Airline GOL Swings to a Net Profit
Gold Climbs as Fed Seemingly Conflicted About Rates
U.S. Consumer Prices Unchanged as Inflation Remains Muted
TJX Grabs Market Share From Struggling Retailers
Treasury Repo Market: Smaller But Healthy
Dick’s Sporting Goods Posts Surprise Increase in Financial Results
Ford Developing Fully Driverless Car
Analysts Forecast Rise in Crude Stocks
Persian Gulf OPEC Delegate: No Production Deal Without Iran
Bankruptcy Judge Says Lehman Still ‘Full-Time Job’
What to Watch in the Fed Minutes
Too Big to Frack? Oil Giants Try Again to Master Technology That Revolutionized Drilling
Linde Confirms Merger Talks With Praxair
Home Depot Sales Notch a Record
Dudley Says Talk About Raising Fed’s Inflation Target Is ‘Premature’
Voices: Dynasty Trusts Make Sense for Certain Wealthy Families
Coty Swings to a Loss as it Continues to Book Merger Costs
U.K. Approves World’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm
U.S. Building Permits Fell 0.1% in July
MetLife Asks Appeals Court to Uphold Removal of ‘SIFI’ Label
Tioma Therapeutics Raises $86M Series A for Cancer Immunotherapy
The World Is Ready for the Fed to Raise Rates, RBA’s Stevens Says
Noranda Wins Court Approval of Sale to Sweden’s Granges
Citigroup Taps J.P. Morgan Executive for Technology Role
Cintas to Buy Fellow Uniform Company G&K for $2 Billion
Firm Retention Summary: Atlas Resource Partners LP
Firm Retention Summary: Total Hockey Inc.
Writing Off Student Loans Is Only a Matter of Time
U.S. Retail Sales Rose in Latest Week -- Redbook
Treasurys Pull Back After Dudley Comments
Northern Oil and Gas Fires CEO as SEC Investigates Him
Weekly Chain-Store Sales Fall
WeWork to Big Companies: Work With Us
Hayashi’s Take: CFPB Faces Biggest Court Decision Yet
India’s WhatsApp Rival Hike Valued at $1.4 Billion
Venture Capital Pullback, Reimbursement Concerns Dampen Health-Care Funding
Chernova’s Take: Hold Your Horses, Insurance Startups
SharesPost Forecasts 70% of Billion-Dollar-Plus Startups to Hold Value
Eletrobras Posts Net Profit
BHP Billiton Reports Worst-Ever Annual Loss
5 Things on the Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect Plan
Regulators See Danger in Clearinghouses
Fiscal Stimulus Revisited
Oil Prices Build on OPEC Output Freeze Hopes
Hayashi’s Take: CFPB Faces Biggest Court Decision Yet
Hilsenrath’s Take: Wake Up Call From The Fed’s Eternal Optimist
Rising Yen Nears 100 to Dollar
Sunshine Law Hits Regulators Unevenly
Praxair Holds Merger Discussions With Germany’s Linde
SingTel in Talks to Buy Part of Temasek’s Stake in Thai Telecom Firm
Strong Yen and Weak Oil Hit Asia Stocks
How New U.S. Money-Market Rules Could Push Down China’s Yuan
Commodity Prices Boost Miners’ Efforts to Unload Debt
Market direction: Neutral