Financial news on July 05, 2011
Business and Financial news
Opposition to naming Elizabeth Warren as chief of the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has been blunted by concerns that President Obama has yet to name anyone for the post. Read more..
The widening use of new techniques to extract oil from shale is expected to help produce petroleum in other countries, as well. Read more..
Seven habits explain why Sheila C. Bair was effective as chairwoman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. Read more..
In a fractious free-for-all, rival hackers engage in tit-for-tat attacks on each other, often for no better reason than to outwit the other guy. Read more..
Highlights from the DealBook newsletter. Read more..
Hsu Fu Chi International said Monday that it is in talks with Nestlé and other foreign companies to form a partnership, but that no deal has been reached. Read more..
In a lackluster economy, the stock market and corporate profits have been two bright spots. That could change with a string of earnings reports in coming weeks. Read more..
Greece risks being judged in default on its debt obligations if banks are forced to bear part of the pain, Standard & Poor’s said Monday. Read more..
A seatmate looked like a banker or someone in marketing. But no — she said she was in the X-rated entertainment business, and she wasn’t in production. Rather, she was a star. Read more..
The tablet computers are digital substitutes in the cockpit for about 40 pounds of reference materials needed for the flight. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 15.87 | 15.92 | 15.55 | 15.67 | 44.4M |
General Electric | GE | 19.22 | 19.25 | 18.91 | 19.04 | 41.9M |
Microsoft | MSFT | 26.10 | 26.15 | 25.90 | 26.03 | 37.8M |
Intel | INTC | 22.69 | 22.69 | 22.36 | 22.44 | 33.4M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 28.52 | 28.56 | 28.08 | 28.42 | 31.3M |
Pfizer | PFE | 20.68 | 20.80 | 20.65 | 20.78 | 31.2M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 41.51 | 41.51 | 40.97 | 41.03 | 23.8M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 33.01 | 33.14 | 32.79 | 33.06 | 21.4M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 31.74 | 31.78 | 31.56 | 31.63 | 20.9M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 81.30 | 82.12 | 81.26 | 81.60 | 18.9M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 36.78 | 37.00 | 36.27 | 36.47 | 16.4M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 25.75 | 26.14 | 25.70 | 25.97 | 13M |
Apple | AAPL | 343.00 | 349.83 | 342.50 | 349.43 | 12.7M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 37.74 | 37.86 | 37.55 | 37.82 | 12.5M |
Altria | MO | 26.49 | 26.90 | 26.40 | 26.60 | 11.8M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 53.10 | 53.30 | 52.93 | 53.16 | 10.5M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 75.91 | 76.49 | 75.53 | 75.85 | 10.3M |
Home Depot | HD | 36.63 | 36.85 | 36.43 | 36.59 | 9.94M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 67.29 | 67.67 | 67.25 | 67.62 | 9.77M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 39.77 | 40.18 | 39.60 | 39.97 | 9.45M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 64.10 | 64.50 | 63.95 | 64.26 | 9.22M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 53.34 | 53.56 | 53.02 | 53.39 | 9.21M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 29.03 | 29.21 | 28.99 | 29.16 | 9.08M |
Merck | MRK | 35.51 | 35.69 | 35.44 | 35.49 | 8.99M |
General Motors | GM | 30.87 | 31.36 | 30.58 | 30.86 | 8.84M |
Visa | V | 86.96 | 88.80 | 86.34 | 88.32 | 8.27M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 525.30 | 535.40 | 525.30 | 532.44 | 7.69M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 68.08 | 68.79 | 68.08 | 68.30 | 7.4M |
Chevron | CVX | 104.11 | 105.76 | 104.11 | 105.12 | 7.39M |
Pepsico | PEP | 69.87 | 70.45 | 69.66 | 69.77 | 7.32M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 87.37 | 88.73 | 87.15 | 88.35 | 6.14M |
McDonald's | MCD | 85.41 | 85.99 | 85.33 | 85.64 | 5.09M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 53.08 | 53.11 | 52.27 | 52.85 | 4.82M |
Amgen | AMGN | 58.18 | 58.25 | 57.68 | 57.92 | 4.64M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 173.52 | 175.43 | 173.52 | 175.43 | 4.59M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 41.88 | 41.99 | 41.43 | 41.57 | 4.44M |
United Technologies | UTX | 89.86 | 90.57 | 89.22 | 89.51 | 4.05M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 77.87 | 77.98 | 76.98 | 77.31 | 3.77M |
Amazon | AMZN | 208.76 | 214.45 | 208.73 | 213.19 | 3.59M |
Boeing | BA | 74.17 | 74.73 | 73.85 | 74.15 | 3.13M |
3M | MMM | 96.40 | 96.86 | 96.06 | 96.14 | 3.06M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 106.61 | 106.64 | 105.18 | 105.72 | 1.99M |
Exchange Rates of July 05, 2011
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 81.080 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.012 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 0.963 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.038 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 0.841 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.189 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6.468 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.155 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 116.940 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.009 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.897 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.114 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.350 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.741 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.389 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.720 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.213 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.825 EUR |
Euro | Chinese Yuan | 1 EUR = 9.330 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.107 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.767 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.303 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.154 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.867 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.187 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.842 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.037 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.964 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.503 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.665 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.547 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.646 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 1.351 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.740 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Chinese Yuan | 1 GBP = 10.389 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.096 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 1.029 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.972 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.898 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.113 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 AUD = 6.912 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.145 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 0.873 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.145 CAD |
Canadian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 CAD = 6.716 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.149 CAD |
Swiss Franc | Chinese Yuan | 1 CHF = 7.691 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.130 CHF |
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