Date: 2016-04-20 00:00:00
S&P 500 (SPY) — open: 209.74, high: 210.2, low: 208.94, close: 209.9, volume: 88316100, daily change: 0.0032
News headlines:
Judge Denies Request in Redstone Lawsuit
China Shares Down Slightly Early; Liquidity Conditions Ease
Japan Exchange May Tighten Rules for Governance-Focused Index
Oil Firms Hit Pay Dirt
Tesla Quality Woes Test High-Volume Goals
The Change in Retailers’ Store Counts
United Continental Posts Drop in Earnings
Mattel Loss Widens Amid Continued Barbie Slump
Yum Brands Profit Climbs, Helped by China Strength
Bank of Canada’s Poloz Sees Three-Year Adjustment to Oil Prices
Regulators Line Up to Consider New Executive Compensation Proposal
One Firm Getting What It Wants in Washington: BlackRock
Judge Says Chipotle GMO Lawsuit Can Go Forward
LendingClub Boosts Projected Loan Losses
Loans for Weddings: Fintech Learns to Focus
Qualcomm Profit Rises 11%, Dispute With LG Resolved
Wal-Mart Nominates Grandson of Founder for Its Board
PulteGroup Founder Escalates Push Against Chief Executive
Financial, Energy Sectors Boost U.S. Stocks
American Express Profit Drops But Beats Expectations
Las Vegas Sands Profit Falls
New NLRB Rules Haven’t Helped Unions as Expected
EMC Says Dell Deal Is on Track
Kinder Morgan Unveils Further Cuts to 2016 Spending Plans, Profit Falls 27%
Newmont Mining’s First-Quarter Profit Down Sharply
Dollar Rises on Positive Housing Data
Saudi Arabia Returns to Global Credit Markets
Canadian Pacific Boosts Dividend,  as Profit Beats Expectations
Will Canadians Get Paid to Buy a House?
China Shipping Group, CMA-CGM Form Ocean Alliance
SunEdison’s Failed Deals Could Bite Back
Germany’s Schäuble Criticizes Easy-Money Policies
Car Sales as Evidence of Crisis Illiquidity
Library of Economics and Liberty Post Looks at a Tale of Two City States
Coke Profit and Revenue Fall
Dish Network Sees Path to Carriage Deal With Viacom
Oil Rallies to 5-Month High as Distillate Stockpiles Shrink
Natural Gas Prices Retreat From Two-Month High
PrecisionHawk Flies Into $18M for Drone Technology
BHP Cuts Iron-Ore Output Target
Analysts See Addition to Natural-Gas Inventories
Gold Prices Fall on Stronger Dollar
Anglo American CFO to Retire in 2017
Angie’s List Swings to Surprise Loss
Expat Oil Workers Fall on Hard Times
Trump Inclined to Replace Yellen if Elected President
What’s at Stake in Fannie-Freddie Document Cache
Fed Watchdog Says Media Release Safeguards Need Improvement
McDonald’s Earnings: What to Watch
Senate Republicans Block Proposal to Regulate Tax Preparers
U.S. Bancorp Profit Declines on Bigger Energy-Related Provision
Textron Shares Rise as Earnings Beat Expectations
Five Things You Didn’t Know About BlackRock in Washington
Turkey’s Central Bank Chief Cuts Key Rate in Inaugural Move
Volkswagen Shares Surge on Report of U.S. Emissions Deal
Abbott Laboratories Revenue Hurt by Currency Exchange
U.S. Existing Home Sales Rose 5.1% in March
Draghi to Face Tough Questions After ECB Meeting
Abbott CEO Declines to Confirm Commitment to Alere Acquisition
McClatchy Marketing Three Properties for Sale-Leaseback Deals
5 Reasons Bond Funds Beat Individual Bonds
VW Fights Push to Take U.S. Diesel Civil Suit to Trial
U.S. Crude Supplies Rise; Refinery Runs Increase
The ECB’s Credit Easing Is Still Quite Underwhelming
Global Investors Tiptoe Back Into China Shares
Credit Suisse Appoints Former Deutsche Bank Executive
GBP Cuts Losses to Trade Flat Against Dollar
Russia Energy Minister Unsure OPEC Will Agree to Freeze Oil Output
Yelp Finds New Chief Financial Officer
Blood Lab Theranos Faces Criminal Probe
BOE McCafferty: U.K. Wages Growth May Yet Accelerate ‘Quickly’
Hansen Medical Agrees to Be Acquired by Auris Surgical
Roundup of Form D Regulatory Filings--April 19
Tupperware Profit Tops Expectations
Rakuten Raises Investment in Latin America Ride-Hailing App Cabify
Brazil Unemployment Rises to 10.2%
General Catalyst Partners Leads $21M Series D for Brighter
Dutch Court Quashes Award to Former Yukos Owners
Second Genome Raises $42.6M Series B to Pursue Microbiome-Based Therapies
St. Jude Results Top Expectations
Bugcrowd Nets $15M for Bug Bounties With Hackers
Kuwait Oil Workers End Strike
Bossa Nova Robotics Embraces $14M for Retail-Inventory Robot
Voices: Help Clients Navigate ‘Impact Investing’
European Stocks Yet to Take Off
BOJ Nervous About Currency Impact of Possible ‘Brexit’
Nielsen Profit and Revenue Rise
German Minister Defends ECB Over Europe’s Economic Woes
Ackerman’s Take: Why Hedge Funds Are Getting Another Look
Bank of Russia Sees Risk Inflation Will Stick in 6% to 7% Range
Hilsenrath’s Take: Looking Beyond Money and Credit for Economic Solutions
Ackerman’s Take: Why Hedge Funds Are Getting Another Look
U.K. Unemployment Rises in Further Sign Economy Slowed in First Quarter
Bank Indonesia Likely to Take a Breather
PBOC Economist Warns on Levels of Corporate Debt
The Problem With Retail Deposits
ABB Profit Beats Expectations
Chase Bank Kenya to be Managed by Local Lender KCB Bank
SK Powers Up With Plan for China EV Battery Plant
Telia’s Outlook Brightens Despite Profit Drop
Oil Slips as Kuwait Oil Industry Resumes Normal Operations
Heineken Boosted by Vietnam, China Sales
Asian Shares: China Stock Markets Tumble
Dollar Lower Against Yen on Weaker Asian Stocks, Oil
SAP Profit Soars Nearly 40% on Cloud Strategy
Family Fight Heats Up in Redstone Lawsuit
Two Hedge Funds Win Board Seats at United Continental
CFPB Sheds Light on Coming Payday-Loans Rule
Market direction: Fall