Financial news on February 21st, 2012
Business and Financial news
A new campaign, concentrating on New York, seeks to raise the profile of BBC America, already available in about 75 million American households. Read more..
Joe Sharkey On the Road column notes eight United States airports use the PreCheck program, in which some select passengers pass through security checkpoints without having to remove their shoes and outer coats; notes that airports are clamoring for the program to be expanded and suggests there may be room for a public-private venture. Read more..
Walmart, Macy’s, Home Depot and Saks Fifth Avenue all reported sales increases for their fourth quarters ending in January. But Walmart had to lower prices aggressively, hurting its profit. Read more..
Fung Brands is buying 80 percent of Sonia Rykiel, one of the few remaining independent fashion houses in France. Read more..
Frequent Flier column features environmental consultant Paula DiPerna discussing her flying experiences. Read more..
Housing advocates are skeptical that new rules will provide underwater borrowers with a single point of contact to help them navigate the mortgage maze; architects of new $26 billion settlement say they are keenly aware of mortgage holders' complaints. Read more..
Taser International introduces a new camera that clips to a collar or sunglasses and can record two hours of video, which could provide evidence in controversies over police officers’ use of force; video is stored in a cloud-computing system. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
Microsoft | MSFT | 31,18 | 31,61 | 31,15 | 31,44 | 50.8M |
General Electric | GE | 19,42 | 19,50 | 19,32 | 19,41 | 41.9M |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 20,30 | 20,49 | 20,17 | 20,36 | 41.2M |
Intel | INTC | 27,34 | 27,37 | 27,01 | 27,16 | 34.9M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 31,14 | 31,47 | 30,81 | 30,96 | 29.3M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 30,10 | 30,40 | 30,07 | 30,34 | 25.4M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 60,33 | 60,50 | 59,67 | 60,07 | 23.9M |
Pfizer | PFE | 21,26 | 21,32 | 21,12 | 21,22 | 23.3M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 38,65 | 38,98 | 38,41 | 38,46 | 22.8M |
Apple | AAPL | 506,88 | 514,85 | 504,12 | 514,85 | 21.6M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 28,80 | 28,98 | 28,49 | 28,74 | 20.6M |
Home Depot | HD | 48,06 | 48,07 | 46,64 | 46,92 | 20.5M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 46,55 | 46,75 | 44,59 | 44,69 | 19.4M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 86,04 | 86,78 | 86,04 | 86,57 | 15.5M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 29,11 | 29,17 | 28,91 | 29,07 | 14.4M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 29,52 | 29,72 | 29,17 | 29,35 | 14.3M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 56,38 | 56,40 | 56,05 | 56,16 | 14.1M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 73,94 | 74,13 | 73,62 | 73,83 | 12.8M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 33,16 | 33,19 | 32,25 | 32,32 | 12.5M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 38,61 | 38,77 | 38,43 | 38,49 | 12M |
Merck | MRK | 38,47 | 38,64 | 38,08 | 38,13 | 10.9M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 64,99 | 65,07 | 64,35 | 64,42 | 10M |
Altria | MO | 29,66 | 29,75 | 29,57 | 29,62 | 8.71M |
General Motors | GM | 27,30 | 27,55 | 26,99 | 27,06 | 8.59M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 78,93 | 79,77 | 78,26 | 78,58 | 8.23M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 65,23 | 65,24 | 64,75 | 65,04 | 8.08M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 54,99 | 55,53 | 54,88 | 55,32 | 7.5M |
Chevron | CVX | 107,51 | 108,50 | 107,44 | 108,41 | 7.15M |
Amazon | AMZN | 182,65 | 184,75 | 180,58 | 182,26 | 6.76M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 68,88 | 69,05 | 68,50 | 68,82 | 6.71M |
Amgen | AMGN | 67,45 | 67,78 | 66,65 | 66,69 | 5.91M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 41,80 | 41,90 | 41,49 | 41,57 | 5.68M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 603,87 | 617,88 | 602,88 | 614,00 | 4.96M |
McDonald's | MCD | 100,12 | 100,75 | 100,00 | 100,49 | 4.47M |
Boeing | BA | 75,67 | 75,95 | 75,08 | 75,72 | 3.98M |
United Technologies | UTX | 84,30 | 84,64 | 83,26 | 83,96 | 3.6M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 79,44 | 79,88 | 79,31 | 79,63 | 3.32M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 193,73 | 194,24 | 192,46 | 193,39 | 3.29M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 111,15 | 112,18 | 110,43 | 111,78 | 3.1M |
Visa | V | 115,26 | 116,00 | 113,85 | 114,20 | 2.7M |
3M | MMM | 87,74 | 88,05 | 87,40 | 87,60 | 2.41M |
Pepsico | PEP | 63,02 | 63,39 | 62,97 | 63,14 | 1.4M |
Exchange Rates of February 21st, 2012
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 79,730 JPY | 1 JPY = 0,013 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 0,997 CAD | 1 CAD = 1,003 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 0,912 CHF | 1 CHF = 1,096 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6,297 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,159 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 105,520 JPY | 1 JPY = 0,009 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0,839 GBP | 1 GBP = 1,192 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1,241 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,806 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1,319 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,758 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1,207 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,828 EUR |
Euro | Chinese Yuan | 1 EUR = 8,336 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,120 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0,795 GBP | 1 GBP = 1,259 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1,176 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,851 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1,250 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,800 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1,144 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,874 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1,480 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,676 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1,572 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,636 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 1,439 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,695 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Chinese Yuan | 1 GBP = 9,938 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,101 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 1,063 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,941 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0,973 CHF | 1 CHF = 1,028 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 AUD = 6,713 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,149 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 0,915 CHF | 1 CHF = 1,093 CAD |
Canadian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 CAD = 6,318 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,158 CAD |
Swiss Franc | Chinese Yuan | 1 CHF = 6,903 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,145 CHF |
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