Date: 2014-11-12 00:00:00
S&P 500 (SPY) — open: 204.06, high: 204.31, low: 203.65, close: 204.18, volume: 54499400, daily change: 0.001
News headlines:
U.S. College Borrowing Drops 8%
Christie’s Makes History With $853 Million Sale
City Council Panel Approves Astoria Cove
GM CEO Opts Out Of Awards Ceremony Amid Pressure
Land Deal Pushes Out Some at Trump Plaza
Westpac CEO to Step Down
Corporate Watch: News Digest
Bakken Volatility Tests Face More Challenges
Aussie Slides in Hard Times
Valeant, Allergan Fight for Doctors
Big Chains Feel Shoppers Pull Back
Dutch Bank ING to Cut Stake in Former U.S. Unit
Citigroup, J.P. Morgan Take Brunt of Currencies Settlement
Goldman Names Slim New Class of Partners
State Street Probe Centers on Ties to Ohio Lobbyist
Halliburton ‘War Room’ Tracks Sand Shipments for Fracking Industry
Singapore Telecommunications Earnings Jump 19%
Stock Connect Fuels Blue-Chip Rally in China
High 5 Games Is Moving to One World Trade Center
CFTC to Look Into Disclosure of Swap Counterparties
Petrobras Corruption Scandal Draws Attention of U.S. Investigators
Highway Officials Approve Trinity’s Test Plan for Guardrail Systems
Monsanto Settles Some GMO Wheat Complaints
Obama to Nominate Lazard Banker for a Top Treasury Post
JC Penney Loss Narrows on Cost-Cutting
E*Trade Unveils New Debt Plans
Mexico’s Televisa Product Launch May Have Been “Sabotage” Victim
Crude Prices Pressured Anew
Dow Chemical to Sell JV Stakes in Kuwait
Dollar Higher as Economic Data Sink Sterling, Euro
Ocwen Affiliate Discontinuing Force-Placed Insurance
Wal-Mart Spreads ‘Black Friday’ Over Five Days
McDonald’s to Open First Restaurant in Kazakhstan
NetApp Profit Falls 4%
SABMiller Faces a Crowded Bar
Raw Sugar Futures Hit 2 1/2-Week High on Output Forecast
Court Refuses Ex-SAC Trader’s Bid to Delay Prison Sentence
As Ruble Slides, Russians Go Shopping
Asian Firms Get in Line for Jet-Leasing Business
U.K.’s Freightliner Group on the Block
Juncker’s Past Speeches Hint at Tax-Advocate Role
Banca Monte dei Paschi Posts Loss
Gold Edges Higher as Ukraine Tensions Flare
GM Hires Firm to Search for General Counsel
Macy’s Cuts Sales Outlook
Dow Jones to Cut Jobs
EIA Slashes Oil-Price Forecasts for 2015
Part-Timers: Here to Stay?
NTSB Releases Details About Virgin Galactic Crash
European Shares Fall, Pound Down
Volkswagen Paves Way For Unions at Tennessee Factory
Bloomberg Swaps-Trading Platform Suffers Nearly Hourlong Outage
UnitedHealth Creates Office of CEO
Telefónica Profit Drops Despite Mexico Boost
An Artist’s Wooden ‘Carpet’
BB&T in $2.5 Billion Deal for Susquehanna
The Ultimate Luxury: a Doorman
Nikkei Hits Another Seven-Year High
Encana Profit Rises on Asset Sales
Polish Rate Setter Sees Room for Cuts
New Global Banking Measures Outlined
SeaWorld Profit Falls 28%
Voices: Holmes Osborne, on Working With Union Members
OPEC: Oil Output Fell in October
ECB Open to New Measures to Fight Inflation
American Eagle Outfitters Raises Earnings Guidance
Gunvor Renews $700 Million Borrowing Facility
Fixing a Botched IRA Conversion
France Tweaks Taxes in New Budget
Forex Probe Exposes BOE Era of Cozy Bank Relations
Pinnacle Foods Earnings Surge
Kindred to Buy Centerre for $195 Million
Aramark Gives Upbeat 2015 Forecast as Earnings Rise
Shanghai Jin Jiang to Buy Louvre Hotels
Deutsche Bank Nears $2 Billion Property Sale
Energizer Revenue Grows 7.1%
Loblaw Profit Beats Street View
Smucker Cuts Outlook as Folgers Sales Fall
U.K. Salary Growth Outpaces Inflation
E.ON Swings to a Loss
Asia Indexes Lead Global Markets
Hong Kong Lifts Yuan Conversion Limit for Locals
Citic Unit, KKR Bid for United Envirotech
Heineken to Build More Global Brands
Rockwell Automation Profit Rises 16%
Beazer Homes’ Profit Surges
Tullow Oil to Slash Exploration Spending
ARCP Files Suit Against RCS Cap
Portugal Sells More Bonds Than Planned
Barclays Pulls Out of Settlement
Apax Partners, Bain Capital Make Offer for PT Portugal
Swiss Bank Speaks Out Against Gold Initiative
BOE Signals Later Rate Rise
Burberry Profit Drops
German ‘Wise Men’ Criticize Generous Social Policies
German Economy Likely Stabilized in Third Quarter
U.K. Won’t Take Action Against Deutsche Bank
Banks Are Set to Settle Probes Into Forex Trading
Troubled Brokers Cluster, Often Among Elderly
French Drug Firm Bets on Tiny Diabetes Device
Facebook Sees Midtown South Office as Recruitment Tool
Market direction: Neutral