GenAIDevTOProd/NIFTY-feature-enhanced huggingface dataset:
Date: 2018-08-01 00:00:00
S&P 500 (SPY) — open: 280.81, high: 282.02, low: 280.38, close: 281.33, volume: 68570500, daily change: 0.0049
News headlines:
BOJ Amamiya Says BOJ’s 10-Year Yield Target Remains at ‘Around Zero’
T-Mobile, Sprint Add Customers as They Push Toward Merger
Old Long-Term-Care Policies Hurt Prudential Profit
U.K. Startup Gathers $55 Million to Tackle Virus Behind Severe Lung Infections
Wells Fargo Reaches $2.09 Billion Settlement Over Mortgage-Backed Securities
Ira Rennert Drops Malpractice Suit Over $214 Million Magnesium Bankruptcy
Scurria’s Take: Four Years After Restructuring, Silicone Maker’s Bankruptcy Battles Not Over
Oil Prices Fall Sharply as U.S. Inventories Rise
Shares of Wynn Fall After Profit, Sales Miss
Brazil Central Bank Holds Benchmark Interest Rate Steady
Fidelity Eliminates Fees on Two New Index Funds
Dow Jones Industrial Average Falls on Tariff Concerns
Scurria’s Take: Four Years After Restructuring, Silicone Maker’s Bankruptcy Battles Not Over
Gibson Settles With Unsecured Creditors
Carl Icahn Plans to Vote Against Express Scripts Deal
Federal Reserve Holds Rates Steady, Says Economy Is Strong
Studio Creditors Move to Question Former Weinstein Co. Executive
Copper Drops on New Tariff Threats
Turkish Lira Falls to Record Low After U.S. Sanctions
Treasury Plans to Boost Borrowing as Trillion-Dollar Deficits Loom
Hanesbrands, Target Won’t Renew Champion Activewear Deal
Carlyle’s Earnings Beat Expectations, But Key Performance Metric Drops
Treasury Yield Tops 3% Again
Ferrari Reports Higher Profit, But Shares Fall on New CEO’s Comments
Molson Coors Turns to Marijuana as Beer Sales Drop
U.S. Manufacturing Activity Loses Momentum
GDS Holdings Disputes Short Seller’s Claims
Company in Legal Fight with Montana Halts Mine Cleanup Work
Europe’s Trade Victory in Washington
VoxEU Post Examines Misperceptions About Immigration
America’s Long Love Affair With Beer Is on the Rocks
India’s Central Bank Voices Trade-Friction Concerns as It Raises Lending Rate
Sanofi Has Been Stockpiling Drugs for No-Deal Brexit for Six Months
Private Sector Adds 219,000 New Jobs in July, Driven by Mid-Sized Firms
Brookfield Infrastructure to Buy Enercare for $2.4 Billion
Companies Hesitating to Hire Foreign M.B.A. Students
Steelmaker ArcelorMittal Gains From Tariffs as Prices Rise
Large Insurers Co-Lead Telemedicine Startup MDLive’s $50 Million Round
A Military Credit Union’s Plans for High-Octane Growth Irks Bankers
Bank of Japan Shift Propels Biggest Bond-Yield Jump in Two Years
Volkswagen Earnings Take Another Hit From Emissions-Cheating Scandal
Rio Tinto to Buy Back Shares After First-Half Profit Jumps
Kroger to Launch Grocery Delivery Service
Blackstone’s Take: The Swiss Central Bank Is Still a Profit Machine
Fed Likely to Keep Rates Steady
Former High-Speed Trading Executives Allege ‘Tyrannical Coup’ at Quantlab
Companies Warn Currency Swings Will Weigh on Earnings
South Korea’s Inflation Remains Subdued in July
Asia’s Tech Sector Gets Some Good News
U.S. Dollar Edges Higher as Fed Remains Upbeat
Market direction: Rise
Date: 2018-08-02 00:00:00
S&P 500 (SPY) — open: 281.56, high: 282.13, low: 280.13, close: 280.86, volume: 53853300, daily change: -0.0017
News headlines:
Investors Protest Outside Headquarters of China’s HNA Group
Post Holdings to Transfer Private Brands Into New Unit
Growth in China’s Service Sector Activity Slows in July
