Date: 2016-06-07 00:00:00
S&P 500 (SPY) — open: 210.7, high: 211.77, low: 210.51, close: 211.35, volume: 64887000, daily change: 0.0051
News headlines:
PBOC Maintains Full-Year Growth Target
Stocks Inch Closer to Record High
Oil Prices on Steady Climb Beyond $50 Due to Supply Declines
Activist Elliott Takes Stake in PulteGroup
Donald Trump, Jeb Hensarling Meet on Dodd-Frank Alternative
Panel Approves Towers in Brooklyn Park
Biogen Shares Down as Multiple Sclerosis Therapy Misses Study Goals
Hillary’s Time Arrives, but Are the Times Right for Her?
Ralph Lauren to Book $400 Million in  Restructuring Charges
IoT Security Startup Senrio Grabs $1.5M
Deicing Recommendations Issued for Private Jets
Volatile Pound Underscores Market Jitters
Keurig Discontinues Cold-Drink Carbonation Machine
SEC, Audit Firm Settle Over Alleged  Mishandling of Audits of Chinese Company
Why a Financial Transaction Tax Isn’t the Answer
SEC Official Puts Broker-Dealer Issue Back on Private Equity’s Radar
Missing From Trump’s New Hotels: the Family Name
House GOP’s Antipoverty Plan Would Scrap Retirement Savings Advice Rule
The Epicenter of America’s Oil Bust Is Drawing Buyers
Roundup of Form D Regulatory Filings--June 7
Private Equity Spends Big on Elections
Valeant Shares Drop as Guidance Is Slashed Again
Caesars Fights for Creditor Support for Restructuring Plan
FDA Warns of Heart Problems With High Doses of Imodium
Wells Fargo Hopes New Pact Will Break Logjam With Finance Sites
LendingClub Postpones Annual Shareholder Meeting, Loses Investor
Goldman Sachs Invests $150M in SMS Assist
Asian Morning Briefing: Stocks Inch Closer to Record High
U.S. Crude-Oil Stockpiles Seen Down in Week
Nymex Crude Settles Above $50 for First Time Since July
Gardens Regional Hospital Files for Bankruptcy
Police Probe Finds No Proof McClendon Committed Suicide
VeriFone Cuts Outlook, Announces Plans to Review Business
Dave & Buster’s Lifts Guidance, Outlines Buyback
Dollar Falls to One-Month Low
Q&A: Rebecca Mairone in Her Own Words
Large Valeant Shareholder Pared Stake Nearly in Half
IRS Shuts Down Remaining Channels for REIT Spinoffs
NFL’s Twitter Account Hacked, Wrongly Said Commissioner Died
The Problem With Laying Blame for the Financial Crisis
U.S. Consumer Credit Increased at 4.49% Pace in April
Fairway Wins Court Approval of Restructuring Plan
Pratt Struggles With Supply Chain for Jet Engine
Natural Gas Rises to New 2016 High
China Takes Steps to Widen Access to Its Financial Markets
Paul Singer’s New Target: Mossack Fonseca
Tighter Regulations Weigh on Global Wealth Management, Study Says
NextEV, China-Backed Electric Car Co., Applies for Tax Credit in California
Shell to Go Ahead With Petrochemical Plant in Pennsylvania
Court Finds Kerviel, Whose Bets Lost Billions, Was Fired Unfairly
Messaging Startup Cotap Becomes Zinc, Adds $5M
Weak Productivity, Rising Wages Putting Pressure on U.S. Companies
Gold Pares Losses as Rate Expectations Shift
Navistar International Swings to Surprise Profit
ECB’s Knot Says ‘Brexit’ Wouldn’t Cause a Severe Crisis
Struggling Ralph Lauren Tries to Fashion a Comeback
Zillow to Settle Trade-Secrets Suit Filed by Move Inc.
Interior Decorating App Lux Grabs $3.5M
Regulators Caution Banks About Cybertheft
HD Supply Holdings Swings To Loss
FTV Capital Commits $30M to ReliaQuest
Tullett, ICAP Brokerage Deal Hits Antitrust Hurdle
Exports Climbed in April, Helped by an Easing Dollar
Funding Snapshot: Weka.IO Raises Series B, Brings Funding to $32M
Brazil’s Vale Plans Overseas Bond Issue Due in 2021
Funding Snapshot: AI Startup CrowdFlower Raises $10M
Funding Snapshot: Compliance Software Company Convercent Raises $11M Series C
ECB Focused on Boosting Inflation, Says French Central Bank Chief
Shell Planning Fresh Spending Cuts In Wake Of BG Deal
Zillow Settles Trade-Secrets Suit
ECB Readies Corporate Bond Buying to Give Inflation Jolt
Stripe Is Trying Its Luck in Turkey
Tribune Vote Totals Show 40% Withheld Their Board Votes
Gannett, Citing Tribune Shareholder Vote, Continues Merger Pursuit
U.S. Retail Sales Fell in 1st Week of June -- Redbook
Hertz Shares Rise After Carl Icahn Boosts Stake
Nike Plays Hardball to Keep Its Athletes
Zimmer Biomet to Buy Fellow Medical Device Maker LDR Holding
CN Railway CEO Mongeau Steps Down
Michaels Posts Weak Same-Store-Sales Growth
24 Million New Vehicles in India Give Oil Prices a Lift
Chain-Store Sales Post Sharp Decline in Latest Week
Swiss Franc Gains As Brexit Hedge
Household Spending Spurs Eurozone Growth
Meal-Delivery Company Sprig Goes Lean
Swiss Foreign-Currency Reserves Jumped in May
Dubai’s DP World to Develop Ecuador Port
Switch Raises $4M To Make Mobile Job Search Like Dating Apps
Pronutria Rebrands as Axcella Health, Advances Protein Therapeutics
Security-Analytics Startup ArmorWay Grabs $2.5M
Chernova’s Take: Mega Valuations Could Test IPO Investment Support
Schlesinger’s Take: Big Banks Face New Threat From the Right
No Eurozone Candidate States Meet Criteria for Adopting Euro
Saudi OSPs Reflect Loss of Light Sweet Supply
Hilsenrath’s Take: Windows of Opportunity
Schlesinger’s Take: Big Banks Face New Threat From the Right
Signal Dials In $30M for Marketing Platform
Voices: ‘Live Below Your Means’ Is Valuable Advice
China Forex Reserves Shrink, Renewing Capital-Flight Concerns
Australian Regulator Accuses NAB of Manipulating Rate
India’s Central Bank Keeps Key Lending Rate Unchanged
IBM Inks Services Deal With Emirates Airline
Asia Stocks Rise on Higher Commodity Prices
Iranian Oil, Shipping Companies Set $2.4 Billion in Ship Deals
New York Might Be A Brexit Winner
Australian Central Bank Keeps Rates Steady
Yellen: No Rate Rise Until Economic Outlook Clears
EMI Disaster Cost Terra Firma’s Guy Hands $230 Million of Personal Wealth
Goldman Probed Over Malaysia Fund 1MDB
GOP Alternative to Dodd-Frank Calls for Banks to Boost Capital
Market direction: Neutral