Financial news on April 21, 2010
Business and Financial news
Wall Street is unforgiving to the weak, and although the investment bank is unfamiliar with the role of prey instead of predator, its rivals are trying to punish it while it is under scrutiny from the S.E.C. Read more..
U.S. regulators on Tuesday gave the thumbs up for a second market that would give speculators a way to bet on expected movie box office receipts, but again withheld a decision on the contracts that would allow trading to begin. Read more..
The financier, under scrutiny in a kickback inquiry, is said to be creating a fund to manage Michael Bloomberg’s fortune and finance his philanthropic foundation. Read more..
Chrysler also reported positive cash flow and a small operating profit in the first quarter of 2010. Read more..
Worsening public debt problems could undermine gains in global financial stability and prolong the weakness of the credit markets, the I.M.F. said. Read more..
In financial legislation before the Senate, there is no attempt to break up big banks as a means of creating a less risky financial system. Read more..
John Harwood of The New York Times and CNBC interviewed President Obama on economic policy, Wall Street, and new tax legislation. Read more..
The former Credit Suisse banker has poached two of his former colleagues, including the senior technology deal-maker George F. Boutros, as his advisory boutique continues to land high-profile assignments. Read more..
The computing company has agreed to acquire a Web site that offers Wikipedia-like crowdsourced data, Tech Crunch reported. Read more..
Google is in talks to acquire ITA Software, an airline technology and services provider, in a deal that could end up costing the search giant $1 billion, Bloomberg News reported. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 32.59 | 34.25 | 32.51 | 33.01 | 96.2M |
Intel | INTC | 24.10 | 24.13 | 23.54 | 23.80 | 73.9M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 41.98 | 42.50 | 39.90 | 40.76 | 73.2M |
Pfizer | PFE | 16.75 | 16.82 | 16.44 | 16.60 | 68.6M |
General Electric | GE | 19.10 | 19.18 | 18.89 | 19.03 | 58.4M |
Microsoft | MSFT | 31.33 | 31.50 | 31.23 | 31.33 | 55.3M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 46.04 | 46.39 | 45.00 | 45.35 | 46.3M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 26.74 | 26.75 | 26.14 | 26.34 | 44.7M |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 27.17 | 27.40 | 27.12 | 27.24 | 42.7M |
Merck | MRK | 36.09 | 36.18 | 34.70 | 34.74 | 37.2M |
Apple | AAPL | 258.81 | 260.25 | 255.73 | 259.22 | 35.1M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 52.80 | 52.95 | 51.47 | 51.78 | 26.2M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 26.12 | 26.33 | 25.98 | 26.29 | 24.3M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 29.79 | 29.83 | 29.43 | 29.56 | 24.2M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 69.00 | 69.43 | 68.57 | 68.92 | 21.1M |
Home Depot | HD | 35.15 | 35.44 | 35.09 | 35.27 | 19.6M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 25.41 | 25.43 | 24.97 | 25.10 | 15.9M |
Altria | MO | 21.30 | 21.61 | 21.25 | 21.46 | 15.5M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 18.53 | 18.61 | 18.36 | 18.53 | 14.5M |
Amgen | AMGN | 59.85 | 60.00 | 58.11 | 58.71 | 13.8M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 31.14 | 31.45 | 30.09 | 30.26 | 13.7M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 65.98 | 65.98 | 65.07 | 65.39 | 13.4M |
Boeing | BA | 71.51 | 74.65 | 71.51 | 74.16 | 12M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 57.54 | 57.64 | 56.57 | 57.22 | 11.9M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 53.38 | 54.03 | 53.25 | 53.70 | 11.6M |
McDonald's | MCD | 70.62 | 71.19 | 70.05 | 70.36 | 10.7M |
United Technologies | UTX | 73.63 | 77.09 | 73.63 | 76.93 | 10.7M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 63.21 | 63.66 | 63.12 | 63.63 | 9.86M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 54.57 | 54.58 | 54.00 | 54.19 | 9.63M |
Chevron | CVX | 82.30 | 82.67 | 81.24 | 81.92 | 9.42M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 36.39 | 36.75 | 36.35 | 36.56 | 9.04M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 67.89 | 68.50 | 67.17 | 68.02 | 8.69M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 129.87 | 130.27 | 128.50 | 128.99 | 7.56M |
Amazon | AMZN | 145.17 | 149.00 | 143.52 | 146.43 | 7.37M |
Pepsico | PEP | 65.82 | 66.31 | 65.61 | 65.98 | 6.53M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 54.52 | 54.57 | 54.19 | 54.47 | 4.83M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 556.46 | 560.25 | 552.16 | 554.30 | 4.78M |
3M | MMM | 85.44 | 85.85 | 85.07 | 85.70 | 4.52M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 80.20 | 80.20 | 78.11 | 78.87 | 3.98M |
Visa | V | 94.35 | 94.38 | 92.86 | 93.13 | 2.84M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 76.73 | 77.34 | 76.32 | 77.03 | 2.58M |
Exchange Rates of April 21, 2010
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 93.170 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.011 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 0.999 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.001 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.070 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.934 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6.829 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.146 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 124.700 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.008 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.869 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.151 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.444 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.692 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.337 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.748 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.433 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.698 EUR |
Euro | Chinese Yuan | 1 EUR = 9.140 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.109 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.696 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.436 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.158 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.864 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.072 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.933 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.149 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.871 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.663 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.601 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.539 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.650 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 1.649 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.606 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Chinese Yuan | 1 GBP = 10.511 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.095 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.925 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.081 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.991 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.009 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 AUD = 6.328 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.158 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 1.071 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.934 CAD |
Canadian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 CAD = 6.830 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.146 CAD |
Swiss Franc | Chinese Yuan | 1 CHF = 6.378 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.157 CHF |
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