Financial news on June 13, 2012
Business and Financial news
June 13, 2012 - A flirting app is rocked by child rape cases. Read more..
Google releases documents related to a federal investigation of its Street View mapping project; documents include sworn declarations from what appear to be engineers saying they were not aware of unauthorized data collection gathered from wireless networks as specially equipped cars passed through neighborhoods. Read more..
European Central Bank calls for euro zone leaders to form a 'banking union' alliance to oversee its large financial institutions in a move that would help shield countries and their citizens from the misfortunes of troubled lenders. Read more..
Andrew Adam Newman Advertising column; Clean Break reality series sponsored by Schick Hydro razor is taking the unusual step of neither mentioning nor showing the product, referring to the brand only with occasional 'Presented by Schick Hydro' messages. Read more..
Against the backdrop of a sputtering recovery, economists said benign inflation gave the Federal Reserve room to ease further at its policy meeting next week. Read more..
June 13, 2012 - Jamie Dimon's fall from being 'America's Banker.' Read more..
Vivian Marino 30-Minute Interview with Corcoran Sunshine Marketing Group president Kelly Kennedy Mack; company specializes in the marketing, sales and planning of luxury residential developments. Read more..
The deal, a limited rescue of Spain's banking sector, has raised hopes in other troubled euro countries of making similar deals. Read more..
Federal Trade Commission fines data collection company Spokeo $800,000, claiming that it violated federal law in how it compiled and sold people's personal information for use by potential employers to screen job applicants on its Web site; action is the FTC's first case addressing the sale of Internet and social media data for use in employment screening. Read more..
Stocks advance, rebounding amid speculation the Federal Reserve will act to stimulate the economy and after the European Central Bank endorses its plan to guarantee bank deposits. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 64.24 | 64.70 | 63.18 | 64.45 | 98.4M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 33.69 | 35.07 | 33.63 | 34.30 | 72.5M |
General Electric | GE | 19.25 | 19.54 | 19.20 | 19.37 | 40.2M |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 16.74 | 16.85 | 16.56 | 16.66 | 39.1M |
Microsoft | MSFT | 29.22 | 29.44 | 29.05 | 29.13 | 33M |
Intel | INTC | 26.46 | 26.87 | 26.34 | 26.54 | 30.5M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 31.26 | 31.97 | 31.15 | 31.58 | 30.2M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 34.94 | 35.06 | 34.72 | 34.98 | 26.5M |
Pfizer | PFE | 22.17 | 22.48 | 22.09 | 22.19 | 23.7M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 26.88 | 27.38 | 26.79 | 27.02 | 19.6M |
FB | 27.66 | 28.10 | 27.10 | 27.27 | 17.1M | |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 80.94 | 81.64 | 80.28 | 80.63 | 15.1M |
Home Depot | HD | 51.78 | 51.90 | 50.81 | 50.97 | 14.5M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 30.38 | 30.44 | 29.79 | 29.98 | 14M |
Altria | MO | 33.07 | 33.41 | 32.91 | 33.27 | 13.4M |
Merck | MRK | 38.40 | 38.79 | 38.27 | 38.40 | 11.6M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 21.51 | 21.71 | 21.34 | 21.48 | 11.6M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 42.83 | 43.25 | 42.80 | 42.99 | 11.3M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 67.59 | 67.75 | 66.96 | 67.07 | 10.7M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 61.72 | 61.90 | 61.33 | 61.51 | 10.7M |
Apple | AAPL | 574.52 | 578.48 | 570.38 | 572.16 | 10.5M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 54.63 | 54.84 | 53.84 | 54.10 | 9.05M |
McDonald's | MCD | 86.95 | 88.94 | 86.88 | 87.97 | 8.84M |
General Motors | GM | 22.04 | 22.17 | 21.74 | 21.87 | 8.59M |
United Technologies | UTX | 74.35 | 74.45 | 72.96 | 73.54 | 8.23M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 46.25 | 46.65 | 45.99 | 46.23 | 7.32M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 62.61 | 62.77 | 62.27 | 62.57 | 6.84M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 64.47 | 65.56 | 63.49 | 63.95 | 6.78M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 34.15 | 34.45 | 34.12 | 34.21 | 6.62M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 57.72 | 58.53 | 57.57 | 58.01 | 6.37M |
Chevron | CVX | 100.68 | 101.40 | 99.71 | 100.13 | 5.19M |
Pepsico | PEP | 68.30 | 68.88 | 68.16 | 68.55 | 4.96M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 49.49 | 50.25 | 49.09 | 49.12 | 4.76M |
Boeing | BA | 72.41 | 72.70 | 71.58 | 72.06 | 4.72M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 74.61 | 75.13 | 74.47 | 74.69 | 4.69M |
Amgen | AMGN | 68.73 | 69.31 | 68.51 | 68.82 | 3.94M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 561.72 | 567.00 | 558.68 | 561.09 | 3.9M |
Visa | V | 115.80 | 116.97 | 114.65 | 114.90 | 3.72M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 81.01 | 81.14 | 80.24 | 80.59 | 3.64M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 194.36 | 195.19 | 192.35 | 193.10 | 3.25M |
3M | MMM | 86.30 | 86.80 | 85.72 | 86.13 | 2.66M |
Amazon | AMZN | 215.52 | 217.38 | 213.52 | 214.73 | 2.33M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 111.16 | 113.63 | 111.07 | 112.30 | 1.99M |
Exchange Rates of June 13, 2012
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 79.410 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.013 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.029 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.972 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 0.956 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.046 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6.369 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.157 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 99.820 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.010 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.810 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.234 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.263 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.792 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.294 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.773 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.201 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.833 EUR |
Euro | Chinese Yuan | 1 EUR = 7.981 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.125 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.811 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.233 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.265 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.791 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.295 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.772 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.203 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.831 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.559 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.641 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.596 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.626 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 1.482 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.675 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Chinese Yuan | 1 GBP = 9.850 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.102 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 1.024 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.977 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.950 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.052 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 AUD = 6.315 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.158 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 0.928 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.077 CAD |
Canadian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 CAD = 6.169 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.162 CAD |
Swiss Franc | Chinese Yuan | 1 CHF = 6.645 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.150 CHF |
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