Financial news on December 12, 2013
Business and Financial news
Tool Kit column; app Evernote provides single comprehensive archive of user's digital life, providing one location to store and find practically everything saved on a computer or phone. Read more..
Personal Tech Q&A on saving novel that is being written using either Gmail or Google Drive, and ways to use an external display with an Apple laptop; Tip of the Week on mobile apps for television program schedules. Read more..
European Union finance ministers say they agree on basic principles on how to wind down ailing banks, but not everyone is pleased with the compromises. Read more..
A report by the British telecom regulator says the less expensive plans depress revenues and discourage investment in high-speed networks. Read more..
Former and current Obama administration officials say Stanley Fischer, former governor of Bank of Israel and mentor to Federal Reserve's chairman Ben S Bernanke, is leading candidate to become vice chairman of the Fed; he is both surprising choice and popular pick among economists and investors, and interest in him appears to reflect desire for continuity. Read more..
The company said that the strong Australian dollar and high production costs meant it would have to end production in the country by 2017. Read more..
Gadgetwise blog; NoiseHush i7 headphones are compared with more expensive Bose Quiet Comfort 15 headphones. Read more..
Thirteen international news organizations have written a letter to the armed opposition in Syria asking for assurances that their reporters will not be abducted. Read more..
A recent lecture in London showed how contentious the debate on extracting natural gas from shale rock has become. Read more..
Advertising column; Zeus Jones, consultancy specializing in digital, design, social media and content creation, is opening new office in San Francisco, to be led by Gareth Kay. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
FB | 51,05 | 52,07 | 50,66 | 51,83 | 92.7M | |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 20,82 | 20,83 | 20,26 | 20,51 | 69.6M |
Microsoft | MSFT | 37,64 | 37,64 | 37,18 | 37,22 | 36M |
General Electric | GE | 26,50 | 26,70 | 26,48 | 26,54 | 31M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 33,85 | 33,90 | 33,29 | 33,60 | 30.9M |
Pfizer | PFE | 30,55 | 30,77 | 30,21 | 30,25 | 29.1M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 34,05 | 34,13 | 33,75 | 33,89 | 21.9M |
Intel | INTC | 24,72 | 24,89 | 24,42 | 24,47 | 21.9M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 39,99 | 40,21 | 39,18 | 39,21 | 19.8M |
General Motors | GM | 40,10 | 40,61 | 40,01 | 40,05 | 18.9M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 94,50 | 95,88 | 94,28 | 95,36 | 15.6M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 56,05 | 56,60 | 55,91 | 56,31 | 15.3M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 43,57 | 43,78 | 43,47 | 43,50 | 13.7M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 27,05 | 27,11 | 26,42 | 26,60 | 13.4M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 92,84 | 92,86 | 91,07 | 91,16 | 12.3M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 48,49 | 48,53 | 47,87 | 48,13 | 12.2M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 70,39 | 71,21 | 70,05 | 70,27 | 12.1M |
Merck | MRK | 48,57 | 48,78 | 48,03 | 48,32 | 11.6M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 83,82 | 83,87 | 81,93 | 82,30 | 10.2M |
Apple | AAPL | 562,14 | 565,34 | 560,03 | 560,54 | 9.37M |
Altria | MO | 37,58 | 37,74 | 37,10 | 37,20 | 9.24M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 69,28 | 70,02 | 68,80 | 69,63 | 8.76M |
Home Depot | HD | 78,99 | 79,20 | 78,28 | 78,53 | 8.54M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 48,52 | 49,16 | 48,50 | 48,67 | 7.7M |
Chevron | CVX | 121,78 | 122,10 | 120,57 | 120,99 | 7.22M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 36,57 | 36,63 | 36,27 | 36,29 | 6.42M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 50,54 | 50,79 | 50,11 | 50,55 | 6.33M |
Pepsico | PEP | 82,56 | 82,65 | 80,97 | 81,28 | 6.33M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 86,23 | 87,64 | 85,97 | 86,96 | 5.92M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 72,19 | 72,57 | 70,91 | 71,01 | 5.82M |
McDonald's | MCD | 95,40 | 95,68 | 94,04 | 94,10 | 5.72M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 69,13 | 69,79 | 68,91 | 69,48 | 5.71M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 79,11 | 79,26 | 78,40 | 78,50 | 5.69M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 175,06 | 175,80 | 173,30 | 173,37 | 5.67M |
United Technologies | UTX | 108,50 | 108,93 | 107,36 | 108,09 | 3.65M |
Boeing | BA | 132,11 | 133,65 | 131,90 | 132,96 | 3.62M |
Amgen | AMGN | 112,90 | 113,86 | 112,34 | 112,57 | 3.33M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 1079,57 | 1082,94 | 1069,00 | 1069,96 | 3.19M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 114,49 | 115,06 | 114,04 | 114,38 | 3.12M |
Visa | V | 204,97 | 205,65 | 202,50 | 203,44 | 2.87M |
3M | MMM | 126,63 | 127,39 | 125,98 | 126,58 | 2.49M |
Amazon | AMZN | 381,26 | 385,00 | 379,50 | 381,25 | 2.12M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 160,50 | 161,83 | 160,17 | 160,97 | 1.43M |
Exchange Rates of December 12, 2013
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 103,350 JPY | 1 JPY = 0,010 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1,064 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,940 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 0,889 CHF | 1 CHF = 1,125 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6,072 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,165 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 142,130 JPY | 1 JPY = 0,007 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0,841 GBP | 1 GBP = 1,189 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1,539 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,650 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1,463 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,683 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1,223 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,818 EUR |
Euro | Chinese Yuan | 1 EUR = 8,349 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,120 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0,591 GBP | 1 GBP = 1,691 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1,082 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,924 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1,029 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,972 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 0,860 CHF | 1 CHF = 1,163 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1,829 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,547 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1,739 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,575 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 1,454 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,688 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Chinese Yuan | 1 GBP = 9,928 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,101 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0,951 CAD | 1 CAD = 1,052 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0,794 CHF | 1 CHF = 1,259 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 AUD = 5,424 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,184 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 0,835 CHF | 1 CHF = 1,198 CAD |
Canadian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 CAD = 5,705 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,175 CAD |
Swiss Franc | Chinese Yuan | 1 CHF = 6,825 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,147 CHF |
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