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NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks have struggled to a mixed close on Wall Street after a slide in energy and consumer goods companies outweighed gains elsewhere in the market. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 86 points, to 17,787. The Standard and Poor's 500 index slipped 2 points, to 2,096. The Nasdaq composite climbed 14 points, to 4,948. Crude oil futures closed 23 cents lower at $49.10 a barrel.
NEW YORK (AP) — General Mills is recalling about 10 million pounds of its flour over a possible link to an E. coli outbreak in 20 states. The recall is for several varieties of Gold Medal and Signature Kitchens flour that were sold at Safeway, Albertsons and other supermarkets. General Mills says E. coli hasn't been found in any of its flour products, but is still recalling them out of "an abundance of caution."
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Nearly 400 pages of documents that detail sales strategies for the now-defunct Trump University have been unsealed in a class-action lawsuit. The documents show that employees were instructed to play on people's emotions to get them to buy more expensive seminars on how to succeed in real estate. The documents were unsealed today in San Diego in the lawsuit by customers who say they were defrauded.
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Boyd Gaming is selling its 50 percent stake in Atlantic City's top casino to MGM Resorts International, the company that owns the other half. Boyd will get $900 million, plus half of any future tax settlement MGM reaches with Atlantic City. After the deal closes in the third quarter of this year, MGM will own all of the Borgata, which has been Atlantic City's top-performing casino since shortly after it opened in 2003.
NEW YORK (AP) — A former Barclays PLC director has been arrested on charges he illegally fed stock tips to a New York plumber in exchange for cash and home renovations. Steven McClatchey was freed on bail after an initial appearance in Manhattan federal court. His lawyer declined to comment.
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