Financial news on September 09, 2008
Business and Financial news
The Justice Department has issued antitrust guidelines for corporate monopolies, but the Federal Trade Commission, which shares enforcement of antitrust law, refuses to endorse them. Read more..
The exchange suffered its worst breakdown in eight years as a computer glitch prevented traders from participating in a global rally after the U.S. takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Read more..
Google is scanning microfilm from newspaper archives to make them searchable online, first through Google News and eventually on the papers’ own Web sites. Read more..
Ms. Galland began her career as a sales assistant at Lord & Taylor, and became one of the few women of her time to run a fashion-oriented retailer as president of Bonwit Teller. Read more..
Travelers — even children — find that getting their names removed from government terrorism watch lists is a daunting process. Read more..
The departure of Luo Chan is a setback for the News Corporation, which had licensed the MySpace brand name in China in an effort to expand its media and Internet presence. Read more..
Pakistan plans to sell valuable energy assets, beginning with a major gas field, as it tries to reap billions of dollars from deals with investors in industries like banking and farming. Read more..
Stock markets around the world rallied after the federal takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, but investors worried that other problems in the economy remain unaddressed. Read more..
The New York Times Company in January will shut down a subsidiary that distributes newspapers and magazines in the metropolitan area, eliminating the equivalent of 550 full-time jobs. Read more..
Many in the financial industry say a more formal debate is needed to set criteria to guide decisions on future requests for help from individual companies or industries. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
Microsoft | MSFT | 26.20 | 26.60 | 26.05 | 26.10 | 85.7M |
General Electric | GE | 28.96 | 29.28 | 28.06 | 28.12 | 72.5M |
Intel | INTC | 20.81 | 20.90 | 20.22 | 20.33 | 71.2M |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 23.42 | 23.58 | 22.91 | 22.97 | 71.1M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 33.07 | 33.75 | 31.16 | 31.17 | 68.9M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 19.40 | 19.85 | 19.02 | 19.17 | 62.5M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 40.81 | 41.94 | 39.45 | 39.47 | 56.4M |
Pfizer | PFE | 19.05 | 19.18 | 18.24 | 18.24 | 54.7M |
Apple | AAPL | 156.86 | 159.96 | 149.79 | 151.68 | 44.5M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 32.37 | 33.10 | 32.26 | 32.55 | 39.6M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 76.07 | 76.99 | 73.26 | 73.26 | 38.5M |
Home Depot | HD | 30.18 | 30.61 | 29.13 | 29.15 | 36M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 73.86 | 74.40 | 68.25 | 68.31 | 31.5M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 34.85 | 36.01 | 34.85 | 35.23 | 27.1M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 21.40 | 21.74 | 20.69 | 20.71 | 27M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 46.51 | 47.28 | 46.01 | 46.01 | 26.1M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 61.65 | 62.36 | 60.91 | 61.13 | 25.4M |
Chevron | CVX | 80.20 | 81.34 | 78.75 | 78.79 | 21.2M |
Altria | MO | 21.10 | 21.50 | 20.66 | 20.66 | 20.5M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 71.91 | 72.76 | 71.34 | 71.34 | 19.1M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 71.66 | 72.46 | 71.47 | 71.89 | 18.5M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 85.23 | 85.55 | 80.68 | 80.90 | 16.5M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 32.87 | 33.30 | 32.43 | 32.43 | 15.3M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 58.55 | 58.96 | 57.41 | 57.48 | 14.7M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 53.17 | 54.52 | 53.17 | 53.88 | 14.7M |
Merck | MRK | 35.50 | 35.85 | 34.31 | 34.34 | 14.7M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 22.12 | 22.63 | 22.04 | 22.04 | 14.6M |
McDonald's | MCD | 63.00 | 64.65 | 62.99 | 63.19 | 14.5M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 423.17 | 432.38 | 415.00 | 418.66 | 14.4M |
Amgen | AMGN | 59.68 | 61.24 | 59.53 | 60.51 | 13.6M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 29.07 | 30.03 | 28.48 | 28.48 | 12.6M |
Visa | V | 70.35 | 70.35 | 67.18 | 67.49 | 12.5M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 75.71 | 77.08 | 70.25 | 70.78 | 12.1M |
Pepsico | PEP | 69.97 | 71.38 | 69.97 | 71.00 | 11.3M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 47.05 | 47.83 | 46.63 | 46.69 | 10.7M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 117.78 | 118.10 | 115.00 | 115.04 | 8.11M |
Boeing | BA | 63.92 | 65.22 | 63.92 | 64.02 | 7.75M |
United Technologies | UTX | 65.56 | 66.00 | 64.11 | 64.11 | 7.44M |
3M | MMM | 70.50 | 71.00 | 69.31 | 69.45 | 6.63M |
Amazon | AMZN | 80.76 | 81.96 | 78.99 | 79.04 | 5.82M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 3999.00 | 3999.00 | 3925.00 | 3953.50 | 18.3K |
Exchange Rates of September 09, 2008
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 106.820 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.009 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.072 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.933 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.128 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.887 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6.839 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.146 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 150.660 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.007 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.802 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.247 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.765 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.567 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.512 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.661 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.591 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.628 EUR |
Euro | Chinese Yuan | 1 EUR = 9.654 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.104 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.532 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.880 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.171 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.854 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.003 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.997 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.056 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.947 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.201 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.454 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.886 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.530 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 1.984 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.504 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Chinese Yuan | 1 GBP = 12.028 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.083 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.856 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.168 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.900 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.111 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 AUD = 5.468 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.183 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 1.052 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.951 CAD |
Canadian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 CAD = 6.382 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.157 CAD |
Swiss Franc | Chinese Yuan | 1 CHF = 6.066 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.165 CHF |
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