Date: 2018-03-01 00:00:00
S&P 500 (SPY) — open: 275.68, high: 276.19, low: 271.29, close: 271.65, volume: 121907800, daily change: -0.0101
News headlines:
Boom in Share Buybacks Renews Question of Who Wins From Tax Cuts
China’s HNA Group to Sell Its Stake in Hilton Spinoff Park Hotels & Resorts
Weinstein Co. to Sell Assets in $500 Million Deal
Japan’s Jobless Rate at Quarter-Century Low
White House Prepares to Nominate Clarida as Fed No. 2
Oil Loses Early Rebound by Midday in Asia
Zenreach Lays Off 20% of Staff After CEO Steps Back
Blackstone Chief Schwarzman Reaped $800 Million in 2017
Smith & Wesson’s Parent Cuts Forecast
GreenTech Lawyer Has Worked for Redskins Owner’s Investment Firm
Kroger to Stop Selling Guns to Buyers Under 21
Correction: Powell Started as Fed Chairman in February
Nasdaq Sues IEX Over Stock-Exchange Technology Patents
Wells Fargo’s Wealth Management Unit Under Investigation
MetLife Revises 2017 Earnings After Another Mistake
Biswas’s Take: Community Health Lenders Open Door for Company to Refinance Near-Term Debt
Powell Bullish on Economy, but Sees No Signs of Overheating
Biswas’s Take: Community Health Lenders Open Door for Company to Refinance Near-Term Debt
Holiday Shoppers Fuel Rebound at Best Buy and Kohl’s
Equifax Identifies Additional 2.4 Million Hit by 2017 Breach
Gelesis Swallows $30 Million for Weight-Loss Capsule
Overstock.com Shares Drop on SEC Cryptocurrency Probe
From Bulldozers to Beer, Tariffs Could Ripple Through U.S. Economy
Quick Hits: Bank of Canada’s Poloz Says Lack of Forward Guidance Now Accepted
Foreign Gains Seen as Cushion for Canada’s Big Banks
Oil Prices Extend Losses on Swelling U.S. Stocks
Powell Brings His Own Style in Capitol Hill Debut
Cleveland Fed Research Sheds New Light on Postcrisis Banking Concern
U.S. Dollar Down on Tariff Concerns
Liquidation Authority Is an Untested Failsafe
Customers Want Advice From Their Bank
GE Plans Wind Turbine Nearly Three Times as Tall as Statue of Liberty
Gold Falls to 2018 Low on Stronger Dollar
Weinstein Co. and N.Y. Attorney General in Last-Ditch Talks to Avert Bankruptcy
AMC’s Aging Hit ‘Walking Dead’ Loses Viewers, Crimping Ad Revenue
U.S. Sanctions, Low Oil Prices Doomed Exxon’s Russian Projects
Maker of WiseWear Fitness Wristbands Files for Bankruptcy
Senate Readies Rollback of Bank Rules
Fed’s Dudley Says Four Rate Rises in 2018 Would Still Be Gradual
Fed’s Dudley Says Trade Protectionism Is a ‘Dead End’
iHeartMedia Preparing Bankruptcy Filing
Dollar Holds Gains as Second Round of Powell Testimony Is Under Way
U.S. Jobless Claims Hit Lowest Level Since 1969
Investors Want to Talk Food Waste With Amazon
U.S. After-Tax Incomes Rise Due to Tax-Code Changes, Spending Slows
U.S. Factory Sector Activity Surges in February
What Families Need to Know to Compare Financial-Aid Packages
With Lumber in Short Supply, Record Costs Set to Juice Home Prices
Senate Readies Rollback of Bank Rules | SEC Launches Crypto Probe | Kushner’s Bank Ties Under Scrutiny | Clozel’s Take: Regulators Jockey Over Fintech
Zakrzewski’s Take: Pushing for Long-Term, Not ‘Crisis-Driven,’ Diversity Moves
A Connected-Car Platform Fuels Its Tank With NEA, Andreessen
NEA, Andrew Ng Back Mental Health Chatbot Woebot
Rubius Therapeutics Gets $100 Million   More for Red Blood Cell Therapies
Helix Raises $200 Million for Consumer Genomics
Harley-Davidson Invests in Electric-Motorcycle Maker Alta Motors
TD Bank’s Earnings Drop on Hit From  U.S. Tax Law
Burberry Turns to Former Givenchy Designer to Revive Fortunes
Cov-Lite Leveraged Loan Issuances Doubled in 2017, Leaving Investors Exposed
Clozel’s Take: Regulators Jockey Over Fintech
Senate Readies Rollback of Bank Rules | SEC Launches Crypto Probe | Kushner’s Bank Ties Under Scrutiny | Clozel’s Take: Regulators Jockey Over Fintech
Timiraos’s Take: If Powell’s Outlook Has Improved, Do the Dots Matter As Much?
Yen Could be 2017’s Euro This Year
Bill Ackman Surrenders in His Five-Year War Against Herbalife
Ad Industry’s Digital Upheaval Rocks WPP; Shares Tumble
Randles’s Take: Marijuana Doesn’t Mean Bankruptcy Dismissal
Randles’s Take: Marijuana Doesn’t Have to Mean Bankruptcy Dismissal
Market direction: Rise