Financial news on May 16, 2011
Business and Financial news
The two companies are working to resolve a fight that erupted after a regulatory filing last week. Read more..
The campaign, which seeks to increase the number of members who make donations, will include traditional and online ads, as well as a new logo. Read more..
DuPont said on Monday that its $6.3 billion tender offer for the Danish food ingredient maker had been accepted by enough shareholders to be completed.   Read more..
A European Commission advisory group wants countries to treat the cellphone users’ location of as personal data, deserving of the highest level of privacy. Read more..
The weekend prime-time anchor said he feared that he could be ostracized because of his sexual orientation after revealing it publicly in his new book. Read more..
Nasdaq OMX Group and IntercontinentalExchange have pulled their hostile bid for the New York Stock Exchange after regulators signaled that a merger would run afoul of anti-trust regulations. Read more..
Services like Skype can cut into wireless carriers’ revenue because they offer easy ways to communicate free online. Read more..
Mr. McCain helped create the world’s largest maker of frozen French fries, with 50 plants in 15 countries. Read more..
An extreme reaction to a business can elicit a review, but more people in general use the “Like” button because it is a short-form action. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
Microsoft | MSFT | 24.96 | 25.07 | 24.50 | 24.57 | 91.4M |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 16.82 | 16.87 | 16.60 | 16.60 | 81.6M |
Intel | INTC | 23.32 | 23.95 | 23.27 | 23.64 | 74.5M |
Pfizer | PFE | 20.84 | 21.13 | 20.78 | 20.98 | 45.9M |
General Electric | GE | 19.85 | 19.99 | 19.68 | 19.76 | 45.8M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 42.97 | 43.48 | 42.72 | 42.88 | 35M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 27.82 | 28.34 | 27.78 | 27.86 | 32.3M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 31.32 | 31.39 | 31.01 | 31.06 | 32.2M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 35.08 | 35.09 | 34.02 | 34.18 | 31.4M |
Altria | MO | 27.22 | 27.60 | 27.19 | 27.49 | 29.9M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 24.97 | 25.00 | 24.69 | 24.71 | 19.7M |
Merck | MRK | 37.06 | 37.56 | 37.00 | 37.30 | 18.7M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 40.20 | 40.34 | 39.66 | 39.80 | 18.3M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 80.22 | 81.27 | 80.12 | 80.24 | 16.4M |
Apple | AAPL | 339.20 | 341.22 | 332.60 | 333.30 | 16.1M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 53.48 | 54.19 | 53.40 | 54.00 | 15.2M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 55.61 | 56.47 | 55.48 | 56.06 | 14.2M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 41.26 | 41.30 | 40.89 | 40.93 | 11.7M |
Home Depot | HD | 36.69 | 37.31 | 36.55 | 36.98 | 11.6M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 66.41 | 66.79 | 66.19 | 66.37 | 11.5M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 37.26 | 37.26 | 36.90 | 36.97 | 11M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 71.37 | 72.11 | 70.73 | 71.43 | 10.7M |
Amgen | AMGN | 59.98 | 60.24 | 59.41 | 59.86 | 10.1M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 66.66 | 67.30 | 66.51 | 66.94 | 9.88M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 82.20 | 83.66 | 81.85 | 82.19 | 9.6M |
Amazon | AMZN | 200.54 | 200.90 | 191.37 | 192.51 | 9.39M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 40.96 | 41.19 | 40.42 | 40.56 | 8.86M |
General Motors | GM | 31.25 | 31.50 | 31.08 | 31.10 | 7.29M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 28.82 | 28.97 | 28.74 | 28.79 | 6.79M |
Chevron | CVX | 102.03 | 103.29 | 101.41 | 101.65 | 6.76M |
McDonald's | MCD | 80.44 | 81.25 | 80.44 | 81.14 | 6.24M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 68.10 | 68.23 | 67.72 | 67.83 | 6.18M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 49.56 | 50.73 | 49.38 | 50.17 | 6.02M |
Pepsico | PEP | 70.41 | 71.09 | 70.30 | 70.72 | 5.93M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 526.31 | 527.27 | 516.40 | 518.42 | 5.91M |
Visa | V | 79.15 | 81.30 | 79.12 | 79.94 | 4.69M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 169.81 | 170.64 | 168.31 | 168.86 | 4.66M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 79.54 | 80.25 | 79.11 | 79.48 | 3.88M |
Boeing | BA | 78.66 | 78.81 | 77.65 | 77.77 | 3.8M |
United Technologies | UTX | 88.46 | 89.25 | 88.09 | 88.88 | 3.36M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 100.22 | 102.06 | 99.98 | 101.00 | 3.13M |
3M | MMM | 95.54 | 96.23 | 95.27 | 95.46 | 2.61M |
Exchange Rates of May 16, 2011
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 80.840 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.012 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 0.975 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.026 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 0.884 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.131 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6.509 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.154 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 114.500 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.009 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.874 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.144 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.339 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.747 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.380 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.725 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.252 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.799 EUR |
Euro | Chinese Yuan | 1 EUR = 9.214 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.109 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.763 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.310 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.169 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.856 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.205 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.830 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.093 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.915 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.532 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.653 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.579 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.633 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 1.432 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.698 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Chinese Yuan | 1 GBP = 10.542 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.095 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 1.031 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.970 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.935 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.070 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 AUD = 6.887 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.145 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 0.906 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.104 CAD |
Canadian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 CAD = 6.678 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.150 CAD |
Swiss Franc | Chinese Yuan | 1 CHF = 7.360 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.136 CHF |
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