Date: 2017-12-20 00:00:00
S&P 500 (SPY) — open: 268.48, high: 268.53, low: 267.09, close: 267.17, volume: 82382900, daily change: -0.0038
News headlines:
New Zealand’s Economy Gets Boost From Construction Recovery, for Now
Tanker Owner Euronav Nears Deal to Merge With Rival Gener8
Tables Turned: Saudi Arabia Hunts for Oil Assets in the U.S.
Copper Gains on U.S. Growth Optimism
Bitcoin Price Plunges, Recovers as Bitcoin Offshoot Blasts Off
Shell, Eni Face Italian Charges Over Nigerian Deal
Financial-Data Agency Should Remain Independent
How to Make the Bitcoin System More Efficient
A Million-Dollar Bet That Bitcoin Will Hit $50,000
Wells Fargo, Other Banks Plan to Share Tax Windfall With Employees
Firm Retention Summary: Preferred Care Inc.
Firm Retention Summary: Armstrong Energy Inc.
Oil Rises on Large Inventory Draw
Hawaiian Airlines Parent to Buy Island Air Assets
Companies Scramble to Make Moves Before the Big Tax Cut
BlackBerry Starts to Cast Closer Look at Acquisitions to Bolster Growth
Scurria’s Take: Ultra Petroleum Make-Whole on Fast Track to Resolution
AT&T Plans $1,000 Bonus to Workers if Trump Signs Tax Bill
Judge Rejects Government Bid to Upend Bankruptcy Plan Over Marijuana Business
Brazil’s Oi Creditors Agree to Rescue Plan
Kuwait Is Investigating Military Helicopter Deal With Airbus
U.S. Existing-Home Sales Jumped in November
Fintech Charter Is Still in Play, New Comptroller Says
What North Korea Might Do With Bitcoin
Profile: Managing the Transition to Retirement
U.K. Reassures EU Banks of ‘Business as Usual’ After Brexit
Major Wholesale Nursery Files for Bankruptcy
Amfuel Intends to Leave Texas for Arkansas
Hedge Funds Find a Market That Looks Cheap: Greece
Takata to Pay Fraction of a Penny for Air-Bag Damages
OCC’s Otting to Make Simplifying Bank Rules One of Top Priorities
How the Tax Bill Changes the Math on Donor-Advised Funds
Quick Hits: Bank of England Rate Rise in May Seen as Labor Costs Rise
General Mills Gets Boost From Cereal, Snacks
U.S. Dollar Edges Lower as Investors Seek Direction After Tax Plan
Diller, Von Furstenberg Invest in Co-Working Company
What the Republican Tax Plan Means for You, Your Investments and Your Industry
A Yield-Curve Inversion Isn’t a Done Deal
U.S. Dollar Edges Lower
Surveying the Damage of Low Interest Rates
Inequality is Slowing U.S. Economic Growth: Economic Policy Institute Report
Carbon Raises $143 Million for 3D Manufacturing
KKR Exits African Investment
Nuritas Raises $20 Million For Food-Based Drug, Supplement Discovery
Davis’s Take: Tech for Social Good Faces the Long Game
Banks Do Better on ‘Living Wills’ | Ex-Im Bank Pick Blocked | What to Watch: Otting’s First Press Briefing
What to Watch: Otting’s First Press Briefing
Harrison’s Take: Spring Could Bring An Answer To The Persistent Inflation Mystery
WeWork, No Longer in a Sharing Mood, Hunts for New Tenants on Rivals’ Turf
Robust Global Growth Fuels 2017 Copper Rally
Banks Do Better on ‘Living Wills’ | Ex-Im Bank Pick Blocked | What to Watch: Otting’s First Press Briefing
Sweden’s Central Bank Flags Rate Increase in Mid-2018
Big Hedge Funds Want In on Bitcoin
Bank of Thailand Stands Pat at 1.5%
Orchard Therapeutics Picks Up $110 Million Series B for Gene Therapy
Europe Seeks Crackdown on Brexit Bank Arbitrage
Flurry of Health-Care Deals Reflects Shift Away From Hospitals
Biswas’s Take: Lenders Give Blackhawk Mining a Break After Earnings Jump
Market direction: Neutral