Jobless Claims Tick Slightly Higher
Peloton’s Financing Round Values Stationary-Bike Maker at $4.15 Billion
AIG’s Income Slid in Second Quarter
Karuna Pharma Collects $42 Million Series A for Schizophrenia Treatment
Biswas’s Take: iHeartMedia Close to Filing Revised Restructuring Plan
Siemens Acquires Mendix for $730 Million
Florida Business Lender Enters Bankruptcy Amid Securities Probes
Tech Stocks Lift S&P 500
Dollar Rises Before Payrolls Report
Warren Buffett Leads Parade of Apple Winners
Apple’s Rise to $1 Trillion Fueled by iPhone’s Success
Apollo’s Earnings Miss Analyst Views as Growth Slows
Quick Hits: BOJ Signals More Flexibility in Unusual JGB Offer
Oil Bounces Back From Six-Week Low
NextEra Loses Bid to Collect $60 Million for Failed Oncor Deal
Copper Slump Continues on Latest Trade Threats
Why It’s Tricky to Peg Just When Apple Hit the $1 Trillion Milestone
Relativity, Netflix Settle Yearslong Legal Battle
GAM Blocks Fund Redemptions After Suspension of Top Fund Manager
Misperceived Social Norms: Female Labor-Force Participation in Saudi Arabia
Teva’s Sales Slump 18%
Brookstone Files for Bankruptcy as Web Shoppers Leave It Behind
Kellogg Raises Full-Year Guidance On Stronger Second Quarter
Cushman & Wakefield Shares Rise in NYSE Debut
Blue Apron Loses More Customers
Five Reasons You May Not Want to Retire in a Small Town
ISM-New York Index Rose in July
Turkey Needs Foreign Funds as Short-Term Debt Looms
Czech Central Bank Raises Interest Rates
Bank of England Raises Rates to Highest Level in Nearly a Decade
As Turkey’s Lira Plunges, Sanctioned Ministers Remain Defiant
U.K. Rate Rise: Unanimity Among Policy Makers Masks Brexit Uncertainty
Global Payments to Buy Medical Software Firm AdvancedMD
Once Billed as a Mideast Financial Haven, Dubai Turns Investors Wary
Sears Franchise Owners Get Caught in Retailer’s Woes
BMW Weighs Measures to Counter Tariff Impact
Chinese Cancer-Drugmaker Raises $900 Million in Hong Kong Listing
Recovering Agriculture Business Helps DowDuPont’s Top Line
Zakrzewski’s Take: Leaving the Party
Timiraos’s Take: Where Is the Terminal Rate?
Sonos Backers Index, Redpoint Settle In for Below-Range IPO Price
Global Inflation Hits Four-Year High on Rising Energy Prices
Oil Set for Gains Amid Iran Sanctions, Shrinking Supply
Regulators Probe Options Market’s Major Clearinghouse
Barclays Returns to Profit Amid Activist Pressure
Uber Partner Grab Flags Down $2 Billion Investment
Trade and Treasurys Rattle Asian Stocks
CBS Hires Law Firms to Investigate Allegations of Sexual Harassment
GE Engineer Linked to China Stole Power Plant Technology, FBI Says
Market direction: Neutral
Date: 2018-08-06 00:00:00
S&P 500 (SPY) — open: 282.53, high: 283.66, low: 282.33, close: 283.6, volume: 53935400, daily change: 0.0043
News headlines:
GM Cuts Different Type of Health-Care Deal
Drugmaker Samumed Closes $438 Million Round at $12 Billion Pre-Money Valuation
Justice Department Scorns Judge in AT&T-Time Warner Case
Oil Rises on Saudi Output, Iran Sanctions
Tyson Foods Reports Higher Profit as Sales Tick Up
U.S. Dollar Reaches Highest Close in More Than a Year
Turkish Lira Falls to Fresh Lows Against U.S. Dollar
U.S. Stocks Boosted by Robust Earnings
Meat Glut Cuts Into Profits
Alcoa Requests Exemption from Aluminum Tariff
There Are Limits to the Bank of Japan’s Defense of Low Rates
PepsiCo’s Indra Nooyi on Why She’s Leaving and What’s Next
