Financial news on September 13, 2010
Business and Financial news
Rob Bagot joined Eleven, San Francisco, in a new post, group creative director. Read more..
Ikea is beginning a huge ad campaign based on the idea that having a custom home can improve a person’s life. Read more..
Spending cuts are making the fragile American recovery falter, even as the country’s infrastructure languishes and fails. Circumstances cry out for an immediate rebuilding effort. Read more..
The red-hot coffee market may be cooling down soon as hedge funds pull back on bets that bean prices will go higher, Bloomberg News reported on Monday. Read more..
The hedge fund industry’s main lobbying group is urging federal regulators not to crack down on high-frequency trading, saying proposed new rules would increase costs for all investors. Read more..
The deal is the latest by H.P. as it seeks to add to its computer services businesses. Read more..
Prime Minister George Papandreou said over the weekend that Greece had won a “relentless and grueling” battle to avoid bankruptcy but more reforms must take place. Read more..
Projects in California and Maine ask people to photograph and locate dead animals to understand the impact of roads on the environment. Read more..
Hedge funds and other large speculators raised bets on gains in oil prices for the first time in five weeks on renewed signs the United States economy is recovering from the worst recession since the 1930s, Bloomberg News reported. Read more..
Sanofi-Aventis, France’s largest drug maker, arranged about $10 billion of underwritten loans to back its bid for the American biotechnology company Genzyme, two people familiar with the situation said. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
Microsoft | MSFT | 24,20 | 25,29 | 24,09 | 25,11 | 115M |
Intel | INTC | 18,22 | 18,56 | 18,20 | 18,56 | 73.9M |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 20,92 | 21,34 | 20,86 | 21,26 | 62.4M |
General Electric | GE | 16,19 | 16,31 | 16,05 | 16,25 | 56.3M |
Pfizer | PFE | 17,01 | 17,15 | 16,85 | 16,97 | 47.8M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 25,14 | 25,42 | 25,11 | 25,11 | 46.8M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 40,64 | 41,47 | 40,64 | 41,12 | 41.6M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 26,37 | 26,79 | 26,25 | 26,50 | 39.6M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 38,45 | 38,54 | 37,97 | 38,28 | 33.8M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 61,39 | 61,52 | 60,54 | 61,00 | 23.1M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 27,99 | 28,08 | 27,80 | 27,93 | 19.5M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 18,50 | 18,56 | 18,13 | 18,42 | 19.1M |
Visa | V | 68,00 | 68,00 | 64,90 | 65,48 | 15.1M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 30,99 | 31,05 | 30,61 | 30,90 | 15M |
Apple | AAPL | 265,82 | 268,28 | 265,76 | 267,04 | 13.9M |
Altria | MO | 23,59 | 23,64 | 23,38 | 23,47 | 12.2M |
Merck | MRK | 36,62 | 36,62 | 36,00 | 36,22 | 10.9M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 60,06 | 60,38 | 59,92 | 60,32 | 10.7M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 51,79 | 51,79 | 51,23 | 51,45 | 10.2M |
Home Depot | HD | 29,94 | 30,15 | 29,77 | 29,99 | 9.96M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 60,65 | 60,74 | 60,22 | 60,48 | 9.81M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 55,27 | 55,67 | 54,98 | 55,38 | 9.47M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 58,48 | 58,50 | 57,75 | 58,03 | 9.01M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 27,14 | 27,20 | 26,93 | 27,16 | 8.99M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 34,42 | 34,67 | 33,92 | 34,27 | 8.83M |
Chevron | CVX | 79,37 | 79,51 | 78,67 | 79,25 | 8.59M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 52,25 | 52,47 | 52,01 | 52,21 | 7.87M |
McDonald's | MCD | 75,25 | 75,34 | 74,01 | 74,57 | 7.85M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 34,64 | 34,64 | 34,13 | 34,39 | 7.29M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 59,93 | 60,45 | 59,72 | 60,15 | 7.28M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 34,79 | 35,28 | 34,67 | 34,72 | 7.1M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 82,98 | 83,37 | 82,74 | 83,34 | 6.47M |
Amgen | AMGN | 54,74 | 54,75 | 54,10 | 54,40 | 6.32M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 128,63 | 130,00 | 128,52 | 129,61 | 5.27M |
Amazon | AMZN | 144,07 | 145,74 | 143,76 | 145,07 | 5.08M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 480,90 | 484,35 | 479,53 | 482,27 | 4.48M |
United Technologies | UTX | 69,33 | 69,80 | 68,28 | 68,79 | 4.48M |
Pepsico | PEP | 66,45 | 66,52 | 65,85 | 66,25 | 4.47M |
Boeing | BA | 64,73 | 64,98 | 63,92 | 64,19 | 3.12M |
3M | MMM | 84,56 | 84,97 | 84,21 | 84,86 | 2.86M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 79,64 | 79,78 | 78,75 | 79,25 | 2.64M |
Exchange Rates of September 13, 2010
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 83,710 JPY | 1 JPY = 0,012 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1,028 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,973 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1,008 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,993 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6,761 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,148 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 107,820 JPY | 1 JPY = 0,009 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0,835 GBP | 1 GBP = 1,198 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1,378 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,726 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1,324 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,755 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1,297 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,771 EUR |
Euro | Chinese Yuan | 1 EUR = 8,705 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,115 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0,774 GBP | 1 GBP = 1,292 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1,277 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,783 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1,227 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,815 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1,203 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,831 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1,650 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,606 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1,585 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,631 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 1,554 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,644 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Chinese Yuan | 1 GBP = 10,417 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,096 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0,961 CAD | 1 CAD = 1,041 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0,942 CHF | 1 CHF = 1,062 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 AUD = 6,325 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,158 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 0,980 CHF | 1 CHF = 1,021 CAD |
Canadian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 CAD = 6,580 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,152 CAD |
Swiss Franc | Chinese Yuan | 1 CHF = 6,708 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,149 CHF |
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