Financial news on August 06, 2009
Business and Financial news
The Obama administration announced $2.4 billion in grants to make batteries, mostly for electric vehicles. Read more..
Democrats said that leaders of both parties had reached a deal that could allow the Senate to approve an extension of “cash for clunkers.” Read more..
Factory orders rose 0.4 percent in June, the fourth increase in five months, in the latest sign that the ailing manufacturing sector is recovering. Read more..
Some analysts say the effort to spur new lending has worked, while others say more needs to be done to help the economy. Read more..
Fuel hedging, not a rebound in passenger and cargo demand, was behind the gains at one of Asia's leading airlines. Read more..
The interview program synonymous with PBS is getting a second home with rebroadcasts on Bloomberg Television. Read more..
The lender may take a stake in Sal. Oppenheim, which has been hit hard by investments that went sour in the financial crisis. Read more..
With the explosion of digital data, statisticians can earn $125,000 in their first year after getting a doctorate. Read more..
My computer is a few years old. Will it be able to handle Windows 7 if I decide to upgrade my operating system? Read more..
Widely used rapid checks for the H1N1 virus — or any flu, for that matter — fail more than 50 percent of the time. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
General Electric | GE | 14.19 | 14.43 | 14.02 | 14.31 | 120M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 28.56 | 28.99 | 27.47 | 27.97 | 85.6M |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 22.04 | 22.41 | 21.68 | 22.31 | 83.3M |
Intel | INTC | 18.93 | 19.18 | 18.56 | 18.70 | 66.9M |
Microsoft | MSFT | 23.93 | 23.98 | 23.27 | 23.46 | 59.7M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 42.28 | 42.46 | 40.22 | 40.75 | 54.2M |
Pfizer | PFE | 15.88 | 15.91 | 15.70 | 15.79 | 38.1M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 53.81 | 53.91 | 51.14 | 51.46 | 29.7M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 21.42 | 21.94 | 21.09 | 21.21 | 28M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 25.75 | 25.86 | 25.42 | 25.55 | 25.8M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 15.43 | 15.60 | 14.94 | 15.05 | 24.9M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 44.17 | 44.18 | 43.49 | 43.63 | 20.4M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 70.01 | 70.03 | 69.41 | 69.73 | 17.4M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 43.14 | 43.39 | 42.14 | 42.21 | 17M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 49.25 | 49.38 | 48.75 | 48.98 | 16.2M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 31.35 | 31.38 | 30.72 | 30.96 | 15.8M |
Altria | MO | 17.60 | 17.64 | 17.44 | 17.64 | 14.9M |
Home Depot | HD | 26.40 | 26.74 | 26.17 | 26.54 | 13.8M |
Apple | AAPL | 165.58 | 166.51 | 163.09 | 163.91 | 12.2M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 26.27 | 26.45 | 25.42 | 25.98 | 11M |
Merck | MRK | 29.68 | 29.68 | 29.25 | 29.36 | 11M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 60.67 | 60.67 | 59.70 | 59.93 | 10.8M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 44.63 | 44.71 | 43.82 | 44.12 | 10.5M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 46.89 | 47.09 | 45.42 | 45.45 | 10.3M |
McDonald's | MCD | 55.20 | 55.25 | 54.67 | 54.84 | 10.2M |
Boeing | BA | 44.29 | 45.73 | 44.03 | 45.52 | 10.2M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 21.76 | 21.87 | 21.61 | 21.73 | 9.71M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 25.35 | 25.62 | 25.07 | 25.37 | 9.15M |
Amgen | AMGN | 62.42 | 62.46 | 60.64 | 60.69 | 8.89M |
Chevron | CVX | 69.86 | 69.88 | 68.71 | 69.25 | 8.66M |
Pepsico | PEP | 58.61 | 58.81 | 57.69 | 57.83 | 7.55M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 49.41 | 49.55 | 49.20 | 49.39 | 6.91M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 54.30 | 54.46 | 53.08 | 53.70 | 6.5M |
United Technologies | UTX | 54.53 | 55.26 | 53.89 | 55.06 | 6.06M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 118.31 | 118.40 | 116.70 | 117.38 | 6M |
Visa | V | 68.52 | 69.69 | 67.95 | 68.65 | 5.22M |
Amazon | AMZN | 84.31 | 84.84 | 83.05 | 84.47 | 4.69M |
3M | MMM | 71.97 | 72.59 | 71.78 | 72.40 | 4.3M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 454.30 | 454.88 | 448.53 | 450.36 | 4.22M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 59.61 | 60.52 | 59.18 | 59.43 | 3.39M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 3510.00 | 3542.00 | 3412.00 | 3517.50 | 57.3K |
Exchange Rates of August 06, 2009
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 95.400 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.010 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.078 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.928 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.065 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.939 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6.832 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.146 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 136.920 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.007 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.855 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.169 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.708 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.585 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.546 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.647 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.528 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.654 EUR |
Euro | Chinese Yuan | 1 EUR = 9.805 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.102 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.624 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.602 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.247 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.802 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.129 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.886 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.116 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.896 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.997 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.501 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.808 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.553 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 1.787 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.560 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Chinese Yuan | 1 GBP = 11.450 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.087 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.905 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.105 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.894 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.119 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 AUD = 5.735 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.174 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 0.988 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.012 CAD |
Canadian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 CAD = 6.338 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.158 CAD |
Swiss Franc | Chinese Yuan | 1 CHF = 6.413 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.156 CHF |
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