Financial news on February 04, 2010
Business and Financial news
The Internet retailer has acquired Touchco, a New York start-up, according to a person briefed on the deal. Read more..
Problems with other Toyota models have owners of the Prius wondering about the safety of their own vehicles. Read more..
How do I know if I currently have the 32-bit or the 64-bit version of Windows 7, and how can I find out if my PC can run the 64-bit edition? Read more..
Ray LaHood , the plainspoken transportation secretary who told Toyota owners to stop driving the vehicles with pedal problems, became an advertisement for the virtue of remaining scripted. Read more..
Singapore has high hopes for its two new casinos, but its tight restrictions on junket operators and high entry fees for local visitors could hurt business. Read more..
President Obama ordered the rapid development of technology to capture carbon dioxide emissions from the burning of coal. Read more..
The Russian finance minister floated a new approach to catching up with the West in technology. Read more..
With laptops and expertise, volunteers organized by a group called Crisis Commons have created open-source technology tools for aid relief and recovery in Haiti. Read more..
Time Warner’s chief executive, Jeffrey L. Bewkes, said the results suggested that “industry trends are going our way.” Read more..
The government has made changes in the Troubled Asset Relief Program to get more small-business lenders to sign up. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 73.80 | 73.80 | 72.05 | 72.61 | 1.12B |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 23.41 | 23.77 | 23.10 | 23.16 | 126M |
General Electric | GE | 16.48 | 16.50 | 16.01 | 16.04 | 110M |
Pfizer | PFE | 18.35 | 18.44 | 18.01 | 18.03 | 94.3M |
Intel | INTC | 19.57 | 19.58 | 18.95 | 19.02 | 90.9M |
Microsoft | MSFT | 28.38 | 28.50 | 27.81 | 27.84 | 77.8M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 27.95 | 28.08 | 27.00 | 27.06 | 68.2M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 39.79 | 39.92 | 38.35 | 38.35 | 57.2M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 66.27 | 66.35 | 64.68 | 64.72 | 33.9M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 23.61 | 23.78 | 23.10 | 23.11 | 33.3M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 25.43 | 25.49 | 25.03 | 25.03 | 32.3M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 28.98 | 29.04 | 28.62 | 28.63 | 28.8M |
Apple | AAPL | 196.73 | 198.37 | 191.57 | 192.05 | 27.1M |
Merck | MRK | 38.39 | 38.51 | 36.82 | 37.10 | 25.3M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 15.80 | 15.95 | 15.52 | 15.52 | 22.7M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 48.19 | 48.72 | 46.98 | 47.03 | 21.7M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 53.88 | 54.30 | 52.96 | 52.97 | 21M |
Home Depot | HD | 28.24 | 28.53 | 27.84 | 27.93 | 19.8M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 54.75 | 54.75 | 53.79 | 53.82 | 19.2M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 63.49 | 63.62 | 62.62 | 62.64 | 18.4M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 49.59 | 49.60 | 47.91 | 48.16 | 17.5M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 24.31 | 24.51 | 23.90 | 23.99 | 16.7M |
Visa | V | 85.25 | 86.18 | 82.80 | 83.05 | 16.6M |
Chevron | CVX | 72.56 | 72.83 | 71.06 | 71.37 | 15.2M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 62.20 | 62.34 | 61.31 | 61.40 | 14.3M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 30.28 | 30.49 | 29.66 | 29.67 | 13.4M |
Altria | MO | 19.70 | 19.72 | 19.40 | 19.42 | 13.4M |
Amazon | AMZN | 118.64 | 120.33 | 115.74 | 115.94 | 12.8M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 47.42 | 47.46 | 46.37 | 46.47 | 11.7M |
McDonald's | MCD | 65.19 | 65.27 | 64.02 | 64.06 | 10.9M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 54.55 | 54.68 | 53.40 | 53.43 | 10.7M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 33.24 | 33.24 | 32.39 | 32.46 | 10.6M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 64.99 | 65.19 | 62.33 | 62.50 | 9.73M |
Amgen | AMGN | 58.90 | 59.06 | 57.33 | 57.53 | 9.53M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 125.19 | 125.44 | 122.90 | 123.00 | 9.13M |
Boeing | BA | 60.95 | 61.17 | 59.25 | 59.32 | 7.49M |
Pepsico | PEP | 60.83 | 60.93 | 59.62 | 59.64 | 6.92M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 537.00 | 538.00 | 525.56 | 526.78 | 6.75M |
United Technologies | UTX | 67.87 | 67.95 | 66.34 | 66.38 | 5.98M |
3M | MMM | 81.13 | 81.13 | 78.83 | 79.21 | 5.31M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 62.26 | 62.76 | 60.91 | 60.98 | 3.51M |
Exchange Rates of February 04, 2010
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 89.050 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.011 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.074 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.932 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.067 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.938 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6.828 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.146 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 122.250 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.008 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.871 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.148 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.587 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.630 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.474 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.679 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.464 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.683 EUR |
Euro | Chinese Yuan | 1 EUR = 9.376 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.107 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.712 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.404 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.298 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.771 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.205 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.830 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.197 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.835 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.822 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.549 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.692 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.591 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 1.681 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.595 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Chinese Yuan | 1 GBP = 10.745 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.093 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.928 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.078 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.922 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.085 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 AUD = 5.901 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.169 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 0.993 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.007 CAD |
Canadian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 CAD = 6.359 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.157 CAD |
Swiss Franc | Chinese Yuan | 1 CHF = 6.402 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.156 CHF |
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