Financial news on March 4th, 2009
Business and Financial news
Sales were down 53 percent at G.M., 48 percent at Ford and 40 percent at Toyota from February 2008. Read more..
Suggestions for maintaining an empty in-box, a goal that has tantalized many since the dawn of e-mail. Read more..
Tenants could be at risk of losing their space or money if the building’s owner defaults on a mortgage. Read more..
European producers have complained to trade regulators that their counterparts in the United States benefit from both U.S. and European subsidies. Read more..
T-Mobile is introducing the Samsung Memoir, the first 8-megapixel phone camera in the United States. Photos are excellent, but there’s a lot of mediocrity. Read more..
The auto financing arm of Toyota could be an early beneficiary. Reports say it is seeking a $2 billion loan. Read more..
An old sand and gravel pit will be redeveloped to include multifamily housing units, retail shops and some commercial office space. Read more..
The steps the Food and Drug Administration has taken to more closely supervise the supplement industry do not go far enough, the report by the Government Accountability Office said. Read more..
Next of kin usually have no obligation to assume debts owed by the deceased, but collectors may still call. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
General Electric | GE | 7.23 | 7.25 | 5.73 | 6.69 | 753M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 11.31 | 11.32 | 8.94 | 9.66 | 237M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 21.74 | 21.74 | 18.80 | 19.30 | 145M |
Pfizer | PFE | 12.11 | 12.70 | 11.93 | 12.50 | 90.5M |
Intel | INTC | 12.70 | 13.05 | 12.36 | 12.76 | 84.4M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 15.40 | 15.48 | 14.85 | 14.96 | 71.3M |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 14.65 | 15.52 | 14.63 | 15.25 | 69.6M |
Microsoft | MSFT | 16.10 | 16.40 | 15.89 | 16.12 | 69.3M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 65.50 | 66.54 | 64.79 | 65.68 | 51.5M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 23.07 | 23.43 | 22.55 | 23.00 | 37.3M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 47.96 | 49.20 | 47.15 | 48.49 | 31.8M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 18.11 | 18.51 | 17.62 | 17.96 | 30.5M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 12.64 | 12.94 | 12.37 | 12.74 | 28.6M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 28.99 | 29.18 | 28.25 | 28.65 | 26.7M |
Apple | AAPL | 90.24 | 92.77 | 89.45 | 91.17 | 26.5M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 46.50 | 47.86 | 45.53 | 47.18 | 24.7M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 47.78 | 49.37 | 47.39 | 49.10 | 24.3M |
Altria | MO | 14.88 | 15.22 | 14.58 | 15.07 | 23.4M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 17.87 | 18.74 | 17.50 | 18.49 | 23.2M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 36.58 | 37.85 | 36.15 | 37.05 | 22.2M |
Home Depot | HD | 18.99 | 19.37 | 18.70 | 19.01 | 22.1M |
Merck | MRK | 23.21 | 23.53 | 22.44 | 23.17 | 21.6M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 27.77 | 28.60 | 27.16 | 28.15 | 20.3M |
Chevron | CVX | 59.06 | 60.44 | 58.85 | 59.28 | 19.1M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 39.28 | 40.32 | 38.84 | 39.73 | 16.9M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 16.52 | 17.22 | 16.09 | 16.94 | 15.8M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 46.93 | 48.00 | 46.67 | 47.31 | 15.7M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 323.16 | 329.00 | 315.38 | 318.92 | 15.6M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 37.14 | 39.96 | 36.84 | 38.83 | 15.5M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 88.97 | 91.24 | 87.60 | 89.49 | 15.4M |
Amazon | AMZN | 62.80 | 65.79 | 62.40 | 64.81 | 12M |
Boeing | BA | 29.86 | 30.78 | 29.11 | 30.31 | 11.6M |
McDonald's | MCD | 53.10 | 53.70 | 52.29 | 53.15 | 11.6M |
Pepsico | PEP | 48.75 | 48.94 | 47.00 | 47.60 | 10.6M |
United Technologies | UTX | 39.17 | 39.84 | 38.88 | 39.16 | 9.74M |
3M | MMM | 43.88 | 45.43 | 43.60 | 44.82 | 9.04M |
Amgen | AMGN | 48.05 | 49.45 | 47.73 | 48.59 | 8.99M |
Visa | V | 55.00 | 55.87 | 53.90 | 55.29 | 8.94M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 45.34 | 46.00 | 44.60 | 45.37 | 8.7M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 37.18 | 38.55 | 36.53 | 37.96 | 6.01M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 2433.00 | 2490.00 | 2340.00 | 2450.00 | 62K |
Exchange Rates of March 4th, 2009
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 99.160 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.010 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.273 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.785 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.167 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.857 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6.844 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.146 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 125.480 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.008 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.892 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.122 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.948 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.513 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.611 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.621 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.477 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.677 EUR |
Euro | Chinese Yuan | 1 EUR = 8.660 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.115 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.710 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.408 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.552 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.644 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.283 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.779 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.177 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.849 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.184 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.458 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.807 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.553 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 1.657 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.604 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Chinese Yuan | 1 GBP = 9.700 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.103 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.827 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.210 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.758 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.320 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 AUD = 4.445 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.225 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 0.917 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.091 CAD |
Canadian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 CAD = 5.369 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.186 CAD |
Swiss Franc | Chinese Yuan | 1 CHF = 5.852 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.171 CHF |
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