Financial news on December 03, 2009
Business and Financial news
Aaron Patzer recalls the ascent of his online financial advising tool and its acquisition by a competitor. Read more..
Dell’s Precision M6500 “mobile workstation” is structured around an advanced Intel Core i7 quad-core processor and a 17-inch LED backlighted screen, 1920 by 1200 pixels. Read more..
The world’s largest aluminum producer, which is struggling under $17 billion in debt, appears to have negotiated favorable terms. Read more..
The weak American economy is improving modestly with little upward pressure on wages and finished goods despite commodity price gains, the Federal Reserve said Wednesday. Read more..
For Comcast, the purchase is the realization of its long-held ambition to be a major producer of television shows and movies. Read more..
As Dubai prepares for weeks of arduous negotiations with creditors over restructuring Dubai World’s debt, outsiders still do not know what to make of the situation. Read more..
With the search for a C.E.O. complicated by government pay restrictions, General Motors may decide that Edward E. Whitacre, the interim chief, is the best choice. Read more..
For small businesses, shared office parties offer the feel of a big event at a lower cost — and without the planning headaches. Read more..
Two former chief executives at the German engineering giant and four other former officials have agreed to pay a total of 18 million euros in damages. Read more..
Apple’s reconfigured iMac desktop — a shiny wide-screen example of a home computer — works beautifully ...unless it doesn’t work at all, or arrives with a cracked display. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
Comcast | CMCSA | 15.59 | 16.06 | 15.51 | 15.91 | 84M |
General Electric | GE | 16.12 | 16.31 | 16.00 | 16.00 | 74.6M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 27.52 | 27.91 | 26.41 | 26.49 | 66.6M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 42.30 | 43.09 | 41.31 | 41.40 | 53.3M |
Intel | INTC | 19.76 | 20.08 | 19.70 | 19.87 | 49.8M |
Microsoft | MSFT | 29.84 | 30.20 | 29.76 | 29.83 | 43.1M |
Pfizer | PFE | 18.83 | 18.88 | 18.59 | 18.64 | 41M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 24.83 | 25.37 | 24.72 | 25.16 | 37M |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 23.98 | 24.19 | 23.83 | 23.83 | 35.5M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 27.39 | 27.74 | 27.25 | 27.52 | 25.4M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 22.66 | 22.91 | 22.60 | 22.64 | 22.5M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 75.58 | 75.76 | 74.91 | 74.99 | 17.9M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 32.83 | 32.97 | 32.51 | 32.69 | 17.6M |
Amazon | AMZN | 143.62 | 145.91 | 140.77 | 141.17 | 16.5M |
Apple | AAPL | 197.42 | 198.98 | 196.27 | 196.48 | 16M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 49.23 | 49.42 | 48.88 | 48.96 | 15.8M |
Home Depot | HD | 28.34 | 28.34 | 27.85 | 27.93 | 15.5M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 28.27 | 28.46 | 27.30 | 27.33 | 15.3M |
Altria | MO | 19.24 | 19.32 | 19.12 | 19.14 | 13.7M |
Merck | MRK | 36.71 | 37.04 | 36.55 | 36.77 | 13M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 64.05 | 64.73 | 63.87 | 64.16 | 12.5M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 51.80 | 51.96 | 51.05 | 51.17 | 11.6M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 54.73 | 54.77 | 54.31 | 54.44 | 11.4M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 54.41 | 54.69 | 54.13 | 54.24 | 11.1M |
McDonald's | MCD | 62.63 | 62.85 | 61.95 | 61.97 | 10.8M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 58.09 | 58.09 | 57.16 | 57.27 | 10.1M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 63.09 | 63.36 | 62.42 | 62.56 | 9.84M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 30.80 | 30.97 | 30.30 | 30.33 | 9.51M |
Chevron | CVX | 78.61 | 78.82 | 77.73 | 77.96 | 7.62M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 63.75 | 63.99 | 62.08 | 62.20 | 7.47M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 46.41 | 47.00 | 46.18 | 46.26 | 7.4M |
Amgen | AMGN | 57.41 | 57.57 | 56.29 | 56.55 | 7.29M |
Pepsico | PEP | 63.58 | 63.59 | 62.67 | 62.76 | 6.41M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 127.60 | 128.47 | 127.25 | 127.55 | 5.76M |
Visa | V | 82.35 | 82.63 | 79.93 | 80.03 | 4.78M |
Boeing | BA | 53.99 | 54.41 | 53.51 | 53.77 | 4M |
United Technologies | UTX | 68.05 | 68.49 | 67.18 | 67.26 | 3.79M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 64.78 | 64.90 | 64.10 | 64.20 | 3.16M |
3M | MMM | 78.40 | 78.66 | 76.98 | 77.15 | 2.99M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 589.04 | 591.45 | 585.00 | 585.74 | 2.85M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 3349.50 | 3350.00 | 3291.00 | 3291.00 | 39.6K |
Exchange Rates of December 03, 2009
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 88.250 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.011 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.057 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.946 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.001 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.999 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6.827 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.146 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 132.860 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.008 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.910 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.099 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.629 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.614 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.591 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.628 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.507 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.664 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.685 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.460 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.226 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.816 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.197 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.835 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.134 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.882 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.790 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.559 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.748 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.572 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 1.655 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.604 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Chinese Yuan | 1 GBP = 11.282 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.089 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.976 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.024 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.925 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.081 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 AUD = 6.305 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.159 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 0.946 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.057 CAD |
Canadian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 CAD = 6.459 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.155 CAD |
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