Financial news on September 3rd, 2008
Business and Financial news
Abu Dhabi Media, flush with oil cash, is adding to the $1 billion deal it announced with Warner Brothers last year, and is putting another billion in a new movie business. Read more..
Results about the promising gout treatment Arcalyst come from a midstage trial involving a limited number of patients, but a larger study is planned for next year. Read more..
Interest for wind turbines small enough to mount on a roof is spreading from coast to coast, even though their installation is hardly ever recouped in electricity savings. Read more..
Oil prices are falling but manufacturers have not dropped oil-related price increases they made this year. Read more..
Soccer may not yet compare with blue chip stocks. But the intense interest in the soccer club Manchester City illustrates the appeal of these visible assets for foreign investors. Read more..
For some small-business owners, having a trusted set of outside advisers is as integral as the business plan. Read more..
Mr. Birla established one of India’s biggest business conglomerates, with interests in industries like sugar, fertilizers, chemicals, heavy engineering, and many others. Read more..
The Dow responded by soaring more than 200 points in morning trading, but the markets gave up their gains. Read more..
Mr. Bata made the company founded by his father so pervasive that it became a generic noun for shoe in some parts of the developing world, particularly in Africa. Read more..
Despite having a woman as head of government, Germany has one of the widest gender wage gaps in Europe. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
Intel | INTC | 22.41 | 22.59 | 21.51 | 21.54 | 73.8M |
Microsoft | MSFT | 27.01 | 27.18 | 26.84 | 26.90 | 57.1M |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 23.55 | 23.74 | 23.15 | 23.31 | 44.6M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 21.47 | 21.57 | 21.01 | 21.19 | 40.6M |
Home Depot | HD | 27.94 | 29.40 | 27.91 | 29.33 | 39.1M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 31.12 | 31.39 | 30.58 | 31.01 | 38M |
General Electric | GE | 28.45 | 28.69 | 28.30 | 28.57 | 37.1M |
Pfizer | PFE | 19.17 | 19.36 | 19.05 | 19.20 | 30.3M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 38.91 | 39.75 | 38.44 | 39.71 | 28.8M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 77.01 | 78.60 | 77.01 | 78.02 | 27M |
Apple | AAPL | 166.84 | 168.68 | 164.00 | 166.96 | 26.2M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 21.15 | 21.63 | 21.07 | 21.55 | 20.5M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 32.12 | 32.68 | 32.10 | 32.42 | 19.5M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 45.81 | 46.26 | 44.55 | 45.09 | 19M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 78.71 | 79.51 | 77.67 | 79.09 | 17.7M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 59.59 | 60.23 | 59.16 | 59.79 | 15.8M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 35.69 | 35.98 | 35.48 | 35.70 | 14M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 58.80 | 59.30 | 57.75 | 57.93 | 12.6M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 89.95 | 91.48 | 86.22 | 88.65 | 12.5M |
Altria | MO | 21.35 | 21.61 | 21.06 | 21.26 | 11.9M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 118.34 | 118.65 | 115.15 | 118.34 | 11.3M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 51.66 | 52.04 | 51.27 | 51.66 | 11.2M |
Chevron | CVX | 83.10 | 84.44 | 82.94 | 84.18 | 10.8M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 70.42 | 71.50 | 70.18 | 71.42 | 10.4M |
McDonald's | MCD | 63.13 | 63.15 | 61.20 | 61.72 | 10.1M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 71.67 | 71.90 | 71.31 | 71.51 | 9.84M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 32.32 | 32.54 | 31.97 | 32.51 | 9.55M |
Merck | MRK | 34.80 | 34.87 | 34.06 | 34.67 | 9.02M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 50.57 | 51.51 | 50.21 | 51.38 | 8.97M |
Visa | V | 74.56 | 75.34 | 72.07 | 73.05 | 8.85M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 468.20 | 474.29 | 459.58 | 464.41 | 8.62M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 21.44 | 21.60 | 21.26 | 21.54 | 8.21M |
Amgen | AMGN | 62.67 | 63.23 | 62.06 | 63.10 | 7.21M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 82.03 | 83.03 | 79.53 | 80.55 | 6.71M |
United Technologies | UTX | 67.80 | 67.80 | 66.30 | 67.42 | 5.82M |
Amazon | AMZN | 81.40 | 82.00 | 80.02 | 80.77 | 5.74M |
3M | MMM | 70.31 | 71.30 | 69.79 | 70.83 | 5.71M |
Boeing | BA | 65.69 | 67.08 | 64.14 | 66.07 | 5.25M |
Pepsico | PEP | 68.95 | 69.30 | 68.48 | 69.19 | 5.21M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 29.18 | 29.80 | 28.98 | 29.68 | 5.11M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 3998.00 | 4014.50 | 3938.00 | 4014.50 | 17.8K |
Exchange Rates of September 3rd, 2008
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 108.220 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.009 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.061 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.942 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.106 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.904 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6.843 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.146 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 156.820 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.006 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.816 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.225 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.734 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.577 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.538 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.650 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.603 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.624 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.520 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.922 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.105 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.905 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 0.980 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.020 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.022 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.979 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.124 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.471 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.883 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.531 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 1.963 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.509 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.886 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.129 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.924 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.083 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 1.042 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.960 CAD |
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