Financial news on March 15, 2010
Business and Financial news
Sales of “The Coming Insurrection,” which first appeared in France in 2005, surged after Glenn Beck talked about it on his Fox TV show. Read more..
Officials at A.I.G. are hoping to quell a controversy over bonuses that has plagued the insurer ever since taxpayers came to its aid in 2008. Read more..
Supporters of a proposal say it would give copyright holders the tools to tackle piracy at the supply and demand levels. Read more..
The International Amateur Scanning League has taken it upon itself to copy as much federal video as it can and put it online. Read more..
Only 35 percent have a favorite site and 21 percent rely primarily on a single source, according to a survey by the Pew Research Center. Read more..
The company may be worth twice the $2.75 billion it was valued at when eBay sold it last year. Read more..
This may be a risky time to sell more nuclear technology to the developing world, yet furthering nuclear exports is what several governments are seeking for their industries. Read more..
Giving people more choices in revealing their locations with their cellphones is being popularized by the Foursquare service. Read more..
An ad campaign will turn the Vanguard brand name into a verb, the better to help potential customers remember the company’s investment products. Read more..
Senate Democrats are ready to introduce legislation meant to overhaul the nation’s financial system while trying to overcome partisanship. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
General Electric | GE | 17.02 | 17.35 | 16.94 | 17.29 | 118M |
Pfizer | PFE | 17.03 | 17.28 | 16.99 | 17.26 | 43.9M |
Microsoft | MSFT | 29.18 | 29.37 | 29.01 | 29.29 | 37.5M |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 25.76 | 26.09 | 25.74 | 26.08 | 36.8M |
Intel | INTC | 21.16 | 21.32 | 21.05 | 21.17 | 34.4M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 42.92 | 43.21 | 42.60 | 43.07 | 29.1M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 29.48 | 29.89 | 29.26 | 29.89 | 26.9M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 54.39 | 55.54 | 54.35 | 55.42 | 24.4M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 66.67 | 66.69 | 65.90 | 66.30 | 22.1M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 24.92 | 25.38 | 24.88 | 25.28 | 22M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 25.68 | 25.80 | 25.56 | 25.78 | 20.3M |
Apple | AAPL | 225.38 | 225.50 | 220.25 | 223.84 | 17.6M |
Merck | MRK | 37.04 | 37.80 | 37.00 | 37.75 | 17.4M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 54.41 | 54.80 | 54.12 | 54.80 | 15.4M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 32.78 | 32.78 | 31.93 | 32.53 | 13.5M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 29.70 | 29.86 | 29.60 | 29.86 | 13.4M |
Altria | MO | 20.26 | 20.40 | 20.11 | 20.37 | 13M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 51.43 | 52.08 | 51.16 | 51.65 | 12.8M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 17.53 | 17.56 | 17.32 | 17.53 | 12.6M |
Home Depot | HD | 32.49 | 32.71 | 32.28 | 32.69 | 12M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 53.73 | 53.84 | 53.37 | 53.65 | 11.9M |
Pepsico | PEP | 65.69 | 66.26 | 65.40 | 66.15 | 10.5M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 52.16 | 52.43 | 51.91 | 52.42 | 10.3M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 64.10 | 64.67 | 63.30 | 64.31 | 10.1M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 566.68 | 569.45 | 556.00 | 563.18 | 9.3M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 25.75 | 25.95 | 25.67 | 25.95 | 9.24M |
Chevron | CVX | 73.51 | 73.63 | 72.85 | 73.57 | 8.81M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 33.52 | 33.75 | 33.36 | 33.72 | 8.24M |
Boeing | BA | 69.37 | 69.77 | 68.52 | 69.40 | 7.71M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 63.19 | 63.70 | 63.19 | 63.70 | 7.67M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 64.14 | 64.57 | 64.07 | 64.57 | 7.44M |
Amgen | AMGN | 57.27 | 57.75 | 56.53 | 56.89 | 7.05M |
Amazon | AMZN | 131.70 | 132.00 | 128.63 | 131.13 | 6.33M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 47.47 | 47.74 | 47.19 | 47.52 | 6.23M |
McDonald's | MCD | 65.70 | 66.19 | 65.69 | 65.93 | 5.72M |
United Technologies | UTX | 71.51 | 72.11 | 71.32 | 71.84 | 5.46M |
Visa | V | 92.87 | 93.15 | 91.12 | 92.41 | 5.18M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 82.22 | 82.50 | 81.82 | 82.17 | 4.74M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 127.40 | 128.34 | 127.28 | 127.83 | 4.5M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 72.80 | 73.18 | 72.25 | 72.91 | 3.97M |
3M | MMM | 81.16 | 81.66 | 80.78 | 81.26 | 2.62M |
Exchange Rates of March 15, 2010
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 90.490 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.011 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.019 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.982 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.062 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.942 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6.827 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.146 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 123.740 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.008 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.908 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.101 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.496 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.668 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.393 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.718 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.452 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.689 EUR |
Euro | Chinese Yuan | 1 EUR = 9.333 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.107 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.734 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.363 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.208 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.828 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.126 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.888 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.173 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.852 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.646 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.607 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.533 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.652 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 1.598 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.626 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Chinese Yuan | 1 GBP = 10.264 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.097 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.931 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.074 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.970 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.031 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 AUD = 6.241 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.160 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 1.041 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.960 CAD |
Canadian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 CAD = 6.698 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.149 CAD |
Swiss Franc | Chinese Yuan | 1 CHF = 6.426 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.156 CHF |
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