Financial news on January 15, 2010
Business and Financial news
The F.B.I. is working on more than 2,800 mortgage fraud investigations, the attorney general told the panel that is examining the financial crisis. Read more..
It looks like disclosure rules that take effect with this year’s proxies from big companies will provide the most accurate view ever. Read more..
Greece presented a three-year plan to reduce its deficit to 3 percent of gross domestic product, from 12.9 percent in 2009. Read more..
Americans are using their cellphones and social media like Facebook to make a donation to the Haiti relief effort. Read more..
The French government is offering support to Google’s book digitization program in exchange for a tax to support the music industry. Read more..
The country’s government, which wants to develop an extensive digital library, has resisted the American search giant’s growing reach. Read more..
Retail sales declined 0.3 percent in December; economists had forecast a 0.5 percent increase. Jobless filings rose last week. Read more..
A former regional sales director for Guidant says in the lawsuit that he was trained to market the devices to doctors for off-label uses. Read more..
A proposed tax on banks that do business in the United States would hurt foreign banks, but less than domestic institutions. Read more..
President Obama said he wanted the tax on big financial institutions to “recover every single dime” for taxpayers. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
Intel | INTC | 21.39 | 21.40 | 20.77 | 20.80 | 198M |
Microsoft | MSFT | 31.08 | 31.24 | 30.71 | 30.86 | 79.9M |
Pfizer | PFE | 19.43 | 19.68 | 19.26 | 19.49 | 76.6M |
General Electric | GE | 16.68 | 16.75 | 16.35 | 16.44 | 74.1M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 44.30 | 44.43 | 43.34 | 43.68 | 69.7M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 26.25 | 26.27 | 25.65 | 25.79 | 64M |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 25.00 | 25.10 | 24.30 | 24.40 | 51.6M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 28.82 | 28.90 | 27.88 | 28.08 | 47.3M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 31.20 | 31.32 | 30.45 | 30.58 | 46.6M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 25.47 | 25.64 | 24.99 | 25.24 | 42.3M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 69.65 | 69.69 | 68.65 | 69.11 | 29.4M |
Home Depot | HD | 28.31 | 28.69 | 28.00 | 28.57 | 23M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 16.74 | 16.82 | 16.39 | 16.63 | 21.6M |
Apple | AAPL | 210.93 | 211.60 | 205.87 | 205.93 | 21.2M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 65.14 | 65.20 | 63.98 | 64.56 | 21M |
Merck | MRK | 39.98 | 40.27 | 39.01 | 39.47 | 20.9M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 33.54 | 33.99 | 33.10 | 33.75 | 19.4M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 54.34 | 54.55 | 53.60 | 53.68 | 19.1M |
Altria | MO | 20.44 | 20.64 | 20.31 | 20.42 | 16.2M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 55.36 | 55.57 | 55.16 | 55.49 | 16.1M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 61.60 | 61.86 | 60.44 | 60.82 | 15.8M |
Amazon | AMZN | 129.18 | 129.65 | 127.06 | 127.14 | 15.4M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 31.01 | 31.15 | 30.41 | 30.60 | 13.9M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 56.95 | 57.35 | 56.04 | 56.29 | 13.7M |
Chevron | CVX | 79.54 | 79.69 | 78.28 | 79.23 | 13.5M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 25.05 | 25.18 | 24.90 | 25.07 | 13.4M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 52.59 | 52.85 | 52.06 | 52.47 | 13.4M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 71.22 | 71.97 | 70.14 | 70.83 | 12.6M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 52.83 | 53.06 | 52.46 | 53.02 | 11.6M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 591.59 | 593.56 | 578.04 | 580.00 | 10.9M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 45.27 | 45.99 | 44.78 | 45.52 | 9.53M |
McDonald's | MCD | 62.67 | 62.98 | 62.05 | 62.28 | 9.43M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 132.03 | 132.89 | 131.09 | 131.78 | 8.49M |
Pepsico | PEP | 62.61 | 62.91 | 61.82 | 62.29 | 8.36M |
Amgen | AMGN | 56.03 | 56.51 | 55.65 | 56.25 | 7.24M |
United Technologies | UTX | 72.83 | 72.93 | 71.68 | 71.99 | 5.34M |
Visa | V | 87.48 | 87.54 | 85.92 | 86.14 | 5.32M |
Boeing | BA | 61.53 | 61.56 | 60.21 | 60.82 | 5.07M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 66.28 | 66.39 | 65.09 | 65.57 | 4.34M |
3M | MMM | 83.52 | 84.09 | 82.87 | 83.37 | 3.96M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 3315.00 | 3315.00 | 3236.00 | 3247.00 | 51.4K |
Exchange Rates of January 15, 2010
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 90.780 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.011 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.029 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.972 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.026 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.975 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6.827 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.146 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 130.590 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.008 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.884 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.131 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.558 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.642 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.480 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.676 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.476 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.677 EUR |
Euro | Chinese Yuan | 1 EUR = 9.820 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.102 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.677 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.478 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.192 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.839 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.133 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.883 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.130 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.885 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.762 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.568 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.673 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.598 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 1.669 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.599 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Chinese Yuan | 1 GBP = 11.091 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.090 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.949 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.053 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.947 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.056 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 AUD = 6.301 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.159 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 0.997 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.003 CAD |
Canadian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 CAD = 6.633 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.151 CAD |
Swiss Franc | Chinese Yuan | 1 CHF = 6.652 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.150 CHF |
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