Date: 2014-05-08 00:00:00
S&P 500 (SPY) — open: 187.41, high: 187.97, low: 186.01, close: 187.88, volume: 106500000, daily change: 0.0059
News headlines:
U.S. Jobless Claims Fall
Canadian Natural Resources Net Income Nearly Triples
Batista Says Brazil Court Froze $55.2 Million
Adecco's Earnings Signal Pickup in Global Hiring
Not Feeling Well? Log On. The Doctor Is In
Good Earnings No Longer Enough
Pfizer Holders Could See Tax Hit in Deal
Draghi Says ECB May Take Action in June
Cash Purchases Cure Mortgage Blues
Athenahealth CEO Flips Script in Wall Street Rift
Edward Jones Takes On a More Urban Style
High Milk Prices Sour Dean Results
RadioShack Scales Back Plan
Virtual Doctor Visits: What's Treated and What's the Cost?
Icahn's Son Is Setting Up a Hedge Fund
News Corp's Revenue Falls Amid Ad Weakness
Protests Swell at Beverly Hills Hotel
Louisiana-Pacific, Ainsworth Deal May Be Delayed
Argentina's YPF Posts 129% Jump in First-Quarter Profit
CBS Profit Rises Despite Revenue Slip
Post Holdings Swings to Loss
Citigroup Tops Euromoney FX Poll After 12-Year Gap
Boston Scientific Subpoenaed Over Defibrillator Devices
Natural-Gas Prices Tumble on Inventory Addition
Judge: LightSquared Restructuring Plan Unfair to Ergen
ICE Seeks to Reduce Stock Order Types at NYSE
Fed Homes in On 'Shadow Banking'
'Barefoot' Running Loses Its Edge
Scotiabank to Buy 20% Stake in Canadian Tire's Banking Business
Gap Posts Upbeat Profit Outlook as Sales Rise
GM Recalls Some Sedans for Potential Brake Defect
Oil Prices End Lower
StanChart Executive Pay, Governance Face Fire
Deutsche Telekom Profit Hit by Investment Costs
Judge Criticizes Nortel Legal Fees
Glencore Turns to Tony Hayward
Time Magazine Spinoff Set for June
Valeant Steps Up Hostile Takeover Campaign Against Allergan
Dish's Ergen Sees Logic in a Merger
Liberty Media to Spin Off Cable Businesses
Gold Futures Edge Lower
Apollo Profit Drops Sharply
Discovery, Liberty to Buy All3Media
Economists See Growth Rebound
China Luxuriates in African Chocolate
Siemens Moves Fueled by U.S.
Unilever to Close Ontario Plant
Astra Seeks Help Resisting Pfizer
Yellen: Businesses Regaining Confidence
Euro Retreats After Notching 2½-Year High
Centrica Warns on Profit
French, German Economics Ministers to Discuss Alstom
Singapore Airlines Profit Falls 60%
Cutbacks Threaten U.K. Financial Crime-Fighting
EU Probes Liberty Global-Ziggo Merger
Boeing Expects Number of Companies Leasing Planes to Airlines to Grow
Nontraditional Bond Funds Raise Concerns
Mediobanca Swings to Profit
A Long-Term Care Policy More Than Insurance
Ford Shareholders Bid Farewell to Mulally
Banks Move Forward With Selling Mortgage-Servicing Portfolios
Later Easter Drives Retail Sales in April
Saga Sets IPO Pricing
CNH Industrial Profit Falls
Valley National to Buy 1st United Bancorp
Apache to Sell Development Interests
BT Sports TV Bet Pays Off
Cablevision Swings to Profit
American Air, Southwest Traffic Rise
Bang & Olufsen With $8,000 TV
Iran Vows to Keep Increasing Crude Exports
Emirates Bets on Record Investment
Louisiana-Pacific Posts Quarterly Loss
Ukraine Wheat Harvest Seen Down 12%
Wendy's Profit Soars Following Sale of Restaurants
JA Solar Swings to a Profit
McDonald's Same-Store Sales Rise
Priceline Profit Jumps Amid Stronger Bookings
Aramark Swings to Profit
Huntington Ingalls Profit Doubles
AMC Networks Profit Rises on Ad Revenue, Acquisition
Thai Rice Exporters Regain Status
Mallinckrodt Profit Falls 66%
Cosco Favorite to Win Greek Port Stake Sale
SAS Warns on Profit
Emerging-Market Currencies Higher
Harsh Winter Helps Repsol's Profits
Standard Chartered's Subprime Unit Attracts Another Bidder
Prudential Posts Higher New Business Profit
Australian Gas Battle Heats Up
Spain's DIA to Sell French Unit
Insurer Munich Re Hit by Lower Premiums
Standard Chartered Says Conditions Still Difficult
Metro Hit by Currency Effects
Continental Resources First-Quarter Net Income Rises 60% on Higher Oil Output
Market direction: Neutral