Financial news on July 09, 2008
Business and Financial news
The Metro Theater, a landmark 1930s Art Deco movie theater on the Upper West Side, is for sale ... and for lease. Read more..
Alcoa, the aluminum producer, reported second-quarter profit that topped analyst estimates as the company raised prices. Read more..
The talks are still underway and a deal could still fall apart as Merrill looks to monetize its minority stake in the privately held company ahead of its second-quarter earnings call set for July 17, The Post said. Read more..
Jay O. Light, an expert in asset and risk management who has led the business school for the last three years, is one of at least three candidates being recruited as directors by the embattled bank. Read more..
Developers’ plans to transform the area’s skyline with new spaces for residential and office use cause existing tenants to fear they will be priced out. Read more..
Diane Greene, the former chief executive and co-founder of VMware, had been pushing hard for the company to be spun off early next year. Read more..
Google’s new online tool allows people to embody a cartoonish online avatar and have text-based conversations with other Internet users in virtual chat rooms. Read more..
After shares of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac tumbled on Monday, renewed prospects for turmoil in the markets pushed global stocks down. Read more..
Steve & Barry’s, the clothing chain made famous for its cheap celebrity fashion, is preparing to file for bankruptcy protection, according to people briefed on the talks. Read more..
General Motors’ cash cushion seems far from comfortable given the extraordinary drop in auto sales. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 22.22 | 22.36 | 21.54 | 21.58 | 99.4M |
Intel | INTC | 20.90 | 20.90 | 19.76 | 19.81 | 68.3M |
General Electric | GE | 28.14 | 28.34 | 27.14 | 27.19 | 65.6M |
Microsoft | MSFT | 25.75 | 25.85 | 25.18 | 25.23 | 54.3M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 24.73 | 25.17 | 23.56 | 23.71 | 52.7M |
Pfizer | PFE | 18.33 | 18.57 | 18.00 | 18.03 | 51.2M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 35.74 | 36.75 | 34.09 | 34.28 | 51M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 21.50 | 21.61 | 21.07 | 21.11 | 41.6M |
Apple | AAPL | 180.25 | 180.91 | 174.14 | 174.25 | 32M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 86.15 | 87.20 | 84.12 | 84.31 | 29.1M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 59.29 | 59.29 | 57.60 | 57.67 | 25.5M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 18.93 | 19.03 | 18.47 | 18.48 | 21.4M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 33.05 | 33.25 | 32.10 | 32.12 | 20.7M |
Merck | MRK | 37.10 | 37.89 | 36.96 | 37.06 | 20.5M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 89.22 | 91.19 | 87.54 | 87.70 | 19.1M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 56.85 | 57.92 | 56.66 | 56.91 | 17.6M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 23.35 | 23.56 | 22.75 | 22.93 | 16.8M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 43.61 | 43.61 | 42.14 | 42.21 | 16.4M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 63.93 | 64.63 | 63.41 | 63.80 | 15.6M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 21.91 | 22.17 | 21.53 | 21.55 | 15.1M |
Chevron | CVX | 96.29 | 96.79 | 93.73 | 93.91 | 14.3M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 66.15 | 67.00 | 66.02 | 66.18 | 13.9M |
Visa | V | 79.00 | 79.10 | 75.40 | 75.87 | 13.8M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 35.47 | 35.97 | 34.61 | 34.66 | 13.7M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 29.96 | 29.98 | 29.53 | 29.54 | 13.6M |
Altria | MO | 21.11 | 21.27 | 20.77 | 20.96 | 13.5M |
Home Depot | HD | 23.11 | 23.11 | 22.30 | 22.37 | 13.4M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 98.05 | 100.86 | 96.99 | 97.23 | 12M |
Amgen | AMGN | 50.63 | 51.78 | 50.51 | 50.85 | 11.8M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 51.63 | 51.64 | 50.86 | 50.89 | 11.6M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 53.32 | 55.16 | 53.20 | 53.82 | 10.6M |
McDonald's | MCD | 58.70 | 59.50 | 58.28 | 59.25 | 10.6M |
Boeing | BA | 66.06 | 67.23 | 65.32 | 65.59 | 9.61M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 124.21 | 124.50 | 120.40 | 120.40 | 9.51M |
United Technologies | UTX | 61.96 | 62.18 | 61.02 | 61.12 | 8.43M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 550.76 | 555.68 | 540.73 | 541.55 | 8.3M |
Amazon | AMZN | 74.60 | 74.90 | 70.48 | 70.61 | 6.91M |
Pepsico | PEP | 65.99 | 66.16 | 65.09 | 65.35 | 6.35M |
3M | MMM | 70.10 | 71.21 | 68.56 | 68.64 | 6.23M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 73.95 | 74.74 | 70.87 | 71.34 | 4.58M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 3967.00 | 4000.00 | 3957.00 | 3985.00 | 15.4K |
Exchange Rates of July 09, 2008
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 106.800 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.009 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.012 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.989 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.029 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.972 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6.860 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.146 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 168.070 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.006 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.793 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.260 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.647 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.607 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.592 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.628 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.620 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.617 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.472 GBP | 1 GBP = 2.119 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 0.979 AUD | 1 AUD = 1.021 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 0.947 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.056 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 0.963 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.038 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.076 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.482 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.007 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.498 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 2.041 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.490 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.966 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.035 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.983 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.018 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 1.017 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.983 CAD |
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