Date: 2017-12-13 00:00:00
S&P 500 (SPY) — open: 267.21, high: 267.32, low: 266.35, close: 266.78, volume: 85195800, daily change: 0.0018
News headlines:
Firm Retention Summary: Vasari LLC
Judge Rejects Defamation Lawsuit Against Deadspin Owner
New Zealand Government Trims GDP Forecasts
Australian Job Creation Rises Sharply in November
Disney Finalizing Pact to Acquire Assets From 21st Century Fox
Fed Raises Rates, Sticks to Forecast for 2018 Increases
AT&T Reaches Contract With Union
Drug Developer Allakos Assembles Large Investor Group for Mega Round
Music-Streaming Giants Spotify and Tencent Music Swap Stakes
Takeaways From the Fed’s December Meeting
Wall Street Tells Frackers to Stop Counting Barrels, Start Making Profits
Retailer Charming Charlie Sees Future After Bankruptcy
Fed’s Brainard: Many Discouraged Workers Have Come Off Sidelines
Payment Dispute Escalates Over Las Vegas Catholic School’s Construction Costs
U.S. Dollar Drops After Fed Raises Rates
As Other Markets Stall, Traders Rush Into Bitcoin Boom
Boston Herald Seeks Quick Sale to GateHouse Media
Dow Industrials Hit New High After Fed Rate Increase
Yellen: No Big Differences Between Her, Powell on Bank Rules
Westinghouse Says Sales Process Generated Significant Interest
Redbox to Offer Digital Movie Downloads
What Car Insurers Can’t Ask You When Setting Your Rates
Yellen’s Final Rate Rise Draws Dissent
Gold Extends Gains After Fed Decision
Farmers Circle Wagons to Save $100-a-Cow Tax Deduction
Study Links Lower Birth Weights to Living Near Fracking Sites
Bulldozer Dealers to Congress: Don’t Tax Us Like Tractor Dealers
Zara Shows Shrinking Profit Margins Despite Sales Increase
Nearly 5 Million Americans in Default on Student Loans
Federal Reserve Expected to Raise Rates
U.S. Economic Expansion Could Become Longest on Record
Bitcoin Futures’ Low-Key Entry Is a Good Thing
GAO: Risk Tools for Mortgage-Insurance Fund Are Lacking
What Can You Buy With Bitcoin: A $10 Pizza for $76?
China’s HNA Group Seeks to Reassure Lenders, Investors
The Changing Geography of U.S. Manufacturing During the 20th Century
U.S. Consumer Prices Rose 0.4% in November
Profile: Managing Wealth—and Client Emotions
With Traffic Flowing, Netflix Steps Back from Fight Over Internet Rules
Target to Buy Grocery Delivery Startup Shipt for $550 Million
Live: Janet Yellen’s Postmeeting Press Conference
Iceland’s Central Bank Leaves Rates Unchanged as It Upgrades Economic View
Spirit Airlines CFO to Take Top Job in 2019
Greek Court Backs Extraditing Russian Bitcoin Suspect to U.S.
WSJ Dollar Index Falls
Orange Takes Part in $11 Million Funding Round for FollowAnalytics
Mobile Esports Tournaments Get More Firepower
Investors Pony Up $62 Million for Pionyr Immunotherapeutics
Chernova’s Take: Beware of Gender Silos in Tech
OPEC Oil Output Falls to Six-Month Low but U.S. Fills Gap
Hayashi’s Take: Trump’s Tweet Offers Flavor of New CFPB
After Bitcoin Futures, an ETF Could Be Next
Housecleaning at PCAOB | ‘Shelby Mafia’ Lends Deregulatory Hand | Banks Find Problem in Tax Plan | Hayashi’s Take: Trump’s Tweet Offers Flavor of New CFPB
Housecleaning at PCAOB | ‘Shelby Mafia’ Lends Deregulatory Hand | Banks Find Problem in Tax Plan | Hayashi’s Take: Trump’s Tweet Offers Flavor of New CFPB
Harrison’s Take: 2018 Will Be The Year Of Inflation For The Fed. Again.
In Tax Plan’s Fine Print, Banks Find a Problem
Mall Operator Westfield Agrees to Takeover Bid Valued at $16 Billion
With Alabama Loss, Trump, GOP Face Political Reckoning
Market direction: Neutral