Financial news on June 19, 2009
Business and Financial news
The aircraft maker leaves an air show with $6.5 billion in orders and commitments. Read more..
Frederick A. Goodwin, who headed the Royal Bank of Scotland when its strategy led to huge losses, took a 50 percent reduction in his retirement pay. Read more..
The European plane maker announced a $3.5 billion order from a Hungarian low-cost airline, and the chief Airbus salesman, John Leahy, said this showed improved prospects for the airline industry. Read more..
A judge called Richard Scrushy “the C.E.O. of the fraud” and ordered him to pay $2.9 billion to shareholders. Read more..
The Russian energy company and the American company signed a new deal to reduce their carbon footprints and to trade in carbon credits. Read more..
The spoof edition was an effort to draw attention to climate change as European Union leaders gathered to discuss the issue in Brussels. Read more..
R. Allen Stanford, who is accused of running a multibillion-dollar Ponzi scheme involving certificates of deposit, turned himself in to the F.B.I. Read more..
While other ads promise to help buyers if they lose their jobs, the German company focuses on its cars’ technology and heritage. Read more..
A federal jury says a woman should pay $80,000 for each of 24 songs posted on an Internet site for others to download. Read more..
Regulators signaled an aggressive approach to the problem of financial institutions whose failure can endanger the whole economy. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
General Electric | GE | 12,13 | 12,27 | 11,93 | 12,10 | 124M |
Microsoft | MSFT | 24,04 | 24,34 | 23,75 | 24,07 | 115M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 24,00 | 25,20 | 23,14 | 24,19 | 101M |
Pfizer | PFE | 15,15 | 15,32 | 14,97 | 15,00 | 84.6M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 34,65 | 35,12 | 33,79 | 35,00 | 77M |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 19,18 | 19,20 | 18,80 | 18,92 | 71.7M |
Intel | INTC | 16,05 | 16,18 | 15,85 | 16,01 | 71.5M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 20,42 | 20,92 | 20,37 | 20,66 | 51.1M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 71,85 | 72,00 | 70,42 | 71,05 | 42.8M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 24,31 | 24,37 | 23,81 | 24,04 | 42.4M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 47,84 | 48,26 | 47,26 | 47,58 | 30.2M |
Altria | MO | 16,45 | 16,54 | 16,30 | 16,41 | 27.4M |
Merck | MRK | 25,91 | 26,54 | 25,81 | 25,91 | 26.6M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 37,82 | 38,45 | 37,78 | 38,35 | 26.2M |
Apple | AAPL | 138,07 | 139,50 | 136,90 | 139,48 | 25.8M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 49,05 | 49,05 | 48,10 | 48,17 | 23.8M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 43,40 | 43,63 | 42,85 | 42,97 | 22.6M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 14,00 | 14,08 | 13,74 | 13,87 | 22.6M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 30,42 | 30,43 | 29,58 | 29,66 | 22.3M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 25,93 | 26,48 | 25,02 | 25,43 | 21.8M |
Amgen | AMGN | 53,30 | 53,85 | 52,06 | 52,34 | 20M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 51,28 | 51,47 | 50,24 | 50,64 | 19.5M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 56,30 | 56,65 | 55,91 | 56,09 | 19.3M |
Chevron | CVX | 68,82 | 68,92 | 67,37 | 68,06 | 16.5M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 49,73 | 49,89 | 48,71 | 48,81 | 15.4M |
Home Depot | HD | 23,47 | 23,71 | 23,36 | 23,52 | 15.2M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 20,67 | 20,77 | 20,44 | 20,58 | 14.4M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 23,89 | 24,12 | 23,38 | 23,53 | 13.8M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 106,31 | 106,65 | 105,50 | 105,89 | 13.6M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 56,37 | 56,50 | 54,73 | 55,35 | 11.3M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 47,00 | 47,81 | 46,63 | 47,02 | 10.8M |
McDonald's | MCD | 58,41 | 58,83 | 58,00 | 58,17 | 9.6M |
Pepsico | PEP | 54,74 | 55,05 | 53,69 | 53,91 | 9.53M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 418,21 | 420,46 | 414,58 | 420,09 | 8.51M |
United Technologies | UTX | 55,22 | 55,25 | 54,03 | 54,20 | 8.41M |
Boeing | BA | 49,18 | 49,53 | 48,11 | 48,44 | 7.03M |
Visa | V | 61,70 | 62,10 | 60,86 | 61,37 | 6.37M |
3M | MMM | 59,48 | 60,19 | 58,93 | 59,37 | 5.87M |
Amazon | AMZN | 82,15 | 83,46 | 81,50 | 82,96 | 5.44M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 51,31 | 52,37 | 50,57 | 52,00 | 5.21M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 2836,00 | 2855,00 | 2800,50 | 2805,00 | 30.6K |
Exchange Rates of June 19, 2009
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 96,240 JPY | 1 JPY = 0,010 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1,136 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,881 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1,081 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,925 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6,837 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,146 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 134,240 JPY | 1 JPY = 0,007 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0,845 GBP | 1 GBP = 1,184 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1,728 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,579 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1,582 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,632 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1,506 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,664 EUR |
Euro | Chinese Yuan | 1 EUR = 9,525 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,105 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0,630 GBP | 1 GBP = 1,588 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1,288 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,776 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1,179 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,848 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1,123 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,890 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2,049 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,488 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1,873 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,534 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 1,783 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,561 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0,915 CAD | 1 CAD = 1,093 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0,871 CHF | 1 CHF = 1,148 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 AUD = 5,512 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,181 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 0,952 CHF | 1 CHF = 1,051 CAD |
Canadian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 CAD = 6,025 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,166 CAD |
Swiss Franc | Chinese Yuan | 1 CHF = 6,321 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,158 CHF |
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