Financial news on February 01, 2011
Business and Financial news
As international business travel begins to rebound, fliers’ to-do lists get longer, including international cellphone coverage, credit card notifications and security. Read more..
Demand for any available airplane in Europe and the Middle East is ferocious, and companies are chartering planes to get employees to London and Dubai. Read more..
The carmaker lost $199 million in the fourth quarter and had a loss for 2010, but it pledged to return to profitability on the strength of new products. Read more..
Oil companies have benefited not only from strengthening oil prices but also from improved margins in their refinery businesses. Read more..
But a scientist at the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization says aquaculture cannot continue growing indefinitely at the current pace. Read more..
The project, proposed by the South Korean company Posco, is seen as a way to gauge India’s interest in big foreign investment. Read more..
Intel said that 5 percent of the Series 6, or Cougar Point, chipset, which recently started shipping, might fail over the next three to five years. Read more..
Highlights from the DealBook newsletter. Read more..
With one of the world’s highest corporate tax rates, the United States still raises less revenue from corporations than it used to. The reason is in the tax code. Read more..
The confidential finding was in response to a longstanding complaint by the European Union over United States support of Boeing. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
Pfizer | PFE | 18,49 | 19,39 | 18,46 | 19,22 | 135M |
General Electric | GE | 20,38 | 20,90 | 20,30 | 20,80 | 68.3M |
Microsoft | MSFT | 27,80 | 28,06 | 27,61 | 27,99 | 62.8M |
Intel | INTC | 21,49 | 21,70 | 21,28 | 21,48 | 61M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 81,14 | 83,96 | 81,04 | 83,91 | 40.8M |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 21,27 | 21,56 | 21,26 | 21,47 | 40.5M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 32,17 | 33,43 | 32,11 | 33,24 | 32.6M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 32,61 | 33,49 | 32,53 | 33,44 | 31.4M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 45,20 | 46,00 | 45,16 | 45,93 | 28.3M |
General Motors | GM | 36,93 | 37,23 | 36,13 | 36,45 | 28.1M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 45,18 | 45,45 | 45,08 | 45,23 | 27.7M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 27,92 | 27,92 | 27,64 | 27,87 | 26.4M |
Merck | MRK | 33,34 | 34,04 | 32,90 | 34,00 | 21.4M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 36,28 | 36,34 | 35,90 | 36,27 | 16.4M |
Altria | MO | 23,65 | 23,71 | 23,48 | 23,58 | 16.2M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 22,90 | 23,45 | 22,80 | 23,40 | 15.3M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 71,62 | 72,01 | 71,52 | 71,71 | 15.2M |
Apple | AAPL | 341,30 | 345,65 | 340,98 | 345,03 | 15.2M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 59,70 | 60,74 | 59,70 | 60,63 | 14.8M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 63,43 | 63,61 | 62,72 | 62,92 | 14.6M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 46,08 | 46,60 | 45,90 | 46,52 | 14.5M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 56,37 | 56,58 | 55,91 | 56,33 | 12.9M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 25,35 | 25,44 | 25,21 | 25,27 | 10.5M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 89,48 | 90,42 | 88,90 | 89,64 | 10M |
Chevron | CVX | 95,63 | 96,49 | 95,17 | 96,22 | 9.95M |
Home Depot | HD | 36,94 | 37,13 | 36,50 | 36,99 | 9.62M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 39,04 | 39,95 | 39,04 | 39,88 | 9.28M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 41,36 | 42,18 | 41,29 | 42,07 | 9.07M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 38,74 | 38,79 | 38,28 | 38,50 | 8.83M |
McDonald's | MCD | 74,22 | 74,26 | 73,20 | 73,47 | 8.47M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 62,88 | 63,32 | 62,85 | 63,05 | 8.01M |
Pepsico | PEP | 64,53 | 65,14 | 64,30 | 65,05 | 7.14M |
Visa | V | 70,21 | 71,73 | 70,21 | 70,70 | 6.36M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 162,11 | 163,94 | 162,00 | 163,56 | 5.83M |
Amgen | AMGN | 55,23 | 55,88 | 55,11 | 55,71 | 5.62M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 604,49 | 613,36 | 603,11 | 611,04 | 5.49M |
Amazon | AMZN | 170,52 | 173,10 | 169,51 | 172,11 | 5.09M |
Boeing | BA | 70,00 | 70,50 | 69,60 | 70,29 | 4.78M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 82,06 | 83,50 | 82,06 | 83,35 | 4.63M |
3M | MMM | 88,02 | 88,30 | 87,44 | 87,79 | 4M |
United Technologies | UTX | 81,63 | 82,06 | 81,43 | 81,83 | 3.52M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 95,38 | 96,00 | 94,85 | 95,43 | 2.88M |
Exchange Rates of February 01, 2011
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 81,340 JPY | 1 JPY = 0,012 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 0,991 CAD | 1 CAD = 1,010 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 0,935 CHF | 1 CHF = 1,069 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6,595 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,152 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 112,480 JPY | 1 JPY = 0,009 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0,856 GBP | 1 GBP = 1,168 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1,367 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,731 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1,370 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,730 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1,293 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,773 EUR |
Euro | Chinese Yuan | 1 EUR = 9,120 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,110 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0,761 GBP | 1 GBP = 1,314 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1,215 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,823 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1,217 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,821 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1,150 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,870 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1,597 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,626 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1,599 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,625 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 1,510 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,662 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Chinese Yuan | 1 GBP = 10,648 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,094 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 1,002 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,999 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0,946 CHF | 1 CHF = 1,058 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 AUD = 6,674 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,150 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 0,944 CHF | 1 CHF = 1,059 CAD |
Canadian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 CAD = 6,657 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,150 CAD |
Swiss Franc | Chinese Yuan | 1 CHF = 7,049 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,142 CHF |
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