Financial news on November 16, 2009
Business and Financial news
Liberty Global’s purchase of Unitymedia suggests the merger market may be at the point in the downturn where sellers are prepared to sell, but buyers are not reluctant to buy. Read more..
Because of cost-cutting and price increases, the magazine’s bottom line looks a little less bad than it did earlier this year. Read more..
Time Inc. is sponsoring the competition, which five agencies are participating in. Visitors to the campaigns’ Web sites will be able to vote for their favorite. Read more..
Only recently have companies begun assigning smells to everyday products: frangipani-scented sewing threads, tires that smell like roses. A paper soon to be published in the Journal of Consumer Research confirms the wisdom of this tactic, finding ... Read more..
MSNBC hosts are calling on the president to keep his campaign promises about health care and other issues. Read more..
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In past years, the Dubai Air Show has been mainly about commercial aviation. But recently, a tilt toward weaponry has been visible. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
General Electric | GE | 15.80 | 16.19 | 15.77 | 16.00 | 98.2M |
Intel | INTC | 20.11 | 20.32 | 20.01 | 20.23 | 64.8M |
Microsoft | MSFT | 29.61 | 29.80 | 29.37 | 29.54 | 54.1M |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 23.77 | 24.10 | 23.65 | 23.87 | 47.6M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 27.92 | 28.68 | 27.78 | 28.21 | 45.3M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 43.25 | 43.61 | 42.76 | 43.04 | 43.5M |
Pfizer | PFE | 17.65 | 18.00 | 17.63 | 17.94 | 41.1M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 23.94 | 24.63 | 23.80 | 24.30 | 39.2M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 15.51 | 15.86 | 15.45 | 15.85 | 35.6M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 22.36 | 22.89 | 22.30 | 22.83 | 33.4M |
Merck | MRK | 33.98 | 34.35 | 33.52 | 33.81 | 25.1M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 26.34 | 26.60 | 26.21 | 26.29 | 23.6M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 73.65 | 74.67 | 73.33 | 74.43 | 21.3M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 49.89 | 50.88 | 49.86 | 50.81 | 20.6M |
Home Depot | HD | 27.63 | 27.95 | 27.40 | 27.65 | 18.8M |
Apple | AAPL | 205.48 | 208.00 | 205.01 | 206.63 | 17.3M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 53.35 | 53.46 | 52.81 | 53.16 | 15.3M |
Altria | MO | 19.41 | 19.48 | 19.30 | 19.34 | 15.3M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 53.53 | 53.89 | 53.14 | 53.63 | 14.1M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 30.21 | 30.39 | 30.15 | 30.33 | 14M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 61.45 | 62.35 | 61.41 | 62.19 | 13.8M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 30.12 | 30.88 | 30.03 | 30.70 | 12.9M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 62.00 | 62.68 | 61.93 | 62.27 | 12.5M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 53.13 | 54.13 | 53.09 | 53.84 | 12.4M |
McDonald's | MCD | 63.92 | 64.75 | 63.71 | 64.53 | 12.1M |
Amazon | AMZN | 132.12 | 134.56 | 130.98 | 131.59 | 9.02M |
Chevron | CVX | 78.11 | 78.86 | 77.98 | 78.61 | 8.95M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 66.55 | 68.34 | 66.46 | 67.89 | 8.63M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 29.23 | 29.50 | 28.95 | 29.15 | 8.28M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 56.65 | 57.09 | 56.43 | 56.74 | 8.12M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 127.17 | 128.24 | 127.03 | 128.21 | 7.82M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 47.26 | 47.53 | 46.93 | 47.43 | 6.82M |
Amgen | AMGN | 55.55 | 56.35 | 55.33 | 56.14 | 6.18M |
Visa | V | 80.10 | 80.39 | 79.22 | 79.55 | 5.76M |
Boeing | BA | 51.00 | 52.52 | 50.88 | 52.48 | 5.7M |
United Technologies | UTX | 68.30 | 69.40 | 68.01 | 69.34 | 5.37M |
Pepsico | PEP | 62.21 | 62.49 | 61.94 | 62.43 | 4.97M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 63.61 | 65.05 | 63.57 | 65.05 | 4.65M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 575.00 | 576.99 | 572.78 | 576.28 | 4.39M |
3M | MMM | 77.55 | 78.29 | 77.43 | 78.02 | 2.99M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 3430.00 | 3443.00 | 3402.00 | 3431.50 | 34K |
Exchange Rates of November 16, 2009
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 89.060 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.011 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.047 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.955 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.008 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.993 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6.827 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.146 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 133.330 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.008 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.890 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.124 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.597 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.626 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.568 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.638 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.508 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.663 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.667 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.499 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.197 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.835 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.176 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.850 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.131 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.884 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.795 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.557 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.762 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.568 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 1.695 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.590 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.982 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.019 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.944 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.059 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 AUD = 6.402 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.156 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 0.961 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.040 CAD |
Canadian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 CAD = 6.515 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.153 CAD |
Swiss Franc | Chinese Yuan | 1 CHF = 6.777 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.148 CHF |
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