Financial news on February 19th, 2009
Business and Financial news
Papers from New York, Albany, Buffalo, Newark and Hackensack, N.J., are forming an alliance. Read more..
The Obama administration’s housing plan aims to help homeowners who fall into two categories: those struggling to pay their mortgages and those shut out of the refinancing market. Read more..
Ben S. Bernanke vowed to do whatever it took to pull the economy out of its downward spiral, even as he acknowledged that recent indicators were “dismal.” Read more..
G.M. projects a $6.6 billion surplus by 2012, but the Obama administration must decide if that is realistic as it reviews the company’s latest loan request. Read more..
Sales at Hewlett-Packard felt the waning demand for technology products worldwide, but managed to meet earnings expectations. Read more..
When your credit card won’t swipe, reach for a plastic bag. And put your cellphone in the fridge. Read more..
MBIA said the move was a first step toward helping to unfreeze the public finance capital markets in the United States. Read more..
What does it mean when iTunes music is “D.R.M.-free”? Does that mean I can play the files on other types of players? Read more..
A research article states that volunteers for medical trials in foreign countries may be unduly influenced. Read more..
The struggling search engine is trying to win business back from its big rival, Google, by improving click-through rates. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
General Electric | GE | 10,94 | 10,98 | 9,95 | 10,06 | 157M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 12,91 | 13,75 | 11,94 | 12,01 | 129M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 22,04 | 22,30 | 20,54 | 20,60 | 66.5M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 32,79 | 32,92 | 30,67 | 31,39 | 57M |
Intel | INTC | 13,33 | 13,38 | 12,67 | 12,68 | 56.2M |
Microsoft | MSFT | 18,30 | 18,38 | 17,81 | 17,91 | 49.2M |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 15,48 | 15,52 | 15,01 | 15,04 | 43M |
Pfizer | PFE | 14,30 | 14,43 | 13,98 | 14,03 | 41.3M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 12,68 | 13,39 | 12,58 | 12,99 | 40.2M |
Apple | AAPL | 93,37 | 94,25 | 90,11 | 90,64 | 33M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 17,34 | 17,37 | 16,80 | 16,83 | 32.8M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 71,82 | 72,96 | 71,77 | 72,16 | 31.2M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 23,26 | 23,63 | 23,11 | 23,19 | 28M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 49,44 | 50,67 | 49,44 | 50,45 | 27.3M |
Home Depot | HD | 19,95 | 20,44 | 19,93 | 20,16 | 20.4M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 17,78 | 18,01 | 17,22 | 17,69 | 19.6M |
Altria | MO | 15,07 | 15,85 | 15,07 | 15,70 | 16.6M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 28,49 | 28,67 | 27,92 | 27,99 | 15.8M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 53,64 | 54,80 | 53,64 | 54,46 | 14.8M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 42,63 | 42,93 | 41,54 | 41,79 | 14.2M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 21,10 | 21,13 | 20,44 | 20,51 | 14.2M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 51,50 | 52,05 | 51,03 | 51,13 | 13.5M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 91,69 | 92,16 | 88,45 | 88,93 | 12.6M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 56,48 | 56,50 | 55,63 | 55,93 | 12.2M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 38,96 | 39,76 | 38,29 | 38,54 | 10.7M |
Chevron | CVX | 65,99 | 67,71 | 65,99 | 66,68 | 10.2M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 28,58 | 29,39 | 28,28 | 28,65 | 10.1M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 357,50 | 359,80 | 341,41 | 342,64 | 9.97M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 43,11 | 43,72 | 42,68 | 43,30 | 9.91M |
Merck | MRK | 28,93 | 29,00 | 28,46 | 28,53 | 9.86M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 39,85 | 40,94 | 38,65 | 39,23 | 9.83M |
McDonald's | MCD | 55,92 | 57,11 | 55,31 | 55,31 | 9.52M |
Visa | V | 56,95 | 57,90 | 55,49 | 55,63 | 8.78M |
Pepsico | PEP | 51,27 | 52,55 | 51,00 | 52,20 | 6.86M |
Amazon | AMZN | 62,84 | 64,18 | 61,67 | 61,95 | 6.77M |
Amgen | AMGN | 57,83 | 57,97 | 56,98 | 57,08 | 6.5M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 49,84 | 50,15 | 49,04 | 49,04 | 6.24M |
3M | MMM | 46,58 | 48,04 | 46,58 | 47,07 | 5.55M |
United Technologies | UTX | 45,20 | 45,93 | 44,61 | 44,72 | 5.53M |
Boeing | BA | 38,24 | 38,70 | 37,42 | 37,57 | 5.47M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 2606,00 | 2677,00 | 2500,00 | 2516,50 | 74.7K |
Exchange Rates of February 19th, 2009
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 94,170 JPY | 1 JPY = 0,011 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1,258 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,795 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1,173 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,852 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6,836 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,146 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 119,370 JPY | 1 JPY = 0,008 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0,886 GBP | 1 GBP = 1,129 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1,968 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,508 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1,594 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,627 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1,487 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,673 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0,742 GBP | 1 GBP = 1,347 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1,649 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,607 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1,335 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,749 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1,246 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,803 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2,220 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,451 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1,798 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,556 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 1,677 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,596 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0,810 CAD | 1 CAD = 1,235 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0,755 CHF | 1 CHF = 1,324 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 0,932 CHF | 1 CHF = 1,073 CAD |
Canadian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 CAD = 5,432 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,184 CAD |
Swiss Franc | Chinese Yuan | 1 CHF = 5,821 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,172 CHF |
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