Financial news on August 15, 2013
Business and Financial news
Gadgetwise blog; Avivo’s cellphone cases offer interchangeability with a frame, rail and jacket that fit together in a modular design and can be swapped for other parts. Read more..
Federal Reserve Bank of New York reports total consumer debt stood at $11.15 trillion in the second quarter, down 0.7 percent from the previous quarter. Read more..
Regional court in Germany reverses antitrust regulator's approval for Liberty Global's 3.2 billion euro acquisition of KabelBW, throwing now-completed merger into doubt. Read more..
Regulators and industry officials continue to debate merits of a possible merger between American Airlines and US Airways, following Justice Department filing to block it; antitrust officials say despite cost savings for carriers from consolidation, domestic airfares have increased much faster than inflation over last several years. Read more..
New York Times Web site is off-line for about two hours in what company officials say is failure during regular maintenance of NYTimes.com and not result of a cyberattack. Read more..
Personal Tech Q&A on watching live TV on the go with mobile devices, spotting fraud sent via text messages, and finding additional characters on mobile device keyboards. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
| Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
| Cisco Systems | CSCO | 24.39 | 24.83 | 24.28 | 24.49 | 130M |
| FB | 36.36 | 37.07 | 36.02 | 36.56 | 56.5M | |
| Intel | INTC | 22.28 | 22.41 | 21.97 | 22.03 | 40.5M |
| General Electric | GE | 23.97 | 24.26 | 23.92 | 24.00 | 40M |
| Microsoft | MSFT | 32.00 | 32.18 | 30.84 | 31.79 | 33.3M |
| Pfizer | PFE | 28.94 | 29.09 | 28.76 | 28.80 | 27.2M |
| General Motors | GM | 35.17 | 35.18 | 34.41 | 34.55 | 20.4M |
| Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 33.24 | 33.24 | 32.54 | 32.73 | 19.6M |
| AT&T Inc. | T | 34.60 | 34.71 | 34.35 | 34.35 | 17.8M |
| Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 42.90 | 43.12 | 42.81 | 42.99 | 17.7M |
| Apple | AAPL | 496.42 | 502.40 | 489.08 | 497.91 | 17.5M |
| JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 53.52 | 53.68 | 52.89 | 53.29 | 16.9M |
| Altria | MO | 34.78 | 34.93 | 34.50 | 34.57 | 15.1M |
| HP Inc. | HPQ | 26.76 | 26.84 | 25.83 | 25.95 | 15.1M |
| Coca-Cola | KO | 39.30 | 39.40 | 39.02 | 39.09 | 14.2M |
| Home Depot | HD | 76.48 | 76.60 | 74.86 | 75.14 | 13.7M |
| Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 74.46 | 75.08 | 74.03 | 74.41 | 13.2M |
| Comcast | CMCSA | 43.69 | 43.70 | 42.62 | 43.01 | 12.1M |
| Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 90.32 | 90.41 | 89.09 | 89.55 | 12M |
| Merck | MRK | 48.28 | 48.36 | 47.85 | 47.97 | 11.3M |
| ExxonMobil | XOM | 88.66 | 88.87 | 88.06 | 88.16 | 11.3M |
| Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 63.28 | 63.32 | 62.20 | 62.38 | 9.01M |
| Procter & Gamble | PG | 80.96 | 81.08 | 80.17 | 80.48 | 7.42M |
| Gilead Sciences | GILD | 57.37 | 57.65 | 55.96 | 56.89 | 7.35M |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 42.56 | 42.62 | 41.71 | 41.98 | 7.26M |
| Verizon Communications | VZ | 48.66 | 48.98 | 48.42 | 48.54 | 6.61M |
| Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 35.51 | 35.57 | 34.95 | 35.03 | 6.52M |
| ConocoPhillips | COP | 66.76 | 67.70 | 66.62 | 67.62 | 6.48M |
| Pepsico | PEP | 82.24 | 82.28 | 80.83 | 80.91 | 5.35M |
| Schlumberger | SLB | 81.62 | 82.32 | 81.48 | 81.99 | 4.6M |
| Boeing | BA | 103.19 | 103.29 | 101.77 | 102.73 | 4.36M |
| Visa | V | 177.45 | 177.49 | 173.45 | 173.93 | 4.32M |
| Chevron | CVX | 120.68 | 121.01 | 120.00 | 120.25 | 4.25M |
| McDonald's | MCD | 95.55 | 95.91 | 95.20 | 95.39 | 4.21M |
| Alphabet | GOOGL | 864.44 | 864.92 | 858.00 | 859.66 | 3.73M |
| International Business Machines | IBM | 186.23 | 187.00 | 185.45 | 185.79 | 3.69M |
| Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 116.00 | 116.22 | 114.59 | 114.80 | 3.63M |
| UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 71.99 | 72.62 | 71.37 | 71.40 | 3.4M |
| Amgen | AMGN | 105.94 | 108.52 | 104.59 | 105.76 | 3.27M |
| United Technologies | UTX | 103.96 | 104.18 | 102.68 | 102.99 | 2.75M |
| Amazon | AMZN | 288.79 | 289.30 | 285.15 | 286.47 | 2.26M |
| 3M | MMM | 116.92 | 116.92 | 115.64 | 115.85 | 1.99M |
| Union Pacific | UNP | 157.53 | 157.82 | 155.62 | 156.78 | 1.41M |
Exchange Rates of August 15, 2013
| Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
| US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 97.250 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.010 USD |
| US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.030 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.971 USD |
| US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 0.926 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.080 USD |
| US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6.113 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.164 USD |
| Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 129.840 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.008 EUR |
| Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.853 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.172 EUR |
| Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.461 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.685 EUR |
| Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.375 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.727 EUR |
| Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.236 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.809 EUR |
| Euro | Chinese Yuan | 1 EUR = 8.160 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.123 EUR |
| Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.657 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.522 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.124 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.889 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.059 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.945 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 0.952 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.051 JPY |
| Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.711 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.584 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.612 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.621 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 1.448 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.691 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Chinese Yuan | 1 GBP = 9.562 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.105 GBP |
| Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.941 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.062 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.846 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.182 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 AUD = 5.586 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.179 AUD |
| Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 0.898 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.113 CAD |
| Canadian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 CAD = 5.932 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.169 CAD |
| Swiss Franc | Chinese Yuan | 1 CHF = 6.601 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.151 CHF |
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