Financial news on November 11, 2010
Business and Financial news
Despite the company’s strong performance, shares fell close to 10 percent in after-hours trading after the earnings release. Read more..
The Group of 20 may constrain plans to impose higher standards on the world's largest banks, possibly weakening measures to prevent problems at one institution from spreading across borders. Read more..
Bruce Karatz was sentenced to five years’ probation and eight months of home detention and was fined $1 million for his conviction in a stock-option backdating case. Read more..
Staff members at the Anderson Center for Autism find that some of their most patient and effective therapists have four paws and a wagging tail. Read more..
A panel of experts warned of continued risks to the economy and implored politicians not to undo laws that have bolstered Germany’s recovery. Read more..
Gift annuities offer returns of 5 percent or more, but the rates may not seem so attractive if inflation rises in the future. Read more..
Merrill’s “Voldemort book” | Our finances, ourselves | Corrupt countries. Read more..
A global brand in athletic gear promotes a program to better the educations of young girls in developing nations. Read more..
Sean Penn and Brad Pitt are among celebrity driving forces behind charity organizations. Read more..
A transplant to Silicon Valley finds that many businesswomen there are more willing to take risks and invest in start-ups than their more corporate-oriented East Coast counterparts. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 20,35 | 20,96 | 20,25 | 20,52 | 553M |
Intel | INTC | 20,69 | 21,23 | 20,55 | 21,21 | 69.7M |
Microsoft | MSFT | 26,68 | 26,72 | 26,28 | 26,68 | 62.1M |
General Electric | GE | 16,44 | 16,52 | 16,22 | 16,35 | 46.6M |
Pfizer | PFE | 16,62 | 17,01 | 16,61 | 16,98 | 44.2M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 36,88 | 37,39 | 35,15 | 35,93 | 37.8M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 28,20 | 28,58 | 27,68 | 28,57 | 37.2M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 40,27 | 40,44 | 39,85 | 40,02 | 25.5M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 43,79 | 43,97 | 42,73 | 43,10 | 24.4M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 71,00 | 71,90 | 70,73 | 71,83 | 23.8M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 28,36 | 28,57 | 27,98 | 28,19 | 23.3M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 28,95 | 29,11 | 28,75 | 28,83 | 21.4M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 49,78 | 50,15 | 49,69 | 49,78 | 18.1M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 20,48 | 20,87 | 20,28 | 20,68 | 16.5M |
Merck | MRK | 34,90 | 35,41 | 34,85 | 35,21 | 14.1M |
Apple | AAPL | 315,00 | 318,40 | 314,25 | 316,66 | 12.9M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 32,73 | 32,89 | 32,46 | 32,63 | 12.8M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 54,52 | 54,52 | 53,96 | 54,34 | 12.6M |
Chevron | CVX | 85,00 | 86,19 | 85,00 | 86,09 | 11.3M |
Altria | MO | 24,95 | 25,29 | 24,95 | 25,23 | 10.5M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 62,90 | 63,14 | 62,59 | 62,89 | 10.1M |
Boeing | BA | 66,55 | 66,70 | 65,04 | 65,37 | 10M |
Home Depot | HD | 31,37 | 31,93 | 31,33 | 31,70 | 9.23M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 63,70 | 63,95 | 63,58 | 63,92 | 9.11M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 73,99 | 75,14 | 73,52 | 75,02 | 9.05M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 62,49 | 62,80 | 62,36 | 62,80 | 8.13M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 38,54 | 39,01 | 38,37 | 38,98 | 7.77M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 64,32 | 64,58 | 64,06 | 64,36 | 7M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 26,23 | 26,31 | 26,14 | 26,27 | 6.12M |
3M | MMM | 85,72 | 86,56 | 85,22 | 86,50 | 5.85M |
Amazon | AMZN | 171,00 | 172,05 | 169,42 | 170,37 | 5.69M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 36,97 | 37,50 | 36,74 | 37,47 | 5.4M |
Amgen | AMGN | 54,29 | 54,82 | 54,09 | 54,62 | 5.39M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 144,70 | 145,50 | 143,35 | 145,43 | 4.75M |
Pepsico | PEP | 64,98 | 65,22 | 64,70 | 64,90 | 4.74M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 619,70 | 619,85 | 614,21 | 617,19 | 4.52M |
McDonald's | MCD | 79,36 | 79,85 | 79,32 | 79,70 | 4.44M |
United Technologies | UTX | 75,87 | 75,95 | 75,04 | 75,39 | 3.51M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 81,30 | 81,60 | 80,90 | 81,13 | 2.96M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 90,82 | 91,74 | 90,46 | 90,94 | 2.6M |
Visa | V | 78,91 | 79,49 | 78,04 | 79,22 | 2.3M |
Exchange Rates of November 11, 2010
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 82,470 JPY | 1 JPY = 0,012 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1,003 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,997 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 0,975 CHF | 1 CHF = 1,026 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6,624 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,151 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 112,700 JPY | 1 JPY = 0,009 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0,848 GBP | 1 GBP = 1,180 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1,369 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,730 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1,371 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,729 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1,333 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,750 EUR |
Euro | Chinese Yuan | 1 EUR = 9,056 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,110 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0,752 GBP | 1 GBP = 1,330 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1,214 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,824 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1,216 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,823 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1,182 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,846 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1,616 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,619 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1,617 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,618 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 1,572 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,636 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Chinese Yuan | 1 GBP = 10,671 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,094 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 1,001 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,999 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0,973 CHF | 1 CHF = 1,028 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 AUD = 6,619 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,151 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 0,972 CHF | 1 CHF = 1,029 CAD |
Canadian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 CAD = 6,603 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,151 CAD |
Swiss Franc | Chinese Yuan | 1 CHF = 6,797 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,147 CHF |
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