Financial news on August 13, 2008
Business and Financial news
A documentary film about truck drivers is being underwritten by a division of the Navistar International Corporation to help promote a new long-haul truck. Read more..
The market for sport utility vehicles is starting to look a lot like the housing market, spreading pain to consumers, automakers and dealers. Read more..
Weeks before physical bombs fell on Georgia, a security researcher was watching an attack against the country in cyberspace. Read more..
A rule that made it harder to short some financial stocks expired as the Securities and Exchange Commission considered whether to tighten the rules on short selling. Read more..
Chris Albrecht, the former chief executive of HBO, said that he had stepped down from his role running IMG’s media and entertainment business. Read more..
General Motors is expected to announce an expansion of G.M.’s production of small cars at its plant east of Bangkok and the construction of an engine plant for its Colorado pickup truck. Read more..
When the real estate market comes to a virtual halt, as it currently has, it may be time to rezone, even though such efforts can be time consuming. Read more..
Singapore Telecommunications, Southeast Asia’s largest phone company, reported a profit that fell more than analysts had estimated. Read more..
Two out of every three United States corporations paid no federal income taxes from 1998 through 2005, according to a report by the Government Accountability Office. Read more..
After an extremely worrisome start that fanned fears of famine and economic devastation, the nation’s most crucial crop is on track for a bountiful harvest, the government said Tuesday. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 30.14 | 30.33 | 29.00 | 29.29 | 53.5M |
Microsoft | MSFT | 28.07 | 28.50 | 27.76 | 27.91 | 51.2M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 37.64 | 37.65 | 36.15 | 36.91 | 48.6M |
Intel | INTC | 24.29 | 24.75 | 24.03 | 24.12 | 46.3M |
General Electric | GE | 29.58 | 29.66 | 29.08 | 29.31 | 38.7M |
Pfizer | PFE | 19.75 | 19.85 | 19.56 | 19.64 | 36.7M |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 24.39 | 24.50 | 24.01 | 24.31 | 35.2M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 76.81 | 78.63 | 76.80 | 78.17 | 30.7M |
Apple | AAPL | 177.98 | 180.00 | 175.90 | 179.30 | 30.1M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 22.79 | 23.15 | 22.57 | 23.01 | 26.1M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 58.90 | 58.95 | 57.23 | 57.88 | 22.6M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 31.52 | 31.61 | 30.84 | 31.30 | 22M |
Home Depot | HD | 27.32 | 27.49 | 26.12 | 26.52 | 21.9M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 79.81 | 82.75 | 79.75 | 82.37 | 17.2M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 21.76 | 22.01 | 21.55 | 21.86 | 15.9M |
Chevron | CVX | 83.42 | 86.33 | 83.21 | 86.24 | 15.3M |
McDonald's | MCD | 64.01 | 64.09 | 61.94 | 62.78 | 12.4M |
Merck | MRK | 35.90 | 36.73 | 35.69 | 35.74 | 12M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 34.78 | 34.87 | 34.00 | 34.35 | 11.7M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 32.12 | 32.20 | 31.52 | 31.74 | 11.1M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 70.22 | 70.24 | 69.20 | 69.60 | 10.7M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 71.67 | 71.84 | 71.00 | 71.20 | 10.6M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 58.92 | 59.25 | 58.14 | 58.45 | 10.5M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 92.87 | 96.37 | 92.69 | 95.91 | 9.98M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 54.56 | 55.44 | 54.40 | 55.21 | 9.52M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 45.79 | 46.06 | 45.26 | 45.61 | 9.04M |
Boeing | BA | 66.07 | 66.23 | 64.00 | 64.26 | 8.99M |
Altria | MO | 21.62 | 21.75 | 21.47 | 21.55 | 8.15M |
Visa | V | 72.75 | 74.17 | 72.48 | 73.93 | 7.48M |
Amgen | AMGN | 63.12 | 64.08 | 63.05 | 63.49 | 7.37M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 501.60 | 503.54 | 493.88 | 500.03 | 7.24M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 31.49 | 31.83 | 30.87 | 31.61 | 7.22M |
Amazon | AMZN | 86.28 | 88.25 | 84.54 | 86.69 | 7.21M |
Pepsico | PEP | 69.35 | 70.13 | 69.21 | 69.74 | 6.09M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 75.87 | 76.84 | 73.56 | 76.57 | 5.98M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 56.97 | 57.63 | 56.01 | 56.81 | 5.95M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 125.00 | 126.99 | 124.75 | 125.80 | 5.86M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 22.09 | 22.21 | 21.83 | 21.98 | 4.81M |
United Technologies | UTX | 66.14 | 66.56 | 65.21 | 66.10 | 4.36M |
3M | MMM | 73.49 | 73.94 | 72.20 | 72.96 | 3.85M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 3870.00 | 3874.00 | 3785.00 | 3805.00 | 28.1K |
Exchange Rates of August 13, 2008
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 109.490 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.009 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.062 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.942 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.085 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.922 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6.857 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.146 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 163.380 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.006 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.798 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.253 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.705 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.587 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.585 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.631 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.619 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.618 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.488 GBP | 1 GBP = 2.048 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.043 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.959 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 0.970 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.031 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 0.991 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.009 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.136 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.468 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.985 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.504 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 2.028 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.493 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.929 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.076 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.949 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.054 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 1.021 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.979 CAD |
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