Financial news on October 11th, 2010
Business and Financial news
Crispin Odey, one of London’s most vocal hedge fund managers, is no longer enamored of Barclays and is now placing his bets on Lloyds Banking Group. Read more..
Peter Diamond, Dale Mortensen and Christopher Pissarides won for work that helps explain mismatches in the employment market. Read more..
The actor Larry Wilcox, who was accused last week of securities fraud for his role in a penny-stock scheme, agreed in July to go undercover to help federal prosecutors, according to a court filing. Read more..
Some start-up companies are charting the interiors of shopping malls, convention centers and airports to help cellphone users find their way. Read more..
The Leibowitz brothers — one a top executive at NYSE Euronext, the other Jon Stewart — have unsurprisingly divergent views on the controversial trading practice. Read more..
France is ready to drop objections to a key part of a law to tighten rules on hedge funds in exchange for concessions from London, moving to end a row that threatened to harm relations with Washington, Reuters reported. Read more..
Larry Hagman, who played J. R. Ewing on “Dallas,” said he was surprised by the arbitration award he won in a dispute with Citigroup, but thought it was justified. Read more..
Account assignments, executive appointments and other developments at advertising agencies. Read more..
On the Web, 19.4 percent of a video’s audience defects within the first 10 seconds. Read more..
China’s deal with Chesapeake Energy involves a potential transfer of technology and intellectual knowledge to Beijing that some people in Washington may find uncomfortable. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
Intel | INTC | 19.59 | 19.75 | 19.53 | 19.56 | 52.7M |
General Electric | GE | 17.24 | 17.26 | 16.92 | 16.96 | 52.3M |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 22.48 | 22.65 | 22.38 | 22.47 | 28.4M |
Microsoft | MSFT | 24.74 | 24.74 | 24.50 | 24.59 | 27.6M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 25.96 | 26.10 | 25.46 | 25.65 | 24.6M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 39.52 | 39.91 | 39.40 | 39.73 | 24.6M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 27.90 | 28.10 | 27.73 | 27.85 | 22.6M |
Pfizer | PFE | 17.46 | 17.50 | 17.29 | 17.38 | 22.3M |
Apple | AAPL | 294.74 | 297.24 | 294.60 | 295.36 | 15.3M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 17.92 | 18.05 | 17.81 | 18.02 | 15.2M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 28.19 | 28.45 | 28.19 | 28.32 | 14.4M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 64.36 | 64.81 | 64.31 | 64.55 | 13.8M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 41.25 | 41.39 | 40.82 | 41.20 | 12.9M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 32.90 | 33.20 | 32.84 | 33.03 | 11.1M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 52.90 | 52.92 | 52.58 | 52.81 | 10.3M |
Altria | MO | 24.49 | 24.52 | 24.27 | 24.35 | 9.46M |
Home Depot | HD | 31.89 | 31.89 | 31.63 | 31.79 | 8.36M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 59.69 | 59.99 | 59.52 | 59.79 | 7.79M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 61.92 | 62.21 | 61.86 | 62.14 | 7.43M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 54.52 | 54.74 | 54.43 | 54.61 | 7.04M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 34.09 | 34.90 | 34.07 | 34.65 | 6.75M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 59.56 | 59.62 | 59.33 | 59.56 | 6.5M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 63.26 | 63.31 | 63.04 | 63.30 | 6.17M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 27.14 | 27.56 | 27.14 | 27.36 | 5.8M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 63.39 | 64.09 | 62.87 | 63.50 | 5.62M |
Merck | MRK | 36.86 | 37.00 | 36.67 | 36.86 | 5.58M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 36.29 | 36.43 | 36.08 | 36.21 | 5.52M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 34.52 | 34.74 | 34.43 | 34.57 | 5.35M |
Pepsico | PEP | 65.74 | 65.76 | 65.30 | 65.52 | 5.28M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 538.48 | 544.60 | 537.17 | 538.84 | 5.25M |
Chevron | CVX | 83.85 | 84.00 | 83.35 | 83.71 | 4.79M |
Amazon | AMZN | 154.89 | 156.63 | 152.34 | 153.03 | 4.49M |
Amgen | AMGN | 56.28 | 56.35 | 55.86 | 56.10 | 4.35M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 138.79 | 139.94 | 138.64 | 139.66 | 4M |
McDonald's | MCD | 76.01 | 76.25 | 75.27 | 75.59 | 3.65M |
Boeing | BA | 69.51 | 70.25 | 69.23 | 69.99 | 3.47M |
3M | MMM | 89.48 | 89.50 | 87.97 | 88.25 | 2.61M |
Visa | V | 73.85 | 74.79 | 73.83 | 74.29 | 2.6M |
United Technologies | UTX | 73.11 | 73.11 | 72.61 | 72.93 | 2.45M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 83.05 | 83.30 | 82.58 | 82.95 | 1.96M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 85.23 | 85.75 | 84.60 | 85.06 | 1.62M |
Exchange Rates of October 11th, 2010
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 82.070 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.012 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.014 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.987 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 0.964 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.037 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6.669 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.150 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 113.920 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.009 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.874 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.145 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.411 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.709 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.406 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.711 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.339 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.747 EUR |
Euro | Chinese Yuan | 1 EUR = 9.253 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.108 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.767 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.304 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.238 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.808 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.235 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.810 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.175 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.851 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.615 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.619 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.610 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.621 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 1.532 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.653 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Chinese Yuan | 1 GBP = 10.579 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.095 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.997 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.003 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.948 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.055 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 AUD = 6.556 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.153 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 0.951 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.051 CAD |
Canadian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 CAD = 6.578 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.152 CAD |
Swiss Franc | Chinese Yuan | 1 CHF = 6.911 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.145 CHF |
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