Financial news on October 15, 2008
Business and Financial news
A Discussion with Carl Pope
Reporter Kate Galbraith talks with the executive director of the Sierra Club. Read more..
Gadgetry Takes a Hit as Nervous Consumers Plan for Lean Holidays
Demand for electronics is falling sharply — portending extra discounts for customers in coming months but a very unhappy holiday season for retailers. Read more..
General Growth, Mall Owner, May Be Facing a Sale
A hasty purchase decision from the past has come back to haunt General Growth and may lead to the sale of the 54-year-old company. Read more..
Johnson & Johnson Posts Strong Results
Johnson & Johnson showed resilience Tuesday in the face of an economic downturn, posting higher third-quarter sales and earnings. Read more..
Markets Suffer as Investors Weigh Relentless Trouble
Investors are recognizing that the financial crisis is not the fundamental economic problem, and it has only amplified others. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
| Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
| Intel | INTC | 16.14 | 16.42 | 14.98 | 14.99 | 141M |
| General Electric | GE | 20.46 | 20.66 | 19.05 | 19.25 | 115M |
| Microsoft | MSFT | 23.78 | 24.25 | 22.48 | 22.66 | 113M |
| Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 32.30 | 35.03 | 32.02 | 33.35 | 95M |
| Cisco Systems | CSCO | 18.17 | 18.21 | 16.50 | 16.57 | 94.7M |
| JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 39.33 | 41.79 | 38.00 | 38.49 | 84.8M |
| Pfizer | PFE | 17.29 | 17.29 | 16.16 | 16.27 | 71.6M |
| ExxonMobil | XOM | 70.76 | 70.76 | 61.33 | 62.35 | 61.2M |
| Apple | AAPL | 103.84 | 107.00 | 97.89 | 97.95 | 56.6M |
| Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 17.40 | 17.73 | 15.94 | 15.95 | 55.1M |
| AT&T Inc. | T | 26.00 | 26.12 | 24.57 | 24.62 | 47.8M |
| Comcast | CMCSA | 16.39 | 16.54 | 14.16 | 14.23 | 33.9M |
| Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 56.10 | 56.10 | 53.21 | 53.88 | 30M |
| HP Inc. | HPQ | 39.38 | 40.60 | 38.35 | 38.61 | 28.9M |
| Coca-Cola | KO | 46.83 | 47.33 | 43.91 | 44.21 | 28.1M |
| Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 53.44 | 53.60 | 49.88 | 50.05 | 27.9M |
| Home Depot | HD | 20.87 | 21.18 | 19.50 | 19.83 | 26.4M |
| Chevron | CVX | 66.48 | 66.48 | 58.42 | 59.98 | 25.1M |
| Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 64.31 | 64.76 | 60.10 | 60.54 | 25.1M |
| ConocoPhillips | COP | 54.85 | 54.85 | 48.19 | 49.09 | 24.5M |
| Procter & Gamble | PG | 63.28 | 63.89 | 58.63 | 59.82 | 23.6M |
| Pepsico | PEP | 54.15 | 54.72 | 50.65 | 51.25 | 23M |
| Altria | MO | 19.25 | 19.50 | 17.96 | 18.07 | 21M |
| Schlumberger | SLB | 64.53 | 64.81 | 53.40 | 54.40 | 20.9M |
| Verizon Communications | VZ | 28.40 | 28.40 | 26.45 | 26.64 | 20.7M |
| Visa | V | 55.52 | 56.00 | 48.53 | 49.75 | 19.2M |
| Merck | MRK | 28.83 | 29.10 | 26.41 | 26.56 | 18.2M |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 18.60 | 18.60 | 17.20 | 17.33 | 18.2M |
| Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 25.11 | 25.23 | 23.28 | 23.37 | 18.1M |
| Amazon | AMZN | 54.46 | 54.69 | 48.35 | 48.72 | 16.3M |
| United Technologies | UTX | 51.39 | 54.29 | 48.82 | 49.25 | 14.5M |
| Alphabet | GOOGL | 354.65 | 359.00 | 338.83 | 339.17 | 13.4M |
| McDonald's | MCD | 54.98 | 56.08 | 51.32 | 51.55 | 13.1M |
| Amgen | AMGN | 51.97 | 52.27 | 47.25 | 47.76 | 13M |
| Gilead Sciences | GILD | 41.30 | 42.56 | 38.10 | 38.28 | 12.8M |
| International Business Machines | IBM | 92.77 | 95.29 | 87.71 | 88.29 | 11.3M |
| UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 22.58 | 23.04 | 21.57 | 21.67 | 11.2M |
| Union Pacific | UNP | 61.63 | 61.70 | 52.94 | 54.14 | 10.4M |
| Boeing | BA | 44.18 | 45.48 | 41.54 | 42.33 | 10.1M |
| 3M | MMM | 58.05 | 59.38 | 54.62 | 54.68 | 9.65M |
| Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 3950.00 | 3950.00 | 3780.00 | 3796.00 | 30.6K |
Exchange Rates of October 15, 2008
| Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
| US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 99.840 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.010 USD |
| US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.191 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.840 USD |
| US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.132 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.884 USD |
| US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6.832 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.146 USD |
| Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 134.440 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.007 EUR |
| Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.785 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.274 EUR |
| Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 2.059 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.486 EUR |
| Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.603 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.624 EUR |
| Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.523 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.656 EUR |
| Euro | Chinese Yuan | 1 EUR = 9.201 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.109 EUR |
| Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.584 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.714 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.531 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.653 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.192 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.839 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.133 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.883 JPY |
| Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.621 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.382 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.042 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.490 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 1.940 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.515 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Chinese Yuan | 1 GBP = 11.706 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.085 GBP |
| Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.778 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.286 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.739 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.353 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 AUD = 4.462 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.224 AUD |
| Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 0.950 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.053 CAD |
| Canadian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 CAD = 5.737 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.174 CAD |
| Swiss Franc | Chinese Yuan | 1 CHF = 6.032 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.166 CHF |
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