Financial news on December 21, 2009
Business and Financial news
American Airlines and Hilton Hotels, both stars in the movie “Up in the Air,” paid nothing — really, nothing — to be part of it all. Read more..
With a little bit of luck, maybe the media industry can conjure itself as a new kind of workplace that doesn’t include the legacy costs of trucks and printing presses. Read more..
When Nokia, the world’s largest mobile phone maker, sued 11 competitors, it said it was conducting a routine defense of its intellectual property. But the suits were far from standard. Read more..
Security companies are poised to sell products to protect phones, just as Symantec and McAfee sell products for PCs. Read more..
The accord in Copenhagen was “a big step forward” after previous talks offered no financial support mechanisms, Ban Ki-moon, the U.N. secretary general, said. Read more..
It is tough for holders of credit-default swaps to profiteer on defaults. But disclosure of which creditors are hedged with credit-default swaps is advisable before restructuring discussions begin. Read more..
Premium-price tickets will help the industry reach more than $10 billion in ticket sales by the end of 2009. Read more..
Employers might soon take the next step of bringing on permanent workers if recovery seems durable. Read more..
Pfizer will have the rights to develop Athersys’s cells to treat inflammatory bowel disease, which is in early human testing. Read more..
Holiday shoppers are looking for ways to stretch their limited budgets. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 25,89 | 26,62 | 25,79 | 25,87 | 78M |
Intel | INTC | 19,98 | 20,33 | 19,00 | 20,09 | 56.9M |
General Electric | GE | 15,69 | 15,79 | 15,54 | 15,57 | 53.1M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 26,99 | 27,49 | 26,85 | 27,34 | 47.2M |
Microsoft | MSFT | 30,40 | 30,84 | 30,37 | 30,52 | 40.1M |
Pfizer | PFE | 18,40 | 18,89 | 18,37 | 18,61 | 39.2M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 41,55 | 42,24 | 41,50 | 41,90 | 36M |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 23,52 | 23,82 | 23,48 | 23,64 | 35.6M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 68,47 | 68,75 | 68,22 | 68,51 | 34.5M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 24,39 | 24,57 | 24,22 | 24,43 | 26.9M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 31,97 | 33,25 | 31,92 | 32,17 | 24.4M |
Apple | AAPL | 196,05 | 199,75 | 195,67 | 198,23 | 21.9M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 27,37 | 27,69 | 27,37 | 27,54 | 21.2M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 51,49 | 52,26 | 51,45 | 51,99 | 15.8M |
Merck | MRK | 37,48 | 38,42 | 37,47 | 37,69 | 14.8M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 52,94 | 53,54 | 52,93 | 53,40 | 13.4M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 53,58 | 54,20 | 53,42 | 53,92 | 12.3M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 17,30 | 17,58 | 17,30 | 17,37 | 11.9M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 50,19 | 50,60 | 50,11 | 50,60 | 11.2M |
Visa | V | 88,96 | 89,07 | 86,63 | 87,51 | 11.1M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 64,64 | 65,00 | 64,23 | 64,33 | 11.1M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 33,02 | 33,32 | 32,96 | 33,02 | 10.1M |
Home Depot | HD | 28,71 | 29,25 | 28,71 | 28,96 | 10M |
Altria | MO | 19,74 | 19,83 | 19,70 | 19,71 | 9.87M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 61,65 | 61,85 | 61,23 | 61,30 | 9.55M |
Amazon | AMZN | 130,48 | 133,20 | 130,19 | 132,79 | 9.47M |
Pepsico | PEP | 59,72 | 60,73 | 59,60 | 60,48 | 7.97M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 43,03 | 43,59 | 43,00 | 43,16 | 7.87M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 32,05 | 32,49 | 31,99 | 32,40 | 7.7M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 57,02 | 57,61 | 56,90 | 57,18 | 7.31M |
Chevron | CVX | 77,60 | 78,00 | 77,27 | 77,50 | 6.74M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 63,45 | 64,86 | 63,21 | 63,77 | 5.88M |
Amgen | AMGN | 56,07 | 57,12 | 56,00 | 56,73 | 5.68M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 597,95 | 599,84 | 595,67 | 598,68 | 5.14M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 127,80 | 128,94 | 127,68 | 128,65 | 4.77M |
McDonald's | MCD | 62,24 | 63,08 | 62,14 | 62,66 | 4.63M |
United Technologies | UTX | 69,55 | 70,03 | 69,28 | 69,36 | 4.09M |
Boeing | BA | 53,36 | 54,50 | 53,36 | 54,30 | 3.66M |
3M | MMM | 81,03 | 82,22 | 80,93 | 81,43 | 2.76M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 63,95 | 64,78 | 63,81 | 64,75 | 2.66M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 3290,50 | 3305,50 | 3286,00 | 3299,00 | 54.5K |
Exchange Rates of December 21, 2009
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 91,120 JPY | 1 JPY = 0,011 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1,062 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,942 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1,046 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,956 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6,829 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,146 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 130,150 JPY | 1 JPY = 0,008 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0,890 GBP | 1 GBP = 1,124 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1,619 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,618 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1,517 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,659 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1,494 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,670 EUR |
Euro | Chinese Yuan | 1 EUR = 9,751 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,103 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0,684 GBP | 1 GBP = 1,463 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1,244 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,804 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1,164 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,859 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1,147 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,872 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1,820 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,550 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1,704 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,587 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 1,678 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,596 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Chinese Yuan | 1 GBP = 10,949 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,091 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0,936 CAD | 1 CAD = 1,068 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0,922 CHF | 1 CHF = 1,085 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 AUD = 6,020 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,166 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 0,984 CHF | 1 CHF = 1,016 CAD |
Canadian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 CAD = 6,426 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,156 CAD |
Swiss Franc | Chinese Yuan | 1 CHF = 6,527 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,153 CHF |
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