Financial news on June 2nd, 2008
Business and Financial news
Fares D. Noujaim suffered an emotional and financial blow when the investment bank imploded. Now he gets a chance to start anew. Read more..
Can the environment make for entertaining TV? Discovery Communications is about to find out with its launch of Planet Green. Read more..
The advent of social networking Web sites has created a quandary for alumni magazines, which have been slow to embrace the Web. Read more..
Ryan Kavanaugh pleaded no contest to, and was convicted of, one count of driving under the influence of alcohol, while more serious charges were dropped. Read more..
A Swedish maker of beds that cost up to $65,000 has launched a campaign that celebrates its products as fashionable luxury goods. Read more..
The difficult bottom line in the negotiations is that dealing with climate change will almost certainly hurt some industries and enrich others. Read more..
A 33-year-old technology manager in Dublin has generated a flood of new Web traffic on his blog with his tweaked comic strip, “Garfield Minus Garfield.” Read more..
M. Night Shyamalan’s career illustrates one of the paradoxes of Hollywood: the industry loves the myth of the auteur — until faced with the realities of the box office. Read more..
The week’s financing schedule included Monday’s regular weekly auction of new three- and six-month bills and auctions of one-year and four-week bills on Tuesday. Read more..
Mr. Diamond was an expert on international taxation and helped prepare the foreign exchange proposals for the Bretton Woods conference, which established the International Monetary Fund. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
Microsoft | MSFT | 28.24 | 28.36 | 27.55 | 27.80 | 77M |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 26.62 | 26.82 | 26.24 | 26.35 | 59M |
Pfizer | PFE | 19.45 | 19.46 | 19.03 | 19.18 | 53.5M |
General Electric | GE | 30.80 | 30.89 | 30.18 | 30.41 | 50.9M |
Intel | INTC | 23.10 | 23.38 | 22.82 | 23.20 | 50.6M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 22.75 | 22.77 | 22.35 | 22.68 | 31.8M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 42.63 | 42.77 | 41.66 | 42.15 | 30.6M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 88.01 | 88.71 | 87.42 | 87.81 | 26M |
Apple | AAPL | 188.50 | 189.65 | 184.53 | 186.10 | 24.3M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 22.40 | 22.57 | 22.20 | 22.52 | 23.9M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 27.49 | 27.54 | 26.71 | 27.11 | 23.2M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 39.67 | 39.91 | 38.99 | 39.35 | 19.6M |
Merck | MRK | 38.90 | 38.99 | 37.90 | 38.17 | 19.5M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 92.30 | 93.09 | 91.52 | 92.95 | 17.4M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 57.41 | 57.99 | 56.52 | 57.20 | 17.3M |
Home Depot | HD | 27.41 | 27.60 | 26.80 | 27.16 | 15.5M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 46.86 | 47.01 | 45.75 | 46.25 | 14.6M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 38.40 | 38.50 | 36.20 | 37.86 | 14.5M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 22.75 | 22.75 | 21.95 | 21.98 | 13.5M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 56.13 | 56.20 | 55.26 | 55.68 | 12.9M |
Altria | MO | 22.32 | 22.35 | 21.97 | 22.03 | 12.1M |
Chevron | CVX | 98.82 | 99.70 | 97.82 | 99.37 | 11.7M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 34.22 | 34.42 | 33.66 | 33.99 | 10.3M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 33.50 | 33.59 | 33.05 | 33.30 | 10.3M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 65.92 | 65.92 | 64.94 | 65.36 | 9.98M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 66.55 | 67.00 | 66.15 | 66.51 | 9.63M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 57.05 | 57.37 | 56.45 | 57.00 | 9.56M |
Visa | V | 86.21 | 86.95 | 84.60 | 86.07 | 9.21M |
Amgen | AMGN | 44.00 | 44.36 | 43.53 | 44.22 | 8.46M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 128.67 | 129.37 | 126.70 | 127.36 | 7.6M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 582.50 | 583.89 | 571.27 | 575.00 | 7.34M |
Pepsico | PEP | 68.11 | 68.22 | 67.07 | 67.55 | 7.19M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 54.57 | 55.08 | 53.95 | 54.58 | 6.43M |
Amazon | AMZN | 81.54 | 81.57 | 80.05 | 80.23 | 6.22M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 100.54 | 101.95 | 99.05 | 100.26 | 6.01M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 82.12 | 82.12 | 80.02 | 81.18 | 5.09M |
McDonald's | MCD | 59.12 | 59.19 | 58.07 | 58.55 | 4.93M |
Boeing | BA | 82.61 | 82.61 | 80.47 | 81.15 | 4.49M |
United Technologies | UTX | 70.62 | 71.03 | 70.01 | 70.73 | 4.37M |
3M | MMM | 77.41 | 77.49 | 75.80 | 76.25 | 3.94M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 4484.00 | 4520.00 | 4345.00 | 4390.00 | 37K |
Exchange Rates of June 2nd, 2008
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 104.410 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.010 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.001 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.999 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.037 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.964 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6.933 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.144 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 162.250 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.006 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.790 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.265 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.626 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.615 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.556 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.643 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.612 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.621 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.487 GBP | 1 GBP = 2.054 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.002 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.998 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 0.959 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.043 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 0.993 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.007 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.057 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.486 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.968 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.508 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 2.038 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.491 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.956 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.046 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.990 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.010 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 1.035 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.966 CAD |
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