Financial news on May 15, 2009
Business and Financial news
The Belgian government said it would prop up the KBC Group with a loan guarantee after the company took losses on bad derivatives investments and souring loans to Eastern and Central Europe. Read more..
David Leuschen, formerly an energy specialist with Goldman Sachs, brought in billions from state pension funds to a joint venture with the Carlyle Group. Read more..
The skirmish shows how imprecise ratings can be for video and visitors on the Web, which may hurt advertising and public perceptions. Read more..
Candidates spent $3 billion on the race, money that filtered to a range of businesses and workers. Read more..
Real estate agents in London are pulling out all the stops. Although the rate of decline seems to have slowed, prices in central London have plunged by more than 20 percent since the market’s peak. Read more..
Mr. Pauley reinvigorated ABC Radio after he took over as president in 1961, a time at which the network was ailing. Read more..
The insurers getting bailout money have suffered, but not to the same extent as American International Group. Read more..
Spain’s prime minister took more steps after a report said the economy shrank 2.9 percent in the first quarter, the sharpest rate of contraction in four decades. Read more..
Many index fund advisory services that guide novices on appropriate allocations have low costs or are free. Read more..
The giant discount chain and unofficial barometer of consumer spending posted flat quarterly earnings, an accomplishment in this economy. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 25,58 | 26,12 | 24,58 | 24,87 | 94.5M |
General Electric | GE | 13,07 | 13,26 | 12,70 | 12,86 | 83.4M |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 18,14 | 18,21 | 17,77 | 17,92 | 72.1M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 35,45 | 35,68 | 34,40 | 34,91 | 68.3M |
Intel | INTC | 15,54 | 15,61 | 15,15 | 15,19 | 61.8M |
Microsoft | MSFT | 20,13 | 20,50 | 19,98 | 20,22 | 61.3M |
Pfizer | PFE | 15,18 | 15,29 | 14,89 | 15,01 | 50.8M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 44,55 | 44,65 | 43,26 | 43,32 | 33.2M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 69,31 | 69,75 | 68,59 | 69,11 | 26.7M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 25,09 | 25,21 | 24,62 | 24,88 | 26.5M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 14,78 | 14,90 | 14,33 | 14,42 | 23.1M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 18,59 | 18,74 | 18,35 | 18,42 | 22.9M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 23,45 | 24,22 | 23,27 | 23,41 | 21M |
Home Depot | HD | 24,45 | 24,92 | 24,22 | 24,40 | 20.4M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 48,96 | 49,34 | 48,12 | 48,15 | 20.1M |
Altria | MO | 16,99 | 17,22 | 16,91 | 16,98 | 19.4M |
Merck | MRK | 26,25 | 26,25 | 25,34 | 25,47 | 18.1M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 44,83 | 45,08 | 44,63 | 44,96 | 17.1M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 34,95 | 35,65 | 34,84 | 35,01 | 17M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 55,00 | 55,44 | 54,71 | 55,41 | 16.4M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 20,46 | 20,46 | 19,88 | 20,01 | 15.4M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 30,07 | 30,11 | 29,45 | 29,61 | 15.2M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 51,43 | 51,43 | 50,37 | 50,67 | 14.1M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 44,49 | 44,82 | 43,58 | 43,93 | 13.2M |
Apple | AAPL | 122,32 | 124,62 | 121,61 | 122,42 | 13.1M |
Chevron | CVX | 66,92 | 67,00 | 65,50 | 65,88 | 12.3M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 53,76 | 54,34 | 51,56 | 52,05 | 10.4M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 27,74 | 28,74 | 27,17 | 27,51 | 8.91M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 100,90 | 103,07 | 100,57 | 101,37 | 8.37M |
McDonald's | MCD | 53,47 | 54,54 | 53,03 | 53,46 | 8.27M |
Pepsico | PEP | 50,53 | 50,82 | 50,03 | 50,32 | 8.21M |
Amazon | AMZN | 74,54 | 76,21 | 73,42 | 73,60 | 8.01M |
Amgen | AMGN | 48,36 | 48,56 | 47,50 | 48,16 | 7.82M |
United Technologies | UTX | 51,38 | 51,94 | 50,92 | 51,28 | 7.09M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 44,02 | 44,18 | 43,35 | 43,75 | 6.69M |
Visa | V | 64,45 | 65,50 | 64,02 | 65,07 | 6.17M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 391,10 | 394,11 | 389,09 | 390,00 | 6.01M |
Boeing | BA | 43,27 | 43,99 | 42,71 | 43,00 | 5.19M |
3M | MMM | 57,76 | 58,75 | 57,51 | 57,92 | 4.75M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 45,72 | 47,61 | 45,57 | 46,58 | 4.53M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 2892,00 | 2947,00 | 2892,00 | 2900,00 | 25.8K |
Exchange Rates of May 15, 2009
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 95,240 JPY | 1 JPY = 0,010 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1,177 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,849 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1,121 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,892 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6,825 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,147 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 128,470 JPY | 1 JPY = 0,008 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0,889 GBP | 1 GBP = 1,125 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1,801 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,555 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1,589 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,629 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1,513 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,661 EUR |
Euro | Chinese Yuan | 1 EUR = 9,189 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,109 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0,692 GBP | 1 GBP = 1,446 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1,401 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,714 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1,236 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,809 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1,178 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,849 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2,026 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,494 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1,787 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,559 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 1,702 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,588 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Chinese Yuan | 1 GBP = 10,337 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,097 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0,881 CAD | 1 CAD = 1,135 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0,839 CHF | 1 CHF = 1,191 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 AUD = 5,113 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,196 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 0,952 CHF | 1 CHF = 1,051 CAD |
Canadian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 CAD = 5,789 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,173 CAD |
Swiss Franc | Chinese Yuan | 1 CHF = 6,076 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,165 CHF |
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