Financial news on April 01, 2009
Business and Financial news
In Manhattan, rents in Midtown’s less well-heeled office buildings have fallen more than 23 percent in the past year, to $48.74 a square foot a year. Read more..
Preliminary studies of a blockbuster drug from Roche’s Genentech unit are strong enough to speed its approval for brain cancer, federal cancer experts said. Read more..
The new restrictions on executive compensation and dividend payouts has made aid from the Troubled Asset Relief Fund less palatable to bank managers. Read more..
Facing shrinking markets at home, Japanese companies must expand foreign sales or face longer-term decline. Read more..
The legislation, which authorizes the F.D.A. to approve or reject tobacco products and ingredients, is expected to be approved by the House, but could meet resistance in the Senate. Read more..
Dividend-paying stocks or funds have long been a favored investment strategy for retirees, but other approaches may be less risky. Read more..
An improved personal reminder system collects your every utterance and idea and holds them for posterity. Read more..
In a slow but steady revival, a former steel-making city gives its historical buildings new life as models of energy efficiency. Read more..
The government is seeking to avoid court chaos by persuading at least some creditors to agree to a plan that would cleave General Motors into two pieces. Read more..
The battle for the minds, and throats, of consumers who drink lower-calorie beverages has intensified with a new low-calorie line from Glacéau Vitaminwater. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 13.72 | 14.94 | 13.65 | 14.48 | 157M |
General Electric | GE | 9.91 | 10.26 | 9.80 | 10.17 | 114M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 25.29 | 28.28 | 25.29 | 28.14 | 106M |
Microsoft | MSFT | 18.23 | 19.36 | 18.18 | 19.31 | 96.4M |
Intel | INTC | 14.77 | 15.32 | 14.62 | 15.03 | 75.1M |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 16.51 | 17.54 | 16.30 | 17.46 | 73.4M |
Pfizer | PFE | 13.59 | 14.04 | 13.43 | 13.99 | 64.3M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 67.04 | 69.48 | 66.50 | 69.23 | 39.4M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 17.86 | 18.68 | 17.73 | 18.58 | 37.1M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 24.77 | 26.09 | 24.77 | 25.92 | 28.6M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 29.86 | 31.41 | 29.83 | 31.22 | 27.4M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 47.12 | 47.13 | 46.00 | 46.70 | 25.4M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 21.48 | 22.05 | 21.11 | 21.97 | 25.4M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 13.43 | 13.98 | 13.27 | 13.92 | 25.3M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 51.38 | 53.05 | 51.22 | 52.82 | 22.7M |
Home Depot | HD | 23.15 | 23.89 | 22.92 | 23.83 | 21.4M |
Apple | AAPL | 104.09 | 109.00 | 103.89 | 108.69 | 21M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 31.36 | 33.05 | 30.98 | 32.88 | 20.9M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 38.45 | 40.18 | 38.15 | 39.80 | 20.3M |
Merck | MRK | 26.49 | 27.23 | 25.75 | 26.99 | 18M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 39.82 | 41.28 | 39.11 | 41.10 | 17.6M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 46.75 | 48.48 | 46.29 | 48.21 | 17.1M |
Altria | MO | 15.84 | 16.40 | 15.76 | 16.30 | 16.6M |
Chevron | CVX | 66.00 | 68.70 | 65.83 | 68.30 | 14.3M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 52.30 | 53.20 | 51.88 | 53.04 | 13.7M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 45.10 | 45.50 | 44.32 | 45.18 | 13.4M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 17.92 | 18.82 | 17.84 | 18.79 | 12.9M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 20.61 | 21.10 | 19.85 | 20.68 | 12.8M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 96.13 | 98.00 | 95.70 | 97.61 | 12.2M |
Visa | V | 54.75 | 56.00 | 53.63 | 54.29 | 11M |
Amgen | AMGN | 48.78 | 48.93 | 47.10 | 48.33 | 10.9M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 43.76 | 44.99 | 43.50 | 44.86 | 10.6M |
Boeing | BA | 34.52 | 35.60 | 34.21 | 35.44 | 9.29M |
McDonald's | MCD | 54.30 | 55.33 | 53.87 | 55.24 | 8.28M |
United Technologies | UTX | 42.45 | 44.18 | 42.06 | 43.88 | 7.21M |
Amazon | AMZN | 73.02 | 75.09 | 71.71 | 73.50 | 7.04M |
Pepsico | PEP | 51.01 | 52.43 | 51.00 | 52.22 | 7.01M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 343.78 | 355.24 | 340.61 | 354.09 | 6.6M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 40.68 | 41.99 | 39.82 | 41.60 | 6.08M |
3M | MMM | 48.95 | 50.87 | 48.72 | 50.65 | 5.77M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 2765.00 | 2843.00 | 2755.00 | 2819.00 | 46.9K |
Exchange Rates of April 01, 2009
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 98.630 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.010 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.259 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.794 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.146 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.873 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6.835 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.146 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 130.530 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.008 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.916 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.092 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.895 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.528 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.667 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.600 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.517 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.659 EUR |
Euro | Chinese Yuan | 1 EUR = 9.041 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.111 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.701 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.427 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.451 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.689 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.276 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.784 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.162 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.861 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.070 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.483 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.821 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.549 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 1.656 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.604 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Chinese Yuan | 1 GBP = 9.870 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.101 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.879 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.138 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.800 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.251 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 AUD = 4.769 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.210 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 0.909 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.100 CAD |
Canadian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 CAD = 5.429 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.184 CAD |
Swiss Franc | Chinese Yuan | 1 CHF = 5.960 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.168 CHF |
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