World Bank Group Paper Studies Sources of Volatility in Small Economies
Andy Warhol’s Interview Magazine Gets $1.5 Million Offer From Publisher Peter Brant
Quick Hits: BOE’s Asset-Purchase Facility Reinvests $12.7 Billion in 2nd Quarter
U.S. Banks Eased Lending Standards To Businesses
Yerak’s Take: Elizabeth Warren: Boston Herald Bankruptcy Highlights Need for Venue Reform
Pepsi CEO Nooyi to Step Down; Veteran Set to Take Helm
National Stores Files for Bankruptcy Protection
Fresh Trade Rhetoric Hurts Copper
SeaWorld Shares Surge as Attendance Picks Up
Denmark Launches Criminal Probe of Danske Bank
Chevys, El Torito Restaurants Operator Files for Bankruptcy With Plan to Sell Company
Goldman Banker Takes On World’s Largest Gold Miner—and Gets Pushback
GAM Says Suspended Manager Breached Entertainment Policy
U.S. Corporate Tax Cuts Likely to Hit Other Countries’ Bottom Lines
Newell Brands Lowers Guidance for Fourth Time in a Year
Insurers Worry About Mistakes as They Speed Up Claims
A Team Comfortable With Letting Trump Be Trump
Conference Board’s Employment Trends Increased in July
Amcor Agrees to Buy Bemis in Stock Deal
New FDIC Leader Joins Push to Re-Evaluate Banking Rulebook
Mack’s Take: Digital-Health Startups Look to the Real World
Meet PepsiCo’s Next CEO: Ramon Laguarta
Audio Marketing Startup Veritonic Seeded With $3.5 Million
Torry’s Take: With Labor Market Tight, Inflation Bites
HSBC’s Profit Dented by Higher Expenses
Indonesia’s Economy Grows at Fastest Pace Since 2013
All Eyes on China’s Currency Reserves as Asian Markets Start the Week
Reserve Bank of New Zealand May Acknowledge More Dovish Risks
Venture Firms, Vying to Compete, Woo Hot Recruits With Novel Tactics
Facebook Asks Banks for Customer Data
Market direction: Neutral
Date: 2018-08-07 00:00:00
S&P 500 (SPY) — open: 283.64, high: 284.99, low: 283.2, close: 284.64, volume: 39400900, daily change: 0.0037
News headlines:
BOJ Summary Shows Members Differ Over 10-Year Yield Range
Travelers’ Longtime CFO Jay Benet to Exit
Elon Musk’s Tesla Claim Could Land Him in Regulatory Trouble
Steady Raises $9 Million for Income Advancement
Akouos Gets $50 Million to Fight Hearing Loss With Gene Therapy
Actifio Packs On $100 Million
Kodiak Robotics Raises $40 Million Series A for Autonomous-Vehicle Tech
Bankruptcy Filings Surge Among Older Americans
U.S. Dollar Retreats as Chinese, Japanese Currencies Gain
Papa John’s Sales Fall Again
Jobs Go Unfilled as the Economy Expands
National Stores Moves Forward With Store Closings
Beijing Bytedance Technology Seeks $3 Billion Privately
Icahn Goes Public Against Cigna’s Express Scripts Deal
Randles’s Take: Lucky Dragon Bankruptcy Puts EB-5 Investments in Limbo
Oil Rises as Trump Issues ‘Biting’ Sanctions on Iran
Stocks Rise on Strong Earnings Reports
Italy’s UniCredit Has Stopped Advertising on Facebook
Quick Hits: PBOC Official Says Money Needs to Get Into China’s Real Economy
SEC’s Planned Broker Curbs Under Attack
Lenders, Watchdog Object to Fee Request By Pacific Drilling Owner
Brazil Central Bank: Economic Situation Calls For Low Interest Rates
Mattress Firm Hires Restructuring Adviser as It Faces Liquidity, Real-Estate Issues
Samuels Jewelers Files for Bankruptcy in Wake of India Fraud Probe
Owner of Chevys, El Torito Chains Gets Access to New Loan in Bankruptcy
Copper Climbs Amid Labor Dispute
StreetLight Data’s Mobility Analytics Gains With ‘Smart Cities’ Movement
Pension Funds Are Boosting Bull Market Bets as Stocks Climb Higher
