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Top Stories : 2016May31Tuesday

Project Syndicate: Donald Trump’s promise to ‘make America great again’ is a political swindle

The Tell: Gold selling off much like it did before December rate hike

The Margin: Residents of this Swiss town are paying $300K to keep refugees out

Slide Show: The Filthy-Rich 50: Meet the richest person in each U.S. state

Metals Stocks: Gold drops 6% in May for 1st monthly loss this year

The Wall Street Journal: Barclays banker alleged to have traded insider info for bathroom remodeling

Capitol Report: SEC targets companies who use made-up accounting metrics

Slide Show: 10 places to visit now before they’re ruined forever by global warming

5 things rich people do with money — that you should be doing

The Moneyologist: My wife and I don’t trust anyone to be executor of our will

Real-time headlines : 2016May31Tuesday

WTI oil ends the month nearly 7% higher

WTI oil settles at $49.10/bbl on Nymex, down 23 cents, or 0.5%

July WTI oil down 10 cents at $49.23/bbl after $50.10 high

WTI oil futures turn narrowly lower ahead of the Nymex settlement

S&P 500 declines 9 points, or 0.4%, to 2,090

Nasdaq Composite swings into red, down 3 ponts at 4,930

Dow industrials drop 125 points, down 0.2% for month of May

Gold futures end the month with a 5.9% loss

Gold futures settle higher after eight straight sessions of declines

June gold settles at $1,214.80/oz, up $1, or less than 0.1%

Market Pulse : 2016May31Tuesday

Gold futures log first monthly loss of the year

General Mills recalls flour products on E. coli concern

Pound slumps after new Brexit poll puts 'leave' vote ahead

Walt Disney's stock turns Dow negative after new 'Alice' movie flops over the weekend

Valeant says ex-CEO Pearson to act as consultant until end 2017

Cliffs Natural Resources' stock rockets after announcing new supply pact with ArcelorMittal

Intercept Pharma's chronic liver disease drug gets accelerated FDA approval

Allergan's stock surges after Carl Icahn discloses 'large' stake

U.S. stocks open slightly higher after strong economic data

Marketo to be acquired by Vista Equity for $1.8 billion in cash

Breaking News: 2016May31Tuesday

Triple-digit decline puts Dow industrials' May gain at risk

Walt Disney is biggest decliner as Dow industrials turn negative

U.S. consumer confidence falls to lowest level since 2015

Chicago purchasing index returns to contraction territory in May

Allergan shares jump in premarket on news of big Icahn stake

SodaStream shares soar in premarket on beer-system launch

U.S. home prices continue to rise faster than forecast

StemCells shares plunge 60% after resumption of trading

U.S. consumer spending's rise in April is largest in nearly seven years

Yellen says interest-rise hike is probable this summer

Internet Stories: 2016May31Tuesday

Moneyism: To win at online dating, study how supermarkets sell shampoo

Goldman loans $75 million to IPO hopeful Nutanix

BernieSingles.com founder says Trump supporters tried to crash his site

North Korea’s fake Facebook page offers up a lesson in smart passwords

The Wall Street Journal: Driverless-car startup Zoox valued at $1 billion after new funding round

Europe Markets: Europe stocks inch into positive territory, but U.S., London holidays keep volumes low

Stock-market IPOs are rebounding with a bang

Top Ten: Weekly roundup: Obama’s new house | A forgotten group on Memorial Day | Dividend ‘kings’

TheStreet fight: Activists say Cramer, other directors worse than Kim Jong Un

Financial Services: 2016May31Tuesday

The Tell: Gold selling off much like it did before December rate hike

The Wall Street Journal: Barclays banker alleged to have traded insider info for bathroom remodeling

5 things rich people do with money — that you should be doing

The Moneyologist: My wife and I don’t trust anyone to be executor of our will

The Moneyologist: My father hit his head and died. I suspect my stepmother

Market Snapshot: Stocks edge lower; Dow struggles to hold monthly gains

London Markets: FTSE 100 ends lower, snapping 3-month winning streak

Goldman loans $75 million to IPO hopeful Nutanix

The Wall Street Journal: Judge finds Michael Dell, Silver Lake underpaid for Dell in 2013

The Wall Street Journal: Carl Icahn takes ‘large’ stake in Allergan