Date: 2015-10-22 00:00:00
S&P 500 (SPY) — open: 203.61, high: 203.79, low: 201.65, close: 201.85, volume: 102038000, daily change: -0.0062
News headlines:
Business Watch
Short Seller Says Real Nutriceutical ‘Fabricated’ Results
Southwestern Energy Swings to Loss
East End Aside, Home Sales Up On Long Island
Skechers Shares Plunge on Disappointing Sales
Japan’s Life Insurers Shift Investments to Domestic Stocks
Palantir Technologies Adds Independent Director
Stocks Surge; Dow Exits Correction Territory
U.S. to Drop Insider Charges Against Seven in SAC Case
Investors Bet on More ECB Easing
Stratasys Sees Sharply Wider Quarterly Loss
The ‘Short’ Who Sank Valeant Stock
Large Money Managers Suffer Bruising Quarter
McDonald’s Shows Progress; Shares Hit Record
Air Ambulance Operator Embraces Satellite Data, Simulators
Caterpillar Slashes Outlook
Oregon Alleges GNC Sold Supplements With Illegal Ingredients
The Stuyvesant Town Deal Sweetener
China’s Economy at the Fifth Plenum
Is Currency Appreciation to Blame for China’s Slowdown?
Capital One’s Profit Rises 3%
Shareholders Notch Gain in SEC’s New Ballot Guidelines
ECB Draghi’s Introductory Statement
U.S. Clears First New Nuclear Reactor in 20 Years
Emerging Markets Get a Pickup, Too
Perella Weinberg, Departed Bankers File Dueling Lawsuits
Pandora Pays to Play Oldies
Teck Resources Swings to Loss on Asset Write-Down
Valeant Bonds Show Late-Day Strength as Analysts Play Down Risks
Asian Morning Briefing: Stocks Surge
Mexican Senators Seek Delay of  Analog TV Switch-Off
FDIC Sets New Swaps Rules in Bid to Prevent AIG-Type Meltdown
E*Trade Swings to Loss
Steven Cohen’s Firm in Talks to Rehire Fund Manager
Kavanaugh-Led Group Clinches Control of Relativity
Truckers Again Becoming More Competitive With Rail
CIBC Hires Chief of Staff of Canadian Finance Minister
Pew Research Looks at an Enduring Mystery of the ‘Gig Economy’
FDA Warns on AbbVie’s Hepatitis C Treatments
U.S. Existing Home Sales Surge 4.7%
ECB’s Draghi Signals Boost to Stimulus
Freeport-McMoRan Swings to Loss
Asia Gold Demand Shows Rare Divergence
Gold Prices Slip
Oil Prices Rebound From Three-Week Lows
Valeant to Hold Conference Call on Monday to Address Critical Report
Natural Gas Sinks to Three-Year Low
Voices: How the Newly Wealthy Should Respond to Requests for Money—Rich Millar
Northern Trust Assets Decline
Bondholders Target Caesars’ Restructuring Lawyers
Standoff With Pilots Weighs on Air France
United Profit Rises Amid Changes
Credit Suisse, Barclays Could Pay up to $150 Million to Settle ‘Dark Pool’ Claims
Chinese Shares Post Biggest Daily Loss in Weeks
Eli Lilly Raises Full-Year Guidance
Interval Leisure in Talks to Buy Starwood Hotels’ Timeshare Unit
Citigroup in Talks to Sell Its 20% Stake in China Guangfa Bank
Under Armour Posts Revenue, Profit Growth
Copper Rises on China Stimulus, U.S. Home-Sales Data
Raf Simons to Leave Christian Dior Couture
Why Miners Keep Expanding, as Prices Collapse
Malone’s Liberty Global in Talks to Buy Cable & Wireless
FCC Proposes Rules for 5G Network
P&G Earnings: What to Watch
Kering Boosted by Chinese-Tourist Surge
Dow Chemical Makes Moves to Revamp Business
Union Pacific Sales Fall on Coal Slump
Kansas City Fed Index Unexpectedly Improves
Cabela’s Profit Declines; Shares Drop
Lazard Beats Expectations, Thanks to M&A
American Electric Raises Outlook
3M to Cut 1,500 Jobs, Lowers 2015 Forecast
Apollo Education Posts Loss
Dunkin’ Brands Results Top Views Despite U.S. Weakness
Cemex Affected by Strong Dollar in Third Quarter
Second Chinese Bank Joins Group Setting Gold Benchmark
Conference Board’s Leading Economic Index Posts Surprise Drop
U.S. Jobless Claims Up By 3,000 Last Week
Parker-Hannifin Issues Profit Warning as Orders Slide
Precision Castparts Profit Falls 27%
The House That Google Built
Stanley Black & Decker Posts Lower Profit
Mexico’s Inflation Touches New Low
Canadian Retail Sales Rise 0.5% in August
Zafgen to Close Portion of Clinical Trial
Draghi: ECB Ready to Act if Needed
Franklin Resources Profit Plunges
Polish Rate-Setters Sharply Divided Over Future Policy, Minutes Suggest
Nasdaq Acquires SecondMarket, Profit Rises 12%
Euro Falls as Draghi Pulls No Punches
Dr Pepper Snapple Profit Jumps
Chicago Fed Index Little Changed in September
Alliance Data Profit Falls on Settlement Charges
Southwest Soars Past Expectations
Quest Diagnostics Forecasts Soft Revenue for Year
Publicis Cuts Revenue Outlook
Man Group Boss Expects Fed to Stand Pat
Sirius XM Lifts Outlook
Janus’s Profit Slides as Assets Under Management Drop
EU to Take Six Countries to Court for Bank Rules Failure
Douglas’ Take: Carney’s ‘Yawner’ Is Music to Cameron’s Ears
Raytheon’s Profit Falls 15% in Third Quarter
Perrigo Makes Moves to Fend off Mylan, Including Buybacks, Job Cuts
A New Way to Measure Output Gaps
Daimler Expects Strong Full-Year Performance
Shell-BG Deal Faces Further Delay in Australia
Inside Swiss Banks’ Tax-Cheating Machinery
Pernod Ricard Sales Rise on U.S. Demand
U.K. Retail Sales Rise in September
China Shares Regain Ground After Steep Selloff
Roche Raises Full-Year Outlook
U.K. Banking Isn’t Competitive Enough, Says Regulator
Safran’s Sales Rise 15%
HK Stocks Down as Traders Puzzle Over Direction of A-Shares
Oil Prices Slightly Higher; Uptrend Won’t Last
Norway Fund Sets Tough Water-Use Demands on Companies
Santos Snubs ‘Opportunistic’ Offer
Market direction: Rise