Financial news on January 12, 2010
Business and Financial news
A Future That Doesn’t Guzzle
Automakers unveiled many hybrid gas-electric and battery-powered cars at the Detroit auto show, a sign of how much emphasis is being placed on the electrification of vehicles. Read more..
E-Mail? Free. Internet? That’ll Cost You.
As Continental installs Wi-Fi on some aircraft, it will also offer Kiteline, a connection for e-mail but not for surfing of the Web, free. Read more..
Investigating Wall Street Compensation
Louise Story of The Times discusses the backlash over big bonuses on Wall Street. Read more..
Now, Electronics That Obey Hand Gestures
Devices will soon be sold that allow people to flip TV channels or move computer files with hand gestures. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
| Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
| Intel | INTC | 20.87 | 20.90 | 20.38 | 20.61 | 70M |
| Microsoft | MSFT | 30.15 | 30.40 | 29.91 | 30.07 | 65.9M |
| General Electric | GE | 16.58 | 16.84 | 16.57 | 16.77 | 64.6M |
| JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 43.99 | 44.15 | 42.94 | 43.49 | 47.1M |
| Pfizer | PFE | 18.80 | 18.99 | 18.64 | 18.77 | 41.3M |
| Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 28.47 | 28.55 | 27.50 | 28.08 | 39.8M |
| Cisco Systems | CSCO | 24.44 | 24.50 | 24.08 | 24.20 | 35.8M |
| ExxonMobil | XOM | 69.72 | 69.99 | 69.52 | 69.95 | 31.5M |
| AT&T Inc. | T | 26.85 | 27.11 | 26.78 | 26.96 | 26.3M |
| Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 24.56 | 24.61 | 24.31 | 24.56 | 26.2M |
| Home Depot | HD | 28.15 | 28.35 | 27.89 | 27.98 | 23.1M |
| Apple | AAPL | 209.19 | 209.77 | 206.42 | 207.72 | 21.2M |
| Comcast | CMCSA | 16.75 | 16.75 | 16.41 | 16.51 | 18.1M |
| Altria | MO | 20.21 | 20.25 | 20.03 | 20.15 | 15.3M |
| Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 54.00 | 54.75 | 53.86 | 54.73 | 15.1M |
| Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 31.02 | 31.12 | 30.68 | 30.82 | 14.6M |
| Verizon Communications | VZ | 31.78 | 31.92 | 31.69 | 31.91 | 14.4M |
| Procter & Gamble | PG | 60.70 | 61.36 | 60.50 | 60.89 | 13.5M |
| UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 32.70 | 32.91 | 31.54 | 32.05 | 13.1M |
| HP Inc. | HPQ | 52.03 | 52.56 | 51.79 | 51.97 | 12.3M |
| Chevron | CVX | 79.52 | 80.45 | 79.47 | 80.41 | 12.2M |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 25.01 | 25.20 | 24.71 | 24.81 | 11.9M |
| Coca-Cola | KO | 56.09 | 57.00 | 56.06 | 56.88 | 11.6M |
| ConocoPhillips | COP | 53.00 | 53.01 | 52.28 | 52.43 | 11.3M |
| Amgen | AMGN | 57.14 | 57.42 | 54.82 | 56.03 | 11.3M |
| Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 55.33 | 55.33 | 55.33 | 55.33 | 10.9M |
| Merck | MRK | 37.82 | 37.99 | 37.32 | 37.55 | 10.9M |
| Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 64.13 | 64.72 | 64.02 | 64.56 | 10.8M |
| Alphabet | GOOGL | 598.08 | 598.16 | 588.00 | 590.48 | 9.7M |
| Schlumberger | SLB | 69.20 | 70.71 | 68.80 | 69.59 | 9.41M |
| Amazon | AMZN | 128.99 | 129.82 | 126.55 | 127.35 | 9.1M |
| Pepsico | PEP | 60.52 | 61.68 | 60.50 | 61.55 | 9.08M |
| International Business Machines | IBM | 129.03 | 131.33 | 129.00 | 130.51 | 8.08M |
| McDonald's | MCD | 62.03 | 62.66 | 62.00 | 62.66 | 7.2M |
| Gilead Sciences | GILD | 45.00 | 45.06 | 44.53 | 44.95 | 6.98M |
| Boeing | BA | 60.07 | 61.20 | 59.91 | 60.43 | 5.27M |
| United Technologies | UTX | 71.80 | 71.95 | 71.06 | 71.74 | 4.67M |
| Union Pacific | UNP | 67.00 | 67.53 | 66.76 | 67.39 | 3.32M |
| Visa | V | 86.58 | 87.05 | 85.85 | 86.34 | 3.21M |
| 3M | MMM | 83.58 | 84.18 | 83.30 | 84.05 | 3.03M |
| Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 3311.00 | 3327.00 | 3300.00 | 3300.00 | 34.8K |
Exchange Rates of January 12, 2010
| Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
| US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 90.980 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.011 USD |
| US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.038 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.963 USD |
| US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.018 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.982 USD |
| US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6.827 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.146 USD |
| Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 131.820 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.008 EUR |
| Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.896 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.116 EUR |
| Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.575 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.635 EUR |
| Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.505 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.665 EUR |
| Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.476 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.678 EUR |
| Euro | Chinese Yuan | 1 EUR = 9.896 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.101 EUR |
| Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.680 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.472 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.194 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.838 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.141 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.876 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.119 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.893 JPY |
| Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.757 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.569 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.679 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.596 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 1.646 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.608 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Chinese Yuan | 1 GBP = 11.029 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.091 GBP |
| Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.955 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.047 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.937 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.067 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 AUD = 6.284 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.159 AUD |
| Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 0.980 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.020 CAD |
| Canadian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 CAD = 6.575 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.152 CAD |
| Swiss Franc | Chinese Yuan | 1 CHF = 6.708 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.149 CHF |
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