Financial news on June 04, 2009
Business and Financial news
At live events, the Ideablob Corporation encourages entrepreneurs to step up and pitch their ideas to an audience of their peers. Read more..
Moviegoers may get a dose of advocacy this month as commercials intended to spell out the perils of frivolous lawsuits come to theaters. Read more..
A federal appeals court agreed to hear an appeal of Chrysler’s sale to Fiat, after a lower court judge approved the move to help expedite the process. Read more..
The United States Court of Appeals in New York reinstated a case against Shell Nigeria, which a lower court judge dismissed last year. Read more..
I’ve started receiving files in the newer document format and have problems opening them with my older version of the program. Is there any way to open these files? Read more..
Carl C. Icahn, the billionaire activist investor, claimed a major victory in his long-running battle with Biogen Idec on Wednesday, announcing that two allies had been placed on the company’s board. Read more..
Palm’s new multitouch smartphone may be the challenger that can finally out-iPhone the iPhone. Read more..
I have a long spoken-word audio clip that’d I’d like to put online, with a series of images to go along with it. What’s the best way to do this? Read more..
Countries worldwide are paying higher interest rates on their expanding debt, which could translate into hundreds of billions of dollars more in spending. Read more..
ArcelorMittal was granted permission to cut hours by the government in Spain, which has the highest jobless rate in Europe. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 24.39 | 25.10 | 23.78 | 25.10 | 75.2M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 34.40 | 35.44 | 34.23 | 35.35 | 71M |
General Electric | GE | 13.62 | 13.75 | 13.43 | 13.75 | 58.4M |
Intel | INTC | 15.98 | 16.25 | 15.88 | 16.13 | 49.1M |
Microsoft | MSFT | 21.77 | 21.90 | 21.58 | 21.83 | 42.3M |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 19.46 | 19.81 | 19.30 | 19.67 | 40.6M |
Pfizer | PFE | 14.94 | 14.94 | 14.60 | 14.64 | 40.5M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 24.64 | 24.77 | 24.24 | 24.36 | 33M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 20.34 | 20.67 | 20.27 | 20.61 | 30.3M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 46.10 | 46.38 | 45.20 | 45.97 | 26M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 72.67 | 73.05 | 72.07 | 72.98 | 25.9M |
Merck | MRK | 27.47 | 27.55 | 26.47 | 26.58 | 22.1M |
Apple | AAPL | 140.13 | 144.18 | 140.04 | 143.74 | 19.7M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 35.73 | 36.28 | 35.48 | 36.09 | 18.9M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 14.23 | 14.50 | 14.02 | 14.47 | 18.8M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 45.18 | 45.30 | 44.35 | 44.75 | 16.7M |
Home Depot | HD | 24.39 | 24.65 | 23.75 | 24.57 | 15.8M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 50.83 | 51.00 | 50.25 | 50.87 | 15.3M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 29.68 | 29.82 | 29.45 | 29.57 | 14.8M |
Visa | V | 68.45 | 71.24 | 68.32 | 69.52 | 14.1M |
Altria | MO | 17.00 | 17.12 | 16.91 | 16.97 | 14.1M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 20.02 | 20.10 | 19.85 | 19.98 | 12.9M |
Pepsico | PEP | 54.27 | 54.90 | 53.80 | 54.82 | 12.6M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 56.36 | 56.40 | 55.47 | 55.84 | 12.2M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 25.01 | 25.22 | 24.81 | 25.14 | 11.5M |
Chevron | CVX | 68.97 | 69.85 | 68.48 | 69.79 | 11.3M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 49.14 | 49.79 | 48.71 | 49.76 | 10.9M |
McDonald's | MCD | 60.65 | 60.65 | 59.80 | 60.24 | 10.2M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 53.76 | 53.86 | 52.97 | 53.35 | 9.99M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 57.63 | 58.78 | 56.86 | 58.31 | 9.23M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 44.69 | 45.50 | 44.69 | 44.92 | 7.41M |
Boeing | BA | 48.63 | 50.91 | 48.57 | 50.57 | 7.32M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 435.30 | 441.24 | 434.50 | 440.28 | 7.27M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 27.73 | 27.93 | 27.02 | 27.27 | 6.61M |
Amgen | AMGN | 51.94 | 52.35 | 50.54 | 51.01 | 6.46M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 106.17 | 106.87 | 105.60 | 106.33 | 5.47M |
Amazon | AMZN | 85.42 | 86.40 | 84.57 | 85.52 | 5.47M |
United Technologies | UTX | 54.86 | 55.41 | 54.67 | 55.13 | 5.1M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 52.06 | 53.67 | 51.41 | 53.32 | 4.05M |
3M | MMM | 59.59 | 59.96 | 59.12 | 59.85 | 3.28M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 2935.00 | 2957.50 | 2920.00 | 2933.00 | 25.5K |
Exchange Rates of June 04, 2009
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 96.640 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.010 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.098 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.911 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.069 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.936 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6.834 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.146 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 137.020 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.007 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.878 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.139 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.767 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.566 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.557 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.642 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.516 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.660 EUR |
Euro | Chinese Yuan | 1 EUR = 9.692 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.103 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.641 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.561 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.289 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.776 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.136 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.880 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.106 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.904 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.012 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.497 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.773 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.564 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 1.726 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.580 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Chinese Yuan | 1 GBP = 11.041 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.091 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.881 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.135 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.858 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.166 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 AUD = 5.478 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.183 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 0.973 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.028 CAD |
Canadian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 CAD = 6.222 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.161 CAD |
Swiss Franc | Chinese Yuan | 1 CHF = 6.391 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.156 CHF |
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