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EAST HAMPTON, New York, May 21- Judging by early demand for everything from doggie daycare to Ferrari rentals and fine art, rich Americans are going to make this a strong summer in one of their favorite playgrounds- the beach towns on the eastern end of Long Island collectively known as the Hamptons.
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*All 10 S&P 500 sectors rise, Apple edges up. NEW YORK, Dec 17- The S&P 500 ended at its highest level in almost two months on Monday on rising hopes that negotiations over the "fiscal cliff" were making progress and that a deal could be reached in days. All of the S&P 500' s 10 sectors were higher, led by financials and other growth-oriented sectors.
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NEW YORK, Dec 17- U.S. stocks climbed on Monday, giving the S&P 500 its best day since Nov. 23, on rising hopes that negotiations over the "fiscal cliff" were making progress and that a deal could be reached in days. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 100.38 points, or 0.76 percent, to 13,235.39. The S&P 500 Index gained 16.81 points, or 1.19 percent, to 1,430.39.
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*Cropland 2.5 times France could return to nature by 2060. OSLO, Dec 17- The amount of land needed to grow crops worldwide is at a peak, and a geographical area more than twice the size of France will be able to return to its natural state by 2060 as a result of rising yields and slower population growth, a group of experts said on Monday.
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*Markets await clearer outcome to U.S. fiscal crisis. Dec 17- Oil prices fell in London on Monday but rose in New York, and gold and copper ended little changed, as commodity investors awaited a clearer outcome to the U.S. fiscal crisis amid hopes a recession might be averted in the new year.
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NEW YORK, Dec 17- General Electric Co expects revenue to be flat to up 5 percent in 2013, with strong overall demand for industrial equipment partly offset by declining sales of wind turbines. The company, in a presentation prepared for a meeting with investors in New York on Monday afternoon, said it expects profit to rise next year but did not say by how much.
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NEW YORK, Dec 17- Spot gold prices ended little changed o n M onday as pressure from signs of positive developments in U.S. negotiations to avoid the "fiscal cliff" neutralized safe-haven bidding in the precious metal.
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NEW YORK, Dec 17- MacKenzie Capital Management LLC is offering to buy up to 170 ownership units in Empire State Building Associates LLC, which owns the iconic New York skyscraper, for $110,000 a unit, and said it would support a plan to fold the building into a proposed real estate investment trust, according to regulatory documents filed on Monday.
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*All 10 S&P 500 sectors rise, Apple edges up. After weeks of stalemate, President Barack Obama and Republican House Speaker John Boehner met at the White House on Monday, raising hopes that Washington will be able to head off steep tax hikes and spending cuts that threaten the economy. All of the S&P 500' s 10 sectors were higher, led by financials.
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Treasuries prices fell on Monday as greater optimism lawmakers in Washington will reach a deal to avert a fiscal crunch reduced demand for safe haven debt. President Barack Obama and Republican Speaker of the House of Representatives John Boehner were meeting at the White House on Monday to discuss how to resolve the "fiscal cliff."
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NEW YORK, Dec 17- The yen dropped to a 20- month low against the U.S. dollar on Monday after Japan's Liberal Democratic Party won a landslide election victory that leaders promise will usher in aggressive monetary easing policies to weaken the currency.
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NEW YORK, Dec 17- Front-month U.S. crude oil futures rose 47 cents to settle at $87.20 a barrel on Monday, lifted by news of the impending expansion of the Seaway crude oil pipeline and optimism about a deal to avert the U.S. fiscal cliff.
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Dec 17- The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said on Monday it has named John Ramsay as acting director of the regulator's Division of Trading and Markets.
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BOSTON, Dec 17- Morgan Stanley, the lead underwriter for Facebook Inc's initial public offering, will pay a $5 million fine to Massachusetts to settle charges that its bankers improperly influenced its research analysts when the Internet company went public.
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The discount of U.S. crude to the international Brent benchmark narrowed by more than 80 cents following news Enterprise Products Partners LP and partner Enbridge Inc would complete a 350,000 barrel per day expansion to the 150,000 bpd Oklahoma to Texas Seaway pipeline in early January.
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NEW YORK, Dec 17- Gold prices traded flat on Monday on signs of the first real movement this weekend in negotiations over the "fiscal cliff" which removed some safe-haven bids in the precious metal.
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fiscal cliff, "while a win by Japan's conservative Liberal Democratic Party lifted the dollar to a 20- month high against the yen.
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Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which was enacted in 2010. They will create online marketplaces where individuals can buy health insurance from companies like UnitedHealth Group, Wellpoint Inc, Aetna Inc and Cigna Corp..
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fiscal cliff, "while a win by Japan's conservative Liberal Democratic Party lifted the dollar to a 20- month high against the yen.
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LONDON, Dec 17- The bold policies promised by Japan's new government look ill-suited to reverse a relative decline that has turned a leading actor on the world economic stage into a bit-part player in less than a generation.
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Nine of the S&P 500' s 10 sectors were higher, led by financials, as the S&P Financial Index gained 1.6 percent. Shares of Bank of America rose 2.7 percent to $10.87 and Citigroup gained 2.6 percent to $38.57.