Drug Deals and Breakups: Venmo Social Feed Rankles Privacy Advocates
China Uses Lower-Profile Swaps Market to Bolster Yuan
Los Angeles Rams Owner Agrees to Buy All of Arsenal Soccer Team
Philippines’ Duterte Cancels Casino—Just After Its Groundbreaking
Fiery Helicopter Crashes Persist With Industry Slow to Upgrade Fuel Tanks
How One Burned Helicopter Nurse Has Gone on Living
Funds Avoid Pain in Big Tech Stocks
Chernova’s Take: Europe Combines Financial Data Sharing—With Privacy Protections
Former NSA Director Is Latest Official to Join Cybersecurity Startup
Icahn Publicly Opposes $54 Billion Cigna-Express Scripts Deal
The High Cost of Central Bank Caution
Derby’s Take: Public Indifference May Be Reducing Central Bank Policy Potency
A Digital Currency for Japan
Freddie Mac Has a New Plan to Cap Rent Increases
American Refiners Reap Big Profits as Production Soars
Trade Spat Pushes Asian Markets in Different Directions
RBA Stands Pat, Completes 2 Years on the Sidelines
Yerak’s Take: Elizabeth Warren: Boston Herald Bankruptcy Highlights Need for Venue Reform
Market direction: Neutral
Date: 2018-08-09 00:00:00
S&P 500 (SPY) — open: 285.39, high: 285.91, low: 284.94, close: 285.46, volume: 42114600, daily change: -0.0004
News headlines:
Reserve Bank of Australia Lowers Inflation Forecast
OfferUp Seeks $150 Million in Fresh Capital
Dropbox Shares Fall on Operating Officer’s Planned Exit
Nasdaq Extends Winning Streak to Eighth Session
WeWork Raises $1 Billion in Debt From SoftBank as Revenue Doubles
Rite Aid, Albertsons Face Challenging Times for Retailers
Dollar Pushes Ahead as Investors Seek Safety
Economists See Growth Hitting 3% in 2018, But Higher Risks Beyond
Third Point, Campbell Heir Push Soup Maker to Sell
Oil Prices Steady After Sharp Fall
Stocks Little Changed Amid Positive Corporate Earnings
Perrigo to Separate Its Prescription Pharmaceutical Business
Valuations Are Slipping Even as Stocks Hover Near Records
Brickley’s Take: Necco Wafers Will Survive Bankruptcy Debacle
Weinstein Co. Settles Video Distribution Deal Lawsuit
Lawyers for Patients at Facilities Run by Bankrupt Preferred Care Raise Concerns About Proposed Deal
Speculative Buyers Bid Up Copper
Yelp Shares Surge on Ad Business Growth
Bank of America Wants Applebee’s Franchisee to Start Sales Process Immediately
Tribune Terminates $3.9 Billion Merger With Rival Sinclair
Evans: Economy Supports Fed Moving to More Normal Rate Environment
U.S. Producer Prices Tame in July
Swiss Biotech Therachon Receives $60 Million Mezzanine Round
Economists See Two More Fed Rate Increases This Year
Dollar Rises on Geopolitical Tension
Viacom’s Revenue Falls on Slump in Ad Sales
Young Families Embrace Living in ‘Wuthering Heights Country’
The Rise of the Fashionable Concrete Home
Booking Holdings Shares Fall on Lower Outlook
U.S. Jobless Claims Fell Last Week
JPMorgan’s ETF Business Is Catching Up to Goldman
The S&P Index That’s Hitting New Records
Hinge Health Raises $26 Million for Pain Management
Davis’s Take: Investing in Tomorrow’s Talent Pool
Adidas Earnings More Than Double Amid Nike Challenge
Chinese Lending Rates Drop Steeply to Three-Year Lows
Fish Caught in America, Processed in China Get Trapped by Trade Dispute
Derby’s Take: A Way to Profit From Fed Surprises
A Fight at the Opera: Casino Battle in the Cards Over View
The Battery Pioneer Who, at Age 96, Keeps Going and Going
