Financial news on January 21st, 2010
Business and Financial news
If China keeps up its growth rate, it will likely replace Japan as the world’s second-largest economy this year. Read more..
The bank regulator said it expected Chinese banks to extend loans totaling about $1.1 trillion this year, a decline of nearly 22 percent from 2009. Read more..
Sony offers $300 headphones with artificial intelligence while two other companies offer headphones that do or don’t move to the music. Read more..
The case against 22 top-level arms industry executives is the biggest prosecution of individuals for foreign corporate bribery ever pursued by the Justice Department. Read more..
VMG Global, a California sports nutrition company, admitted in federal court that it illegally put steroids in its dietary supplements. Read more..
Internet service providers and various sites offer tests that measure the speed of a Web connection, which could help you get faster service. Read more..
People favor simple passwords, despite Internet security scares like the recent attacks on Google’s e-mail service. Read more..
The president on Thursday proposed legislation to limit the scope and size of large financial institutions. Read more..
New versions of the Pre and Pixi can become personal Wi-Fi hot spots, at a price, of course. Read more..
I’m shopping around for a laptop, but get confused at the different type of L.C.D. screens offered. For example, I have a choice of C.C.F.L. or LED — what does that even mean? Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 43.04 | 43.15 | 40.32 | 40.54 | 138M |
General Electric | GE | 16.47 | 16.48 | 15.95 | 16.02 | 99.2M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 27.98 | 28.50 | 27.18 | 28.00 | 90.2M |
Pfizer | PFE | 20.04 | 20.15 | 19.17 | 19.24 | 77.2M |
Intel | INTC | 21.15 | 21.31 | 20.68 | 20.84 | 73.6M |
Microsoft | MSFT | 30.61 | 30.72 | 30.00 | 30.01 | 73.1M |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 24.51 | 24.65 | 23.86 | 23.98 | 54.8M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 25.19 | 25.54 | 24.59 | 24.83 | 41.8M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 25.92 | 25.98 | 25.40 | 25.67 | 40.1M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 68.12 | 68.15 | 66.50 | 66.70 | 39.1M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 16.52 | 16.58 | 15.84 | 16.00 | 32.9M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 35.43 | 35.69 | 33.00 | 33.10 | 29.2M |
Merck | MRK | 41.08 | 41.56 | 40.05 | 40.08 | 25.6M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 30.79 | 30.97 | 30.26 | 30.63 | 23.6M |
Altria | MO | 20.33 | 20.37 | 19.81 | 19.89 | 21.9M |
Apple | AAPL | 212.08 | 213.31 | 207.21 | 208.07 | 21.7M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 53.03 | 53.27 | 52.06 | 52.24 | 20.7M |
Home Depot | HD | 28.63 | 29.06 | 28.32 | 28.48 | 18.9M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 52.41 | 52.47 | 50.89 | 51.29 | 18.5M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 56.21 | 56.50 | 55.00 | 55.56 | 17.3M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 25.42 | 25.64 | 24.89 | 24.95 | 16.8M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 54.07 | 54.07 | 52.84 | 52.92 | 16M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 31.14 | 31.42 | 30.57 | 30.61 | 15.4M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 65.07 | 65.47 | 63.80 | 63.97 | 14.5M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 60.56 | 60.93 | 59.45 | 59.84 | 14.3M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 55.55 | 55.58 | 54.19 | 54.37 | 13.7M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 583.44 | 586.82 | 572.25 | 582.98 | 12.6M |
Chevron | CVX | 78.15 | 78.18 | 76.06 | 76.24 | 12.6M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 46.24 | 46.50 | 45.19 | 45.78 | 12.2M |
McDonald's | MCD | 62.97 | 63.60 | 62.80 | 63.20 | 11.7M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 69.02 | 69.49 | 67.52 | 68.31 | 11.6M |
Amazon | AMZN | 127.26 | 128.15 | 125.00 | 126.62 | 9.97M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 130.47 | 130.69 | 128.06 | 129.00 | 9.61M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 63.75 | 67.48 | 63.15 | 65.45 | 8.74M |
Pepsico | PEP | 62.01 | 62.16 | 60.74 | 60.94 | 7.12M |
Visa | V | 87.45 | 87.90 | 84.12 | 84.45 | 7.04M |
Amgen | AMGN | 57.43 | 57.56 | 56.31 | 56.63 | 5.83M |
Boeing | BA | 60.30 | 61.26 | 58.90 | 59.20 | 5.4M |
United Technologies | UTX | 71.45 | 71.85 | 69.75 | 70.13 | 5.11M |
3M | MMM | 84.60 | 84.60 | 82.57 | 82.70 | 4.78M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 71.13 | 73.43 | 70.51 | 72.72 | 290K |
Exchange Rates of January 21st, 2010
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 90.450 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.011 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.052 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.951 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.043 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.959 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6.828 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.146 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 127.370 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.008 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.870 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.150 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.565 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.639 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.481 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.675 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.468 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.681 EUR |
Euro | Chinese Yuan | 1 EUR = 9.619 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.104 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.682 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.465 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.228 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.815 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.163 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.860 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.153 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.868 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.799 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.556 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.704 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.587 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 1.688 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.592 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Chinese Yuan | 1 GBP = 11.048 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.091 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.947 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.056 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.938 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.066 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 AUD = 6.148 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.163 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 0.991 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.009 CAD |
Canadian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 CAD = 6.489 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.154 CAD |
Swiss Franc | Chinese Yuan | 1 CHF = 6.547 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.153 CHF |
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