Financial news on October 19th, 2009
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A report by Leonard Downie Jr., formerly of The Washington Post, sets forth a number of ways to pay for journalism. One of them is government money. Read more..
A social networking service where the operative question is not “what are you doing?” but “where are you going?” Read more..
French publishers and news providers are cooking up original ways to fight the perceived threat of cultural domination by U.S. giants like Google and Amazon. Read more..
The president’s staff said banks must not resist new government oversight now that they have regained their financial footing. Read more..
On KaChing, model investors’ trades and track records are public, and for a fee, clients can make the same trades that a successful trader makes. Read more..
A family health group said the movie contained 124 million tobacco “impressions,” but was not able to find a billboard in Los Angeles to carry that message. Read more..
The Irish government has begun a new advertising campaign to encourage foreign investment. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
General Electric | GE | 16.05 | 16.13 | 15.80 | 15.84 | 99.2M |
Pfizer | PFE | 17.65 | 18.14 | 17.58 | 17.98 | 93.4M |
Intel | INTC | 20.29 | 20.48 | 20.05 | 20.41 | 68.1M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 22.02 | 22.49 | 21.87 | 22.42 | 51.7M |
Microsoft | MSFT | 26.49 | 26.58 | 26.25 | 26.36 | 48.1M |
Apple | AAPL | 187.85 | 190.00 | 185.55 | 189.86 | 33.7M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 30.35 | 30.42 | 29.77 | 30.07 | 32.3M |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 24.13 | 24.83 | 23.96 | 24.25 | 30.6M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 46.42 | 46.43 | 45.45 | 45.98 | 30.4M |
Merck | MRK | 33.11 | 33.83 | 33.11 | 33.73 | 28M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 25.82 | 26.07 | 25.70 | 26.00 | 25.9M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 15.33 | 15.50 | 15.08 | 15.44 | 23.6M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 29.03 | 29.05 | 28.80 | 28.96 | 21M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 73.15 | 73.97 | 73.00 | 73.62 | 20.4M |
Altria | MO | 18.32 | 18.65 | 18.30 | 18.35 | 19.3M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 51.46 | 52.36 | 51.40 | 52.23 | 17.9M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 52.25 | 53.40 | 52.00 | 53.08 | 17.1M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 51.35 | 51.97 | 51.25 | 51.89 | 15.4M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 29.40 | 29.98 | 29.20 | 29.87 | 12.6M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 60.61 | 61.47 | 60.42 | 61.16 | 11.4M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 48.23 | 48.54 | 48.14 | 48.47 | 11.2M |
Amgen | AMGN | 59.76 | 61.20 | 59.50 | 60.24 | 10.7M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 55.14 | 55.50 | 54.67 | 54.79 | 10.3M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 24.57 | 24.99 | 24.41 | 24.92 | 10.3M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 69.03 | 71.10 | 68.31 | 70.76 | 9.74M |
Home Depot | HD | 27.28 | 27.69 | 27.22 | 27.63 | 8.3M |
Chevron | CVX | 76.94 | 78.05 | 76.54 | 77.66 | 8.21M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 57.51 | 58.02 | 57.22 | 57.79 | 7.89M |
McDonald's | MCD | 58.97 | 59.45 | 58.82 | 59.28 | 7.56M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 121.76 | 123.36 | 121.61 | 123.06 | 7.51M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 46.30 | 47.01 | 46.07 | 46.81 | 7.5M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 552.69 | 553.60 | 548.73 | 552.09 | 6.43M |
Amazon | AMZN | 95.35 | 96.28 | 94.25 | 94.68 | 6.02M |
United Technologies | UTX | 65.03 | 65.86 | 64.79 | 65.44 | 5.98M |
Pepsico | PEP | 62.28 | 62.57 | 61.90 | 62.05 | 5.56M |
Boeing | BA | 53.32 | 53.75 | 52.59 | 53.45 | 3.84M |
Visa | V | 74.27 | 75.00 | 73.19 | 74.95 | 3.65M |
3M | MMM | 76.27 | 77.08 | 75.82 | 76.32 | 3.07M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 63.85 | 64.48 | 63.62 | 64.13 | 3.04M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 22.82 | 23.12 | 22.81 | 22.97 | 2.78M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 3323.00 | 3329.00 | 3300.00 | 3328.00 | 37.7K |
Exchange Rates of October 19th, 2009
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 90.660 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.011 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.027 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.973 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.011 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.989 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6.828 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.146 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 135.730 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.007 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.911 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.097 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.611 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.621 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.538 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.650 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.513 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.661 EUR |
Euro | Chinese Yuan | 1 EUR = 10.227 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.098 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.671 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.490 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.187 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.843 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.133 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.883 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.115 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.897 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.768 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.566 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.688 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.592 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 1.660 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.602 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Chinese Yuan | 1 GBP = 11.208 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.089 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.954 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.048 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.938 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.066 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 AUD = 6.343 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.158 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 0.984 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.017 CAD |
Canadian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 CAD = 6.642 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.151 CAD |
Swiss Franc | Chinese Yuan | 1 CHF = 6.755 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.148 CHF |
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