Philippines Central Bank Raises Rates to Combat Inflation, Despite Economic Slowdown
Dun & Bradstreet to Go Private in $5.4 Billion Deal
Discrepancy Over Saudi Oil Data Could Rattle Markets
Rite Aid, Albertsons Call Off Merger
Labor Unrest Strikes Mining Giants
Foreigners Strengthen Chinese Bond Holdings, Despite a Weakening Yuan
China’s Central Bank Lets the Credit Flow
News Corp’s Revenue Climbs 29%
Market direction: Fall
Date: 2018-08-13 00:00:00
S&P 500 (SPY) — open: 283.45, high: 284.06, low: 282.36, close: 283.16, volume: 77076000, daily change: -0.0067
News headlines:
Icahn Backs Down on Cigna-Express Scripts Deal
China’s Moviebook Raises $197.5 Million for Video Technology
Emerging-Market Currencies Fall on Turkish Lira Fears
S&P 500 Pulled Down by Energy, Materials Sectors
Turkish Lira Falls Further as Erdogan Fails to Assuage Investors’ Concerns
Argentina’s Central Bank Raises Policy Rate to 45%
Magnolia Neurosciences Nabs $31 Million to Combat Brain Diseases
Rizzo’s Take: Toys ‘R’ Us Sales of Intellectual Property, Asian Business Move Slowly
Wrangler Owner VF Plans to Spin Off Jeans Business
Musk’s Surprise Tweet Complicates Tesla’s Debt Picture
Rizzo’s Take: Toys ‘R’ Us Sales of Intellectual Property, Asian Business Move Slowly
Orchard Therapeutics Raises $150 Million After GlaxoSmithKline Deal
A Clampdown Slowing Legal, Not Just Illegal, Immigration
157-Year-Old Department Store Gump’s Begins Store-Closing Sale
Bayer Shares Plunge After Monsanto Weed Killer Ruling
Oil Closes Slightly Lower After Volatile Session
Fintech Crowd Dives Into Subprime Credit-Card Lending
Gold Falls to 18-Month Low as Dollar Strengthens
Viewpoint: Financial Distress Slows for First Time in Almost a Year
Citigroup Shuffles Consumer Leadership
China Says It Won’t Use Yuan to Deal With Trade Fights, Vows to Counter Heard Mentality
Netflix CFO to Step Down
Uganda’s Central Bank Holds Key Lending Rate at 9%
Turkey on the Economic Brink, Explained in a Dozen Charts
Stocks to Watch: Alphabet, Netflix, Nielsen, Alnylam, Qualcomm
Activist Elliott Management to Push Nielsen Holdings to Sell
Foxconn Posts Unexpected Drop in Profit
Geron’s Take: Can Uber, Airbnb’s User Mobilization Keep Swaying Politicos?
An Airfreight Upstart Takes Shipping Digital
OPEC’s Output Rose in July Despite Decline in Saudi Oil Production
Performance Monitoring Startup Apica Systems Raises $12.7 Million
Integrity of EU Statistics In Doubt
Hannon’s Take: In Search of Lost Credibility
Turkey’s Central Bank to Support Embattled Lira
Australian Pipeline Company’s Directors Approve Consortium’s Bid
Scurria’s Take: Puerto Rico Creditors’ Appeal Win Clouds Question of Utility Leadership Again
Market direction: Rise
Date: 2018-08-14 00:00:00
S&P 500 (SPY) — open: 283.47, high: 284.16, low: 281.77, close: 282.1, volume: 65732900, daily change: -0.0037
News headlines:
Twitter Suspends Alex Jones Over New Tweet
Diamondback to Acquire Energen
Kroger to Sell Groceries on Alibaba Site in China
Sears CEO’s Fund Offers $400 Million for Kenmore Brand
Cryptocurrency Market Plumbs New Depths in 2018
Insurer Stops Reimbursing for Some MiMedx Products
U.S. Dollar Declines as Emerging Markets Revive
Stocks Rise as Worries Over Turkey Spillover Ease
Alphabet to Invest $375 Million Into Health Insurance Startup Oscar
Buffett’s Berkshire Keeps Buying More of Apple
Coke Invests in BodyArmor as It Chases Gatorade
Oil Prices Fall as Investors Fear Less Demand
Home Depot Raises Guidance as Profit Soars
