Date: 2016-08-01 00:00:00
S&P 500 (SPY) — open: 216.46, high: 217.54, low: 216.13, close: 217.12, volume: 79519400, daily change: 0.0016
News headlines:
Oil Prices Could Slip to $35 Level, Analysts Say
Australia Trade Deficit Widens Sharply in June
Singapore’s STI Falls With Region After U.S Oil Prices Drop
Film Company, U.S. Reach Pact in 1MDB-Related Case
Coach Sells Headquarters for $707 Million in Lease-Back Deal
Roundup of Form D Regulatory Filings--Aug. 1
Affinity Gaming Shareholder Z Capital Offers to Buy Whole Company
Theranos Makes Case to Laboratory Experts
Williams Swings to Loss, Slashes Dividend
Pro-Brexit Economists See Growth Opportunities for U.K.
Tenet Says Potential Settlement Cuts Into Earnings
Energy Sector Weighs Down U.S. Stocks
U.S. Oil Prices Enter Bear Market
Kennametal to Eliminate 1,000 Jobs, Deepen Cuts in North America, EMEA
Dodd-Frank’s Mixed Legacy and Uncertain Future
Caesars Brings More Creditors on Board With Restructuring
Bioniz Therapeutics Closes $13M Series A, Plans Clinical Trials
AMC Entertainment Revenue Falls on Box Office Declines
Virgin Galactic to Resume Flights
How Information Flows Affect Treasury Markets
Higher Penalties Go Into Effect at U.S. Agencies
U.S. Lenders Report Little Change in Loan Demand
Q&A: Nobuchika Mori, Japan’s Top Financial Regulator
Dollar Rises as Traders Optimistic About U.S. Job Data
Gawker’s Nick Denton Files for Bankruptcy Protection
Warning From Tokyo: Don’t Let Bank Regulators Create Another Japan
How Would European Banks Fare in Stricter Stress Tests?
Natural Gas Drops on Oversupply Worries
What’s New About Today’s Low Interest Rates?
Fed Paper Looks at Predictability of Growth in Emerging Markets
McDonald’s to Remove High-Fructose Corn Syrup From Buns
Fed Paper Points to Social Security’s Importance to Vulnerable Americans
Premier Cru’s Wine Stash Garners $3.4 Million Offer
GM Wants More Influence in Supplier Auction Process
Hhgregg Names Riesbeck Permanent CEO
CHC Group Seeks Investors to Help Fund Restructuring
Firm Retention Summary: Maxus Energy Corp.
Another Economic Stat Adds to Brexit Jitters
U.S. Air Force Close to Declaring F-35 Jet Combat-Ready
Trina Agrees to Management-Led Buyout Offer
Research Providers Merge as Mifid II Opportunities Await
Caesars Judge Punts Decision on Apollo Sanctions
A Quick CFO Exit Can Spell Trouble
Chadian Governor to Head Six-Member Central African Nations’ Bank
Asia’s Shrinking Junk-Bond Market Shows Signs of Life
ISM Manufacturing Index Fell to 52.6 in July
Economists Lower Forecasts for Mexican Growth
The Big Number: 153
Pfizer to Buy Gene-Therapy Company Bamboo Therapeutics
Viewpoint: Focus on CROs and Conflicts Counsel to Deal With Conflicts
Markit Manufacturing PMI Rises to 52.9 in July
Keryx Halts Supply of Its Only Drug After Manufacturing Issue
Uber’s Efforts to Build Chinese Business Ultimately Fail Against Homegrown Rival
First Data Tops Earnings Views
International Shipholding Files for Bankruptcy Protection
Biogen, Ionis Spinal Muscular Atrophy Therapy Meets Study Goal
Brokers Leave Wells Fargo’s FiNet for Greater Independence
Transocean to Buy Rest of Transocean Partners in $514 Million Deal
Oil Trades Down as Fundamentals Weaken
Fed’s Kaplan: September Rate Increase ‘On the Table’
More Companies Are Choosing a Sale Over an IPO
Hilsenrath Analysis: On To the Next Headwind, U.S. Elections
Creighton’s Take: Stress-Testing the Stress Tests
TranscribeMe Scores $4.3M
Espresa Launches Facebook-like Perks Service
Garland’s Take: Massachusetts Money Is California Dreamin’
At Black Hat, the ‘Internet of Things’ Gets Put Through Its Paces
Joshua Topolsky, Former Verge Editor, Raises $5M for Digital Media Venture
Startups Shake Up 401(k) Arena
Creighton’s Take: Stress-Testing the Stress Tests
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial’s First-Quarter Profit Hurt by Negative Rates
Buell’s Take: Eurozone Post-Brexit Data Resilient, But Not Enough for ECB ‘All Clear’
Bidders Circle Formula One
Eurozone Manufacturing Growth Slows After Brexit Vote
Sterling Falls as U.K. July Manufacturing PMI Revised Down
Asian Shares Rise as Chance of U.S. Rate Increase Wanes
Hunt for Returns Reaches Pakistan
Fed’s Dudley Says Premature to Rule Out Interest-Rate Increase This Year
Rizzo’s Take: Triangle Seeks Permission for Bondholder Pact
Market direction: Fall