Financial news on April 6th, 2009, stock quotes, exchange rates

Financial news on April 6th, 2009

Business and Financial news

Hong Kong Court Approves PCCW Privatization Plan

The ruling cleared the way for one of Hong Kong’s most prominent businessmen, Richard Li, to assume full control over the telecommunications giant. Read more..

By BETTINA WASSENER - International Herald Tribune

People and Accounts of Note

AbelsonTaylor, Chicago, promoted three employees. Paul Tursky and Holly Wright, account supervisors, become senior account supervisors. And Rich Campbell, senior account executive, becomes account supervisor. Read more..

By THE NEW YORK TIMES - The New York Times

Pixar’s Art Leaves Profit Watchers Edgy

“Up,” the latest film from Pixar Animation Studios, is expected to be a critical and commercial success, but Wall Street has its doubts. Read more..

By BROOKS BARNES - The New York Times

Vanity Fair Article Draws Outcries From Iceland

Michael Lewis’s depiction of Iceland in an article about the country’s economic collapse struck some as unfair. Read more..

By BRIAN STELTER - The New York Times

When ‘S.V.U.’ Stands for ‘Shopping Victims United’

In today’s rough economy, consumers expect heavily marked-down prices, which has led K&G, a discount chain, to campaign that it offers “fashion without the victim.” Read more..

By STUART ELLIOTT - The New York Times

Stock Markets

Values are reported in US Dollars

Stock	Ticker symbol	Open	High	Low	Close	Volume
General Electric	GE	10.85	11.23	10.66	11.19	132M
Wells Fargo & Co.	WFC	15.48	15.64	15.04	15.25	119M
JPMorgan Chase	JPM	28.27	28.90	27.68	28.20	72.2M
Cisco Systems	CSCO	17.56	17.64	17.07	17.53	63.4M
Pfizer	PFE	13.56	14.19	13.54	13.71	59.6M
Intel	INTC	15.65	15.87	15.45	15.86	47.7M
Microsoft	MSFT	18.54	18.76	18.27	18.76	47.5M
Abbott Laboratories	ABT	43.86	44.32	42.76	43.36	35.5M
Oracle Corp.	ORCL	19.00	19.11	18.69	19.11	29.3M
ExxonMobil	XOM	69.66	70.43	69.01	70.05	27.2M
AT&T Inc.	T	26.40	26.65	26.05	26.59	26.7M
Apple	AAPL	114.94	118.75	113.28	118.45	23.5M
Verizon Communications	VZ	32.61	33.07	32.42	33.03	19.5M
ConocoPhillips	COP	41.58	42.10	40.66	41.16	19.3M
Comcast	CMCSA	14.33	14.47	14.18	14.36	18.7M
Home Depot	HD	24.78	25.03	24.46	24.85	17.1M
HP Inc.	HPQ	34.02	34.09	32.92	33.76	15.9M
Bristol-Myers Squibb	BMY	20.56	20.91	20.25	20.51	15.6M
Wal-Mart Stores	WMT	53.41	53.75	52.90	53.43	15.5M
UnitedHealth Group	UNH	20.33	22.05	20.25	21.93	12.9M
Johnson & Johnson	JNJ	52.03	52.54	51.67	52.20	12.8M
Merck	MRK	26.28	27.54	26.28	26.67	12.7M
Gilead Sciences	GILD	46.87	48.45	46.65	48.37	11.5M
Altria	MO	16.06	16.21	15.97	16.16	11.4M
Walt Disney & Co.	DIS	19.78	20.00	19.35	19.62	11.3M
Visa	V	58.70	60.04	57.75	59.13	11.2M
Schlumberger	SLB	44.04	44.36	43.05	43.95	10.6M
Amgen	AMGN	46.46	48.06	46.37	47.84	10.6M
Chevron	CVX	69.74	70.05	68.67	69.89	10.4M
Procter & Gamble	PG	49.46	49.97	48.91	49.65	10.3M
International Business Machines	IBM	100.90	101.85	100.00	101.56	8.82M
Coca-Cola	KO	44.70	45.23	44.54	44.99	8.04M
Boeing	BA	37.48	38.22	36.54	38.16	7.39M
Union Pacific	UNP	45.68	45.84	43.00	44.06	6.97M
Alphabet	GOOGL	367.00	369.82	361.40	368.24	6.55M
McDonald's	MCD	56.47	56.61	55.60	55.94	6.49M
Amazon	AMZN	77.26	78.36	76.00	77.99	5.75M
United Technologies	UTX	45.30	46.36	44.63	46.31	5.58M
Pepsico	PEP	52.54	53.04	52.25	52.67	4.51M
3M	MMM	52.00	52.20	51.22	52.08	3.89M
Berkshire Hathaway	BRK.B	3000.00	3023.00	2955.50	2997.00	44.2K

Exchange Rates of April 6th, 2009

Currencies		Exchange Rates
US Dollar	Japanese Yen	1 USD = 101.050 JPY	1 JPY = 0.010 USD
US Dollar	Canadian Dollar	1 USD = 1.239 CAD	1 CAD = 0.807 USD
US Dollar	Swiss Franc	1 USD = 1.137 CHF	1 CHF = 0.880 USD
US Dollar	Chinese Yuan	1 USD = 6.835 CNY	1 CNY = 0.146 USD
Euro	Japanese Yen	1 EUR = 135.410 JPY	1 JPY = 0.007 EUR
Euro	Pound Sterling	1 EUR = 0.909 GBP	1 GBP = 1.101 EUR
Euro	Australian Dollar	1 EUR = 1.880 AUD	1 AUD = 0.532 EUR
Euro	Canadian Dollar	1 EUR = 1.660 CAD	1 CAD = 0.602 EUR
Euro	Swiss Franc	1 EUR = 1.523 CHF	1 CHF = 0.656 EUR
Euro	Chinese Yuan	1 EUR = 9.158 CNY	1 CNY = 0.109 EUR
Japanese Yen	Pound Sterling	1 JPY = 0.670 GBP	1 GBP = 1.493 JPY
Japanese Yen	Australian Dollar	1 JPY = 1.398 AUD	1 AUD = 0.716 JPY
Japanese Yen	Canadian Dollar	1 JPY = 1.231 CAD	1 CAD = 0.813 JPY
Japanese Yen	Swiss Franc	1 JPY = 1.125 CHF	1 CHF = 0.889 JPY
Pound Sterling	Australian Dollar	1 GBP = 2.068 AUD	1 AUD = 0.484 GBP
Pound Sterling	Canadian Dollar	1 GBP = 1.828 CAD	1 CAD = 0.547 GBP
Pound Sterling	Swiss Franc	1 GBP = 1.676 CHF	1 CHF = 0.597 GBP
Pound Sterling	Chinese Yuan	1 GBP = 10.065 CNY	1 CNY = 0.099 GBP
Australian Dollar	Canadian Dollar	1 AUD = 0.883 CAD	1 CAD = 1.133 AUD
Australian Dollar	Swiss Franc	1 AUD = 0.809 CHF	1 CHF = 1.236 AUD
Australian Dollar	Chinese Yuan	1 AUD = 4.871 CNY	1 CNY = 0.205 AUD
Canadian Dollar	Swiss Franc	1 CAD = 0.917 CHF	1 CHF = 1.091 CAD
Canadian Dollar	Chinese Yuan	1 CAD = 5.511 CNY	1 CNY = 0.181 CAD
Swiss Franc	Chinese Yuan	1 CHF = 6.012 CNY	1 CNY = 0.166 CHF

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