Date: 2015-02-05 00:00:00
S&P 500 (SPY) — open: 203.92, high: 205.38, low: 203.51, close: 204.06, volume: 134306700, daily change: -0.0038
News headlines:
NBC News Anchor Williams Draws Criticism for False Tale
Prudential Suffers After Disclosure
Australian, Japanese Stocks Rise
Financial Briefing Book: News Digest
Corporate Watch: News Digest
Campbell Makes Organic Soups Push
Flawed Pipe System Led to DuPont Accident, Investigators Say
Oil Prices Rise in Another Big Swing
RadioShack Missteps Empowered Creditors
GM Names Ex-Lockheed Martin Executive to Its Board
Natural Gas Sinks Amid Plentiful Supplies
Union Rejects Offer From U.S. Refiners
Disney Taps Potential CEO Successor
LinkedIn Reports Strong Revenue Gains
New Ally CEO Aims to Build Its Retail Bank
Hedge Fund Traders Press ‘Go,’ Collect Millions
Big U.S. Airlines Fault Persian Gulf Carriers
DuPont Names New Directors Amid Breakup Pressure
Outerwall Profits Tops Views
Cooperator in SAC Probe Receives No Jail Time
Expedia Profit Falls
U.S. Car Exports Top Two Million
Ocwen Expects Loss on Regulatory Problems
U.S. Boosts Estimated Cost of Student Debt Forgiveness
Dr Pepper Boosts Dividend, Share Buyback Program
Linn Energy: SEC Closes Inquiry Related to Berry Petroleum Deal
Post Loss Widens on Higher Expenses
Hasbro CEO Goldner to Be Chairman as Verrecchia Plans to Retire
Columbia Pipeline Partners Prices IPO at $23
Asian Morning Briefing: Dow, S&P 500 Turn Positive for Year
Yelp Posts Strong Revenue Increase
YRC Worldwide Posts Surprise Profit
Oil Boom a ‘Game-Changer’ on Trade Deficit
VeriSign Profit Falls Sharply
As Oil Bets Sour, Fees Keep Deals Sweet
Apollo Global’s Profit Drops 86%
Elizabeth Arden Swings to a Loss
Symantec Posts Downbeat Guidance
McKesson Revenue Climbs 37%
Tempur Sealy Guidance Undershoots Analysts
SEC Targets Advisers for False State Registrations
Intercontinental Exchange Swings to Profit
Denmark Cuts Rates Again
Lions Gate Profit Rises on Lower Costs
ECB’s Squeeze Hampers Greece’s  Bid for Debt Relief
CME Group’s Quarterly Profit Rises
Euro Rises as Fears Over Greece Ebb
Saudis Increase Oil Price in U.S., Cut It for Asia
Cache Still Seeks Buyer to Avoid Liquidation
Nomura Executive Urged for Brazil Central Bank
Baird Recruits UBS, Wells Fargo Advisers
Oil Price Plunge to Affect Mexico’s Private Tenders
Jobs Data Shouldn’t Muddy Fed Waters
Kansas Mulls Risky Pension Strategy
Bets on a Cautious Fed Send Cash to Asia
Union Pacific Names Fritz CEO, Ups Dividend
Natural Gas Prices Sink on Smaller-Than-Expected Stockpile Drain
2 Canadian Banks Looked Into Buying Boston Private Bank
Florida Man Sentenced for 2010 Prescription Drug Heist
Gold Slips as Stocks Gain
Cummins Beats Expectations, Cites China, U.S.
Shipping Surprise Sinks USG Earnings
Arkansas Reaches Settlement in Cystic Fibrosis Drug Suit
Weatherford Laying Off 8,000 Employees
SEC Charges Four in Insider Trading Ring
Adidas Investors Want Faster Turnaround
Interpublic Settles Dispute With Elliott
Czechs Willing to Resume Forex Intervention
Estée Lauder Warns of Currency Headwinds
Ukraine’s Hryvnia Plunges After Rate Rise
Thai Moves Prop Rubber Prices
Cemex to Cut Debt Through Asset Sales
Michael Kors Retail Margins Narrow
Greek Stocks, Bonds Sink
Pfizer to Buy Hospira for $16 Billion
Why Life Insurance Isn’t Expendable
EU Raises Eurozone Forecasts
Charter Communications Posts Strong Video, Advertising Revenue
GrubHub Revenue Rises 50%
Norway Oil Fund Divests Risky Assets
The Tasteful $114,000 Chandelier
Productivity Falls in Last Months of 2014
Philip Morris’s Revenue, Cigarette Volumes Fall
Sanofi Profit Up as Charges Fall
Yum Posts Loss on China Writedown
Wind in Talks With Abertis Over Towers
Vonnegut: Untangling the New Comp Plan
Kirkland Names CEO, Raises View
Cemex Net Loss Narrows
Delphi Profit Up 15% Despite Slightly Softer Revenue
L Brands Raises Earnings Outlook
Brickman Takes Over at Sally Beauty
Vulcan Materials Profit Soars on Higher Aggregates Sales
Dunkin’ Brands Sales Growth Slows
Piper Jaffray Profit Falls 52%
Thermo Fisher Buys Advanced Scientifics
Ford to Raise Production at Spanish Factory
BCE Profit Climbs, Raises Dividend
Och-Ziff Profit Falls
Swatch to Launch New Smartwatch
Sirius XM Results Top Expectations
Lazard Profit Soars
Teva Pharmaceuticals Profit Rises as Costs Decline
Daimler Forecasts 10% Profit Growth in 2015
HDFC Bank Raises $1.6 Billion From Share Sale
Coty Earnings Top Expectations
Baltic Dry Freight Index Plummets Amid Commodities Slump
Cigna Earnings Jump
Astra to Buy Actavis Portfolio
Petrobras Names Executives Who Resigned Along With CEO
BNP Paribas Profit Jumps
ECB’s Jazbec: QE Could End Sooner Than Sept. 2016
Indonesia Economy Rebounds Slightly
BT Seals $19 Billion EE Deal
Swiss Officials Sound Swiss Franc Alarm
China Shares End Lower
Europe’s Auto Market Growth Set to Slow
German Manufacturing Fired Up, Data Show
GIC Buys Nielsen Stake for Over $800 Million
McDonald’s Japan Posts a Loss
Sony’s Shares Surge on Robust Earnings
Oil-Price Drop Darkens Suncor’s Results
Investors Await Aussie-Dollar Windfall
RadioShack Files for Bankruptcy
Market direction: Neutral