TOP STORIES 
 
STOCKS EDGE LOWER TO CAP WILD MONTH 

Global stock markets headed lower at the end of a turbulent month that was dominated by concerns over China and the timing of a U.S. interest rate rise.

BANK CLEARS PRICING BACKLOG FOR FUNDS 

Bank of New York Mellon said it had updated pricing data for mutual and exchange-traded fund-pricing issues before the market opened Monday, ending a weeklong struggle by the company to provide accurate asset values.

BRISTOL-MYERS GRANTED RIGHT TO BUY PROMEDIOR 

Bristol-Myers Squibb said that it has been granted the exclusive right to buy privately held Promedior and its experimental fibrosis treatment for up to $1.25 billion.

HEALTHSOUTH TO BUY CARESOUTH FOR $170 MILLION 

Acute-care provider HealthSouth announced plans to acquire privately held home-healthcare company CareSouth Health System for $170 million in cash, a move to expand in five southern states.

NATIONAL GUARD OFFICER KILLED IN UKRAINE PROTEST BLAST 

One member of Ukraine's National Guard was killed and at least 50 others injured as fighting broke out between protesters and law-enforcement personnel after a vote on the country's constitution.

OIL RALLIES INTO BULL MARKET TERRITORY 

Oil prices turned higher Monday on speculation that oil-producing nations might be willing to agree to output cuts to shrink the global glut of crude oil.

RUSSIA, VENEZUELA TO DISCUSS POTENTIAL STEPS TO STABILIZE OIL PRICES 

Russian President Vladimir Putin will discuss "possible mutual steps" to stabilize the global oil prices at a meeting with Venezuelan President Nicolá s Maduro in China on Thursday, a Kremlin aide said, as both countries grapple with lower prices for their main export.

CRACKDOWN ON RACIAL BIAS COULD BOOST DRIVERS' COSTS FOR AUTO LOANS 

A federal regulator's campaign to fight bias against minorities is changing the way many car loans are priced. Those efforts could mean some consumers will pay more.

GOOGLE, SANOFI TEAM UP ON DIABETES RESEARCH 

The Internet company said its health-care-research unit plans to work with European pharmaceutical major Sanofi on new ways to monitor and treat the condition.

CHINA ANNOUNCES LEGAL ACTIONS FOR 'SECURITIES VIOLATIONS' 

Chinese authorities announced legal actions Sunday against high-profile targets in the government, brokerages and media for what they alleged were 'securities violations.'

EUROZONE INFLATION STAYS LOW 

Eurozone consumer prices were barely higher than a year earlier in August, keeping pressure on the European Central Bank to consider additional stimulus measures to bring inflation closer to its target near 2%.

ITT TO ACQUIRE WOLVERINE AUTOMOTIVE 

ITT Corp. agreed to acquire Wolverine Automotive Holdings Inc. for roughly $300 million, which will add a maker of automotive braking systems and sealing solutions for a range of industries.

NOMURA WRONGFULLY DISMISSED AMERICAN EXECUTIVE, COURT FINDS 

Japan's largest brokerage wrongfully dismissed an American managing director during a dispute over compensation for a product he invented, the Tokyo District Court ruled.

EXELON REAFFIRMS COMMITMENT TO BUYING PEPCO 

Exelon Corp. on Monday reaffirmed its commitment to buying Pepco Holdings Inc., after utility regulators for the District of Columbia rejected the $6.8 billion deal last week.

CANADIAN OIL SANDS HALTS CRUDE PRODUCTION AT SYNCRUDE 

Canadian Oil Sands Ltd. has halted production at its Syncrude project in northern Alberta after a fire damaged equipment at its synthetic crude oil processing facility.

ARGENTINA CREDITORS CAN'T SEIZE ASSETS OF CENTRAL BANK, COURT RULES 

Creditors owed billions by Argentina can't seize the assets of its central bank, a U.S. court ruled, reversing an earlier ruling that would have opened the nation's reserves to hedge funds looking to collect debt stemming from a 2001 default.

INDIA'S ECONOMIC GROWTH SLOWS 

India's economic expansion decelerated to 7% year-over-year in the quarter ended June 30, highlighting the challenges Asia's third-largest economy faces as it tries to gain momentum.

U.K. APPROVES GIANT NORTH SEA GAS PROJECT 

A.P. Mø ller-Maersk A/S said it has received approval to develop the $4.5 billion Culzean gas field, the largest new find in the U.K. North Sea for a decade.

ISLAMIC STATE BLOWS UP TEMPLE OF BEL IN SYRIA'S PALMYRA 

Islamic State has partially destroyed Palmyra's 2,000-year-old Temple of Bel in a massive explosion, the latest in a series of attacks by the militants on the Syrian city's famed historic sites.

AUSTRIA TOUGHENS CONTROLS AMID MIGRANT CRISIS 

Austrian police have toughened controls in the country's eastern border region close to Hungary in response to last week's discovery of 71 dead migrants in an abandoned truck.

 
 
 
  ======= DOW JONES NEWSWIRES ANALYSIS AND COMMENTARIES ======= 
 
 
Capital Journal 
SANDERS, TRUMP ET AL: PARTYING LIKE IT'S 1968 
 

Strange happenings are afoot in the 2016 presidential cycle, ones that draw parallels with 1968, when a disruptive race so shook up the political system that we're still feeling its aftershocks today, Gerald F. Seib writes.

 
Heard on the Street 
ECB SHOULDN'T EASE TO APPEASE MARKETS 
 

Markets can be far too keen to call for central-bank help. The ECB shouldn't bend too easily.

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

August 31, 2015 13:02 ET (17:02 GMT)

Copyright (c) 2015 Dow Jones & Company, Inc.