Financial news on August 7th, 2009
Business and Financial news
Citigroup Considers Changes at Phibro
Citigroup may be considering a deal that would give control of its Phibro commodities business to Andrew J. Hall, whose nine-figure salary has become a political hot potato. Read more..
Governors Fear Added Costs in Health Care Overhaul
Some worry that Congress will give the states expensive new Medicaid obligations without providing enough new money to pay for them. Read more..
Morgan Will Pay Back $950 Million in Aid
With the repayment of a warrant, Morgan frees itself of help that came with strings attached, like oversight over salaries and bonuses. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
| Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
| General Electric | GE | 14,53 | 14,88 | 14,39 | 14,70 | 95.8M |
| Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 28,41 | 29,35 | 28,00 | 28,76 | 71.6M |
| JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 41,28 | 43,13 | 41,18 | 42,36 | 65.7M |
| Intel | INTC | 18,91 | 19,00 | 18,50 | 18,50 | 59.4M |
| Cisco Systems | CSCO | 22,49 | 22,74 | 22,15 | 22,19 | 46.9M |
| Microsoft | MSFT | 23,75 | 23,82 | 23,50 | 23,56 | 46.2M |
| Pfizer | PFE | 15,91 | 16,17 | 15,88 | 15,96 | 39.8M |
| Comcast | CMCSA | 15,02 | 15,30 | 14,87 | 14,96 | 31.4M |
| Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 21,43 | 21,84 | 21,37 | 21,43 | 25.6M |
| AT&T Inc. | T | 25,77 | 25,85 | 25,59 | 25,62 | 19.7M |
| HP Inc. | HPQ | 42,85 | 43,73 | 42,47 | 43,54 | 19.3M |
| ExxonMobil | XOM | 70,01 | 70,39 | 69,35 | 69,47 | 18M |
| Home Depot | HD | 26,73 | 27,48 | 26,61 | 27,26 | 16.4M |
| Procter & Gamble | PG | 51,84 | 52,82 | 51,46 | 52,03 | 16.3M |
| Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 43,96 | 44,03 | 43,72 | 43,84 | 14.7M |
| Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 25,63 | 26,83 | 25,60 | 26,69 | 14.6M |
| Apple | AAPL | 165,49 | 166,60 | 164,80 | 165,51 | 13.8M |
| Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 49,28 | 49,50 | 48,94 | 49,29 | 13.4M |
| Merck | MRK | 29,71 | 30,50 | 29,45 | 30,10 | 13M |
| Altria | MO | 17,72 | 17,83 | 17,60 | 17,71 | 11.1M |
| Verizon Communications | VZ | 31,16 | 31,35 | 30,97 | 31,08 | 11M |
| Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 59,96 | 60,43 | 59,85 | 59,90 | 9.97M |
| ConocoPhillips | COP | 44,71 | 44,83 | 43,92 | 44,07 | 9.28M |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 21,91 | 22,18 | 21,80 | 21,90 | 9.28M |
| Chevron | CVX | 69,68 | 70,15 | 69,15 | 69,50 | 9.09M |
| Amgen | AMGN | 61,55 | 61,59 | 59,97 | 60,49 | 8.68M |
| UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 26,08 | 26,65 | 25,99 | 26,51 | 8.51M |
| McDonald's | MCD | 55,10 | 55,40 | 54,79 | 55,20 | 8.14M |
| Gilead Sciences | GILD | 46,34 | 46,50 | 45,60 | 45,76 | 7.94M |
| Schlumberger | SLB | 54,36 | 54,76 | 52,42 | 53,25 | 7.55M |
| Pepsico | PEP | 58,10 | 58,21 | 57,55 | 57,74 | 6.87M |
| Boeing | BA | 45,89 | 47,21 | 45,38 | 46,69 | 6.69M |
| Coca-Cola | KO | 49,66 | 49,75 | 49,17 | 49,34 | 6.65M |
| International Business Machines | IBM | 118,11 | 119,91 | 118,11 | 119,33 | 5.76M |
| Amazon | AMZN | 84,10 | 85,96 | 84,10 | 85,32 | 5.63M |
| United Technologies | UTX | 55,57 | 56,00 | 55,11 | 55,59 | 5.6M |
| Alphabet | GOOGL | 455,67 | 459,42 | 454,99 | 457,10 | 5.08M |
| Union Pacific | UNP | 60,41 | 62,75 | 60,27 | 61,37 | 4.55M |
| 3M | MMM | 72,68 | 73,50 | 72,32 | 72,90 | 4.46M |
| Visa | V | 69,24 | 69,65 | 68,73 | 69,17 | 3.85M |
| Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 3550,00 | 3569,00 | 3466,00 | 3540,00 | 61.6K |
Exchange Rates of August 7th, 2009
| Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
| US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 97,400 JPY | 1 JPY = 0,010 USD |
| US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1,081 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,925 USD |
| US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1,081 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,925 USD |
| US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6,832 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,146 USD |
| Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 138,380 JPY | 1 JPY = 0,007 EUR |
| Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0,850 GBP | 1 GBP = 1,176 EUR |
| Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1,694 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,590 EUR |
| Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1,533 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,652 EUR |
| Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1,534 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,652 EUR |
| Euro | Chinese Yuan | 1 EUR = 9,694 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,103 EUR |
| Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0,614 GBP | 1 GBP = 1,628 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1,223 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,817 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1,108 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,903 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1,108 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,902 JPY |
| Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1,994 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,501 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1,803 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,555 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 1,803 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,555 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Chinese Yuan | 1 GBP = 11,389 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,088 GBP |
| Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0,905 CAD | 1 CAD = 1,105 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0,905 CHF | 1 CHF = 1,105 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 AUD = 5,715 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,175 AUD |
| Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 0,999 CHF | 1 CHF = 1,001 CAD |
| Canadian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 CAD = 6,318 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,158 CAD |
| Swiss Franc | Chinese Yuan | 1 CHF = 6,320 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,158 CHF |
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