Financial news on October 14, 2013
Business and Financial news
Omnicom Group is forming an agency dedicated to its Nissan Motor Company account after securing a three-year contract with the automaker. Read more..
New York Times Company, which has been selling off peripheral assets and concentrating on its flagship newspaper and Web site, will introduce The International New York Times, central component of stepped-up global growth strategy; new subscription, video and consumer initiatives are also planned; firm shifts from relying on advertising to circulation and consumer products. Read more..
Managing a Formula One organization in a crisis requires wartime skills, the chief of McLaren Group says, adding, "Don't tell me you can't do it." Read more..
South Korea is one of world's most digitally advanced countries, yet it has strong rules governing Internet, including some on mapping services; Google Maps can provide directions only for public transport, not for driving; domestic criticism of regulation is growing, and government is moving to ease some Internet rules. Read more..
California Gov Jerry Brown vetoes bill that would have allowed biosimilar versions of biologic drugs to be substituted by pharmacists if Food and Drug Administration deemed them 'interchangeable' with the brand-name reference product. Read more..
Leading children's advocacy group Common Sense Media is challenging educational software industry, estimated $8 billion market, to develop national safeguards for personal data collected about students from kindergarten through high school. Read more..
Emerging nations decry another delay in changes that would give them more power in the International Monetary Fund. Read more..
Account assignments, executive appointments and miscellaneous news from advertising agencies. Read more..
Perhaps nothing, with the exception of the swizzle stick, has been so maligned and misunderstood in modern times as the escargot. Read more..
Read all about it. Tomorrow we change our name. A look back at where we’ve been. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
FB | 48.31 | 49.63 | 47.91 | 49.51 | 68.8M | |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 23.16 | 23.36 | 23.07 | 23.34 | 29.1M |
Pfizer | PFE | 28.56 | 29.36 | 28.55 | 29.35 | 29M |
Microsoft | MSFT | 33.90 | 34.50 | 33.78 | 34.45 | 27.8M |
Intel | INTC | 23.09 | 23.49 | 23.03 | 23.45 | 27.2M |
General Electric | GE | 24.21 | 24.38 | 24.16 | 24.38 | 22M |
Merck | MRK | 46.80 | 47.08 | 46.44 | 46.75 | 20.7M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 51.94 | 52.84 | 51.76 | 52.71 | 18.9M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 33.98 | 34.10 | 33.87 | 33.92 | 18.6M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 41.14 | 41.90 | 41.10 | 41.75 | 17.2M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 37.56 | 37.95 | 37.51 | 37.91 | 14.2M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 33.01 | 33.35 | 32.89 | 33.28 | 12.9M |
General Motors | GM | 34.83 | 35.45 | 34.81 | 35.33 | 11.2M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 22.62 | 22.99 | 22.40 | 22.90 | 11M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 46.79 | 47.10 | 46.68 | 46.81 | 10.9M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 86.51 | 87.74 | 86.51 | 87.60 | 9.74M |
Apple | AAPL | 489.83 | 497.58 | 489.35 | 496.04 | 9.35M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 88.83 | 89.89 | 88.63 | 89.80 | 9.2M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 62.47 | 63.88 | 61.81 | 63.87 | 8.67M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 45.95 | 46.55 | 45.82 | 46.46 | 8.08M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 33.51 | 34.03 | 33.38 | 34.00 | 6.82M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 65.88 | 66.98 | 65.78 | 66.83 | 6.46M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 78.01 | 78.80 | 77.93 | 78.74 | 6.33M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 47.37 | 47.94 | 47.18 | 47.67 | 6.01M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 74.34 | 74.71 | 73.75 | 74.68 | 5.9M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 89.33 | 91.30 | 89.24 | 91.17 | 5.48M |
Chevron | CVX | 117.33 | 118.75 | 116.32 | 118.58 | 4.79M |
Altria | MO | 35.41 | 35.81 | 35.33 | 35.74 | 4.29M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 71.30 | 72.03 | 71.25 | 71.96 | 4.22M |
Home Depot | HD | 75.74 | 76.52 | 75.59 | 76.35 | 4.12M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 114.99 | 116.08 | 114.49 | 116.00 | 3.67M |
Pepsico | PEP | 80.45 | 81.12 | 80.34 | 81.09 | 3.64M |
Boeing | BA | 117.42 | 119.55 | 116.69 | 119.46 | 3.62M |
McDonald's | MCD | 94.41 | 94.88 | 94.18 | 94.72 | 3.43M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 185.41 | 186.99 | 184.42 | 186.97 | 2.66M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 73.86 | 74.81 | 73.52 | 74.72 | 2.56M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 866.66 | 876.25 | 865.39 | 876.11 | 2.48M |
United Technologies | UTX | 106.03 | 107.07 | 105.68 | 106.90 | 2.44M |
Visa | V | 190.37 | 193.79 | 190.02 | 193.44 | 2.23M |
Amgen | AMGN | 110.02 | 111.69 | 109.59 | 111.58 | 2.21M |
Amazon | AMZN | 309.22 | 311.65 | 307.00 | 310.70 | 1.94M |
3M | MMM | 120.26 | 121.70 | 120.00 | 121.40 | 1.87M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 156.36 | 157.53 | 156.01 | 157.26 | 1.2M |
Exchange Rates of October 14, 2013
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 98.650 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.010 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.035 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.966 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 0.910 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.098 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6.108 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.164 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 133.760 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.007 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.848 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.179 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.428 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.700 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.404 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.712 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.235 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.810 EUR |
Euro | Chinese Yuan | 1 EUR = 8.282 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.121 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.634 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.577 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.067 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.937 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.049 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.953 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 0.923 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.084 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.683 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.594 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.654 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.604 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 1.454 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.688 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Chinese Yuan | 1 GBP = 9.761 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.102 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.983 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.018 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.864 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.158 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 AUD = 5.795 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.173 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 0.879 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.137 CAD |
Canadian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 CAD = 5.898 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.170 CAD |
Swiss Franc | Chinese Yuan | 1 CHF = 6.708 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.149 CHF |
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