Financial news on May 06, 2010
Business and Financial news
The History Channel produced 12 spots for Bank of America, the sponsor of its series “America: The Story of Us.” Read more..
Borrowing costs for Europe’s more vulnerable countries rose on Wednesday while stocks and the euro fell, as the possibility of a new credit downgrade for Portugal underscored fears that efforts to contain the debt crisis to Greece were failing. Read more..
In recent years hotels have heeded the message that business travelers require Wi-Fi access, with many midlevel and budget-price hotels providing it free. Read more..
Americold Realty Trust, the real estate investment trust controlled by Ron Burkle’s fund Yucaipa, on Thursday delayed its $660 million initial public offering, according to Bloomberg data, a day after it slashed the pricing for what was set to be the biggest I.P.O. in the United States this year. Read more..
CBS said revenue rose 12 percent, the first double-digit gain since it was spun off from Viacom. Read more..
The rules ensure the government has authority to move ahead with a sweeping plan to bring high-speed connections to all Americans. Read more..
The global market nervousness surrounding Greece’s debt crisis continued to weigh heavily on the euro and hit Japan’s stock market hard on Thursday as trading there reopened for the first time after three days of national holidays. Read more..
Britain’s financial regulator needs more time to test the capital ratios of the combination of Prudential and the Asian life insurance business of A.I.G. Read more..
As the burden of booking and managing travel shifts from airlines and hotels to consumers, options are being introduced to make self-service easier. Read more..
Fabrice Tourre, the 31-year-old Goldman Sachs vice president accused of securities fraud, is becoming something of a folk hero among young bankers on Wall Street, according to Newsweek. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
General Electric | GE | 18,00 | 18,15 | 15,00 | 17,31 | 182M |
Intel | INTC | 22,15 | 22,38 | 19,90 | 21,51 | 161M |
Microsoft | MSFT | 29,59 | 29,88 | 27,91 | 28,98 | 129M |
Pfizer | PFE | 17,16 | 17,21 | 15,85 | 16,74 | 119M |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 26,40 | 26,65 | 23,23 | 25,49 | 97.9M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 32,44 | 32,75 | 29,31 | 31,18 | 78.7M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 42,63 | 42,78 | 39,29 | 40,81 | 78.2M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 25,71 | 25,74 | 24,04 | 25,14 | 67.8M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 65,79 | 66,23 | 58,46 | 63,89 | 58.3M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 19,46 | 19,49 | 17,65 | 18,51 | 58.3M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 24,86 | 24,97 | 22,20 | 23,91 | 56.2M |
Apple | AAPL | 253,83 | 258,25 | 199,25 | 246,25 | 45.9M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 28,61 | 28,72 | 26,49 | 28,01 | 42.1M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 50,53 | 51,99 | 41,94 | 48,33 | 37.9M |
Altria | MO | 21,11 | 21,20 | 19,20 | 20,75 | 31.3M |
Home Depot | HD | 34,92 | 35,38 | 32,07 | 33,96 | 31.2M |
Merck | MRK | 35,41 | 35,58 | 30,70 | 34,27 | 30.8M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 56,27 | 56,83 | 52,00 | 55,09 | 26.7M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 50,14 | 50,38 | 45,60 | 49,00 | 26M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 35,16 | 35,55 | 31,00 | 34,01 | 25.2M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 65,04 | 65,10 | 60,03 | 63,40 | 24.4M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 54,35 | 54,78 | 51,53 | 53,23 | 24.1M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 53,67 | 54,20 | 51,21 | 52,30 | 24M |
Chevron | CVX | 79,41 | 80,21 | 71,50 | 77,20 | 21.1M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 24,94 | 25,03 | 22,80 | 24,28 | 19.6M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 39,76 | 40,25 | 38,01 | 39,18 | 19.5M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 67,12 | 68,11 | 61,00 | 65,35 | 18.6M |
McDonald's | MCD | 70,45 | 71,49 | 67,49 | 69,42 | 16.5M |
Visa | V | 85,85 | 86,56 | 75,91 | 82,92 | 16M |
Pepsico | PEP | 65,16 | 66,20 | 61,91 | 64,70 | 14M |
Boeing | BA | 70,66 | 71,49 | 62,00 | 67,97 | 13.8M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 126,29 | 127,93 | 116,00 | 123,92 | 13.2M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 30,15 | 30,27 | 27,97 | 29,24 | 10.4M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 76,41 | 77,25 | 71,50 | 74,59 | 10.4M |
Amazon | AMZN | 130,00 | 132,33 | 120,60 | 128,71 | 10.2M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 508,75 | 517,52 | 460,00 | 498,67 | 9.99M |
Amgen | AMGN | 56,43 | 56,49 | 52,80 | 54,75 | 9.74M |
United Technologies | UTX | 73,05 | 74,00 | 65,17 | 71,24 | 9.27M |
3M | MMM | 86,06 | 90,52 | 67,98 | 84,24 | 9.16M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 62,14 | 62,67 | 56,00 | 60,75 | 8.68M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 73,78 | 74,51 | 67,61 | 72,20 | 6.31M |
Exchange Rates of May 06, 2010
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 90,810 JPY | 1 JPY = 0,011 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1,052 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,950 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1,113 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,899 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6,828 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,146 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 114,720 JPY | 1 JPY = 0,009 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0,855 GBP | 1 GBP = 1,170 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1,425 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,702 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1,329 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,753 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1,406 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,711 EUR |
Euro | Chinese Yuan | 1 EUR = 8,621 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,116 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0,745 GBP | 1 GBP = 1,342 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1,241 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,806 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1,158 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,864 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1,226 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,816 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1,666 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,600 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1,554 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,643 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 1,644 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,608 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Chinese Yuan | 1 GBP = 10,056 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,099 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0,933 CAD | 1 CAD = 1,072 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0,987 CHF | 1 CHF = 1,013 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 AUD = 6,056 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,165 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 1,057 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,946 CAD |
Canadian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 CAD = 6,487 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,154 CAD |
Swiss Franc | Chinese Yuan | 1 CHF = 6,130 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,163 CHF |
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