Financial news on December 13, 2011
Business and Financial news
Joan Raymond Frequent Flier column; event producer and design firm operator Jes Gordon discusses how she bounced back after an emergency airplane landing. Read more..
In his failed quest for special treatment on financial regulation, the prime minister has taken Britain out of the room where decisions on the future of Europe will be shaped. Read more..
European antitrust regulators suspend their investigation into Google's $12.5 billion acquisition of Motorola Mobility, delaying deal, until Google provides additional documents. Read more..
Highlights from the DealBook newsletter. Read more..
Joe Sharkey On The Road column on the pleasures of train travel, even for business; says it is a reminder of how civilized airline travel once was. Read more..
Legal and financial experts are examining in detail what would happen if Greece abandoned the euro and returned to the drachma; danger that Greece, or another deeply damaged European nation, could leave the euro zone can no longer be ruled out; leaders agree to adopt strict fiscal rules on countries using the universal currency to avoid such an event; Read more..
Jerry Sandusky’s autobiography is no longer available from Amazon, but that is not stopping would-be reviewers, who are piling on with sarcastic reviews. Read more..
Facebook, which is preparing for a public offering, has more than 800 million active users around the world. But some people, even on the younger end of the age spectrum, just refuse to participate. Read more..
The tech reporters and editors of The New York Times are always searching for interesting items on the Web. Here’s what they found on Tuesday: a statue for Steve Jobs, DIY gifts and the economics of video games explained. Read more..
Google has placed views of earthquake and tsunami damage in its maps of Japan. You’ll see the idyllic countryside change dramatically, becoming cluttered with mountains of rubble and debris as you get closer to the ocean, says one of the Google executives managing the project. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
Intel | INTC | 24.05 | 24.06 | 23.42 | 23.56 | 78.5M |
General Electric | GE | 16.56 | 16.72 | 16.30 | 16.42 | 73.9M |
Pfizer | PFE | 20.57 | 20.96 | 20.51 | 20.76 | 69.3M |
Microsoft | MSFT | 25.75 | 26.10 | 25.65 | 25.76 | 54.6M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 32.37 | 32.63 | 30.87 | 31.29 | 49.5M |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 18.57 | 18.85 | 18.34 | 18.47 | 48M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 26.55 | 26.58 | 25.47 | 25.79 | 31.5M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 31.69 | 31.90 | 30.60 | 30.83 | 25.3M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 29.06 | 29.25 | 28.95 | 29.04 | 21.9M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 80.61 | 81.81 | 80.14 | 80.53 | 21.9M |
Merck | MRK | 35.22 | 35.36 | 34.86 | 34.99 | 18.3M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 27.41 | 27.85 | 26.65 | 26.80 | 18.2M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 23.52 | 23.68 | 23.08 | 23.19 | 18.1M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 64.08 | 64.08 | 63.14 | 63.36 | 14.2M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 54.35 | 54.84 | 54.17 | 54.35 | 13.8M |
Altria | MO | 28.92 | 29.25 | 28.82 | 28.99 | 13M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 36.69 | 37.12 | 36.18 | 36.33 | 12.7M |
General Motors | GM | 20.96 | 21.00 | 19.95 | 20.11 | 12.6M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 70.94 | 71.65 | 69.56 | 69.85 | 12.2M |
Apple | AAPL | 393.00 | 395.40 | 387.10 | 388.81 | 12.1M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 38.46 | 38.59 | 38.14 | 38.26 | 11.9M |
Home Depot | HD | 40.22 | 40.25 | 39.36 | 39.51 | 11.4M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 64.54 | 65.33 | 64.40 | 64.73 | 11.1M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 58.13 | 58.35 | 57.42 | 57.60 | 11M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 33.31 | 33.68 | 33.27 | 33.53 | 10.7M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 72.58 | 73.76 | 70.01 | 70.41 | 9.91M |
Amazon | AMZN | 188.56 | 189.68 | 178.50 | 180.51 | 9.3M |
Chevron | CVX | 104.22 | 105.89 | 103.10 | 103.62 | 8.99M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 628.76 | 636.56 | 622.85 | 625.63 | 8.05M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 38.75 | 39.23 | 38.52 | 38.59 | 7.93M |
Boeing | BA | 71.67 | 72.65 | 70.62 | 70.90 | 7.56M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 67.09 | 67.27 | 66.29 | 66.48 | 7.14M |
McDonald's | MCD | 98.74 | 98.95 | 97.76 | 98.00 | 6.86M |
Amgen | AMGN | 57.70 | 58.38 | 57.31 | 57.43 | 6.84M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 76.56 | 76.90 | 75.02 | 75.86 | 6.74M |
United Technologies | UTX | 75.01 | 75.96 | 73.75 | 74.20 | 5.4M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 48.44 | 49.30 | 47.70 | 47.93 | 5.27M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 193.46 | 194.30 | 190.64 | 191.15 | 5.01M |
Pepsico | PEP | 64.95 | 65.24 | 64.14 | 64.28 | 4.95M |
3M | MMM | 81.00 | 81.22 | 78.91 | 79.41 | 3.98M |
Visa | V | 97.44 | 97.54 | 95.53 | 95.91 | 3.39M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 101.83 | 103.00 | 99.56 | 100.19 | 3.03M |
Exchange Rates of December 13, 2011
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 77.990 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.013 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.034 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.967 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 0.946 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.058 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6.366 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.157 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 101.650 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.010 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.842 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.188 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.301 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.769 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.348 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.742 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.232 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.811 EUR |
Euro | Chinese Yuan | 1 EUR = 8.291 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.121 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.828 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.208 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.279 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.782 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.325 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.755 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.212 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.825 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.545 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.647 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.601 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.625 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 1.464 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.683 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Chinese Yuan | 1 GBP = 9.848 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.102 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 1.036 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.966 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.947 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.056 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 AUD = 6.372 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.157 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 0.914 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.094 CAD |
Canadian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 CAD = 6.154 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.163 CAD |
Swiss Franc | Chinese Yuan | 1 CHF = 6.727 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.149 CHF |
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