Date: 2018-02-15 00:00:00
S&P 500 (SPY) — open: 264.31, high: 270, low: 264.3, close: 269.59, volume: 120735700, daily change: 0.0135
News headlines:
Spain’s ABAC Therapeutics Gets $20 Million for Precision Antibiotics
Inspector General Opens Probe of FCC’s Easing of Media-Ownership Rules
Bank of Japan Governor Kuroda Nominated to New Five-Year Term
SEC Rejects Sale of Chicago Stock Exchange
Federal Judge Rejects Government Loan for Puerto Rico Utility
Kraft Heinz Hints at Appetite for Deals
Massachusetts Accuses Scottrade of Fiduciary Rule Violations
CBS Revenue Up 11% on Higher Fees for Content
U.S. Producer Prices Returned to Upward Path in January
Fieldwood Energy Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection
Homeowners’ Insurance Startup Kin Raises $13.1 Million Series A
Avis Budget’s Largest Investor Launches Board-Seat Fight
GE Begins to Sell Off One of Its Oldest Businesses: Lights
Dollar Drops to More Than Three-Year Low
Gawker Media Says Peter Thiel Is Attempting to ‘Evade’ Document Subpoenas
Stocks Are Moving in Tandem. That Can Be Scary
Roche to Acquire Healthcare-Software Company Flatiron for $1.9 Billion
Randles’s Take: Appvion Lenders Object to Threatened Suit By Junior Creditors
U.S. Regulators Extend Window for Critical Stroke Treatment
U.S. Stocks Extend Rebound in Broad Rally
Regulator Takes Aim at Share
		
			
		
	Structure Used by Ford, Facebook
U.S. Bancorp Charged Over Relationship With Race-Car Driver
Quick Hits: Egypt’s Central Bank Cuts Rates
Halliburton Warns of Earnings Hit Due to Sand Delays
Bank of Canada’s Schembri Sees Higher Rates, but Stresses Caution
Trump’s Budget Cuts Funding for Manufacturing Program
Strengthen the Community Reinvestment Act
Bitcoin Surges Back Above $10,000
Financial Firms Pay More to Address Cybersecurity
Oil Prices End Higher
Investors Warned of Cryptocurrency ‘Pump-and-Dump’ Schemes
Gold Inches Lower After Wednesday Rally
There’s a Boom in Airline Travel, and Jet Makers Are Making the Most of It
Aerosoles Snags $23 Million Floor Bid Ahead of Auction
GOP Senators Pan Trump Plan to Make Futures Industry Pay User Fees
GST AutoLeather Gets Court Approval for Sale
Lender to Bike-Maker Niner Attempts Foreclosure
At Thomson Reuters, Tensions Between Family and Board Ratchet Up With Blackstone Deal
U.S. Factory Output Flat Again in January
A Profit at Sears? (There’s a Catch)
Canadian Residential Real-Estate Activity Plunged in January
VoxEU Post Examines Urban Concentration and Economic Growth
Hedge Funds and Investors Adapt to New Realities: WSJ Tax Watch
New York Manufacturing Activity Slows in February
Philadelphia Fed Report Says Manufacturing Continues to Expand
LyondellBasell to Buy A. Schulman for $2.25 Billion
Fannie Mae Needs $3.7 Billion Infusion | Fintech Wins as House Bill Passed | Rubin’s Take: CFTC Looks to Leverage Blockchain
U.S. Jobless Claims Rose Last Week
Tax Law Forces Revamps for Agriculture Firms
Dollar Softens on Inflation Concerns
Nestlé Sales Growth Weakens to Slowest in Decades
Sam Adams Maker Names Dave Burwick as CEO
Davis’s Take: Key Man Clause a Lever in Curbing Harassment?
Joshua Kushner’s Oscar Health Seeks Validation—and Higher Valuation
Biotech Startup Celularity Launches With $250 Million
Rubin’s Take: CFTC Looks to Leverage Blockchain
Fannie Mae Needs $3.7 Billion Infusion | Fintech Wins as House Bill Passed | Rubin’s Take: CFTC Looks to Leverage Blockchain
Hannon’s Take: The ECB’s Woman Problem
Bank Indonesia Again Holds Steady
China Gets Pushback on New Rules to Curb Lending Practices
Brazilian Central Bank Indicates End of Rate-Cutting Cycle
Kuroda Right Person for BOJ
Brickley’s Take: Revolving Door Still Spinning in Woodbridge Bankruptcy
Market direction: Neutral