Financial news on February 11, 2010
Business and Financial news
The new plan is meant to quiet critics who believe Wall Street financial firms overpay even their underperforming employees. Read more..
Some U.S.B. cables have a bump on one end and others don’t. What does the bump do, and can I use bump and bumpless cables interchangeably? Read more..
A new campaign from G.E., which begins running during the Olympics, emphasizes its healthcare business. Read more..
An adviser to small businesses offers hard-edged solutions to problems faced by most entrepreneurs. Read more..
China said that its exports climbed 21 percent in January, while imports surged 85.5 percent, the latest sign that world trade is starting to recover. Read more..
The company’s plans to remake itself have included shopping its set-top box business and its wireless networking units. Read more..
The move quiets speculation that Ellen DeGeneres would replace Oprah Winfrey on stations owned by ABC. Read more..
Doctors and hospitals will be able to check a patient’s private coverage and track claims through a single Web portal. Read more..
Unemployment in the area is higher than national levels and the worst since 2005, when tech companies were recovering from the dot-com implosion. Read more..
Unlike Facebook, whose builders strive to make it an ever more organized social network, Twitter seems to thrive on being a jumble. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 74.50 | 76.80 | 74.15 | 76.69 | 2.3B |
General Electric | GE | 15.62 | 15.79 | 15.48 | 15.77 | 66.9M |
Microsoft | MSFT | 27.93 | 28.40 | 27.70 | 28.12 | 66M |
Intel | INTC | 19.63 | 20.20 | 19.55 | 20.06 | 58.8M |
Pfizer | PFE | 17.75 | 18.03 | 17.62 | 17.87 | 54.7M |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 23.67 | 23.99 | 23.54 | 23.93 | 42.5M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 27.15 | 27.24 | 26.71 | 27.08 | 35.8M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 38.84 | 39.37 | 38.36 | 39.02 | 33.8M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 23.06 | 23.52 | 22.83 | 23.35 | 28.2M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 25.05 | 25.38 | 24.83 | 25.19 | 27.4M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 64.69 | 65.48 | 64.41 | 65.24 | 23.6M |
Apple | AAPL | 194.88 | 199.75 | 194.06 | 198.67 | 19.7M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 15.26 | 15.43 | 15.11 | 15.33 | 18.2M |
Altria | MO | 19.40 | 19.74 | 19.25 | 19.61 | 17M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 28.86 | 29.20 | 28.68 | 29.04 | 16M |
Home Depot | HD | 28.71 | 29.07 | 28.54 | 28.99 | 14.6M |
Merck | MRK | 36.22 | 37.00 | 35.87 | 36.88 | 14.4M |
Pepsico | PEP | 60.87 | 61.70 | 60.50 | 61.19 | 14.4M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 53.27 | 53.71 | 52.93 | 53.54 | 13.4M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 53.60 | 54.33 | 53.27 | 54.22 | 13.2M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 48.00 | 48.85 | 47.82 | 48.62 | 12.9M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 29.82 | 30.43 | 29.76 | 30.16 | 12.4M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 53.13 | 53.45 | 52.91 | 53.08 | 11.6M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 45.81 | 47.08 | 45.59 | 46.76 | 11.5M |
Chevron | CVX | 70.72 | 72.11 | 70.31 | 71.05 | 11.3M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 23.92 | 23.98 | 23.57 | 23.89 | 11M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 61.42 | 62.16 | 61.27 | 61.96 | 10.4M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 48.28 | 49.11 | 47.96 | 48.90 | 9.87M |
Amgen | AMGN | 56.56 | 57.00 | 56.23 | 56.50 | 8.49M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 62.62 | 63.21 | 62.26 | 62.91 | 8.35M |
Amazon | AMZN | 117.21 | 120.42 | 116.50 | 120.09 | 8.34M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 32.71 | 33.20 | 32.44 | 33.12 | 7.86M |
McDonald's | MCD | 63.25 | 63.84 | 62.54 | 63.79 | 7.48M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 63.56 | 64.90 | 62.55 | 64.55 | 7.32M |
3M | MMM | 79.22 | 80.39 | 78.84 | 80.27 | 5.52M |
United Technologies | UTX | 66.36 | 66.85 | 65.86 | 66.71 | 5.5M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 61.43 | 63.85 | 61.41 | 63.61 | 5.18M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 122.58 | 124.20 | 122.06 | 123.73 | 5.09M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 532.25 | 540.49 | 529.50 | 536.40 | 4.82M |
Visa | V | 83.79 | 85.21 | 83.25 | 85.14 | 4.51M |
Boeing | BA | 59.75 | 60.75 | 58.94 | 60.59 | 4.4M |
Exchange Rates of February 11, 2010
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 89.750 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.011 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.050 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.952 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.070 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.934 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6.834 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.146 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 122.880 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.008 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.872 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.147 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.537 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.651 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.438 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.696 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.466 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.682 EUR |
Euro | Chinese Yuan | 1 EUR = 9.359 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.107 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.709 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.410 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.250 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.800 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.170 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.855 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.193 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.839 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.763 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.567 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.649 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.606 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 1.681 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.595 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.935 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.069 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.953 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.049 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 AUD = 6.086 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.164 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 1.019 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.981 CAD |
Canadian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 CAD = 6.506 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.154 CAD |
Swiss Franc | Chinese Yuan | 1 CHF = 6.384 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.157 CHF |
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