Financial news on December 18, 2009
Business and Financial news
The American International Group could use the $20 billion from a stock sale by the insurer American International Assurance to repay some of its giant bailout debt. Read more..
The show, “If I Can Dream,” will follow the lives of five aspiring actors and musicians who move to Hollywood in search of stardom. Read more..
The first patent to expire on a widely used bioengineered crop since gene-splicing became a mainstay of crop science. Read more..
The unit of Atomic Energy of Canada has been a longstanding financial drain on the government. Read more..
The dollar climbed to a three-month high against the euro, as equity markets declined on a weaker-than-expected jobs report and concerns over foreign debt. Read more..
The audit firm forced Bally Total Fitness to stop improper accounting practices, but didn’t make it admit to poor accounting in the past. Read more..
Nancy Tellem, who helped CBS introduce shows like “C.S.I.” and “Survivor,” will become a senior adviser to CBS’s chief executive, Leslie Moonves. Read more..
Google was ordered to stop putting scanned French books in its database and to pay about $430,000 in damages. Read more..
The oil company is acquiring XTO Energy for a price that is more than 30 percent below its June 2008 high. Read more..
Foreign investors’ moves to buy U.S. industrial assets are getting a wary reaction from the Obama administration. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 26.38 | 27.00 | 26.18 | 26.78 | 146M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 26.05 | 26.08 | 25.32 | 25.78 | 124M |
Intel | INTC | 19.21 | 19.71 | 19.10 | 19.63 | 99M |
Microsoft | MSFT | 29.84 | 30.45 | 29.80 | 30.36 | 94.1M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 24.01 | 24.74 | 23.98 | 24.34 | 88.2M |
Visa | V | 87.40 | 89.69 | 87.39 | 88.97 | 84.4M |
General Electric | GE | 15.91 | 15.91 | 15.59 | 15.59 | 79.2M |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 23.13 | 23.37 | 23.02 | 23.33 | 67.2M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 68.56 | 68.80 | 67.64 | 68.21 | 63M |
Pfizer | PFE | 18.35 | 18.48 | 18.25 | 18.30 | 62.2M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 40.53 | 41.19 | 40.04 | 40.95 | 48.1M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 27.46 | 27.55 | 27.18 | 27.32 | 47.1M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 53.06 | 53.06 | 52.31 | 52.85 | 26.1M |
Merck | MRK | 37.36 | 37.79 | 37.20 | 37.40 | 25.4M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 61.98 | 62.00 | 60.41 | 61.55 | 22.8M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 64.75 | 64.75 | 63.91 | 64.37 | 22.2M |
Apple | AAPL | 193.17 | 195.50 | 192.60 | 195.43 | 21.7M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 50.90 | 51.61 | 50.70 | 51.50 | 21.5M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 53.75 | 53.75 | 53.00 | 53.34 | 19.6M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 50.65 | 50.69 | 49.40 | 49.80 | 19.5M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 32.94 | 33.10 | 32.66 | 32.80 | 19.3M |
Altria | MO | 19.70 | 19.74 | 19.56 | 19.65 | 18.9M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 57.26 | 57.26 | 56.31 | 56.92 | 18.9M |
Pepsico | PEP | 59.92 | 59.92 | 58.77 | 59.48 | 18.6M |
Home Depot | HD | 28.98 | 29.02 | 28.42 | 28.65 | 17.3M |
Chevron | CVX | 77.42 | 77.67 | 76.56 | 76.90 | 16.6M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 31.88 | 32.00 | 31.08 | 31.54 | 15.7M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 43.51 | 43.56 | 42.61 | 42.83 | 15.7M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 32.08 | 32.17 | 31.58 | 31.95 | 15.2M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 17.07 | 17.28 | 16.86 | 17.23 | 14.7M |
Amgen | AMGN | 55.23 | 56.01 | 54.90 | 55.80 | 11.9M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 63.20 | 63.66 | 62.65 | 62.95 | 10.9M |
McDonald's | MCD | 61.99 | 62.43 | 61.97 | 62.17 | 9.85M |
Amazon | AMZN | 127.91 | 128.79 | 125.65 | 128.48 | 9.61M |
United Technologies | UTX | 69.90 | 70.00 | 69.12 | 69.46 | 9.57M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 127.97 | 128.39 | 127.00 | 127.91 | 9.11M |
Boeing | BA | 54.70 | 54.74 | 53.10 | 53.44 | 8.92M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 596.03 | 598.93 | 595.00 | 596.42 | 7.06M |
3M | MMM | 80.80 | 81.35 | 80.55 | 80.97 | 6.67M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 63.50 | 63.99 | 62.85 | 63.38 | 3.65M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 3280.00 | 3303.50 | 3263.50 | 3303.50 | 38K |
Exchange Rates of December 18, 2009
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 90.450 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.011 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.066 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.938 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.042 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.960 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6.829 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.146 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 129.770 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.008 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.888 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.127 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.610 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.621 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.530 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.654 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.494 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.669 EUR |
Euro | Chinese Yuan | 1 EUR = 9.796 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.102 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.684 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.462 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.241 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.806 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.179 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.848 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.152 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.868 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.814 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.551 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.724 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.580 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 1.683 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.594 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Chinese Yuan | 1 GBP = 11.025 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.091 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.949 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.053 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.927 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.078 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 AUD = 6.082 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.164 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 0.976 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.024 CAD |
Canadian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 CAD = 6.403 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.156 CAD |
Swiss Franc | Chinese Yuan | 1 CHF = 6.552 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.153 CHF |
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