Financial news on August 18th, 2009
Business and Financial news
Keeping Good Employees When You Can’t Pay Them More
Respect, training and communication are important retention tools, especially when cash for raises is in short supply. Read more..
Pessimism Still Grips Wall Street
Analysts said the sell-off was in part a reaction to weak consumer confidence numbers released in the U.S. Read more..
Sony Relies on Humor to Counter a Grim Mood
A campaign including Peyton Manning and Justin Timberlake seeks to emphasize Sony as a premium electronics brand. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
| Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
| General Electric | GE | 13.54 | 13.65 | 13.45 | 13.59 | 60.1M |
| Intel | INTC | 18.50 | 18.87 | 18.46 | 18.77 | 42.5M |
| Microsoft | MSFT | 23.29 | 23.65 | 23.27 | 23.58 | 38.9M |
| Pfizer | PFE | 15.88 | 16.04 | 15.80 | 15.98 | 36.7M |
| Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 26.54 | 26.75 | 26.21 | 26.34 | 36.7M |
| Home Depot | HD | 26.95 | 27.30 | 26.57 | 26.93 | 35.4M |
| Cisco Systems | CSCO | 20.82 | 21.15 | 20.79 | 21.01 | 33.3M |
| JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 41.10 | 41.88 | 41.06 | 41.70 | 29.1M |
| HP Inc. | HPQ | 43.32 | 44.11 | 42.97 | 43.96 | 24.6M |
| Comcast | CMCSA | 14.51 | 14.61 | 14.30 | 14.34 | 22M |
| ExxonMobil | XOM | 66.70 | 66.81 | 66.26 | 66.49 | 21.5M |
| AT&T Inc. | T | 25.11 | 25.23 | 24.97 | 25.10 | 17M |
| Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 21.45 | 21.96 | 21.31 | 21.58 | 16.1M |
| Apple | AAPL | 161.63 | 164.24 | 161.41 | 164.00 | 15.4M |
| Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 44.80 | 44.81 | 44.13 | 44.33 | 14.9M |
| Merck | MRK | 30.87 | 30.87 | 30.30 | 30.71 | 12.3M |
| Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 51.64 | 51.85 | 51.24 | 51.36 | 12.3M |
| Altria | MO | 17.51 | 17.72 | 17.45 | 17.64 | 10.8M |
| McDonald's | MCD | 54.57 | 55.27 | 54.43 | 55.26 | 10.3M |
| Verizon Communications | VZ | 30.31 | 30.38 | 30.01 | 30.28 | 10.3M |
| Pepsico | PEP | 56.22 | 56.76 | 55.92 | 56.24 | 9.73M |
| Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 25.23 | 25.28 | 24.95 | 25.20 | 9.7M |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 21.73 | 21.77 | 21.50 | 21.77 | 9.57M |
| Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 59.95 | 59.95 | 59.50 | 59.80 | 8.8M |
| Procter & Gamble | PG | 52.40 | 52.66 | 52.08 | 52.45 | 8.34M |
| UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 28.38 | 28.48 | 27.80 | 28.18 | 8.27M |
| Chevron | CVX | 66.56 | 67.09 | 66.50 | 66.94 | 7.87M |
| Coca-Cola | KO | 48.75 | 48.95 | 48.48 | 48.61 | 7.76M |
| Schlumberger | SLB | 51.48 | 52.30 | 51.00 | 52.03 | 6.75M |
| Amgen | AMGN | 59.95 | 60.31 | 59.23 | 59.76 | 6.33M |
| Gilead Sciences | GILD | 44.62 | 44.65 | 44.03 | 44.32 | 6.13M |
| Amazon | AMZN | 81.41 | 82.69 | 80.79 | 82.12 | 5.88M |
| Boeing | BA | 44.00 | 44.53 | 43.69 | 43.78 | 5.44M |
| Alphabet | GOOGL | 445.10 | 447.70 | 442.32 | 445.28 | 4.7M |
| International Business Machines | IBM | 116.81 | 118.00 | 116.73 | 117.63 | 4.29M |
| Visa | V | 66.65 | 67.34 | 66.55 | 67.01 | 4.27M |
| United Technologies | UTX | 56.13 | 56.13 | 56.13 | 56.13 | 3.84M |
| 3M | MMM | 70.39 | 70.59 | 69.90 | 70.35 | 3.42M |
| Union Pacific | UNP | 59.16 | 60.00 | 58.92 | 59.55 | 2.33M |
| ConocoPhillips | COP | 42.23 | 42.81 | 42.20 | 42.59 | 1.91M |
| Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 3241.00 | 3281.00 | 3233.00 | 3275.00 | 19.2K |
Exchange Rates of August 18th, 2009
| Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
| US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 94.720 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.011 USD |
| US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.101 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.908 USD |
| US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.076 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.930 USD |
| US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6.835 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.146 USD |
| Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 133.850 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.007 EUR |
| Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.853 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.172 EUR |
| Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.710 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.585 EUR |
| Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.556 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.643 EUR |
| Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.520 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.658 EUR |
| Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.637 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.569 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.277 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.783 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.162 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.860 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.136 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.881 JPY |
| Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.004 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.499 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.824 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.548 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 1.781 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.561 GBP |
| Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.910 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.099 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.889 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.125 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 AUD = 5.647 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.177 AUD |
| Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 0.976 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.024 CAD |
| Canadian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 CAD = 6.202 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.161 CAD |
| Swiss Franc | Chinese Yuan | 1 CHF = 6.350 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.157 CHF |
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