Date: 2014-11-05 00:00:00
S&P 500 (SPY) — open: 201.23, high: 201.6, low: 200.06, close: 201.07, volume: 93343000, daily change: -0.0035
News headlines:
ANZ Names New CEO for China Business
Christie’s Sale Boosted By $65.1 Million Manet; Leger Flops
Financial Briefing Book: News Digest
Whole Foods Gains Ground with Shoppers; Profit Rises 5.8%
Australia Unemployment at 6.2%
Election Pay Day: Five States Adopt Higher Minimum-Wage Laws
Carlyle to Pare Stake in Booz Allen Hamilton
Regulator Wants More Use of Bank Monitors
Tesla Pledges to Boost Output
Food Industry Wins Round in GMO Fight
Carlyle Group to Buy Dealogic
Private-Equity Firm GTCR Seeks Buyer for Premium Credit
SolarCity Swings to Profit on Ramped-Up Installations
NSA Contractor Seeks to Cut Debt
Morgan Stanley Reimbursements to Cost $50 Million
Pemex Wants to Start Export Terminal
Argentina’s YPF Sees Earnings Soar
Zillow Losses Widen on Trulia Expenses
Nasdaq Wins Securities Information Processor Contract
Prudential Financial Profit Falls 52%
Wells Fargo Lowers Top End of Legal-Exposure Measurement to $950 Million
Industry Group Challenges Texas’ First Fracking Ban
Dynegy Swings to Loss
Walgreen Prepares Large Bond Sale
Dollar Rallies Against Yen
Tesla Posts Wider Net Loss
Buyout Firms in Southeast Asia Are Cashing Out Faster
Disney’s Earnings Should Enchant
Monte Paschi Board Approves Capital Increase
Oil Futures Rise on Inventory Data
Fed Completes Rule on Banks’ Size
Orange-Juice Futures Enter Bear Market
Chrysler Net Surges on Strong U.S. Sales
Regulator Presses Honda in Takata Air Bag Probe
Anheuser-Busch InBev to Launch Tequila-Flavored Beer in U.S.
Gold, Silver Slide to 4½-Year Lows
Nike’s New LeBron Shoes To Be Available Dec. 1
For Schorsch, an Empire Under Siege
Level 3 Swings to Profit
Orbital to Continue Cargo Shipments
Board of Leyne, Strauss-Kahn & Partners Says Firm is Insolvent
Race Is On to Detect Ebola Faster
Darden Hires New Firm for CEO Search
Nu Skin Shares Fall On Lowered Outlook
Regulators Rule BSkyB to Offer Sports Over BT’s YouView
Voices: Ben Hockema, on When Clients Should Take Social Security
Gerdau May Scale Back Expansion
Europe Stocks Close Higher on U.S. Election News
Pimco Sees $48 Billion in Outflows
Time Warner Lifts View, Revenue
CFTC Limited by Budget Constraints
Gazprom Issues One-Year Dollar Bond
Einhorn Says EMC Trades at ‘Sizeable Discount’
Fixing a Pell-Mell Investing Strategy
Luxury Homes With Starry Nights
Health Insurers Woo Consumers in Crowded Market
Israel Corp.’s Idan Ofer Reiterates Support for Chinese Car Maker Qoros
Sterling Bancorp to Merge With Hudson Valley
Lack of Local Lending Sinks China Deal
Tim Hortons Profit Dips
Bridge Growth Takes Majority Stake in CRGT
Merck Offers Update on Beef-Drug Safety Plan
Toyota Forecasts Record Profit
Walgreen October Same-Store Sales Rise 5.6%
FedEx Freight CEO to Retire
Enbridge Posts Loss, Warns of Project Delay
An Early Test for Indonesian Leader
Mondelez Raises Profit Outlook
Motorola to Buy Back Shares From ValueAct
Reliance, U.S. Partner Plan to Sell Texas Venture
Russian Inflation Accelerates
Goldman Sachs Lowers Top End of Possible Legal Loss Forecast
Spectra Energy Profit Falls
Duke Energy Revenue Edges Up
Actavis Revenue Surges on Acquisitions
Chesapeake Energy Profit Surges On Natural-Gas Strength
NRG Profit Grows But Outlook Cut
Berkeley Voters Approve Sugary-Drinks Tax
Alstom Aims to Boost Rail Profit
Covidien Profit Rises 39%
Boeing Chief Conscious of Chinese Competition
Brazil Bank Cuts Credit-Growth Outlook
Singapore Exchange Glitch Halts Trading
Enel to Float a Further Endesa Stake
ING to Repay Final State-Aid Tranche
Marks & Spencer Hit by Hot Weather
Can Obama, GOP Leaders Find Way to Work Together?
Market direction: Neutral