Date: 2017-08-14 00:00:00
S&P 500 (SPY) — open: 244.02, high: 244.8, low: 243.75, close: 244.12, volume: 74869900, daily change: 0.0015
News headlines:
Australia’s Central Bank Continues to Warn of A$ Strength
Amid Korean Tensions, Mattis-Tillerson Show Is Key to the Drama
Judge Orders LinkedIn to Allow Startup Access to User Data
Asian Stocks Get Lift From North Korea Stand Down
U.S. Stocks Rise After Volatile Week
Roundup of Form D Regulatory Filings--August 14
Brazil’s JBS Reports Drop in Quarterly Profit
North Face Parent VF to Buy Dickies Owner for $820 Million
Berkshire Hathaway Exits GE, Buys Into Synchrony Financial
New York Commercial Real Estate  Sales Slump in First Half of 2017
Market Talk: Daily Analysis Roundup
Transplace to Be Acquired By TPG Capital
John Paulson Turns From Pharmaceutical Bets
Oil Prices Drop to Three-Week Low
Amazon Issues Eclipse-Glasses Refunds
Creditors Seek Bankruptcy for SpeedVegas Racetrack
Shadow Fed is Glum on Stock Market
Sears Canada Pensioners Want Plan Wound Up
Crossroads Systems Files for Bankruptcy in Pursuit of $4 Million Investor Deal
Corrigan’s Take: Restructuring Veteran Says Multinational Bankruptcies Are the Future
Corrigan’s Take: Restructuring Veteran Says Multinational Bankruptcies Are the Future
The Tide for Capital Rebuilding Is Turning
Dynamic International Airways Creditor Wants Trustee or Liquidation
Dollar Rebounds as North Korea Tensions Ease
Banks Profit From Inside Information
The Mexican Paradox
Jana Takes Stake in Blue Apron
How Occupational Licenses May Reduce Racial, Gender Pay Inequality
Viewpoint: The Polsinelli/TrollerBK Indices Reveal Significant Spike in Healthcare Distress
Navistar Ordered to Pay $31 Million Over Faulty Engines
Fed Paper Finds Natural Unemployment Rate Quite Steady Over Last Century
Fed’s Dudley Expects Another Rate Rise This Year
Natural Gas Drops on Dim Demand Prospects
Firm Retention Summary: Morehead Memorial Hospital
Alaska Dispatch News Files for Bankruptcy Protection
Quick Hits: Bundesbank’s Dombret Warns Against Expanding Monetary Policy’s Mandate
Nuclear Plant Supporters Push for Federal Aid
Voices: On Inherited IRAs, Beware the Pitfalls of Trust Transfers
Ackman Disputes ADP’s Narrative
Early Peeks at Drug Trials Are Giving Investors Whiplash
Pullback on Wall Street Rules | Investors Take On Mortgage Risk From Taxpayers | Fiduciary Rule Casualty | Ackerman’s Take: Dilemma Over Fannie, Freddie Finances
Gormley’s Take: Biotech Companies Are Steering Clear of Gene Editing’s Ethical Concerns
Investment in Heart Disease Treatments Slips in First Half
Ackerman’s Take: Dilemma Over Fannie, Freddie Finances
Dragos Raises $10 Million to Secure Industrial Control Systems
HealthJoy Raises $3 Million to Bring AI to Health Benefits Navigation
Technology Speeds Up Timeline on Quarterly Close
With New Investment, Cycling Apparel Maker Rapha Hopes to Break Away
Pullback on Wall Street Rules | Investors Take On Mortgage Risk From Taxpayers | Fiduciary Rule Casualty | Ackerman’s Take: Dilemma Over Fannie, Freddie Finances
Timiraos Take: Is the Fed Unlucky on Inflation, or Is Something Else Going On?
Now Advising China’s State Firms: The Communist Party
Airlines Dial Up Pampering for Business Class
Eurozone Factory Output Slides
PBOC: Negotiable Certificates of Deposit to Be Interbank Liabilities
Don’t Blame The Global Financial Cycle
Einhorn’s Greenlight Capital Cuts Fred’s Stake, Exits Time Warner
Randles’s Take: Breitburn Hedge Fund Creditors Ask Permission To Trade
Investors Take On Mortgage Risk From Taxpayers
Warren Buffett Cashes Out on GE, Cashing In on Crisis Loan
Market direction: Neutral