Financial news on March 18th, 2010
Business and Financial news
Philippe de Montebello, the former director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, has returned to New York University’s Institute of Fine Arts to teach. Read more..
Longwood Gardens in southeastern Pennsylvania is figuring out how to earn international recognition as one of the great gardens of the world. Read more..
Just as singles events bond museumgoers to each other, they can also bond guests to the museum, bolstering attendance and memberships. Read more..
An exhibition in Manhattan focuses on skateboarding among Native Americans. Read more..
In a House hearing, Ben S. Bernanke, the Federal Reserve chairman, waged a fresh battle against efforts to scale back the Fed’s role in overseeing banks. Read more..
McNeil Consumer Healthcare, a Johnson & Johnson unit, laid out the actions it would take after the Food and Drug Administration criticized its quality control program. Read more..
The museum collaborated with an auction Web site to mount a major show with the intention of selling its contents to the highest bidders. Read more..
The “Project Mah Jongg” exhibition to be held at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in Battery Park will include dozens of artifacts chronicling both the commercial legacy and social history of the game. Read more..
Rosneft, Russia’s state-owned oil company, is said to be concerned that a British court might seize assets to pay a $380 million award to Yukos Oil. Read more..
As DVD sales sink, an advertising campaign aims to push consumers to rent more movies through their cable boxes. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
General Electric | GE | 18.09 | 18.26 | 17.91 | 18.19 | 88.5M |
Intel | INTC | 22.19 | 22.35 | 22.01 | 22.20 | 54.5M |
Pfizer | PFE | 17.34 | 17.35 | 17.12 | 17.23 | 50.9M |
Microsoft | MSFT | 29.63 | 29.72 | 29.50 | 29.61 | 43.8M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 30.47 | 30.56 | 29.85 | 30.29 | 34M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 54.44 | 54.54 | 53.61 | 53.77 | 32M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 25.43 | 25.60 | 25.27 | 25.38 | 29.2M |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 26.24 | 26.43 | 26.22 | 26.34 | 27.1M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 43.75 | 43.79 | 43.15 | 43.64 | 26M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 67.50 | 67.74 | 67.01 | 67.39 | 25.9M |
Home Depot | HD | 32.45 | 32.56 | 32.23 | 32.40 | 17.8M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 25.96 | 26.09 | 25.90 | 26.06 | 17M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 17.68 | 17.73 | 17.47 | 17.67 | 15.5M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 32.46 | 33.69 | 31.98 | 33.59 | 15.4M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 52.22 | 52.83 | 52.11 | 52.73 | 14.1M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 66.50 | 66.73 | 64.80 | 65.25 | 12.9M |
Merck | MRK | 38.07 | 38.46 | 37.88 | 38.45 | 12.5M |
Apple | AAPL | 224.10 | 225.00 | 222.61 | 224.65 | 12.2M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 30.17 | 30.38 | 30.15 | 30.30 | 11.9M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 53.90 | 54.04 | 53.75 | 53.95 | 11.7M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 64.58 | 65.15 | 64.37 | 65.06 | 11.7M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 52.90 | 52.91 | 52.17 | 52.71 | 11.1M |
Chevron | CVX | 74.85 | 75.07 | 74.24 | 74.76 | 9.92M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 25.91 | 26.12 | 25.85 | 26.07 | 9.52M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 55.89 | 55.95 | 55.54 | 55.94 | 9.47M |
Altria | MO | 20.35 | 20.48 | 20.35 | 20.46 | 8.92M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 63.90 | 64.13 | 63.65 | 63.73 | 8.87M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 33.69 | 33.85 | 33.52 | 33.78 | 8.04M |
Boeing | BA | 69.35 | 70.93 | 69.19 | 70.87 | 7.43M |
Pepsico | PEP | 66.57 | 66.73 | 66.16 | 66.52 | 6.96M |
Amgen | AMGN | 57.41 | 58.44 | 57.16 | 58.31 | 6.44M |
McDonald's | MCD | 66.47 | 66.74 | 66.36 | 66.68 | 6.21M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 47.34 | 47.50 | 46.98 | 47.42 | 5.57M |
Amazon | AMZN | 131.02 | 132.85 | 130.44 | 132.76 | 5.02M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 127.46 | 128.75 | 127.45 | 128.38 | 4.95M |
3M | MMM | 82.30 | 83.75 | 82.00 | 83.67 | 4.94M |
Visa | V | 91.50 | 91.82 | 90.08 | 90.13 | 4.69M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 72.77 | 73.96 | 72.77 | 73.65 | 3.82M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 82.50 | 82.55 | 82.00 | 82.35 | 3.73M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 564.72 | 568.44 | 562.96 | 566.40 | 3.55M |
United Technologies | UTX | 72.08 | 72.55 | 72.06 | 72.50 | 3.17M |
Exchange Rates of March 18th, 2010
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 90.350 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.011 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.014 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.986 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.058 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.945 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6.827 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.146 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 122.960 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.008 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.892 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.121 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.478 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.677 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.380 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.725 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.439 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.695 EUR |
Euro | Chinese Yuan | 1 EUR = 9.284 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.108 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.726 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.378 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.202 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.832 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.122 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.891 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.171 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.854 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.657 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.604 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.547 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.647 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 1.613 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.620 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Chinese Yuan | 1 GBP = 10.392 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.096 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.933 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.071 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.973 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.027 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 AUD = 6.280 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.159 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 1.043 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.959 CAD |
Canadian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 CAD = 6.729 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.149 CAD |
Swiss Franc | Chinese Yuan | 1 CHF = 6.448 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.155 CHF |
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