Financial news on November 10th, 2008
Business and Financial news
With advertising dollars flowing to Hulu, the popular online video hub, YouTube is playing catch-up. Read more..
A new commercial for the cable channel has stirred fresh complaints from the network’s critics. Read more..
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Adding electricity from renewable sources would impose new demands on a transmission system that was never designed for large power transfers over extremely long distances, an industry report says. Read more..
Viewers watching commercials fast-forwarded with DVRs are still able to recall commercials that contained many frames featuring the brand’s name or logo in the center of the screen. Read more..
To conserve cash, General Motors will cut lifetime health care for management retirees at the end of this year. Read more..
Gamers are worried that the president-elect’s positions on video games may signal new regulations or restrictions on the industry. Read more..
Though the brash media mogul first considered a big-time author, Ted Turner eventually turned to a former subordinate to c0-write his autobiography. Read more..
While Wikipedia is modeled on an encyclopedia, the site comes to resemble a news site whenever news breaks. Read more..
Many an author has come to incorrect conclusions, but only a few have had the courage to make a prediction in a title that could be directly contradicted. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
General Electric | GE | 19.34 | 19.39 | 18.10 | 18.45 | 80.9M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 29.94 | 30.03 | 28.04 | 28.62 | 80.7M |
Microsoft | MSFT | 21.85 | 21.97 | 21.19 | 21.30 | 67.1M |
Intel | INTC | 15.01 | 15.06 | 14.23 | 14.35 | 52.9M |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 17.95 | 17.98 | 17.10 | 17.57 | 47.6M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 38.28 | 38.48 | 35.65 | 36.41 | 41.6M |
Apple | AAPL | 100.17 | 100.40 | 94.50 | 95.88 | 40.1M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 75.10 | 75.84 | 72.80 | 74.02 | 37.4M |
Pfizer | PFE | 17.20 | 17.30 | 16.35 | 16.60 | 34.7M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 17.84 | 17.84 | 17.36 | 17.56 | 24.8M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 27.78 | 28.10 | 26.97 | 27.47 | 24.6M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 17.86 | 18.00 | 16.15 | 16.54 | 19.4M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 55.11 | 55.73 | 54.35 | 55.18 | 18.2M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 23.90 | 23.90 | 21.66 | 22.08 | 16.4M |
Altria | MO | 18.32 | 18.40 | 17.60 | 17.82 | 16.2M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 65.46 | 65.78 | 64.03 | 64.95 | 16.2M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 328.00 | 329.44 | 309.47 | 318.78 | 16.1M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 35.32 | 35.76 | 33.56 | 34.17 | 15.7M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 30.94 | 31.15 | 30.13 | 30.49 | 15.7M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 56.00 | 56.88 | 55.30 | 55.38 | 15.5M |
Home Depot | HD | 21.53 | 21.71 | 20.46 | 20.74 | 14.1M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 53.08 | 53.50 | 50.00 | 50.93 | 13.6M |
Chevron | CVX | 75.22 | 76.08 | 72.81 | 74.34 | 13.3M |
Merck | MRK | 29.56 | 29.85 | 27.51 | 27.91 | 13.2M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 20.87 | 21.28 | 20.16 | 20.38 | 13.1M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 61.00 | 61.25 | 59.58 | 60.01 | 12.8M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 53.03 | 55.10 | 49.54 | 51.14 | 12.4M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 46.87 | 47.29 | 45.11 | 45.90 | 11.3M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 87.99 | 88.10 | 82.74 | 83.87 | 9.69M |
Amazon | AMZN | 49.98 | 50.68 | 46.86 | 48.46 | 8.96M |
McDonald's | MCD | 57.15 | 58.10 | 55.90 | 56.48 | 8.92M |
Amgen | AMGN | 60.74 | 60.90 | 57.55 | 58.78 | 7.85M |
Pepsico | PEP | 56.38 | 56.39 | 53.75 | 54.61 | 7.63M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 22.52 | 22.73 | 21.09 | 21.44 | 7.09M |
United Technologies | UTX | 53.02 | 54.24 | 51.41 | 52.19 | 6.87M |
Visa | V | 55.30 | 55.30 | 51.20 | 51.99 | 6.63M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 63.00 | 63.84 | 61.20 | 62.51 | 6.02M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 45.71 | 45.75 | 44.18 | 44.84 | 5.83M |
3M | MMM | 65.98 | 66.56 | 64.08 | 64.95 | 5.76M |
Boeing | BA | 47.30 | 48.31 | 45.59 | 46.14 | 5.3M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 3651.00 | 3680.00 | 3520.00 | 3539.00 | 38.9K |
Exchange Rates of November 10th, 2008
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 97.980 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.010 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.194 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.837 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.179 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.848 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6.827 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.146 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 124.880 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.008 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.816 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.225 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.903 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.525 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.522 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.657 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.502 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.666 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.653 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.531 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.523 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.657 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.218 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.821 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.203 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.832 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.330 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.429 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.864 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.537 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 1.839 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.544 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Chinese Yuan | 1 GBP = 10.653 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.094 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.800 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.251 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.789 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.267 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 AUD = 4.572 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.219 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 0.987 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.014 CAD |
Canadian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 CAD = 5.715 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.175 CAD |
Swiss Franc | Chinese Yuan | 1 CHF = 5.791 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.173 CHF |
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