Financial news on November 04, 2010
Business and Financial news
BHP is racking up a history of failed acquisition attempts, and some investors worry that its chief executive is chasing the wrong deals or not doing enough political groundwork to clear the way. Read more..
The JPMorgan Chase vice chairman and key lieutenant to the firm’s chief, Jamie Dimon, will leave early next year, according to an internal memorandum obtained by DealBook. Read more..
Credit Suisse, which leads a lender group owed $300 million by Tamarack Resort, says liquidating the central Idaho vacation getaway is the best way to recoup a fraction of their investment. Read more..
When it came to California’s global warming law, the state’s hedge fund and venture capital investors won the day Tuesday, The New York Times’s editorial board says. Read more..
Goldman Sachs, the New York-based bank that makes most of its money from trading and set a Wall Street pay record in 2007, slashed average compensation 26 percent in the first nine months of 2010, Bloomberg News reported. Read more..
Congress may re-examine some of the law’s provisions, and efforts to carry out the measure at the state level will probably be complicated. Read more..
Canada’s decision to reject a takeover bid for Potash could affect the country’s ability to attract capital. Read more..
A relatively new hedge fund announced its own death knell this week, citing turbulent conditions and an unfortunate bet against the market for the decision to shutter the firm. Read more..
Shares of SodaStream International surged more than 20 percent in their first day of trading on the Nasdaq Global Market Wednesday. Read more..
Swiss Reinsurance Co., the world’s second-largest reinsurer, said it has agreed to repay Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway, which injected 3 billion Swiss francs ($3.09 billion) of capital last year. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
Microsoft | MSFT | 27,41 | 27,43 | 27,01 | 27,14 | 93.6M |
General Electric | GE | 16,20 | 16,59 | 16,18 | 16,51 | 87.2M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 38,14 | 39,85 | 37,86 | 39,80 | 77.6M |
Intel | INTC | 20,66 | 21,02 | 20,56 | 20,97 | 66M |
Pfizer | PFE | 17,58 | 17,58 | 17,29 | 17,38 | 58.1M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 26,81 | 27,50 | 26,63 | 27,46 | 57.4M |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 23,92 | 24,34 | 23,89 | 24,21 | 55.9M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 29,61 | 29,82 | 29,10 | 29,47 | 35.7M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 68,40 | 69,60 | 68,29 | 69,38 | 31.2M |
Apple | AAPL | 315,45 | 320,18 | 315,03 | 318,27 | 22.9M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 29,23 | 29,49 | 29,10 | 29,44 | 22.9M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 44,13 | 44,56 | 43,81 | 44,07 | 21.6M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 20,88 | 21,19 | 20,79 | 21,06 | 21.4M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 51,37 | 51,58 | 50,72 | 50,88 | 19.3M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 36,50 | 37,16 | 36,46 | 37,03 | 16.7M |
Chevron | CVX | 84,16 | 85,31 | 83,88 | 85,14 | 16.3M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 60,08 | 61,46 | 59,81 | 61,25 | 15.9M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 33,21 | 33,54 | 33,16 | 33,52 | 14.7M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 73,84 | 75,84 | 73,64 | 75,80 | 14.4M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 61,94 | 62,65 | 61,88 | 62,45 | 13.7M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 55,00 | 55,50 | 54,95 | 55,36 | 13.2M |
Altria | MO | 25,93 | 26,15 | 25,83 | 26,15 | 13.1M |
Merck | MRK | 36,86 | 36,95 | 36,44 | 36,65 | 11.9M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 64,53 | 65,00 | 64,39 | 65,00 | 11.8M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 64,32 | 64,92 | 64,24 | 64,76 | 11.3M |
Home Depot | HD | 31,83 | 31,98 | 31,76 | 31,94 | 11.1M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 26,83 | 26,89 | 26,56 | 26,83 | 10.1M |
Pepsico | PEP | 65,74 | 65,83 | 64,50 | 65,35 | 9.98M |
Amgen | AMGN | 56,99 | 57,40 | 55,65 | 56,01 | 9.59M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 40,03 | 40,10 | 39,48 | 39,64 | 8.78M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 82,15 | 83,09 | 81,69 | 82,96 | 7.62M |
Amazon | AMZN | 169,86 | 172,53 | 168,40 | 168,93 | 7.4M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 624,64 | 629,92 | 622,10 | 624,27 | 7.13M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 37,00 | 37,05 | 36,38 | 36,80 | 6.84M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 144,82 | 146,84 | 144,71 | 146,79 | 6.62M |
3M | MMM | 86,29 | 87,87 | 86,10 | 87,04 | 6.61M |
Boeing | BA | 70,00 | 71,58 | 69,78 | 70,85 | 5.76M |
McDonald's | MCD | 79,12 | 79,47 | 78,84 | 79,18 | 5.61M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 92,49 | 92,71 | 90,82 | 91,72 | 5.53M |
United Technologies | UTX | 76,01 | 76,90 | 75,46 | 76,24 | 5.5M |
Visa | V | 79,71 | 80,10 | 79,06 | 79,99 | 5.05M |
Exchange Rates of November 04, 2010
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 80,700 JPY | 1 JPY = 0,012 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1,002 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,998 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 0,958 CHF | 1 CHF = 1,044 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6,661 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,150 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 114,780 JPY | 1 JPY = 0,009 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0,874 GBP | 1 GBP = 1,145 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1,401 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,714 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1,425 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,702 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1,362 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,734 EUR |
Euro | Chinese Yuan | 1 EUR = 9,470 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,106 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0,761 GBP | 1 GBP = 1,314 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1,220 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,820 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1,241 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,806 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1,187 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,843 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1,603 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,624 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1,630 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,613 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 1,559 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,642 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Chinese Yuan | 1 GBP = 10,832 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,092 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 1,017 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,983 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0,972 CHF | 1 CHF = 1,029 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 AUD = 6,764 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,148 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 0,955 CHF | 1 CHF = 1,047 CAD |
Canadian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 CAD = 6,647 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,150 CAD |
Swiss Franc | Chinese Yuan | 1 CHF = 6,955 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,144 CHF |
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