Las Vegas Diocese, Construction Firm End Payment Dispute
Sansoro Adds $8 Million to Tackle Health Care’s Data-Connectivity Challenge
Copper Slides on Weak Chinese Economic Data
Turkey’s Banks Bear Weight of Currency Crisis
Perry Ellis Ends Takeover Talks with Randa
Even Free Tokens Face Heat From Regulators
Einhorn’s Bayer Pick Takes a Hit
UPS, Aircraft Mechanics Reach Deal
Judge Approves Appvion Debt-Repayment Plan
Import Prices Fell Slightly, Helped by Strong Dollar
Rupee Drops as Lira Turmoil Sends Investors Rushing for the Exits
Yerak’s Take: Liberty Media Is Still Interested in iHeart
Yerak’s Take: Liberty Media Is Still Interested in iHeart
Sinking Turkish Lira, Indian Rupee Fuel Fears of Contagion
New York Magazine Owner Explores Sale
Quick Hits: China Appoints New Central Bank Vice Governor
Former Richmond Fed Chief Lacker Heads to Academia
Turkey Is Fighting an ‘Economic War’—Against Reality
Turkey to Boycott U.S. Electronics in Retaliation Against Sanctions
Household Borrowing Reaches Record $13.3 Trillion
Bank of Finland Paper Studies Relative Age Effects in Political Selection
Wells Fargo Risk Executive to Leave Bank
Ford’s New CEO Has a Cerebral Style—and to Many, It’s Baffling
Stocks to Watch: Tesla, Home Depot, Switch, Express Scripts, Ford
Record Number of EU Nationals Quit UK in Second Quarter
The Key to Big Profits in Clean Energy: Animal Fats
Bosch Invests in Startup DeepMap
Chernova's Take: New Regulatory Curbs on Foreign Investment Strike at Heart of VC Growth
Owl Cameras Grabs $10 Million for Car Video Cameras
German Economy Accelerates in Second Quarter
Missed Bond Payment Stirs Chinese Debt Fears
ECB Stimulus Reduced Inequality
Wessel’s Take: For the Fed, Is It 1998 All Over Again?
Saudi Fund Faces Hurdles in Financing Larger Tesla Stake
Bank Indonesia to Use Rate Policy, Interventions to Stabilize Rupiah
Economists Diverge on Bank Indonesia’s Rate Decision
Asian Markets Digest Lira Crisis, Weak Chinese Data
RBA Gov to Cite Policy Success Before Parliament
Market direction: Fall
Date: 2018-08-15 00:00:00
S&P 500 (SPY) — open: 282.92, high: 284.17, low: 282.48, close: 283.9, volume: 43842000, daily change: 0.0064
News headlines:
Japan Logs Trade Deficit in July
Health Insurer Shuns ‘Unproven’ Amniotic-Tissue Products
Stocks Pulled Down by Energy, Materials Sectors
Investors Abandon Risk as Economic Fears Grip Markets
Macy’s Lifts Profit, but Fails to Persuade Skeptics
Lenders Want to Replace Trustee in Education Management Liquidation
T. Rowe, Fidelity Sold More Than 20% of Their Tesla Shares in Second Quarter
Retail Sales and Manufacturing Are Powering U.S. Growth This Summer
Oil Hits Two-Month Low on Contagion Fears, Rising Supplies
Corrigan’s Take: Cenveo Prepares for Final Hearing on Bankruptcy Exit
Corrigan’s Take: Cenveo Prepares for Final Hearing on Bankruptcy Exit
Saudi Arabia Goes High-Tech in Approach to Investing
Victims of Petters Ponzi Scheme Receive Initial Recoveries
Latest Economic Worries Crush Metals Prices
Dollar Rises Against Emerging-Market Currencies
Banks Say No Thanks to Volcker Rule Changes
U.S. Worker Productivity Improves at Best Pace in Three Years
Turkey’s Economic Red Flags Stand Out Among Emerging Markets
Firms That Bossed Agriculture for a Century Face a New Threat: Farmers
U.S. Policy Stirs Foreign Markets
Kimberly-Clark to Raise Prices in North America for Huggies, Other Brands
Behind the Scenes of a London Townhouse’s Modern Makeover
