Financial news on December 04, 2013
Business and Financial news
United States Court of Appeals rules employers can require their workers to sign arbitration agreements waiving all rights to class-action lawsuits over workplace grievances; ruling, overturning National Labor Relations Board decision, limits the legal exposure of companies from the rising cost of suits over unpaid overtime and other wage violations. Read more..
Led by Andy Rubin, who built the Android software, Google has acquired seven companies with hopes to automate manufacturing and even rival Amazon in retail delivery. Read more..
United Cerebral Palsy of New York City is selling its Gramercy Park headquarters for $135 million and is following trend of nonprofits moving from owning a building to leasing space. Read more..
Vietnam’s beleaguered property market is bottoming out, and the government is pledging to reform the banking sector, but doubts remain over whether it can hit pre-2008 peaks. Read more..
Little-known Food and Drug Administration regulation, known as the humanitarian device exemption, allows sale of some devices to treat small groups of patients without requiring proof that the devices work, or any rigorous study of the medical results; critics say ineffective products approved under exemption can be sold for years while potentially lifesaving ones may never prove their worth. Read more..
Notable properties that have been recently listed for sale, sold or leased. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
FB | 46.46 | 48.77 | 46.26 | 48.62 | 60.9M | |
Microsoft | MSFT | 38.21 | 38.98 | 38.12 | 38.94 | 52M |
General Electric | GE | 26.34 | 26.66 | 26.20 | 26.64 | 44.9M |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 21.09 | 21.35 | 21.07 | 21.25 | 44.5M |
Intel | INTC | 23.54 | 23.85 | 23.52 | 23.74 | 43.5M |
General Motors | GM | 38.53 | 39.62 | 38.12 | 38.71 | 39.7M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 28.05 | 28.70 | 27.99 | 28.13 | 34.1M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 34.34 | 34.65 | 34.20 | 34.60 | 27.2M |
Pfizer | PFE | 31.11 | 31.43 | 31.00 | 31.27 | 23.8M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 56.44 | 57.47 | 56.21 | 57.19 | 20.3M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 34.90 | 35.18 | 34.82 | 35.07 | 20M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 43.40 | 44.07 | 43.34 | 43.75 | 18M |
Apple | AAPL | 565.50 | 569.19 | 560.82 | 565.00 | 13.5M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 40.20 | 40.47 | 39.94 | 40.37 | 13.2M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 94.19 | 94.90 | 93.92 | 94.67 | 13.1M |
Merck | MRK | 49.60 | 49.65 | 48.82 | 49.31 | 11.5M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 72.02 | 72.89 | 71.50 | 72.47 | 11.2M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 49.32 | 49.79 | 49.10 | 49.37 | 10.7M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 48.71 | 49.25 | 48.25 | 48.88 | 9.69M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 50.65 | 51.54 | 50.52 | 51.08 | 8.18M |
Altria | MO | 37.00 | 37.33 | 36.92 | 37.23 | 7.98M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 80.64 | 81.37 | 79.91 | 80.22 | 7.64M |
Home Depot | HD | 78.15 | 78.75 | 77.70 | 78.40 | 7.15M |
Pepsico | PEP | 83.02 | 83.02 | 82.11 | 82.65 | 6.82M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 83.38 | 83.49 | 82.59 | 83.35 | 6.81M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 87.37 | 87.90 | 86.50 | 87.28 | 6.69M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 93.76 | 94.25 | 93.13 | 93.63 | 6.22M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 73.02 | 74.41 | 72.54 | 73.65 | 5.55M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 72.34 | 72.62 | 71.12 | 71.41 | 5.4M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 175.37 | 177.50 | 175.16 | 175.74 | 5.27M |
Boeing | BA | 131.73 | 132.15 | 130.55 | 131.50 | 5.14M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 37.35 | 37.85 | 37.08 | 37.36 | 5.09M |
McDonald's | MCD | 95.66 | 96.13 | 95.36 | 95.71 | 4.95M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 69.42 | 70.48 | 69.32 | 69.97 | 4.88M |
Chevron | CVX | 122.10 | 122.83 | 121.19 | 121.77 | 4.39M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 114.35 | 115.58 | 114.00 | 115.30 | 3.68M |
3M | MMM | 125.95 | 127.59 | 125.49 | 126.46 | 3.45M |
Visa | V | 201.78 | 203.33 | 201.08 | 202.74 | 2.93M |
United Technologies | UTX | 109.34 | 109.56 | 107.99 | 108.94 | 2.51M |
Amgen | AMGN | 112.74 | 113.54 | 112.04 | 113.07 | 2.43M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 1051.37 | 1063.98 | 1050.00 | 1058.18 | 2.38M |
Amazon | AMZN | 383.50 | 389.69 | 381.49 | 385.96 | 2.36M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 162.07 | 162.86 | 160.02 | 161.39 | 1.5M |
Exchange Rates of December 04, 2013
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 102.340 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.010 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.068 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.936 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 0.902 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.108 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6.092 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.164 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 139.110 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.007 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.830 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.205 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.505 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.664 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.452 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.689 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.227 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.815 EUR |
Euro | Chinese Yuan | 1 EUR = 8.279 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.121 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.596 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.678 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.081 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.925 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.043 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.958 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 0.882 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.134 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.814 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.551 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.750 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.572 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 1.478 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.677 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Chinese Yuan | 1 GBP = 9.979 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.100 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.965 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.037 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.815 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.228 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 AUD = 5.500 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.182 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 0.844 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.185 CAD |
Canadian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 CAD = 5.702 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.175 CAD |
Swiss Franc | Chinese Yuan | 1 CHF = 6.750 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.148 CHF |
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