Financial news on October 9th, 2008
Business and Financial news
Brazil’s monthly inflation rate dropped in September to the lowest in a year as food prices fell for a second month. Read more..
Canadian new-home starts unexpectedly rose in September, the second straight monthly increase, led by new condominiums in cities. Read more..
The F.D.A. told LabCorp that its blood test to detect ovarian cancer, called OvaSure, requires agency approval before it can be marketed. Read more..
Groupe Caisse d’Epargne and Groupe Banque Populaire, the French lenders that control Natixis, are in talks to merge as the global financial crisis pushes banks to combine. Read more..
The Nokia 5800, available near the end of the year for about $300, includes an eight-gigabyte memory card and is compatible with Windows Media Player and Nokia Music Store files Read more..
David Pogue tests computer glasses from Gunnar Optiks, $100 to $190, that claim to reduce glare, eye fatigue and eye strain. But reading glasses may do the trick. Read more..
India’s largest outsourcing firm, Tata Consultancy Services, is buying Citigroup’s back-office operations in India for $505 million in cash, the companies said on Wednesday. Read more..
CAI, the Italian investor group, is beginning talks this week to sell a stake in Alitalia to Air France-KLM Group or Deutsche Lufthansa. Read more..
The country was on the verge of going bankrupt as the government shut down the stock market and seized control of its last major independent bank. Read more..
The WildCharge mat replaces all those black power bricks you’ve been using to recharge your mobile doodads. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
General Electric | GE | 21.40 | 21.62 | 19.00 | 19.01 | 157M |
Microsoft | MSFT | 23.77 | 23.91 | 22.07 | 22.30 | 132M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 33.06 | 33.07 | 26.18 | 27.25 | 123M |
Intel | INTC | 16.71 | 17.05 | 15.54 | 15.60 | 106M |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 18.83 | 18.89 | 16.94 | 17.19 | 99.1M |
Pfizer | PFE | 17.30 | 17.38 | 15.49 | 15.67 | 92.3M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 41.03 | 42.69 | 36.63 | 36.68 | 88.8M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 77.60 | 78.45 | 67.47 | 68.00 | 68.8M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 24.82 | 25.22 | 22.52 | 23.00 | 59.9M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 17.22 | 17.56 | 16.00 | 16.21 | 58.1M |
Apple | AAPL | 93.35 | 95.80 | 86.60 | 88.74 | 57.8M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 16.93 | 17.67 | 16.08 | 16.31 | 51.6M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 54.67 | 55.34 | 49.76 | 51.39 | 41.2M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 40.83 | 41.12 | 38.50 | 38.50 | 33.9M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 62.64 | 63.16 | 57.58 | 57.58 | 33.5M |
Altria | MO | 18.52 | 18.85 | 17.00 | 17.38 | 31.7M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 28.01 | 28.27 | 25.87 | 25.93 | 31.4M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 66.14 | 66.58 | 60.69 | 60.88 | 30.1M |
Home Depot | HD | 21.31 | 21.48 | 19.71 | 19.93 | 29.6M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 63.24 | 63.54 | 53.83 | 53.83 | 28.7M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 55.35 | 55.71 | 50.24 | 50.25 | 28.4M |
Chevron | CVX | 73.75 | 73.88 | 64.00 | 64.00 | 27M |
Merck | MRK | 28.45 | 28.57 | 25.53 | 26.21 | 25.5M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 25.62 | 26.29 | 23.75 | 23.80 | 24.4M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 47.57 | 47.63 | 43.30 | 43.30 | 23.1M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 19.37 | 19.47 | 17.38 | 17.98 | 22.9M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 95.29 | 95.31 | 88.23 | 89.00 | 21.3M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 67.82 | 69.95 | 60.55 | 60.55 | 18.9M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 20.13 | 20.17 | 17.54 | 17.80 | 18M |
McDonald's | MCD | 55.00 | 55.71 | 52.08 | 52.08 | 17.2M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 344.52 | 348.57 | 321.67 | 328.98 | 16.1M |
Pepsico | PEP | 63.76 | 64.45 | 59.51 | 59.52 | 15.4M |
Amgen | AMGN | 51.98 | 53.50 | 49.57 | 50.26 | 14.7M |
Amazon | AMZN | 61.97 | 63.50 | 56.00 | 56.00 | 13.9M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 41.87 | 42.74 | 39.78 | 40.04 | 13.9M |
Boeing | BA | 47.83 | 48.94 | 44.41 | 44.41 | 12.2M |
United Technologies | UTX | 50.74 | 50.95 | 46.33 | 46.33 | 11.8M |
3M | MMM | 57.50 | 58.57 | 53.38 | 53.50 | 11.6M |
Visa | V | 53.79 | 55.94 | 49.41 | 49.85 | 10.6M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 60.71 | 65.41 | 56.22 | 56.88 | 7.83M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 4095.00 | 4098.00 | 3675.00 | 3855.00 | 82.2K |
Exchange Rates of October 9th, 2008
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 99.660 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.010 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.147 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.872 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.127 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.887 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6.821 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.147 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 135.520 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.007 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.795 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.257 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.976 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.506 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.560 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.641 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.533 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.652 EUR |
Euro | Chinese Yuan | 1 EUR = 9.267 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.108 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.587 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.705 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.458 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.686 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.151 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.869 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.131 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.884 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.485 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.402 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.961 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.510 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 1.927 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.519 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Chinese Yuan | 1 GBP = 11.640 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.086 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.788 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.269 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.775 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.291 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 AUD = 4.660 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.215 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 0.983 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.018 CAD |
Canadian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 CAD = 5.939 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.168 CAD |
Swiss Franc | Chinese Yuan | 1 CHF = 6.043 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.165 CHF |
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