Financial news on June 09, 2010
Business and Financial news
AOL, the much-maligned Internet service provider turned content company, is a “start-around,” the president of AOL Media and Studios said Monday. Read more..
Provincetown, Mass., is the latest Cape Cod community to use zoning laws to protect local businesses. Read more..
In two days of talks, finance ministers approved a wider safety net and tougher rules on member nations’ finances. Read more..
JPMorgan said Wednesday that it would form a joint venture with First Capital Securities of China to underwrite share issues in the country. Read more..
Dan L. Duncan’s heirs stand to collect billions that any other year would have gone to the Treasury. Read more..
McDonald’s will pay $3, a bit over the top price of $2.49, for each glass. Read more..
Amusement park owner Cedar Fair, which earlier this year was forced to scrap a $635 million buyout deal with Apollo Management, said Tuesday it was expanding its board of directors to nine members by adding to it two private equity veterans. Read more..
The company said second-quarter sales and profit would be at the upper end of earlier forecasts, buoyed by demand for industrial machinery. Read more..
Congress created the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission last year to investigate the causes of the meltdown. Many banks, financial firms and other witnesses have cooperated. But not Goldman Sachs. Read more..
In July, Sally Singer, the fashion news and features director at Vogue, will take over T: The New York Times Style Magazine. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
Microsoft | MSFT | 25.22 | 25.52 | 24.75 | 24.79 | 87.8M |
Pfizer | PFE | 14.64 | 14.75 | 14.39 | 14.52 | 86.6M |
General Electric | GE | 15.58 | 15.70 | 15.22 | 15.32 | 66.9M |
Intel | INTC | 20.39 | 20.60 | 19.86 | 19.93 | 59M |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 23.02 | 23.45 | 22.74 | 22.78 | 47.7M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 38.15 | 38.16 | 37.01 | 37.12 | 42.6M |
Altria | MO | 20.28 | 20.37 | 20.01 | 20.05 | 40.2M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 27.95 | 27.96 | 26.90 | 27.03 | 38M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 25.10 | 25.21 | 24.80 | 24.90 | 33.2M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 61.58 | 61.60 | 59.82 | 60.03 | 31.7M |
Apple | AAPL | 251.47 | 251.90 | 242.49 | 243.20 | 30.5M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 21.77 | 22.09 | 21.48 | 21.54 | 22.2M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 24.34 | 24.40 | 24.09 | 24.14 | 21.2M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 27.69 | 28.04 | 27.61 | 27.78 | 19.7M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 17.53 | 17.96 | 17.39 | 17.42 | 19.2M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 46.06 | 46.49 | 45.21 | 45.41 | 19.1M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 46.39 | 46.55 | 45.73 | 45.86 | 18.3M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 51.32 | 51.91 | 50.57 | 50.72 | 17.1M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 50.96 | 51.36 | 50.59 | 50.99 | 16.5M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 33.58 | 33.78 | 32.88 | 32.91 | 16.2M |
Home Depot | HD | 31.87 | 32.40 | 31.62 | 31.76 | 15.8M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 62.45 | 62.60 | 61.27 | 61.47 | 14.2M |
Chevron | CVX | 71.17 | 72.39 | 70.60 | 70.79 | 14.1M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 33.30 | 33.82 | 32.83 | 32.94 | 13.7M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 56.35 | 57.94 | 55.21 | 55.47 | 13.6M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 58.80 | 58.94 | 57.94 | 58.17 | 13.2M |
Merck | MRK | 33.86 | 34.13 | 33.49 | 33.71 | 12.8M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 30.89 | 31.16 | 30.45 | 30.53 | 10.1M |
McDonald's | MCD | 68.68 | 68.90 | 68.04 | 68.26 | 8.92M |
Visa | V | 74.12 | 75.48 | 73.18 | 73.80 | 8.9M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 51.56 | 51.85 | 51.17 | 51.35 | 8.82M |
United Technologies | UTX | 64.45 | 64.81 | 63.27 | 63.42 | 8M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 124.83 | 125.84 | 123.58 | 123.90 | 7.8M |
Boeing | BA | 61.48 | 63.18 | 61.17 | 61.71 | 7.73M |
Amazon | AMZN | 120.31 | 121.47 | 117.36 | 117.91 | 7.37M |
Pepsico | PEP | 62.86 | 63.07 | 62.33 | 62.49 | 7.06M |
Amgen | AMGN | 53.80 | 54.06 | 52.94 | 53.15 | 6.27M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 72.87 | 73.57 | 71.36 | 71.81 | 5.91M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 487.22 | 488.88 | 472.00 | 474.02 | 5.45M |
3M | MMM | 75.47 | 76.10 | 74.50 | 74.79 | 4.8M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 69.92 | 71.94 | 69.10 | 69.38 | 4.66M |
Exchange Rates of June 09, 2010
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 91.310 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.011 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.044 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.957 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.148 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.871 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6.830 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.146 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 109.440 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.009 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.824 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.213 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.447 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.691 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.252 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.799 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.376 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.727 EUR |
Euro | Chinese Yuan | 1 EUR = 8.181 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.122 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.753 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.328 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.322 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.756 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.143 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.875 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.258 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.795 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.755 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.570 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.518 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.659 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 1.669 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.599 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Chinese Yuan | 1 GBP = 9.913 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.101 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.865 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.156 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.951 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.052 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 AUD = 5.650 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.177 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 1.099 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.910 CAD |
Canadian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 CAD = 6.538 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.153 CAD |
Swiss Franc | Chinese Yuan | 1 CHF = 5.945 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.168 CHF |
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