S&P 500 Index News
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Gold traders are divided on whether surging demand for jewelry and bullion coins will sustain the rally in prices as a slump in holdings through exchange-traded products extended to the longest in more than eight years.
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The following tables show companies listed in the S&P 500 Index that have the largest changes in short interest as a percentage of shares available for trading as of the April 30 settlement date.
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Netflix Inc., the world’s largest subscription video service, added five shows from Walt Disney Co.’s cable channels, strengthening its programming for families with children.
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Greenhill & Co., the merger adviser GrainCorp Ltd. hired to consider Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.’s bid, is itself a potential target for firms looking to add banking expertise on optimism deal-making will resurge.
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Asian stocks dropped, with the regional benchmark index retreating from a five-year high. Japan’s Topix Index erased gains as the yen strengthened, dimming the outlook for the nation’s exporters.
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The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index will extend its record rally as the U.S. central bank continues using economic stimulus as a way to reduce unemployment, according to Scott Black, president of Boston-based Delphi Management Inc.
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Scottish managers of U.S. stock funds are counting on companies such as Time Warner Inc., Harley- Davidson Inc. and TJX Cos. to tap recovering consumer demand in the world’s largest economy.
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The Topix Index climbed the most in a month, erasing losses from the 2008 collapse of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., as Japanese markets reopened from a holiday during which the yen slid and U.S. jobs data beat estimates.
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U.S. banks eased standards and terms on loans to businesses as commercial lending led a credit thaw, according to a Federal Reserve survey.
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American employers took on more workers than forecast in April and the jobless rate unexpectedly fell to a four-year low of 7.5 percent, reflecting confidence in the outlook for the world’s biggest economy.
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