The Electrifying Factor Affecting Your Property’s Value
Cabot Microelectronics to Buy Chemicals Maker KMG
BlackRock Among Investors Hit By Turkey Turmoil
Corona Brewer Bets $4 Billion on Cannabis Startup
New Rules Look to Make Insurance Contracts More Transparent for Investors
Indonesia Raises Rates Again as Turkey’s Troubles Pressure Emerging Markets
Stocks to Watch: Macy’s, Goldman Sachs, Sears, Constellation
U.S. Industrial Production Edged Up in July
New York Manufacturers Report Business Activity Picked Up in August
New CEO at Ben & Jerry’s Plans to Whip Up Activism, ‘Whirled Peace’
Zinsli’s Take: Struggling Adtech Sector Shows Signs of Life
In Amazon’s Wake, Automated-Checkout Startups Aim to Revamp Retail
Overhaul Boosts Credit Scores of Millions of U.S. Consumers
Timiraos’s Take: To Listen to Markets, Powell’s Fed May Have to Deliver Some Surprises
The Turkish Deal
The Gender Punishment Gap
The Woman Behind the New York Times’ High-Risk, High-Reward Business Strategy
U.K. Inflation Accelerates in July
Tencent’s Bad Year Gets Worse, Leading Selloff in Chinese Tech Stocks
Market direction: Rise
Date: 2018-08-16 00:00:00
S&P 500 (SPY) — open: 282.38, high: 282.54, low: 280.16, close: 281.78, volume: 102925400, daily change: -0.0075
News headlines:
Australia’s RBA Uneasy About ‘Problematic’ U.S. Stimulus
Tesla Was Under Regulator Scrutiny Prior to Musk’s Tweet
J.C. Penney Lowers Earnings Outlook as Sales Fall
Enlisting VCs in the Fight Against Food Waste
Right-Wing Blogger Charles Johnson Settles With Gawker Media
Santander USA Released from 2015 Fed Enforcement Action
Reorganization of Bankrupt Applebee’s Franchisee Could Include Existing Owner
Youth Summer Jobless Rate at 50-Year Low
‘Peaky Blinders’ Producers in Rights Dispute With Weinstein Co. Buyer
Asbestos Victims’ Lawyers Accuse Georgia-Pacific of Trying to Avoid Payments
Consumer-Staples Rally Underscores Investor Wariness
Oil Gains but Demand Concerns Persist
Judge Rejects Large Parts of FTC Suit Against DirecTV
Stocks Surge on Upbeat Earnings
Bankruptcy Judge Approves Sale of Relativity Media
Brickley’s Take: Substantial Contribution Squabble Erupts in Cobalt’s Case
Bank of Mexico Cautious About Trade, Public Finances
Emerging-Market Currencies Bounce on China Hopes
Full Harvest Grabs $8.5 Million to Connect Farmers With Food Companies
Hershey CFO to Retire in 2019
U.S. Housing Starts Bounced Back in July
Third Parties Buy Solar Equipment From Panasonic-Tesla Factory
San Francisco’s Gump’s Puts Brand Up for Sale
Firm Retention Summary: RM Holdco LLC
Venezuela Uses Bonds to Pay Settlement With Mining Company
Wendy’s Exits Stake in Arby’s Parent
Manufacturing Activity Slows in Mid-Atlantic, Though Optimism Rises
Stocks to Watch: Walmart, J.C. Penney, Cisco, Symantec, Tesla
U.S. Jobless Claims Fell Last Week
As Oscars Get Rewrite, Many Pan the Changes
Leveraged Loans Not as Safe as They Once Were
Are Pharmacy Startups Ready to Take on Role as Disrupters?
Mack’s Take: Which Tech Giant Will Dominate Health Care?
Turkey’s Energy Bill Soars as Its Currency Tumbles
Douglas’s Take: U.K. Inflation May Be Cooling Faster Than BOE Thinks
Tariffs and Devaluations
Planet Fitness Expands Even as Mall Vacancies Rise
Norges Bank Flags September Rate Rise
Tencent Woes Help Push Emerging Stocks Toward Bear Market
Australia’s Unemployment Rate Falls to 6-Year Low
Consumer Spending Lifts Retailers
Market direction: Neutral