End of the Day: S&P 500 down 5.5 to 1,972.29; Dow Jones down 17,042.90 to ; Nasdaq down 12.5 to 4,493.39
* eBay (Nasdaq: EBAY) announced that its Board of Directors, following a strategic review of the company’s growth strategies and structure, has approved a plan to separate the company’s eBay and PayPal businesses into independent publicly traded companies in 2015, subject to customary conditions.
* The Chicago Business Barometer decreased 3.8 points to a still robust 60.5 in September, as Production and New Orders slowed while firms reported a record