Date: 2017-12-11 00:00:00
S&P 500 (SPY) — open: 265.16, high: 265.52, low: 264.03, close: 265.51, volume: 76563900, daily change: 0.0055
News headlines:
Individual Investors Face Steeper Tax Bill Under Senate Proposal
Passport Capital to Shut Flagship Hedge Fund
Retail Chain Charming Charlie Seeks Bankruptcy Protection
Firm Retention Summary: Pacific Drilling SA
Firm Retention Summary: Preferred Care Inc.
Firm Retention Summary: Shiekh Shoes LLC
High-Tech Hedge Fund Hits Limits of Robot Stock Picking
As the Fed Deliberates, Amazon Is Making Its Job More Difficult
Who’s Afraid of Bitcoin? Futures Traders Going Short
Disney Deal for Fox Would End Era of the ‘Big Six’ Studios
Icahn to Launch New Board Fight With Xerox
U.S. Stocks Rise
Banks Need to Attract Tech Talent Like Silicon Valley
Transparency in Prepaid Cards Benefits Consumers
U.S. Dollar Edges Higher Ahead of Fed Meeting
Quick Hits: ECB Reinvestments Seen Lasting Until 2020 at Least
NBER Paper Asks: Has Middle Class Wealth Recovered?
GenOn Working on Settlement to Ease Chapter 11 Plan Approval
Interest Rates, Political Risk and the Dollar’s Weakening
The Risks in Central-Bank Balance Sheets Are Clear
Brickley’s Take: Vermont Consumers Seek to Lift Bankruptcy Stay Shielding Think Finance
In New NFL Deal, Verizon Trades Mobile Exclusivity for Rights on Yahoo
Oil Prices Rise on Pipeline Shutdown News
Voices: How to Limit Staff Turnover and Build a Practice for the Long Haul
Mattel Warns of Weak Holiday Quarter, Two Weeks Before Christmas
Metals: Gold Inches Lower Ahead of Fed Meeting
Scana Offers Abandoned S.C. Nuclear Site to State-Owned Utility
JPMorgan Chase’s Sapphire Reserve Card Gets a New Chief
Ex-Gawker Employees Launch Crowdfunding Drive to Buy Website
NextEra Loses Bid for Stay on $275 Million Breakup Fee Decision
App Maker Halts Initial Coin Offering After SEC Investigation
Bitcoin Buyers Get Unwanted Message: Wait in Line
PhaseRx, a Developer of Liver Drugs, Files for Bankruptcy
Amid North Korea Tensions, a Narrow Diplomatic Window Opens
How to Avoid Getting Hit by Estimated-Tax Penalties
Conference Board’s Employment Index Fell in November
Startup Affirm Nears $2 Billion Valuation After Investment
3M Sells Optical Fiber Business to Corning for $900 Million
WSJ Dollar Index Edges Down
Steinhoff Seeks to Shore Up Finances With Extra Advisers
U.S. Bitcoin Futures Climb in First Day of Trade
ShieldX Raises $25 Million in Series B Funding
Zakrzewski’s Take: Could New Laws Curb Sexual Harassment in the Workplace?
Fears Over Bitcoin Futures | Trump Vows Punishment for Wells Fargo | Clozel’s Take: Streamlining Compliance With AML Rules
Clozel’s Take: Streamlining Compliance With AML Rules
Fears Over Bitcoin Futures | Trump Vows Punishment for Wells Fargo | Clozel’s Take: Streamlining Compliance With AML Rules
Hannon’s take: Brexit Deal Justifies BOE’s Optimism
Senate Tax Plan Could Also Hit Digital Wealth Advisers
Want to See a World Without Net Neutrality? Look at These Old Cellphone Plans
Office Rents on Fifth Avenue Rank No. 2 For Most Expensive
Emerging Markets Barrel Ahead Despite Tightening Fed
Retailers Help Shoppers Do the Markdown Math
HSBC to Be Released From U.S. Deferred Prosecution Pact
Adrian Orr to Be New RBNZ Governor
Scurria’s Take: Chicago Suburb’s Convention Center Project Qualifies for Ch. 11
Market direction: Neutral