Financial news on November 01, 2010
Business and Financial news
Axel Weber’s strident, public dissents may dim his chances of becoming Europe’s top central banker. Read more..
Debt buyers used questionable tactics well before the recent foreclosure mess, lawyers say. Read more..
The sluggish economy is raising the stakes for the Christmas shopping season. Some retailers and marketers hope to pull demand forward by moving up the start of their pitches. Read more..
Oil and Natural Gas Corp., the Indian state-run explorer, is in talks with Exxon Mobil’s Angolan arm to buy its 25 percent stake in an oil field for about $2 billion, The Economic Times reported. Read more..
The move thrusts Intel, the largest and wealthiest chip maker, into the contract manufacturing business dominated by Taiwanese and Chinese companies. Read more..
The locus of control in the family room is being replaced, mostly by smartphones. Read more..
A London university says reports that it is considering “going private” in response to the government’s announced plans to cut its contribution to university budgets is not true. Read more..
McKesson Corporation, the healthcare services and IT company, said Monday that it would acquire US Oncology in a deal worth $2.16 billion including debt. Read more..
Replicating the Red Cross’s mobile campaign for Haiti aid would be daunting for most organizations; the costs of a mobile donating program can outweigh the proceeds. Read more..
Lawyers for Jeffrey K. Skilling argued before a three-judge panel of a federal appeals court that his conviction should be overturned as a result of the Supreme Court’s ruling on “honest services” fraud. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
Microsoft | MSFT | 26.88 | 27.22 | 26.70 | 26.95 | 61.9M |
General Electric | GE | 16.09 | 16.18 | 15.88 | 15.95 | 52.9M |
Intel | INTC | 20.35 | 20.67 | 20.34 | 20.57 | 51.6M |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 22.95 | 23.30 | 22.88 | 22.92 | 49.2M |
Pfizer | PFE | 17.63 | 17.84 | 17.50 | 17.62 | 41.9M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 37.61 | 38.00 | 37.10 | 37.42 | 36.9M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 28.83 | 28.89 | 28.63 | 28.72 | 26M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 26.03 | 26.10 | 25.60 | 25.93 | 24.8M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 66.72 | 67.21 | 66.63 | 66.95 | 22.4M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 29.52 | 29.55 | 28.94 | 29.13 | 21.1M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 51.58 | 51.64 | 50.32 | 50.60 | 20.7M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 20.57 | 20.81 | 20.32 | 20.50 | 18.1M |
Apple | AAPL | 302.22 | 305.60 | 302.20 | 304.18 | 15.1M |
Altria | MO | 25.54 | 25.60 | 25.23 | 25.37 | 13.2M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 42.17 | 42.75 | 42.07 | 42.49 | 12.9M |
Chevron | CVX | 83.15 | 84.08 | 81.09 | 81.45 | 12.8M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 32.77 | 32.77 | 32.23 | 32.40 | 12.6M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 70.44 | 70.46 | 69.54 | 70.17 | 12.3M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 59.96 | 60.12 | 58.59 | 58.95 | 12.3M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 63.88 | 64.14 | 63.40 | 63.62 | 11.9M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 39.91 | 40.73 | 39.88 | 40.24 | 10M |
Merck | MRK | 36.44 | 36.73 | 35.98 | 36.25 | 9.67M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 63.88 | 64.09 | 63.31 | 63.69 | 9.36M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 61.37 | 61.95 | 61.21 | 61.71 | 9M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 27.02 | 27.32 | 26.92 | 27.07 | 8.92M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 36.21 | 36.49 | 35.76 | 36.03 | 8.45M |
Home Depot | HD | 31.00 | 31.31 | 30.56 | 30.71 | 8.23M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 54.05 | 54.50 | 54.02 | 54.31 | 8.21M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 36.27 | 36.64 | 35.70 | 36.11 | 7.67M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 615.73 | 620.66 | 611.21 | 615.00 | 6.17M |
Pepsico | PEP | 65.49 | 65.89 | 65.14 | 65.55 | 5.92M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 143.64 | 144.26 | 142.32 | 143.32 | 5.67M |
Amazon | AMZN | 164.45 | 164.58 | 161.52 | 162.58 | 5.24M |
McDonald's | MCD | 78.06 | 78.63 | 77.37 | 77.88 | 4.96M |
3M | MMM | 84.57 | 85.29 | 83.42 | 83.98 | 4.47M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 79.76 | 81.31 | 79.58 | 79.90 | 4.33M |
Amgen | AMGN | 57.02 | 57.95 | 56.91 | 57.43 | 4.08M |
Visa | V | 78.58 | 78.78 | 76.70 | 77.32 | 3.42M |
United Technologies | UTX | 75.27 | 75.77 | 74.11 | 74.64 | 3.4M |
Boeing | BA | 70.71 | 71.89 | 69.91 | 70.48 | 3.32M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 88.66 | 89.57 | 88.35 | 88.90 | 3.3M |
Exchange Rates of November 01, 2010
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 80.480 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.012 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.015 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.985 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 0.992 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.008 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6.689 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.149 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 111.830 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.009 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.866 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.154 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.407 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.711 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.411 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.709 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.378 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.726 EUR |
Euro | Chinese Yuan | 1 EUR = 9.298 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.108 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.774 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.292 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.258 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.795 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.261 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.793 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.232 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.812 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.625 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.616 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.628 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.614 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 1.591 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.629 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Chinese Yuan | 1 GBP = 10.723 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.093 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 1.002 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.998 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.979 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.021 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 AUD = 6.604 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.151 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 0.977 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.024 CAD |
Canadian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 CAD = 6.585 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.152 CAD |
Swiss Franc | Chinese Yuan | 1 CHF = 6.743 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.148 CHF |
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