Financial news on January 5th, 2010
Business and Financial news
Owners at four high-end resorts are seeking $24 billion from Credit Suisse and Cushman & Wakefield, claiming they knowingly inflated the value of resort projects. Read more..
This period might be called the Great Ambiguity — a time of debate over the clarity of economic indicators and the staying power of apparent gains. Read more..
The Nexus One has cool features and clunky ones, but in the end, we should root for the success of the Google Store. Read more..
The former banker had asked for the delay, saying he was ready to further cooperate with authorities in their pursuit of tax cheats. Read more..
Stocks bolted higher as a report showed that manufacturing activity rose for a fifth month. Read more..
Kellogg began an ad campaign on Monday that pitched the Special K Challenge to women but, in a twist, never showed the cereal in the spot. Read more..
Encouragement never hurts, so why don’t we begin the new year with some wise advice from the successful about how they got that way?. Read more..
After the failed bombing of an airliner, even a winged pet is subject to scrutiny at the airport security checkpoint. Read more..
Tax inspectors are taking aim at transfer pricing, an arcane area that involves calculating how much profit is made by a company in each country. Read more..
After the big losses in the financial crash, banks’ returns should be lower. But if returns fall too far, the results could be severe. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
General Electric | GE | 15.46 | 15.67 | 15.45 | 15.53 | 64.6M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 27.27 | 28.24 | 27.24 | 28.07 | 55.4M |
Intel | INTC | 20.94 | 20.99 | 20.60 | 20.87 | 52.4M |
Microsoft | MSFT | 30.85 | 31.10 | 30.64 | 30.96 | 49.7M |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 24.60 | 24.73 | 24.38 | 24.58 | 45.1M |
Pfizer | PFE | 18.92 | 18.93 | 18.55 | 18.66 | 43.4M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 42.79 | 43.84 | 42.78 | 43.68 | 41.2M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 28.70 | 28.73 | 28.35 | 28.44 | 35.2M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 69.19 | 69.45 | 68.80 | 69.42 | 30.2M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 24.72 | 24.85 | 24.35 | 24.82 | 28.7M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 33.37 | 33.40 | 32.78 | 32.86 | 23.7M |
Apple | AAPL | 214.60 | 215.59 | 213.25 | 214.38 | 21.5M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 16.93 | 16.98 | 16.55 | 16.74 | 17.7M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 25.51 | 25.55 | 25.01 | 25.23 | 17M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 54.09 | 54.19 | 53.57 | 53.69 | 15.6M |
Home Depot | HD | 28.73 | 28.99 | 28.29 | 28.88 | 15.6M |
Merck | MRK | 37.30 | 37.45 | 36.93 | 37.16 | 14.7M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 52.14 | 52.74 | 52.10 | 52.67 | 13.1M |
Altria | MO | 19.81 | 19.85 | 19.67 | 19.80 | 11.7M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 56.85 | 56.99 | 56.14 | 56.35 | 11.6M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 31.73 | 31.97 | 31.28 | 31.48 | 11.2M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 64.58 | 64.62 | 63.82 | 63.93 | 10.7M |
Chevron | CVX | 79.22 | 79.62 | 78.72 | 79.62 | 10.6M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 54.47 | 54.47 | 53.75 | 54.02 | 10.6M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 43.36 | 43.41 | 42.70 | 43.26 | 10.4M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 32.07 | 32.16 | 31.70 | 31.99 | 10.3M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 52.65 | 52.77 | 52.21 | 52.63 | 10.1M |
Pepsico | PEP | 61.00 | 62.10 | 60.90 | 61.98 | 8.89M |
Boeing | BA | 56.25 | 58.28 | 56.00 | 58.02 | 8.87M |
Amazon | AMZN | 133.43 | 135.48 | 131.81 | 134.69 | 8.85M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 61.13 | 61.28 | 60.60 | 61.14 | 8.65M |
Amgen | AMGN | 57.33 | 57.69 | 56.27 | 57.22 | 7.88M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 66.99 | 67.62 | 66.73 | 67.30 | 7.37M |
McDonald's | MCD | 62.66 | 62.75 | 62.19 | 62.30 | 7.1M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 131.68 | 131.85 | 130.10 | 130.85 | 6.84M |
Visa | V | 87.30 | 87.53 | 86.00 | 87.13 | 6.46M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 627.18 | 627.84 | 621.54 | 623.99 | 6M |
United Technologies | UTX | 71.64 | 71.64 | 70.28 | 70.56 | 5M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 65.56 | 66.80 | 65.34 | 66.30 | 3.37M |
3M | MMM | 82.80 | 83.23 | 81.70 | 82.50 | 2.85M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 3319.50 | 3329.50 | 3307.50 | 3327.00 | 26.2K |
Exchange Rates of January 5th, 2010
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 91.670 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.011 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.039 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.963 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.034 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.967 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6.827 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.146 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 131.690 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.008 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.898 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.113 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.574 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.635 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.492 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.670 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.485 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.673 EUR |
Euro | Chinese Yuan | 1 EUR = 9.808 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.102 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.682 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.467 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.195 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.837 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.133 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.883 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.127 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.887 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.752 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.571 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.661 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.602 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 1.653 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.605 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Chinese Yuan | 1 GBP = 10.913 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.092 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.948 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.055 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.943 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.060 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 AUD = 6.229 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.161 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 0.995 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.005 CAD |
Canadian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 CAD = 6.575 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.152 CAD |
Swiss Franc | Chinese Yuan | 1 CHF = 6.605 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.151 CHF |
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