Financial news on March 4th, 2010
Business and Financial news
Robert A. Lutz, 78, who had said earlier that he had not plans to leave, now says he is ready to retire. Read more..
Investigators want an aviation group to consider a requirement that airlines send flight information to a receiver other than the black boxes. Read more..
Researchers estimated that within five years of an implant, 1 percent of all resurfacing patients could experience damage to soft tissue. Read more..
Easy pickings from the credit bubble’s bursting may be gone, but the activist shareholders remain a formidable bunch. Read more..
Warning letters went out over claims about Gerber baby food, Juicy Juice, Dreyer’s ice cream, POM pomegranate juice and Gorton’s fish fillets. Read more..
The icon on my iPod Touch shows that I’m connected to my home wireless network, but I can’t open Web pages or do e-mail. What do I do? Read more..
Carmakers are increasingly rolling out small, stylish cars with accoutrements normally found in high-end vehicles. Read more..
The French and Japanese carmakers said that they will continue seeking ways to cooperate. Read more..
Apple’s patent suit against HTC will not cause major problems for the Taiwan technology company in the short term, analysts said. But it could strain its relations with partners in the U.S. market. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
Intel | INTC | 20.60 | 20.61 | 20.26 | 20.53 | 62.8M |
Pfizer | PFE | 17.32 | 17.40 | 17.22 | 17.33 | 56.9M |
General Electric | GE | 16.03 | 16.16 | 15.97 | 16.11 | 47.1M |
Microsoft | MSFT | 28.46 | 28.65 | 28.27 | 28.63 | 42.9M |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 24.84 | 24.98 | 24.66 | 24.95 | 40.3M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 28.35 | 28.57 | 28.21 | 28.43 | 30.9M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 24.89 | 25.00 | 24.80 | 24.96 | 28.7M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 41.91 | 42.08 | 41.66 | 41.92 | 25.5M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 32.00 | 32.85 | 31.93 | 32.57 | 23.1M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 65.43 | 65.63 | 65.08 | 65.40 | 22M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 24.47 | 24.86 | 24.28 | 24.76 | 20.9M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 34.10 | 34.10 | 32.42 | 32.95 | 17.4M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 17.00 | 17.20 | 16.94 | 17.17 | 15.6M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 54.70 | 55.04 | 54.32 | 54.47 | 14.5M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 24.38 | 24.49 | 24.34 | 24.47 | 14.2M |
Altria | MO | 20.35 | 20.44 | 20.28 | 20.42 | 14.1M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 29.13 | 29.42 | 29.10 | 29.27 | 14M |
Home Depot | HD | 31.47 | 31.58 | 31.30 | 31.44 | 13.8M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 49.38 | 49.54 | 49.09 | 49.34 | 13.6M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 54.08 | 54.50 | 53.91 | 54.08 | 13.3M |
Apple | AAPL | 209.28 | 210.92 | 208.63 | 210.71 | 13.1M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 63.23 | 63.73 | 62.27 | 62.88 | 13M |
Merck | MRK | 37.21 | 37.38 | 36.88 | 37.14 | 11.9M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 54.02 | 54.09 | 53.75 | 53.96 | 11.2M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 47.37 | 47.41 | 46.73 | 47.06 | 9.95M |
Chevron | CVX | 73.13 | 73.50 | 72.71 | 73.08 | 9.42M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 63.55 | 64.15 | 63.41 | 63.67 | 8.6M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 83.10 | 83.33 | 82.42 | 82.68 | 8.27M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 51.10 | 51.57 | 51.04 | 51.51 | 8.08M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 63.40 | 63.70 | 63.37 | 63.57 | 8.07M |
Pepsico | PEP | 63.98 | 64.50 | 63.96 | 64.11 | 7.83M |
Boeing | BA | 65.09 | 65.80 | 64.85 | 65.55 | 7.72M |
Amazon | AMZN | 125.96 | 128.85 | 125.57 | 128.53 | 7.51M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 546.50 | 556.13 | 546.20 | 554.59 | 6.36M |
Amgen | AMGN | 57.01 | 57.08 | 56.37 | 56.77 | 6.13M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 126.88 | 127.07 | 125.47 | 126.72 | 6.03M |
McDonald's | MCD | 63.63 | 63.79 | 63.30 | 63.43 | 5.96M |
United Technologies | UTX | 69.66 | 70.79 | 69.64 | 70.37 | 5.65M |
Visa | V | 86.80 | 87.45 | 86.13 | 87.04 | 3.64M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 67.21 | 68.40 | 67.05 | 68.06 | 3.31M |
3M | MMM | 81.00 | 81.36 | 80.57 | 81.02 | 2.62M |
Exchange Rates of March 4th, 2010
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 89.030 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.011 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.031 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.970 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.077 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.929 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6.827 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.146 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 120.900 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.008 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.903 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.107 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.509 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.663 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.400 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.714 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.463 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.684 EUR |
Euro | Chinese Yuan | 1 EUR = 9.271 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.108 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.747 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.339 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.247 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.802 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.158 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.863 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.210 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.827 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.670 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.599 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.550 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.645 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 1.619 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.618 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Chinese Yuan | 1 GBP = 10.253 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.098 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.928 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.077 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.969 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.032 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 AUD = 6.148 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.163 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 1.044 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.958 CAD |
Canadian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 CAD = 6.620 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.151 CAD |
Swiss Franc | Chinese Yuan | 1 CHF = 6.337 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.158 CHF |
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