Financial news on February 21, 2008
Business and Financial news
By keeping things simple, the Bluelounge SpaceStation, a laptop docking port, might help bring order out of chaos. Read more..
KKR Financial Holdings said it has delayed payment on millions in loans and opened debt restructuring talks with creditors. Read more..
An investigation has found that Jérôme Kerviel began making unauthorized bets in 2005 that Société Générale’s internal controls failed to uncover. Read more..
Want to crush the hegemony of the established mobile phone world order? Take a look at Zzzphone. Read more..
Germany has raised the prospect of retaliation in other areas unless the principality cooperates more on tax policy. Read more..
Google is hoping to capitalize on both the explosion in online video and the scale of its advertising network. Read more..
A special prosecutor on Thursday cleared President-elect Lee Myung-bak of South Korea of fraud accusations, four days before his inauguration. Read more..
Balancing sound quality and features to digitize a music library. Read more..
The ruling gives retirement plan participants the right to sue to recover losses when their investment instructions are ignored or the account is otherwise mishandled. Read more..
A $2.2 billion offer for the network equipment maker 3Com stalled amid fears that equipment made for the U.S. military might be sabotaged. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
Microsoft | MSFT | 28.62 | 28.96 | 27.96 | 28.10 | 98.8M |
Intel | INTC | 20.61 | 20.99 | 20.13 | 20.30 | 78.9M |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 23.81 | 23.99 | 23.09 | 23.19 | 64.6M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 19.49 | 19.60 | 18.81 | 18.89 | 55.6M |
General Electric | GE | 34.29 | 34.36 | 33.47 | 33.69 | 54.4M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 34.92 | 35.12 | 34.22 | 34.47 | 42.6M |
Pfizer | PFE | 22.53 | 22.67 | 22.31 | 22.40 | 39.6M |
Apple | AAPL | 126.05 | 126.47 | 120.86 | 121.54 | 33.5M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 43.30 | 43.69 | 42.22 | 43.07 | 32.9M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 87.67 | 88.00 | 86.18 | 86.92 | 30.1M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 31.07 | 31.16 | 30.61 | 30.74 | 28.9M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 35.81 | 36.00 | 34.84 | 35.36 | 24.9M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 55.69 | 55.89 | 54.53 | 54.86 | 22.6M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 49.78 | 50.23 | 49.60 | 49.79 | 22.4M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 20.05 | 20.25 | 19.55 | 19.59 | 20.9M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 47.37 | 47.84 | 46.54 | 46.83 | 19.1M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 81.24 | 81.35 | 79.48 | 79.81 | 14.4M |
Altria | MO | 73.01 | 73.63 | 72.65 | 73.39 | 13.6M |
Amazon | AMZN | 73.94 | 74.21 | 69.37 | 69.90 | 13.2M |
Home Depot | HD | 27.76 | 28.22 | 27.27 | 27.39 | 13.1M |
Merck | MRK | 47.09 | 47.40 | 46.02 | 46.13 | 12.2M |
Chevron | CVX | 85.57 | 86.51 | 84.33 | 84.78 | 12.2M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 66.27 | 66.33 | 65.79 | 65.96 | 11.9M |
Amgen | AMGN | 47.58 | 47.58 | 46.52 | 46.74 | 11.6M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 23.18 | 23.28 | 22.61 | 22.76 | 11.6M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 512.85 | 513.21 | 499.50 | 502.86 | 11.3M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 63.35 | 63.57 | 62.75 | 62.98 | 11.1M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 45.27 | 45.60 | 43.67 | 43.93 | 10.8M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 32.67 | 32.89 | 32.20 | 32.27 | 10.3M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 86.42 | 86.73 | 83.56 | 83.91 | 9.73M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 58.35 | 58.56 | 57.73 | 57.99 | 8.73M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 108.10 | 109.60 | 106.43 | 106.93 | 8.33M |
Boeing | BA | 84.12 | 84.96 | 81.87 | 82.01 | 6.69M |
McDonald's | MCD | 56.28 | 56.35 | 55.12 | 55.23 | 5.76M |
Pepsico | PEP | 71.50 | 71.68 | 70.83 | 71.08 | 5.53M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 48.17 | 48.17 | 47.70 | 47.80 | 4.83M |
United Technologies | UTX | 72.17 | 72.18 | 70.83 | 70.89 | 4.58M |
3M | MMM | 80.06 | 80.65 | 78.68 | 78.96 | 4.08M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 124.65 | 125.18 | 121.89 | 123.22 | 3.88M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 4800.00 | 4800.00 | 4700.00 | 4701.00 | 12.6K |
Exchange Rates of February 21, 2008
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 107.380 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.009 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.011 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.989 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.090 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.918 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 7.144 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.140 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 159.080 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.006 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.755 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.325 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.612 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.620 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.497 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.668 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.614 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.620 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.474 GBP | 1 GBP = 2.109 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.013 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.987 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 0.941 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.063 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.014 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.986 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.136 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.468 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.984 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.504 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 2.138 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.468 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.928 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.077 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 1.001 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.999 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 1.078 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.928 CAD |
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