Financial news on December 08, 2009
Business and Financial news
The New York attorney general is focusing on testimony by Greg Curl, the bank’s chief risk officer and a leading candidate for C.E.O., about a merger with Merrill Lynch. Read more..
Some environmentalists are concerned that a technology called hydraulic fracturing used to produce natural gas could be leading to pollution. Read more..
Game Firms Seem Mighty Appealing. Read more..
Google will supplement its search results with updates posted each second to sites like Twitter and Facebook. Read more..
The new Web site will be introduced Tuesday night as three of the four top music labels combine to try new ways to increase revenue. Read more..
Luminanz, founded in 2005, said it has developed an improved type of LED bulb that is deemed to reduce health risks while using less power and lasting longer. Read more..
The New York Times Company informed Telegram & Gazette employees that it would keep the paper, which it had planned to sell with The Boston Globe. Read more..
The government laid out more concrete steps for reducing the country’s budget deficit, but would not say whether it plans a controversial tax on bonuses. Read more..
Canopy Capital, a U.K.-based financier, is hoping the rain forests’ oxygen generating, rain making, and atmosphere cooling services will have increasing monetary value. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
Pfizer | PFE | 18.05 | 18.07 | 17.63 | 17.76 | 80M |
General Electric | GE | 15.90 | 15.93 | 15.65 | 15.72 | 78.9M |
Intel | INTC | 20.25 | 20.28 | 19.80 | 19.99 | 64M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 17.12 | 17.41 | 16.91 | 17.36 | 55.9M |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 24.02 | 24.21 | 23.75 | 23.81 | 44.1M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 25.99 | 26.46 | 25.91 | 26.03 | 42.7M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 41.01 | 41.40 | 40.63 | 41.21 | 41.9M |
Microsoft | MSFT | 29.52 | 29.74 | 29.38 | 29.57 | 37.4M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 22.31 | 22.36 | 21.89 | 21.91 | 27.9M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 25.24 | 25.30 | 24.90 | 24.90 | 27.7M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 27.99 | 27.99 | 27.50 | 27.61 | 25.9M |
Apple | AAPL | 189.36 | 192.35 | 188.70 | 189.87 | 24.7M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 33.41 | 33.65 | 32.88 | 33.39 | 21.6M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 73.47 | 73.50 | 72.41 | 72.95 | 18.5M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 28.16 | 28.92 | 28.07 | 28.46 | 15.9M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 54.93 | 54.93 | 54.93 | 54.93 | 15.8M |
Merck | MRK | 36.65 | 37.00 | 36.26 | 36.35 | 15.5M |
Home Depot | HD | 28.08 | 28.11 | 27.54 | 27.67 | 15.1M |
McDonald's | MCD | 60.45 | 60.91 | 60.04 | 60.61 | 14.7M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 50.40 | 50.42 | 49.79 | 49.94 | 13.2M |
Altria | MO | 19.46 | 19.46 | 19.13 | 19.26 | 12.8M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 53.52 | 53.64 | 52.94 | 53.24 | 12.1M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 49.08 | 49.15 | 48.82 | 48.94 | 11.6M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 62.14 | 62.30 | 61.60 | 61.87 | 11.2M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 64.50 | 64.64 | 63.93 | 64.25 | 11.1M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 57.53 | 57.74 | 57.07 | 57.68 | 9.15M |
Chevron | CVX | 77.89 | 77.98 | 76.45 | 76.76 | 9.06M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 30.87 | 30.98 | 30.45 | 30.68 | 8.7M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 61.01 | 61.17 | 59.57 | 60.00 | 8.01M |
Amazon | AMZN | 134.30 | 136.08 | 132.87 | 134.11 | 8M |
Pepsico | PEP | 64.09 | 64.09 | 63.15 | 63.48 | 6.16M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 46.14 | 46.48 | 45.91 | 46.12 | 5.51M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 126.97 | 127.35 | 126.16 | 126.80 | 5.35M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 64.42 | 64.60 | 63.16 | 63.35 | 5.21M |
3M | MMM | 76.35 | 77.43 | 76.00 | 77.11 | 5.05M |
Amgen | AMGN | 56.00 | 56.21 | 55.72 | 55.93 | 4.88M |
Boeing | BA | 55.99 | 56.22 | 55.06 | 55.66 | 4.66M |
United Technologies | UTX | 68.52 | 68.52 | 67.39 | 68.23 | 4.11M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 583.50 | 590.66 | 582.00 | 587.05 | 3.04M |
Visa | V | 79.62 | 80.41 | 79.55 | 79.99 | 2.6M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 3320.00 | 3320.00 | 3296.00 | 3314.00 | 32.2K |
Exchange Rates of December 08, 2009
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 88.410 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.011 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.063 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.941 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.027 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.974 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6.829 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.146 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 129.970 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.008 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.903 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.108 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.627 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.615 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.563 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.640 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.510 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.662 EUR |
Euro | Chinese Yuan | 1 EUR = 10.040 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.100 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.694 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.441 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.250 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.800 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.202 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.832 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.161 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.861 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.802 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.555 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.732 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.577 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 1.673 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.598 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Chinese Yuan | 1 GBP = 11.111 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.090 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.961 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.041 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.927 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.078 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 AUD = 6.178 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.162 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 0.966 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.036 CAD |
Canadian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 CAD = 6.422 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.156 CAD |
Swiss Franc | Chinese Yuan | 1 CHF = 6.648 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.150 CHF |
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