Financial news on April 8th, 2008
Business and Financial news
Small Meetings, Big Pluses
At many companies, some 70 percent of meetings consist of 50 or fewer participants. And their popularity is growing nationwide. Read more..
There’s Gas in Those Hills
A natural gas drilling frenzy unlike any seen in decades is unfolding in rural Pennsylvania, and it eventually could encompass a huge chunk of the East. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
| Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
| Intel | INTC | 21.39 | 21.54 | 21.04 | 21.08 | 55.2M |
| Cisco Systems | CSCO | 23.82 | 24.16 | 23.75 | 23.96 | 47.1M |
| Microsoft | MSFT | 28.94 | 29.00 | 28.54 | 28.75 | 44.7M |
| Pfizer | PFE | 21.35 | 21.42 | 20.90 | 21.00 | 38.2M |
| General Electric | GE | 36.85 | 37.08 | 36.55 | 36.95 | 37.1M |
| Apple | AAPL | 153.55 | 156.45 | 152.32 | 152.84 | 36.2M |
| Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 20.03 | 20.15 | 19.84 | 19.92 | 35.3M |
| Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 30.23 | 30.33 | 29.66 | 29.93 | 33.8M |
| JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 45.25 | 45.61 | 44.43 | 44.86 | 29.2M |
| AT&T Inc. | T | 38.66 | 38.99 | 38.07 | 38.80 | 19.9M |
| Altria | MO | 21.96 | 21.96 | 21.29 | 21.43 | 19.8M |
| Merck | MRK | 40.51 | 41.43 | 40.32 | 40.90 | 18M |
| ExxonMobil | XOM | 88.54 | 89.74 | 88.23 | 89.61 | 15.8M |
| Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 54.02 | 54.85 | 53.99 | 54.45 | 15.8M |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 22.13 | 22.23 | 21.77 | 21.84 | 14.5M |
| Verizon Communications | VZ | 36.92 | 36.99 | 36.47 | 36.75 | 14.4M |
| Visa | V | 65.20 | 68.24 | 64.81 | 68.09 | 13.5M |
| Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 31.35 | 31.40 | 30.95 | 31.07 | 13.1M |
| HP Inc. | HPQ | 45.55 | 46.20 | 45.19 | 46.07 | 12.4M |
| UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 36.51 | 38.33 | 36.51 | 38.08 | 12.2M |
| Home Depot | HD | 28.20 | 28.43 | 27.96 | 28.18 | 11.5M |
| Comcast | CMCSA | 20.56 | 20.68 | 20.32 | 20.51 | 11.2M |
| Schlumberger | SLB | 90.28 | 92.19 | 89.05 | 89.62 | 10.8M |
| Coca-Cola | KO | 60.27 | 60.57 | 59.87 | 60.51 | 9.97M |
| Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 54.50 | 54.85 | 53.92 | 54.00 | 9.17M |
| Alphabet | GOOGL | 473.04 | 474.14 | 462.01 | 467.81 | 9.08M |
| Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 65.98 | 66.61 | 65.75 | 66.32 | 8.86M |
| Procter & Gamble | PG | 70.00 | 70.67 | 69.93 | 70.65 | 8.75M |
| ConocoPhillips | COP | 78.19 | 79.68 | 78.19 | 79.47 | 8.54M |
| Amgen | AMGN | 41.25 | 41.94 | 41.23 | 41.49 | 7.98M |
| Chevron | CVX | 87.90 | 89.37 | 87.76 | 89.28 | 7.39M |
| International Business Machines | IBM | 115.50 | 116.88 | 115.28 | 116.27 | 7.28M |
| Boeing | BA | 74.51 | 75.39 | 74.04 | 75.02 | 5.6M |
| Pepsico | PEP | 71.25 | 71.69 | 71.13 | 71.28 | 5.38M |
| Gilead Sciences | GILD | 51.65 | 52.74 | 51.60 | 51.88 | 5.26M |
| Amazon | AMZN | 76.40 | 77.61 | 75.50 | 77.30 | 4.97M |
| McDonald's | MCD | 55.55 | 56.03 | 55.40 | 55.87 | 4.89M |
| 3M | MMM | 79.50 | 80.26 | 79.48 | 79.88 | 3.47M |
| United Technologies | UTX | 71.31 | 71.80 | 71.00 | 71.80 | 3.09M |
| Union Pacific | UNP | 132.25 | 134.36 | 131.75 | 133.48 | 2.02M |
| Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 4430.00 | 4430.00 | 4367.00 | 4415.00 | 16.7K |
Exchange Rates of April 8th, 2008
| Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
| US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 102.550 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.010 USD |
| US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.014 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.986 USD |
| US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.015 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.986 USD |
| US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 7.001 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.143 USD |
| Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 161.050 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.006 EUR |
| Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.798 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.254 EUR |
| Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.686 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.593 EUR |
| Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.592 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.628 EUR |
| Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.593 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.628 EUR |
| Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.495 GBP | 1 GBP = 2.020 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.046 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.956 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 0.988 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.012 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 0.989 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.011 JPY |
| Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.114 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.473 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.996 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.501 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 1.997 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.501 GBP |
| Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.944 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.060 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.944 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.059 AUD |
| Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 1.001 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.000 CAD |
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