Financial news on March 17, 2011
Business and Financial news
Marjorie Merriweather Post’s Hillwood mansion and grounds is the site of an exhibit on Mrs. Post’s serial marriages, and those of her daughters. Read more..
The artistic and ethical issues raised by single-collector exhibitions are being overshadowed by their convenience and cost savings. Read more..
The European Commission, which made the proposal, estimated that it could save businesses more than $2 billion a year in compliance costs and tax benefits. Read more..
Several of the people who help lead some of the most innovative museum Web sites found their path serendipitously. Read more..
Global issuance Islamic bonds, or sukuk, reached a record high of $51.2 billion in 2010, beating the previous peak, in 2007, by 34 percent. Read more..
Antonio Reid, chief of the Island Def Jam Music Group, will mentor contestants on the new reality show, coming to American television in September. Read more..
Many companies outside Japan remain uncertain, or decline to say, whether supplies of crucial components from Japan will hit air pockets. Read more..
A longtime journalist acknowledged using material from The Arizona Republic without attribution. Read more..
Mining Vimeo, YouTube and Flickr, artists and museums use social sites to provide a direct link to their audiences. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
General Electric | GE | 19.27 | 19.63 | 19.06 | 19.22 | 83.6M |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 17.13 | 17.20 | 16.97 | 17.00 | 83.3M |
Microsoft | MSFT | 25.06 | 25.22 | 24.75 | 24.78 | 62.5M |
Intel | INTC | 20.02 | 20.06 | 19.80 | 19.90 | 59M |
Pfizer | PFE | 19.53 | 19.94 | 19.48 | 19.88 | 59M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 31.62 | 31.70 | 30.63 | 31.36 | 50.6M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 44.46 | 44.61 | 43.40 | 44.56 | 46.7M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 30.69 | 31.05 | 30.34 | 30.55 | 31.5M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 34.73 | 35.34 | 34.60 | 35.33 | 31.2M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 40.73 | 41.83 | 40.72 | 41.43 | 26.6M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 27.67 | 27.91 | 27.56 | 27.74 | 26.1M |
Apple | AAPL | 336.83 | 339.61 | 330.66 | 334.64 | 23.6M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 80.38 | 81.50 | 80.23 | 81.16 | 21.9M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 47.19 | 47.30 | 46.75 | 47.26 | 18.8M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 23.77 | 24.19 | 23.70 | 24.08 | 17.6M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 25.23 | 25.53 | 25.15 | 25.43 | 14.7M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 75.06 | 77.30 | 74.54 | 76.72 | 13.8M |
Merck | MRK | 31.26 | 31.62 | 31.16 | 31.44 | 13.7M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 58.21 | 58.38 | 57.90 | 58.13 | 12.5M |
Altria | MO | 24.57 | 24.77 | 24.40 | 24.44 | 11.9M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 84.81 | 87.50 | 84.12 | 87.05 | 11.2M |
General Motors | GM | 32.18 | 32.39 | 31.33 | 31.44 | 11M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 51.74 | 51.87 | 51.04 | 51.37 | 10.9M |
Amgen | AMGN | 54.00 | 54.70 | 53.32 | 53.56 | 10.7M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 60.70 | 60.70 | 60.00 | 60.43 | 10.6M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 62.43 | 62.79 | 61.91 | 62.28 | 10.1M |
Chevron | CVX | 100.88 | 102.57 | 100.40 | 102.24 | 9.98M |
Home Depot | HD | 36.07 | 36.13 | 35.51 | 35.76 | 9.73M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 41.19 | 41.20 | 40.48 | 40.76 | 9.38M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 40.20 | 40.52 | 39.92 | 40.31 | 7.48M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 154.00 | 154.50 | 152.70 | 154.18 | 7.38M |
Pepsico | PEP | 62.91 | 63.26 | 62.56 | 63.08 | 6.75M |
Amazon | AMZN | 165.91 | 166.30 | 160.78 | 160.97 | 6.47M |
McDonald's | MCD | 74.13 | 74.19 | 73.12 | 73.40 | 6.13M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 42.40 | 42.73 | 41.91 | 42.27 | 5.85M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 564.48 | 569.00 | 560.54 | 561.36 | 5.79M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 82.21 | 83.05 | 81.61 | 82.73 | 5.42M |
United Technologies | UTX | 79.38 | 79.90 | 79.00 | 79.49 | 4.54M |
Boeing | BA | 68.58 | 69.03 | 67.85 | 68.30 | 4.41M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 92.90 | 94.89 | 92.59 | 93.80 | 3.69M |
3M | MMM | 88.59 | 88.97 | 88.05 | 88.69 | 3.58M |
Visa | V | 71.59 | 72.00 | 71.13 | 71.43 | 3.45M |
Exchange Rates of March 17, 2011
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 79.100 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.013 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 0.985 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.015 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 0.898 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.113 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6.574 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.152 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 110.840 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.009 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.868 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.152 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.428 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.700 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.381 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.724 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.259 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.794 EUR |
Euro | Chinese Yuan | 1 EUR = 9.218 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.108 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.783 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.278 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.287 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.777 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.245 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.803 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.136 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.881 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.645 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.608 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.591 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.629 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 1.450 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.690 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Chinese Yuan | 1 GBP = 10.614 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.094 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.967 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.034 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.881 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.135 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 AUD = 6.458 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.155 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 0.911 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.097 CAD |
Canadian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 CAD = 6.676 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.150 CAD |
Swiss Franc | Chinese Yuan | 1 CHF = 7.315 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.137 CHF |
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