Date: 2016-05-19 00:00:00
S&P 500 (SPY) — open: 204.44, high: 206.3, low: 203.63, close: 204.91, volume: 120062100, daily change: 0.0003
News headlines:
Oil Prices Rise in Asia as Supply Disruptions Remain in Focus
Head of Morgan Stanley’s Joint Venture in China Stepping Down
Roundup of Form D Regulatory Filings--May 19
Malaysia Stocks Rise, but US Rate-Hike Pressures Loom
RBA Board Member Dismisses Talk of Lowering Inflation Target
Gold Recovers Some Ground in Asia
Bayer’s Monsanto Bid Faces Hurdles
Treasury Auctions
Golfer Mickelson Sued, Two Others Charged in Insider-Trading Case
Now It’s Three: Ecuador Bank Hacked via Swift
Port Authority to Pay $12.3 Million to  World Trade Center Contractor
Stocks Drop as Fed Outlook Keeps Investors Cautious
Two Exco Directors Withdraw From Election
Collaboration, Not Competition, as Banks Combat Cyberthreats
Central States Pension Fund Drops Efforts to Create Second Bailout Plan
‘Preventable Errors’ Led to 2015 California Oil Spill, Regulators Say
Applied Materials Issues Upbeat Guidance as New Orders Surge
Google’s Ban on Payday Ads Hits Its Own Investment
Ross Stores Beats Expectations but Has Downbeat Sales
1MDB Figure Who Made a Splash in Art Market Becomes a Seller
Nasdaq Raises Lawsuit Threat Over SEC’s IEX Speed-Bump Plan
Kinder Morgan Pipeline Expansion Project Gets Backing in Canada
Asian Morning Briefing: Dow Falls for Third Straight Session
‘Pay for Luck’ Could Be Risky
WSJ Pro Transcript: Media Q&A With New York Fed’s William Dudley
Senate Panel Advances SEC Nominees
Pioneer Natural Resources CEO Set To Retire
Dollar Mixed Despite Hawkish Fed Tone
Avrio Backs Three Food Startups
Lacker: With Global Risks ‘Dissipated,’ Fed Should Move in June
Auto Makers’ Aluminum Orders Fall Short of Expectations, Says Novelis CEO
Understanding the Market for Payday Loans
Deutsche Bank Probes Trades That Made Employees Millions
The ‘Great Divide’ Extends Beyond Banking
Canada’s Biggest Pension Fund Produces 3.4% Annual Return
G-7 Nations Race to Bolster Security Against Cyberattacks in Finance
Natural Gas Rises After Unexpectedly Small Storage Addition
Fed Awards $66.8 Billion Through Term Deposit Facility Test Operation
Oil Hit by Stronger Dollar, Increase in U.S. Crude Stocks
L Brands Hires Former Spanx CEO to Run Victoria’s Secret
Big Soda Faces Test in Philadelphia
Fed’s Dudley Expects Summer Rate Rise if Economy Stays on Track
House Republicans Attack Big Bank Settlements
Wal-Mart Cheers Investors With Surprise Upbeat Report
S&P, Fitch Cut Connecticut’s Credit Ratings
Phil Mickelson, Billy Walters and Other Players in the Dean Foods Insider-Trading Case
Bank of Mexico Minutes Show a Hawkish Tone
Canadian Pension Fund Chief to Join BlackRock
Attention Pittsburgh, That Uber is Learning to Drive Itself
Dick’s Sporting Goods’ Profit Falls
Two Executives Leave Louis Dreyfus Supervisory Board
BOE Official Vlieghe Says U.K. Economy Has Lost Momentum
Ending the Fed’s Inflation Fixation
Former ECB Chief Trichet Joins Systemic Risk Council
Bayer Proposes Takeover of Monsanto
GM Car-Sharing Unit to Expand
Fed Study to Fed: Stop Talking So Much
Church & Dwight Plays Down Takeover-Bid Speculation
