Financial news on May 05, 2009
Business and Financial news
A Back to Basics Weekend With Warren Buffett
At Berkshire Hathaway’s meeting, the investor served up advice that was too commonly ignored before the credit crisis. Read more..
Gene Test for Dosage of Warfarin Is Rebuffed
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said there was not enough evidence to show that the tests improved health. Read more..
Lower Court Told to Revisit Ruling in Super Bowl Show
The Supreme Court set aside an appeals court ruling overturning CBS’s $550,000 fine levied by the F.C.C. for Janet Jackson’s “wardrobe malfunction.” Read more..
Obama Plan Leaves One Path to Lower Taxes Wide Open
Transfer pricing, a tactic multinationals use to keep profits offshore, has been a concern to the government in recent years. Read more..
Times Co. Postpones Threat to Close Boston Globe
Talks with the Boston Newspaper Guild continued, as members of the guild at the flagship New York Times newspaper voted to accept a pay cut to avoid layoffs. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
| Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
| Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 23,63 | 24,15 | 22,73 | 23,27 | 176M |
| General Electric | GE | 13,25 | 13,49 | 13,00 | 13,10 | 105M |
| Intel | INTC | 16,53 | 16,53 | 15,93 | 16,16 | 67.9M |
| Microsoft | MSFT | 20,14 | 20,24 | 19,64 | 19,79 | 66.8M |
| Pfizer | PFE | 13,99 | 14,36 | 13,93 | 14,28 | 64.3M |
| JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 35,45 | 35,95 | 34,46 | 34,82 | 63.5M |
| Cisco Systems | CSCO | 19,50 | 19,63 | 19,28 | 19,63 | 46.4M |
| Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 19,17 | 19,19 | 18,68 | 19,01 | 29.4M |
| Comcast | CMCSA | 16,46 | 17,00 | 15,91 | 16,25 | 23.7M |
| ExxonMobil | XOM | 68,08 | 68,32 | 67,16 | 67,65 | 19.9M |
| Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 50,67 | 51,38 | 49,95 | 50,46 | 19.6M |
| Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 43,20 | 44,00 | 43,13 | 43,73 | 19.5M |
| AT&T Inc. | T | 26,51 | 26,75 | 26,35 | 26,50 | 19.3M |
| Verizon Communications | VZ | 31,01 | 31,20 | 30,51 | 30,63 | 17.5M |
| Merck | MRK | 24,50 | 24,98 | 24,36 | 24,59 | 17.1M |
| Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 22,69 | 23,34 | 22,66 | 23,15 | 16.8M |
| Altria | MO | 16,25 | 16,61 | 16,06 | 16,60 | 14.9M |
| Apple | AAPL | 131,75 | 132,86 | 131,12 | 132,71 | 14.2M |
| Visa | V | 67,82 | 68,50 | 66,97 | 67,39 | 14.2M |
| UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 23,62 | 25,68 | 23,62 | 25,56 | 13.8M |
| Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 53,75 | 54,40 | 53,45 | 54,36 | 13.3M |
| ConocoPhillips | COP | 44,20 | 44,29 | 42,71 | 42,96 | 13.1M |
| HP Inc. | HPQ | 36,58 | 36,97 | 36,46 | 36,80 | 12.9M |
| Chevron | CVX | 66,76 | 66,96 | 65,39 | 65,75 | 12.7M |
| McDonald's | MCD | 53,00 | 53,65 | 52,97 | 53,16 | 12.4M |
| Procter & Gamble | PG | 50,76 | 50,99 | 49,51 | 49,79 | 12.3M |
| Pepsico | PEP | 49,13 | 49,95 | 49,12 | 49,73 | 11.6M |
| Home Depot | HD | 26,18 | 26,40 | 25,93 | 26,19 | 11.3M |
| Coca-Cola | KO | 43,32 | 43,75 | 43,02 | 43,14 | 11.2M |
| Schlumberger | SLB | 53,92 | 54,42 | 52,51 | 54,20 | 10.1M |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 19,50 | 19,86 | 19,50 | 19,68 | 10.1M |
| Boeing | BA | 41,92 | 43,25 | 41,92 | 43,15 | 7.68M |
| Union Pacific | UNP | 53,25 | 53,63 | 51,21 | 52,09 | 6.95M |
| International Business Machines | IBM | 106,00 | 106,82 | 105,51 | 105,85 | 6.75M |
| Gilead Sciences | GILD | 44,99 | 44,99 | 44,20 | 44,52 | 6.73M |
| Amgen | AMGN | 48,53 | 48,88 | 47,52 | 47,99 | 6.7M |
| Amazon | AMZN | 81,01 | 82,00 | 80,19 | 81,90 | 5.87M |
| United Technologies | UTX | 50,90 | 51,90 | 50,90 | 51,83 | 4.93M |
| Alphabet | GOOGL | 399,98 | 405,00 | 397,25 | 402,99 | 4.8M |
| 3M | MMM | 58,42 | 58,76 | 57,78 | 58,43 | 4.3M |
| Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 3100,00 | 3123,00 | 3017,00 | 3097,00 | 24.4K |
Exchange Rates of May 05, 2009
| Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
| US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 98,910 JPY | 1 JPY = 0,010 USD |
| US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1,176 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,850 USD |
| US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1,134 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,882 USD |
| US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6,819 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,147 USD |
| Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 131,660 JPY | 1 JPY = 0,008 EUR |
| Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0,884 GBP | 1 GBP = 1,131 EUR |
| Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1,797 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,557 EUR |
| Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1,566 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,639 EUR |
| Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1,509 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,663 EUR |
| Euro | Chinese Yuan | 1 EUR = 9,090 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,110 EUR |
| Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0,671 GBP | 1 GBP = 1,491 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1,364 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,733 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1,189 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,841 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1,146 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,873 JPY |
| Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2,033 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,492 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1,771 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,565 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 1,707 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,586 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Chinese Yuan | 1 GBP = 10,281 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,097 GBP |
| Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0,871 CAD | 1 CAD = 1,148 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0,840 CHF | 1 CHF = 1,191 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 AUD = 5,071 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,197 AUD |
| Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 0,964 CHF | 1 CHF = 1,038 CAD |
| Canadian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 CAD = 5,806 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,172 CAD |
| Swiss Franc | Chinese Yuan | 1 CHF = 6,017 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,166 CHF |
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