Financial news on April 5th, 2010
Business and Financial news
After 14 years of evaluating online rumors at Snopes.com, David and Barbara Mikkelson seem to have concluded that people are rather cavalier about the facts. Read more..
The creators of the iPhone game Doodle Jump spent Saturday with their new iPad — but they were working, not playing. Read more..
In a commencement speech, Manuel Pangilinan, one of the most respected businessmen in the Philippines, quoted Oprah Winfrey, Conan O’Brien, J. K. Rowling and President Obama, all without attribution. Read more..
The Deal Professor offers six predictions about coming financial and regulatory events in April. Read more..
Alan Greenspan on Sunday reinforced increasingly confident assessments of the Obama administration that the latest job numbers reveal a resurgent economy. Read more..
The latest moves of executives and accounts in the advertising industry. Read more..
The National Geographic Channel’s marketing stunt is borrowed from extreme reality TV — or perhaps a psychology experiment. Read more..
A device called the ToneRite slips over the strings and emits sound that is intended to mimic the physics of playing the instrument. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
| Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
| Pfizer | PFE | 17.14 | 17.14 | 16.85 | 16.90 | 68.8M |
| General Electric | GE | 18.42 | 18.65 | 18.33 | 18.53 | 55.9M |
| Intel | INTC | 22.48 | 22.65 | 22.34 | 22.59 | 34.9M |
| Cisco Systems | CSCO | 25.87 | 26.24 | 25.80 | 26.17 | 34.8M |
| Microsoft | MSFT | 29.13 | 29.43 | 29.03 | 29.27 | 34.3M |
| Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 31.49 | 31.75 | 31.26 | 31.51 | 30.8M |
| Apple | AAPL | 234.98 | 238.51 | 234.77 | 238.49 | 24.4M |
| AT&T Inc. | T | 26.30 | 26.36 | 26.13 | 26.31 | 24M |
| JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 45.28 | 45.40 | 44.79 | 45.34 | 21.3M |
| ExxonMobil | XOM | 67.84 | 68.36 | 67.72 | 68.19 | 20.9M |
| Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 25.51 | 25.74 | 25.35 | 25.58 | 19.4M |
| Verizon Communications | VZ | 31.71 | 31.71 | 31.29 | 31.46 | 18.8M |
| Comcast | CMCSA | 18.81 | 18.98 | 18.68 | 18.82 | 13.3M |
| ConocoPhillips | COP | 52.36 | 53.31 | 52.02 | 53.28 | 12.3M |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 26.94 | 26.95 | 26.56 | 26.77 | 12.3M |
| Home Depot | HD | 32.35 | 32.74 | 32.16 | 32.66 | 11.4M |
| Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 52.99 | 53.25 | 52.70 | 52.93 | 11.1M |
| Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 55.70 | 55.73 | 55.22 | 55.49 | 10.7M |
| Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 35.28 | 35.55 | 35.07 | 35.22 | 10.6M |
| Merck | MRK | 37.94 | 37.97 | 37.33 | 37.39 | 10.5M |
| HP Inc. | HPQ | 53.28 | 53.95 | 53.19 | 53.87 | 9.88M |
| Schlumberger | SLB | 65.03 | 66.23 | 64.76 | 65.77 | 9.73M |
| Coca-Cola | KO | 55.56 | 55.56 | 54.65 | 54.86 | 9.6M |
| Boeing | BA | 72.99 | 73.05 | 70.95 | 72.04 | 9.33M |
| Altria | MO | 20.89 | 20.97 | 20.84 | 20.92 | 9.02M |
| Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 65.77 | 65.89 | 65.38 | 65.40 | 8.62M |
| Procter & Gamble | PG | 63.39 | 63.89 | 63.30 | 63.76 | 8.58M |
| Chevron | CVX | 76.97 | 77.75 | 76.73 | 77.66 | 8.11M |
| Pepsico | PEP | 66.68 | 66.68 | 65.83 | 65.98 | 6.73M |
| UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 33.12 | 33.22 | 32.77 | 33.14 | 6.72M |
| Gilead Sciences | GILD | 46.03 | 46.19 | 45.41 | 45.84 | 6.34M |
| Amazon | AMZN | 132.85 | 133.74 | 130.78 | 131.49 | 5.82M |
| McDonald's | MCD | 67.76 | 68.20 | 67.76 | 68.03 | 4.88M |
| United Technologies | UTX | 74.32 | 74.95 | 74.22 | 74.85 | 4.5M |
| International Business Machines | IBM | 128.38 | 129.80 | 128.14 | 129.35 | 4.12M |
| Visa | V | 93.05 | 93.20 | 92.10 | 92.47 | 3.84M |
| Alphabet | GOOGL | 570.90 | 574.88 | 569.00 | 571.01 | 3.8M |
| Amgen | AMGN | 60.74 | 60.89 | 60.27 | 60.42 | 3.68M |
| Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 81.92 | 81.95 | 81.00 | 81.16 | 3.6M |
| Union Pacific | UNP | 73.77 | 74.26 | 73.16 | 73.81 | 3.35M |
| 3M | MMM | 84.22 | 84.48 | 83.58 | 84.19 | 2.6M |
Exchange Rates of April 5th, 2010
| Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
| US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 94.330 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.011 USD |
| US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.002 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.998 USD |
| US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.062 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.941 USD |
| US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6.827 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.146 USD |
| Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 127.190 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.008 EUR |
| Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.882 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.134 EUR |
| Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.463 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.683 EUR |
| Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.350 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.741 EUR |
| Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.432 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.698 EUR |
| Euro | Chinese Yuan | 1 EUR = 9.205 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.109 EUR |
| Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.693 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.443 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.150 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.870 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.061 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.942 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.126 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.888 JPY |
| Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.660 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.603 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.531 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.653 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 1.624 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.616 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Chinese Yuan | 1 GBP = 10.428 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.096 GBP |
| Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.923 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.084 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.978 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.023 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 AUD = 6.289 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.159 AUD |
| Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 1.060 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.943 CAD |
| Canadian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 CAD = 6.813 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.147 CAD |
| Swiss Franc | Chinese Yuan | 1 CHF = 6.425 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.156 CHF |
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