Funding Snapshot: Internet of Things Cellular Platform Hologram Raises $4.8M
Funding Snapshot: Gluten Sensor Creator Nima Raises $9.2M Series A
FMC-Technip Merger to Create $13 Billion Oil-Services Firm
Deutsche Bank Aims to Stanch Legal Costs This Year
Bad Behavior Can Trip Up an Advisory-Firm Sale
Conference Board’s Leading Economic Index Jumped in April
Cheetah Mobile ADRs Fall on Weak Guidance
Kuroda Stresses Readiness to Act if Yen Rise Threatens Inflation Goal
South Africa’s Central Bank Keeps Interest Rate Unchanged
Perry Ellis Profit Beats Views
Philadelphia Fed Index Remains Soft in May
ECB Says There’s No Room for Doubt About Reviving Inflation
Fed’s Dudley Says He’s Not Ready to  Use Nominal GDP Targeting
Google Invests in Payday Lender but Could Have to Ban Its Ads
Lotte Group’s Hotel Unit to Seek Up to $4.8 Billion in South Korean IPO
Showpad Raises $50 Million in Third Fundraising Round
The LendingClub Distraction
Fed’s Fischer Speaks in New York, Makes No Comments on Outlook
Financial Adviser Personal Capital Raises $75M Series E
Toro Profit Rises 13%
Monro Muffler Revenue Misses Expectations
U.K. Court Strikes Down Tobacco Industry Challenge to Plain Packaging
Showpad Lands $50M Series C for Expanded Offering
Insperity Makes Deal to Accept Starboard Nominee
U.S. Unemployment Claims Fell Sharply Last Week
Chicago Fed National Activity Index Rebounded in April
Advance Auto Parts Profit Falls on Weak Revenue
Monsanto CEO Must Weigh Changing Course Again
Medical-Device Startup EndoStim Taps New CEO, Plans U.S. Clinical Studies
Networking Startup DriveScale Debuts With $18M
Chime Raises $9M to Bring Banking to Millennials
Corporate Perks at Dropbox Raise Eyebrows
RadioPublic Raises Seed to Reinvent Podcast Distribution
Business Search Company ThoughtSpot Raises $50M
Indonesia’s Central Bank Keeps Benchmark Rate Unchanged at 6.75%
Harrison’s Take: Welcome to the Postmodern Federal Reserve
Raice’s Take: Kashkari’s Big-Banks Effort Hits a Snag—Bernanke
Sun Basket Raises $11.6M to Challenge Meal-Kit Competitors With Organic Offerings
Raice’s Take: Kashkari’s Big-Banks Effort Hits a Snag—Bernanke
Sovran to Acquire LifeStorage for $1.3 Billion
British Shoppers Shrug Off Referendum Worries
Malaysia Central Bank Holds Steady
Theranos Throws Out Two Years of Blood-Test Results
Deutsche Bank Rejigs Regulatory Team in London
Sterling Jumps on Strong U.K. Retail Sales Data
Asia Investors Listen Closely to Fed’s Rate-Rise Whisper
Swiss National Bank Examines Foreign-Currency Lending
Asian Shares Down on U.S.-Rate Concerns
The New Normal That Never Was
BOJ Under Fresh Fire Over New Member’s Ph.D Claim
Dollar Stronger in Asia on Hawkish Fed Outlook
Germany’s Merck Lifted by Sigma-Aldrich Deal
Julius Baer Increases Managed Assets
House Passes $610 Billion Defense Policy Bill
1MDB Funds Used to Buy $34 Million London House
ST Telemedia to Buy Majority of Tata’s India, Singapore Data-Center Business
Uber Puts Brakes on Bangkok Motorcycle-Booking Service
RBNZ Warns of Banking Risks from ‘Digital Disrupters’
Australian Unemployment Rate Stays at 2½-Year Low
Gap Warns of Earnings Shortfall
Market direction: Rise