Financial news on April 21st, 2009
Business and Financial news
A Plan to See Every Country on Earth by the Age of 35
How a mix of frequent flier miles and good travel skills helps one traveler see the world. All of it. Read more..
For Housing Crisis, the End Probably Isn’t Near
Two auctions, one in Washington and one in Miami, suggest that real estate prices have not bottomed out. Read more..
Halliburton Profit Decreases 35%
The company, which provides services to oil fields, said profit fell after a decline in crude prices reduced exploration and spending by customers. Read more..
In Missouri, Investors Seek a Profit in Branson Airport
A $155 million airport, which will begin commercial passenger service in May, was conceived as a money-making venture and was built without federal financing. Read more..
Stanford Points Fingers in Fraud Case
R. Allen Stanford says that regulators are lying when they say he defrauded tens of thousands of investors. He blames the S.E.C. and his chief financial officer. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
| Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
| Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 16.56 | 18.81 | 16.14 | 18.81 | 185M |
| General Electric | GE | 10.99 | 11.89 | 10.85 | 11.70 | 123M |
| JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 29.07 | 32.91 | 28.87 | 32.53 | 116M |
| Intel | INTC | 14.98 | 15.52 | 14.96 | 15.36 | 85.2M |
| Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 18.78 | 19.85 | 18.64 | 19.53 | 67M |
| Pfizer | PFE | 13.59 | 13.64 | 13.10 | 13.52 | 66.3M |
| Microsoft | MSFT | 18.59 | 19.08 | 18.57 | 18.97 | 60.9M |
| Cisco Systems | CSCO | 17.20 | 17.79 | 17.14 | 17.69 | 45.7M |
| Merck | MRK | 24.41 | 24.55 | 22.93 | 23.54 | 40.5M |
| ExxonMobil | XOM | 65.29 | 66.28 | 64.87 | 66.23 | 32.2M |
| AT&T Inc. | T | 25.20 | 25.43 | 24.98 | 25.28 | 31.6M |
| UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 25.38 | 25.71 | 22.72 | 22.80 | 23.9M |
| Home Depot | HD | 25.20 | 26.05 | 24.78 | 25.87 | 20.6M |
| Comcast | CMCSA | 13.92 | 14.31 | 13.81 | 14.27 | 20.5M |
| Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 44.23 | 44.93 | 43.87 | 44.37 | 19.6M |
| Coca-Cola | KO | 44.16 | 44.95 | 42.62 | 43.09 | 18.8M |
| Apple | AAPL | 118.89 | 122.14 | 118.60 | 121.76 | 16.8M |
| Verizon Communications | VZ | 30.82 | 31.19 | 30.37 | 31.04 | 16.7M |
| ConocoPhillips | COP | 37.65 | 38.88 | 37.52 | 38.71 | 16.6M |
| Altria | MO | 16.84 | 16.99 | 16.63 | 16.73 | 15.8M |
| Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 49.66 | 50.00 | 48.93 | 49.83 | 15.6M |
| International Business Machines | IBM | 98.41 | 102.48 | 98.20 | 102.31 | 15.2M |
| HP Inc. | HPQ | 34.50 | 35.50 | 34.28 | 35.43 | 14.3M |
| Pepsico | PEP | 50.17 | 50.55 | 48.50 | 49.35 | 14M |
| Schlumberger | SLB | 43.19 | 46.83 | 42.84 | 46.63 | 12.7M |
| Procter & Gamble | PG | 50.82 | 51.67 | 49.50 | 51.37 | 12.6M |
| Chevron | CVX | 63.55 | 64.97 | 63.06 | 64.88 | 12.6M |
| Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 52.55 | 52.88 | 52.00 | 52.46 | 12.2M |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 20.12 | 20.42 | 19.78 | 20.00 | 11.8M |
| Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 19.22 | 19.51 | 19.15 | 19.47 | 11.6M |
| United Technologies | UTX | 47.25 | 48.85 | 46.99 | 47.99 | 10.8M |
| Visa | V | 54.84 | 58.70 | 54.25 | 58.63 | 9.44M |
| McDonald's | MCD | 55.55 | 56.15 | 54.95 | 55.63 | 8.93M |
| Amgen | AMGN | 46.20 | 46.56 | 45.05 | 46.09 | 7.82M |
| Alphabet | GOOGL | 376.17 | 384.30 | 376.10 | 381.47 | 7.38M |
| Boeing | BA | 36.66 | 36.66 | 35.94 | 36.65 | 7.35M |
| Amazon | AMZN | 77.33 | 79.10 | 77.29 | 78.74 | 7.16M |
| Gilead Sciences | GILD | 43.73 | 44.39 | 43.55 | 43.73 | 7.11M |
| Union Pacific | UNP | 45.84 | 47.51 | 45.15 | 47.00 | 5.12M |
| 3M | MMM | 52.26 | 53.45 | 52.00 | 53.29 | 5.06M |
| Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 2880.00 | 2922.00 | 2861.00 | 2900.00 | 48.5K |
Exchange Rates of April 21st, 2009
| Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
| US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 98.670 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.010 USD |
| US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.236 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.809 USD |
| US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.168 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.857 USD |
| US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6.826 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.146 USD |
| Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 127.720 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.008 EUR |
| Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.882 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.134 EUR |
| Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.823 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.549 EUR |
| Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.600 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.625 EUR |
| Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.512 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.662 EUR |
| Euro | Chinese Yuan | 1 EUR = 8.838 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.113 EUR |
| Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.690 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.449 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.427 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.701 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.253 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.798 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.183 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.845 JPY |
| Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.067 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.484 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.814 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.551 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 1.713 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.584 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Chinese Yuan | 1 GBP = 10.006 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.100 GBP |
| Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.877 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.140 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.829 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.207 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 AUD = 4.848 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.206 AUD |
| Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 0.944 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.059 CAD |
| Canadian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 CAD = 5.520 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.181 CAD |
| Swiss Franc | Chinese Yuan | 1 CHF = 5.845 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.171 CHF |
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