Financial news on November 20, 2009
Business and Financial news
Bamboo continues to gain favor as a modern, eco-friendly material for construction. Read more..
AOL said on Thursday that about 2,500 jobs will be lost after it is spun off from Time Warner next month. Read more..
The move is the first major step toward making millions of videos accessible to deaf and hearing-impaired people. Read more..
German prosecutors said they filed fraud charges against the former chairman of Deutsche Bank in the latest development in Leo Kirch’s legal battle against the bank. Read more..
Standard & Poor’s has joined Moody’s in withdrawing its application to supply ratings of corporate bonds and other debt-based securities to retail investors after new rules were announced this month. Read more..
Stimulus spending in countries like China have helped bolster member nations of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, but the economic outlook remains weak, it said. Read more..
Rejecting warnings by the Obama administration, a committee approved a plan by Representative Ron Paul to carry out sweeping new audits of the central bank’s policy decisions and operations. Read more..
The Mortgage Bankers Association’s quarterly survey found that one in seven homeowners was either late on payments or was already in foreclosure. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
| Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
| General Electric | GE | 15.66 | 15.72 | 15.45 | 15.59 | 63.9M |
| Pfizer | PFE | 18.15 | 18.48 | 18.12 | 18.36 | 61M |
| Intel | INTC | 19.16 | 19.31 | 19.08 | 19.24 | 49.1M |
| Microsoft | MSFT | 29.66 | 29.77 | 29.43 | 29.62 | 42.6M |
| Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 28.21 | 28.28 | 27.66 | 27.87 | 41.9M |
| Merck | MRK | 35.45 | 36.67 | 35.33 | 36.46 | 36.4M |
| Cisco Systems | CSCO | 23.50 | 23.57 | 23.30 | 23.46 | 36.3M |
| Comcast | CMCSA | 15.03 | 15.09 | 14.94 | 15.01 | 33.6M |
| JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 42.47 | 42.74 | 42.15 | 42.46 | 25.3M |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 23.92 | 24.50 | 23.89 | 24.46 | 24.7M |
| Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 22.27 | 22.39 | 22.18 | 22.34 | 24.5M |
| AT&T Inc. | T | 26.10 | 26.29 | 26.00 | 26.02 | 23.7M |
| Altria | MO | 19.16 | 19.17 | 18.88 | 18.98 | 19.9M |
| ExxonMobil | XOM | 74.38 | 74.81 | 74.03 | 74.38 | 19.3M |
| Home Depot | HD | 26.98 | 27.27 | 26.74 | 27.18 | 17.6M |
| Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 61.82 | 62.62 | 61.72 | 62.31 | 16.3M |
| ConocoPhillips | COP | 52.28 | 52.55 | 51.63 | 52.08 | 15.5M |
| Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 54.53 | 54.87 | 54.00 | 54.28 | 15.1M |
| Apple | AAPL | 199.15 | 200.39 | 197.76 | 199.92 | 14.5M |
| HP Inc. | HPQ | 49.58 | 50.27 | 49.51 | 50.04 | 14.4M |
| Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 53.25 | 53.74 | 52.84 | 53.64 | 13.3M |
| Procter & Gamble | PG | 62.00 | 62.22 | 61.48 | 61.80 | 12.4M |
| Verizon Communications | VZ | 30.38 | 30.53 | 30.30 | 30.43 | 12.1M |
| Chevron | CVX | 76.85 | 77.23 | 76.40 | 76.77 | 10.6M |
| Coca-Cola | KO | 56.69 | 57.69 | 56.69 | 57.48 | 10.3M |
| Amgen | AMGN | 55.79 | 55.79 | 55.12 | 55.38 | 9.49M |
| Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 30.07 | 30.25 | 29.85 | 30.01 | 9.21M |
| UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 28.30 | 28.77 | 28.30 | 28.56 | 9.01M |
| McDonald's | MCD | 63.36 | 64.19 | 63.25 | 63.97 | 8.85M |
| Schlumberger | SLB | 64.22 | 64.53 | 62.85 | 63.34 | 8.52M |
| Amazon | AMZN | 127.76 | 129.99 | 127.41 | 129.66 | 6.65M |
| International Business Machines | IBM | 127.17 | 127.69 | 126.46 | 126.96 | 5.35M |
| Pepsico | PEP | 61.67 | 62.31 | 61.43 | 62.08 | 5.31M |
| Gilead Sciences | GILD | 46.29 | 46.64 | 46.05 | 46.39 | 4.94M |
| Boeing | BA | 51.12 | 51.89 | 51.07 | 51.70 | 4.7M |
| Alphabet | GOOGL | 569.50 | 571.60 | 569.40 | 569.96 | 4.01M |
| Union Pacific | UNP | 64.54 | 65.25 | 64.30 | 65.05 | 3.64M |
| United Technologies | UTX | 67.73 | 68.11 | 67.49 | 67.97 | 3.36M |
| Visa | V | 79.72 | 80.44 | 79.63 | 80.00 | 3.13M |
| 3M | MMM | 77.12 | 77.22 | 76.25 | 76.64 | 3.03M |
| Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 3443.00 | 3459.00 | 3436.00 | 3447.00 | 23.1K |
Exchange Rates of November 20, 2009
| Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
| US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 88.860 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.011 USD |
| US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.070 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.935 USD |
| US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.018 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.983 USD |
| US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6.829 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.146 USD |
| Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 132.050 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.008 EUR |
| Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.901 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.110 EUR |
| Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.624 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.616 EUR |
| Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.590 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.629 EUR |
| Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.513 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.661 EUR |
| Euro | Chinese Yuan | 1 EUR = 10.149 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.099 EUR |
| Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.682 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.467 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.230 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.813 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.204 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.831 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.145 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.873 JPY |
| Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.804 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.554 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.766 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.566 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 1.679 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.596 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Chinese Yuan | 1 GBP = 11.260 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.089 GBP |
| Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.978 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.022 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.931 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.075 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 AUD = 6.245 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.160 AUD |
| Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 0.951 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.052 CAD |
| Canadian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 CAD = 6.381 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.157 CAD |
| Swiss Franc | Chinese Yuan | 1 CHF = 6.710 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.149 CHF |
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