Date: 2017-11-16 00:00:00
S&P 500 (SPY) — open: 256.62, high: 257.22, low: 255.63, close: 256.44, volume: 80811500, daily change: -0.005
News headlines:
Fed’s Williams Favors Gradual Rise of Rates Over Coming Years
New York City Picks Developers for Queens Mixed-Use Complex
M&G USA Puts Texas Project on the Auction Block
Trump Is Expected to Name OMB Director Interim Head of Consumer Regulator
Bank Activities, Not Assets, Should Dictate Regulation
Leak Detected in Keystone Pipeline Ahead of Nebraska Vote on Extension
Artificial Intelligence Could Increase Systemic Risks
Transcript: Cleveland Fed’s Mester Answers Reporters’ Questions in Washington
Investors Holding Venezuela Default Protection Get $1 Billion Payday
Dollar Edges Up as House Passes Tax Bill
Arkansas Coal-Mining Company Mississippi Minerals Files for Bankruptcy
Titanic Artifacts Float to Auction Without a Bidder
Judge Approves Incentives to Boost China Fishery Sale
Caesars Entertainment to Buy Indiana Casinos in $1.7 Billion Deal
Mexico Secures Even Lower Prices for Clean Energy in Auction
Barnes & Noble Investor Proposes Deal to Take Bookseller Private
Transcript: Q&A With Cleveland Fed’s Loretta Mester in Washington
Stocks Regain Ground After Losing Streak
Ken Phelan to Become Acting Director at OFR
Fed’s Williams: Time For Central Bankers to Weigh New Policy Toolkit
FCC Rolls Back Limits on Local-Media Ownership
Mester Says Fed Should Reassess Its Inflation Target
Biswas’s Take: Bon-Ton Closing 40 Stores As It Scours for Cash
Fed’s Brainard: Consumers Need Control of Their Financial Data
Fed’s Kaplan ‘Actively Considering’ Support for Rate Increase
Senate Approves Joseph Otting for Top Banking Role
Stitch Fix Poised for IPO Amid Downbeat Market Trend
Rising U.S. Oil Stocks Weigh on Prices
Synchronoss Disputes Bondholders on $1 Billion Intralinks Sale
Gold Prices Edge Higher
Germany’s Siemens to Slash Jobs Amid Shift to Renewable Energy
Quick Hits: Bank of Canada Estimates Neutral Rate at 1%
DOJ Antitrust Chief’s Speech Sends Another Signal on AT&T Deal
The Tax Bill and Your Retirement Savings: What’s In and What’s Not
Scana Proposes to Lower Rates After Ending Nuclear Plant Project
Yellen to Testify Before Joint Economic Committee Nov. 29
Another Valuation Fit in Junk Bonds
Viacom’s U.S. Revenue Lags
Two Sigma Planning to Raise Outside Money
BOE Will Act When ‘Concrete’ Details on Brexit Are Known, Officials Say
Norway Considers Pulling Its $1 Trillion Wealth Fund Out of Oil Stocks
Firm Retention Summary: GST AutoLeather Inc.
Best Buy Pinched by Later iPhone Launch
PayPal Makes Growth Play as Market Cap Tops $90 Billion
Cleveland Fed Studies Effect of Foreign-Born Workers on Labor Force
U.S. Industrial Production Increased Strongly in October
Wal-Mart Posts Strongest U.S. Sales in Nearly a Decade
Fed’s Mester: Central Bank’s Gradual Rate Path ‘Appropriate’
U.S. Jobless Claims Rose to 249,000 Last Week
Philadelphia Fed Report Says Manufacturing Continues to Expand
Merrill Lynch’s 2018 Pay Plan Spurs Some Dissent in Broker Ranks
WSJ Dollar Index Edges Up
China Banking Regulator Looks to Tighten Investment Rules
Davis’s Take: Sports Tech Offers VCs the Thrill of Victory
Cordray’s Exit Paves Way for Change at CFPB | Rooting Out Elder Fraud | Deng’s Take: China Lays Groundwork to Tackle Financial Risks
Deng’s Take: China Lays Groundwork to Tackle Financial Risks
X4 Pharmaceuticals Bulks Up With $27 Million Series B
Indonesia Central Bank Holds Interest Rates Steady
Buell’s Take: Friends, Follow Me to the World of Supervision
Top Officials Skip Nafta Talks as Mexico, Canada Digest Proposals
How Companies Are Pushing Ahead on Climate-Change Targets
Rare Greek Gambit: Activist Investor Pushes Telecom Overhaul
Will Enough Bidders Show Up at Treasury Auctions?
Treasury’s New Approach to Debt: Go Short
ECB Policy Is Still Too Loose
China Banks Record Second Straight Month of Net Forex Purchases
Ex-PBOC Adviser Calls for Free-Floating Yuan
Philippine Central Bank Plays Down Strength of Economy
Australia’s Unemployment Rate Falls Further
Former Israeli Actress Alleged to Be Operative for Intelligence Firm
Meredith Pursues Time Inc. With Backing From Koch Brothers
Randles’s Take: Westinghouse’s Foreign Business Gets Financial Help
Randles’s Take: Westinghouse’s Foreign Business Gets Financial Help
Market direction: Neutral