Financial news on December 14th, 2009
Business and Financial news
Analysts predict that sales will be up 112 percent over last year, one of the true bright spots in retailing this holiday season. Read more..
The meeting unfolded as expected: with much posturing, minor progress and moments of drama. Read more..
Accenture ended its sponsorship of Tiger Woods, showing that in advertising as in sports, there are no sure things. Read more..
Beijing Automotive Industry Holding wants the right to make versions of older Saab models. This would not bar a sale of Saab itself. Read more..
Children aren’t the only ones whiling away hours on the Internet; people of retirement age now spend even more time online than youngsters. Read more..
The Advertising Club of New York is undertaking two initiatives to help find and cultivate young men and women to join and stay part of the ad industry. Read more..
The moves of Diane Sawyer to “World News,” and George Stephanopoulos to “Good Morning America” have been done with a clearly conscious lack of fanfare by ABC. Read more..
REI is introducing commercials that reminds shoppers just how cold, wet and uncomfortable it can get outside — and just how enjoyable that can turn out to be. Read more..
Breckenridge Brewery spoofs a classic Coors ad to promote its Lucky U India pale ale. Read more..
Hours after Citigroup reached a deal to exit the Troubled Asset Relief Program, Wells Fargo said it would return $25 billion in federal aid. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 70.80 | 71.30 | 69.28 | 69.69 | 91.5M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 25.88 | 26.17 | 25.65 | 25.96 | 57.5M |
Pfizer | PFE | 18.47 | 18.53 | 18.19 | 18.40 | 51.2M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 25.40 | 25.91 | 25.09 | 25.49 | 43.9M |
General Electric | GE | 15.98 | 16.07 | 15.92 | 15.95 | 43.9M |
Intel | INTC | 20.02 | 20.11 | 19.90 | 19.98 | 35.7M |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 24.01 | 24.15 | 23.84 | 23.84 | 35.4M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 41.01 | 41.93 | 40.70 | 41.77 | 35.3M |
Microsoft | MSFT | 29.91 | 30.16 | 29.90 | 30.11 | 34.7M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 22.96 | 23.44 | 22.91 | 23.31 | 32.3M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 28.35 | 28.36 | 27.99 | 28.05 | 21.5M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 30.88 | 31.24 | 30.76 | 30.95 | 20.4M |
Apple | AAPL | 195.37 | 197.43 | 192.56 | 196.98 | 17.7M |
Visa | V | 84.96 | 85.91 | 83.49 | 84.77 | 17.6M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 17.78 | 17.78 | 17.39 | 17.57 | 17.3M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 54.58 | 54.60 | 53.81 | 54.07 | 14.9M |
Altria | MO | 19.66 | 19.85 | 19.60 | 19.67 | 13.9M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 51.42 | 51.60 | 50.87 | 51.09 | 13.6M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 49.95 | 50.76 | 49.93 | 50.68 | 12.5M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 33.99 | 34.13 | 33.53 | 33.55 | 12.5M |
Merck | MRK | 37.27 | 37.80 | 37.27 | 37.77 | 12.4M |
Home Depot | HD | 28.82 | 29.00 | 28.60 | 28.87 | 11.5M |
Amazon | AMZN | 132.50 | 132.61 | 129.35 | 131.38 | 10M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 62.54 | 63.08 | 62.39 | 63.01 | 9.54M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 53.78 | 54.31 | 53.75 | 53.78 | 9.36M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 31.92 | 32.08 | 31.81 | 31.83 | 9.23M |
Chevron | CVX | 78.45 | 78.71 | 77.07 | 77.26 | 8.53M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 59.11 | 59.45 | 58.92 | 59.04 | 8.34M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 65.20 | 65.41 | 64.85 | 64.96 | 8.17M |
Pepsico | PEP | 61.70 | 61.77 | 60.86 | 60.98 | 7.44M |
McDonald's | MCD | 62.25 | 62.40 | 61.82 | 62.14 | 5.63M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 129.65 | 129.98 | 129.60 | 129.93 | 5.2M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 46.45 | 47.18 | 46.45 | 46.96 | 5.14M |
United Technologies | UTX | 69.90 | 69.98 | 69.47 | 69.91 | 5M |
3M | MMM | 82.01 | 82.17 | 81.64 | 81.91 | 5M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 62.07 | 62.38 | 61.64 | 61.97 | 4.88M |
Boeing | BA | 56.02 | 56.56 | 55.82 | 56.05 | 4.83M |
Amgen | AMGN | 56.48 | 57.10 | 56.40 | 56.86 | 4.18M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 595.24 | 597.31 | 592.61 | 595.73 | 3.82M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 64.69 | 65.40 | 64.42 | 65.28 | 2.69M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 3306.00 | 3313.50 | 3288.00 | 3313.00 | 24.4K |
Exchange Rates of December 14th, 2009
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 88.580 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.011 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.058 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.945 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.032 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.969 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6.828 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.146 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 129.840 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.008 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.899 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.113 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.598 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.626 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.552 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.644 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.512 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.662 EUR |
Euro | Chinese Yuan | 1 EUR = 10.007 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.100 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.692 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.446 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.230 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.813 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.194 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.837 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.164 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.859 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.778 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.562 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.726 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.579 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 1.682 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.595 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Chinese Yuan | 1 GBP = 11.124 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.090 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.971 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.030 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.946 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.058 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 AUD = 6.260 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.160 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 0.974 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.026 CAD |
Canadian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 CAD = 6.450 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.155 CAD |
Swiss Franc | Chinese Yuan | 1 CHF = 6.617 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.151 CHF |
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