Financial news on July 01, 2010
Business and Financial news
The aircraft maker said it would buy Argon ST to expand its capabilities in warfare and intelligence gathering. Read more..
A former oil futures broker engineered a jump in the price of oil a year ago and cost his firm millions after a weekend of heavy drinking, Britain’s financial regulator disclosed. Read more..
Governments that spend beyond their means could suffer a loss of farm aid and pay penalties under the proposal, which could take effect next year. Read more..
The World Trade Organization ruled that European government subsidies gave the European aircraft maker an unfair advantage over Boeing. Read more..
Private sector jobs rose only slightly in May, but Midwest business activity was a little better than expected. Read more..
The good news is, Spain sold a bunch of bonds without much trouble — a 3.5 billion euro thumbs up, if you will — but the bad news is, Moody’s says it may soon downgrade that debt. Read more..
Siluria Technologies, a start-up that engineers bugs to convert natural gas into organic chemicals, has just emerged with a lot of dollar signs attached — including an investment from Silicon Valley’s clean-tech kingmaker, Kleiner Perkins. Read more..
The Obama administration and Congressional Democrats proposed phasing out the program as a way to win Republican support for the financial overhaul package. Read more..
Motorola’s Droid X is one of the first phones to have Swype built in, giving users a completely new way to enter text on their phones. But is it really better than typing? Read more..
Wood flooring from Brazil lost its duty-free status, while frozen beans from Egypt gained it under a program meant to help poor companies. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
General Electric | GE | 14.33 | 14.43 | 13.87 | 14.12 | 107M |
Microsoft | MSFT | 23.09 | 23.32 | 22.73 | 23.16 | 92.2M |
Intel | INTC | 19.43 | 19.62 | 19.00 | 19.25 | 88M |
Pfizer | PFE | 14.29 | 14.33 | 14.00 | 14.23 | 67.9M |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 21.20 | 21.49 | 20.93 | 21.26 | 66.3M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 25.54 | 25.94 | 24.60 | 25.18 | 58.9M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 36.54 | 36.69 | 35.16 | 36.08 | 56.6M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 24.26 | 24.40 | 24.00 | 24.34 | 51.2M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 56.98 | 57.27 | 56.17 | 56.61 | 47.7M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 21.46 | 21.68 | 21.24 | 21.55 | 38.3M |
Apple | AAPL | 254.30 | 254.80 | 243.22 | 248.48 | 36.5M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 28.01 | 28.20 | 27.60 | 28.13 | 32.4M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 17.32 | 17.77 | 17.07 | 17.74 | 31.3M |
Home Depot | HD | 28.41 | 28.50 | 27.49 | 27.92 | 27.1M |
Merck | MRK | 34.83 | 34.89 | 33.65 | 34.44 | 25.6M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 43.15 | 43.55 | 42.42 | 42.89 | 21.4M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 31.47 | 32.10 | 30.91 | 31.49 | 19.9M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 59.84 | 60.29 | 59.36 | 59.54 | 19.3M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 24.84 | 24.94 | 24.22 | 24.76 | 19.1M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 49.24 | 49.57 | 48.06 | 48.87 | 18.9M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 48.10 | 48.41 | 47.77 | 48.34 | 18.1M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 59.07 | 59.25 | 58.65 | 59.07 | 18M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 46.55 | 46.66 | 45.71 | 46.46 | 18M |
Altria | MO | 20.15 | 20.27 | 19.89 | 20.24 | 17.9M |
Chevron | CVX | 68.19 | 68.30 | 66.83 | 67.48 | 16.3M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 28.31 | 28.31 | 27.13 | 27.85 | 15.6M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 55.29 | 55.80 | 53.61 | 55.26 | 14.5M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 50.30 | 50.30 | 49.47 | 50.03 | 13M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 79.56 | 79.67 | 77.93 | 78.81 | 11.9M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 34.24 | 34.27 | 33.30 | 34.14 | 11.9M |
McDonald's | MCD | 66.72 | 66.90 | 65.31 | 66.71 | 10.9M |
Pepsico | PEP | 61.13 | 61.66 | 60.32 | 61.52 | 10.9M |
Amgen | AMGN | 52.59 | 52.59 | 51.00 | 52.02 | 9.75M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 123.55 | 124.21 | 121.61 | 122.57 | 9.74M |
Amazon | AMZN | 108.90 | 111.69 | 106.70 | 110.96 | 8.53M |
Visa | V | 71.00 | 73.01 | 70.11 | 72.86 | 7.59M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 445.29 | 448.40 | 433.63 | 439.49 | 7.02M |
3M | MMM | 79.06 | 79.38 | 77.83 | 78.55 | 6.81M |
Boeing | BA | 62.48 | 62.72 | 61.31 | 62.26 | 6.47M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 69.86 | 70.38 | 67.83 | 69.51 | 6.22M |
United Technologies | UTX | 64.85 | 64.91 | 63.62 | 64.39 | 5.68M |
Exchange Rates of July 01, 2010
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 87.750 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.011 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.058 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.945 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.060 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.944 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6.782 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.147 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 109.830 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.009 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.825 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.212 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.476 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.678 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.324 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.755 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.326 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.754 EUR |
Euro | Chinese Yuan | 1 EUR = 8.484 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.118 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.751 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.332 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.343 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.744 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.205 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.830 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.207 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.828 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.789 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.559 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.605 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.623 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 1.607 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.622 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Chinese Yuan | 1 GBP = 10.274 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.097 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.897 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.115 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.898 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.113 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 AUD = 5.740 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.174 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 1.002 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.998 CAD |
Canadian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 CAD = 6.404 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.156 CAD |
Swiss Franc | Chinese Yuan | 1 CHF = 6.396 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.156 CHF |
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