Date: 2015-05-05 00:00:00
S&P 500 (SPY) — open: 211.23, high: 212.02, low: 211.1, close: 211.32, volume: 70927200, daily change: 0.0028
News headlines:
U.S. Approves Drone for Spraying Crops
Financial Briefs: News Digest
Spring Sale: $2.3 Billion of Art
Business Watch: News Digest
Groupon Considering Further Business Changes in Asia
Devon Energy Posts Loss on Impairments
U.S. Treasury Penalizes Ripple Labs
Goldman to Emphasize Digital Banking Services
Oil Prices Rise Above $60
‘Flash Crash’ Overhaul Is Snarled in Red Tape
Pioneer Natural Resources Swings to Loss
Comcast to Add 5,500 Customer Service Jobs
Noodles Swings to a Loss, Cuts Annual Projection
Rothesay Life Completes $1 Billion Buyout of Lehman Pensions
LendingClub Draws Competitors in Spades
Plains All American Pipeline Earnings Fall
U.S. Trade Gap Widens
J.P. Morgan Details New Probes in Filing
Bank of America Paid $315 Million in Ocala Settlement
Allstate Operating Profit Rises 4.8%
Evolving Hotel Market Poses Challenge for Host
Fossil Earnings Top Views Despite Currency Headwinds
SolarCity Loss Narrows on Lower Costs
Occidental Petroleum Names Insider Vicki Hollub as Next CEO
Asian Morning Briefing: U.S. Stocks Close Lower
Pitney Bowes Agrees to Buy Borderfree
Pemex Says Two Workers Killed in Rig Accident
Helping a Grandchild Find a New Job
Rail Executive Blasts Oil-Train Rules
Herbalife Raises Guidance as Earnings Grow 4.8%
UBS Names No. 2 Executive for U.S. Brokerage
Community Health Swings to a Profit
ICU Medical Earnings Up 45%
IRS Proposes New Rules on Who May Form Master Limited Partnerships
Zoetis Lowers 2015 Revenue Outlook
Weight Watchers Posts Loss for Quarter
Mylan’s Revenue Misses Due to Currency Effects
U.S. Stocks Close Lower
Regulator Considers Raising Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac CEO Pay
Dollar Weakens as U.S. Growth Declines
Och-Ziff Sees Libya Probe Concluding By Year End
Copper Hits 2015 High
Indian Court Admits Aberdeen Petition on Tax Claim
Magnetation Files for Bankruptcy
Goldman Raises Legal Loss View
UBS’s U.S. Brokerage Has Slight Profit Drop
Kellogg Profit, Revenue Down
EU Lifts Eurozone Growth Forecast
Lawmakers Embrace Patent Tax Breaks
Discovery Earnings Rise on Domestic Strength
Los Angeles Sues Wells Fargo Over Sales Tactics
Boeing Auction Marks End of Southern California’s Jet Age
The New Bookkeeper Is a Robot
New York’s ‘Helmsley Building’ Sells to RXR
European Stocks Fall
Archer Daniels Midland’s Earnings Jump on Strong Soybean Sales
HSBC to Decide on HQ Move by Year End
ISM Non-Manufacturing Index Rises to 57.8 in April
A Plan to Overcome 401(k) Contribution Limits
Indonesia High-Yield Corporate Bonds Are Stars in Asia
DirecTV’s U.S. Division Helps Drive Growth
RetailMeNot Reports Slide in First Quarter Profit
Sempra Energy’s Profit Rises 77%
ICE Results Beat Estimates
Harris Expects Antitrust Approval for Exelis Buy Without Asset Disposals
Worker Dies at Fiat Chrysler Plant
Merrill Lynch’s Brokers Want an Edge
UPS to Use Renewable Natural Gas for Part of Delivery Fleet
KapStone to Acquire Victory Packaging
HCA Profit Rises 70%
Macy’s to Open Four Discount Stores
Hyatt Posts Higher Occupancy, Rates
Energizer Swings to Loss on Restructuring Charges
Vulcan Materials Swings to Loss
Noble Energy Swings to Loss
Martha Stewart’s Revenue Drops Sharply
Mallinckrodt Profit Surges After Ikaria Acquisition
Estée Lauder’s Earnings Rise
Emerson Electric Posts Weak Results
Bloomin’ Brands Cuts Revenue Outlook
Office Depot Swings to Profit
Brazil’s Itau Reduces Loan Growth Outlook
‘Ghost Malls’ Haunt Brazil
China Shares Slump on Margin-Trading Worries
Brazil’s Copan Building Flourishes as Economy Slumps
Adidas Profit Rises on Robust U.S. Sales
UBS Profit Nearly Doubles
Lufthansa Grapples With Germanwings Crash Aftermath
Australia Central Bank Cuts Benchmark Rate
Mideast Economic Growth Tepid, IMF Says
Nonbank Lending’s Shadow Grows in Asia
Property Investors Hunt for Bargains in Brazil
Yellen Meetings Scrutinized
Market direction: Neutral