Financial news on September 5th, 2008
Business and Financial news
Madison Avenue is taking notice of the attraction magazine covers attract, creating advertisements that are designed to look like them. Read more..
ESPN is debuting new technology with Electronic Arts that would allow sports commentators to interact with three-dimensional virtual players. Read more..
Investors pushed the Dow Jones industrials down 345 points after the government and retailers added more bad economic news. Read more..
BP agreed to replace the American head of its Russian joint venture and surrender some control on the board to resolve a bitter dispute with its Russian partners. Read more..
In the past week, three British companies have announced plans to move abroad before the end of the year, unhappy about a lack of clarity about tax rules and eager to cut their tax bill. Read more..
What students about to take out their first loan should know. Read more..
The ailing Wall Street bank is working toward a radical solution in its fight for survival: Splitting itself into a “good” bank and a “bad” one. Read more..
The attorney general is preparing a lawsuit against Goal Financial, charging that the lender broke laws by luring borrowers with cash and gifts and that it misled consumers about loan terms. Read more..
Some policy makers are starting to suggest that the best way to influence the Kremlin would be to put more pressure on the Russian business community in Europe. Read more..
Both the European Central Bank and the Bank of England kept their key interest rates unchanged Thursday amid concerns of high inflation and a slowing economy. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
Microsoft | MSFT | 26,03 | 26,22 | 25,63 | 25,65 | 82.3M |
Intel | INTC | 20,35 | 20,84 | 20,15 | 20,61 | 67.4M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 29,57 | 31,34 | 28,79 | 31,20 | 52.6M |
General Electric | GE | 27,49 | 27,93 | 27,39 | 27,88 | 50.1M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 19,72 | 20,32 | 19,70 | 20,07 | 47.2M |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 22,09 | 22,67 | 22,07 | 22,26 | 46.2M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 37,50 | 39,75 | 37,35 | 39,60 | 42.1M |
Pfizer | PFE | 18,62 | 18,84 | 18,45 | 18,51 | 41M |
Apple | AAPL | 158,59 | 162,40 | 157,65 | 160,18 | 28.1M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 76,00 | 76,39 | 74,69 | 75,62 | 27.9M |
Home Depot | HD | 28,32 | 28,79 | 28,03 | 28,59 | 25.1M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 31,36 | 31,74 | 31,02 | 31,50 | 22.9M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 59,40 | 60,88 | 59,02 | 60,74 | 22.8M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 20,89 | 21,05 | 20,41 | 20,61 | 21.2M |
Altria | MO | 20,74 | 21,19 | 20,71 | 20,95 | 18.1M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 76,54 | 77,11 | 73,61 | 75,43 | 17.9M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 44,11 | 45,14 | 43,98 | 44,96 | 17.6M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 34,03 | 34,25 | 33,51 | 34,08 | 15.9M |
Chevron | CVX | 81,00 | 81,73 | 79,11 | 80,22 | 15.5M |
Merck | MRK | 33,86 | 34,37 | 33,59 | 34,30 | 15.4M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 56,21 | 57,19 | 55,96 | 57,01 | 12.9M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 49,48 | 49,51 | 47,84 | 47,85 | 12.8M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 70,39 | 71,07 | 69,73 | 70,78 | 11.6M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 86,86 | 87,45 | 83,89 | 85,79 | 11M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 27,90 | 28,01 | 27,23 | 27,71 | 10.9M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 70,39 | 71,07 | 70,31 | 70,67 | 10.7M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 21,41 | 21,53 | 21,13 | 21,49 | 10.3M |
Visa | V | 69,97 | 71,98 | 69,25 | 71,76 | 10.2M |
Amgen | AMGN | 60,49 | 61,22 | 59,63 | 60,41 | 9.76M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 51,69 | 52,11 | 51,48 | 51,93 | 9.14M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 445,49 | 452,46 | 440,08 | 444,25 | 9.06M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 31,45 | 31,55 | 30,87 | 31,36 | 9.01M |
McDonald's | MCD | 59,79 | 60,47 | 59,56 | 60,30 | 8.91M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 114,15 | 115,09 | 113,17 | 114,33 | 8.81M |
Amazon | AMZN | 77,34 | 80,72 | 77,08 | 79,19 | 8.07M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 75,24 | 75,58 | 72,28 | 75,46 | 7.74M |
United Technologies | UTX | 64,48 | 65,07 | 63,68 | 64,08 | 6.8M |
Pepsico | PEP | 68,14 | 69,15 | 68,14 | 68,92 | 6.16M |
Boeing | BA | 62,52 | 63,49 | 61,89 | 62,89 | 5.61M |
3M | MMM | 69,49 | 69,75 | 68,51 | 69,19 | 5.45M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 3930,00 | 3939,00 | 3889,00 | 3912,00 | 16.4K |
Exchange Rates of September 5th, 2008
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 107,720 JPY | 1 JPY = 0,009 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1,062 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,942 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1,118 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,894 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6,843 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,146 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 153,740 JPY | 1 JPY = 0,007 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0,808 GBP | 1 GBP = 1,238 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1,748 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,572 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1,515 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,660 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1,595 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,627 EUR |
Euro | Chinese Yuan | 1 EUR = 9,764 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,102 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0,525 GBP | 1 GBP = 1,904 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1,137 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,880 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 0,986 CAD | 1 CAD = 1,015 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1,038 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,963 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2,163 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,462 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1,876 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,533 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 1,974 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,506 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0,866 CAD | 1 CAD = 1,155 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0,912 CHF | 1 CHF = 1,096 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 AUD = 5,581 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,179 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 1,052 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,951 CAD |
Canadian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 CAD = 6,444 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,155 CAD |
Swiss Franc | Chinese Yuan | 1 CHF = 6,118 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,163 CHF |
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