Financial news on November 21st, 2008
Business and Financial news
The actress pushed for favorable coverage while negotiating magazine rights to pictures of her new twins. Read more..
The chief executive of Toronto-Dominion Bank, W. Edmund Clark, said he did not plan to follow the lead of executives at the Goldman Sachs Group and forgo his annual bonus. Read more..
Democratic leaders in Congress gave auto industry leaders 12 days to come back with a plan showing that federal aid would be well-spent. Read more..
General Motors is banking on the Chevrolet Volt electric car to prove that it can deliver an environmentally friendly automobile. Read more..
Hard times are back on the American farmstead, as the price paid for crops is dropping much faster than the cost of growing them. Read more..
The worsening economy is squeezing Europe’s flag carriers, with dwindling sales of premium-class tickets starting to take their toll. Read more..
With the stock market plunging and the credit market freezing, cries are being heard for quick government intervention. Read more..
After rising to dizzying heights this summer, the oil market is suffering a hair-raising drop. Read more..
In an unusual step, the Treasury Department said it was prepared to buy assets from a troubled money market mutual fund that has been frozen for more than two months. Read more..
The Education Department announced that it would buy up to $6.5 billion of federally guaranteed student loans made in the 2007-8 academic year as part of its effort to make sure loans are available. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 23,74 | 24,42 | 19,69 | 22,72 | 194M |
General Electric | GE | 13,56 | 14,06 | 12,80 | 14,03 | 172M |
Microsoft | MSFT | 18,02 | 19,70 | 17,98 | 19,68 | 157M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 22,92 | 23,51 | 19,89 | 21,76 | 140M |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 14,81 | 15,30 | 14,20 | 15,17 | 104M |
Intel | INTC | 12,45 | 13,17 | 12,06 | 13,11 | 104M |
Pfizer | PFE | 14,99 | 15,83 | 14,51 | 15,67 | 94M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 69,78 | 76,20 | 69,15 | 75,81 | 84.6M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 15,44 | 16,49 | 15,10 | 16,38 | 73.2M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 25,05 | 25,35 | 23,32 | 25,19 | 57.9M |
Apple | AAPL | 81,93 | 84,12 | 79,14 | 82,58 | 56M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 13,49 | 14,07 | 12,73 | 14,07 | 55.5M |
Altria | MO | 15,02 | 15,53 | 14,51 | 15,49 | 41M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 51,40 | 53,04 | 50,20 | 52,92 | 40.3M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 32,56 | 34,82 | 32,31 | 34,64 | 38.5M |
Home Depot | HD | 18,82 | 19,34 | 17,46 | 19,29 | 38.4M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 50,63 | 51,70 | 48,27 | 51,52 | 37M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 42,95 | 47,22 | 42,37 | 46,84 | 36.5M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 27,40 | 28,64 | 26,23 | 28,47 | 35M |
Chevron | CVX | 65,46 | 71,04 | 64,27 | 70,49 | 34.8M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 60,05 | 63,33 | 58,29 | 63,09 | 34.2M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 56,48 | 58,51 | 54,49 | 58,35 | 30.8M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 19,24 | 21,13 | 18,78 | 21,12 | 28.1M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 41,64 | 44,29 | 40,50 | 44,00 | 25.1M |
Merck | MRK | 23,90 | 24,46 | 22,82 | 24,40 | 24.3M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 18,92 | 19,30 | 18,07 | 19,11 | 23.8M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 41,13 | 45,20 | 39,36 | 45,00 | 23.7M |
Visa | V | 49,60 | 49,60 | 43,54 | 46,38 | 21.2M |
McDonald's | MCD | 53,68 | 55,21 | 51,15 | 55,15 | 20.7M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 262,51 | 269,37 | 247,30 | 262,43 | 20.5M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 72,74 | 76,98 | 69,50 | 74,88 | 19.8M |
Amgen | AMGN | 51,55 | 55,08 | 51,10 | 54,90 | 19.4M |
Pepsico | PEP | 51,24 | 54,78 | 49,74 | 54,59 | 17.9M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 16,72 | 17,20 | 15,19 | 17,15 | 17.7M |
United Technologies | UTX | 43,78 | 47,03 | 41,76 | 46,67 | 15.8M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 41,74 | 43,34 | 39,37 | 41,46 | 15.7M |
Amazon | AMZN | 36,39 | 39,00 | 35,72 | 37,87 | 15M |
3M | MMM | 57,78 | 61,61 | 56,64 | 61,30 | 14.8M |
Boeing | BA | 37,18 | 39,93 | 36,17 | 39,58 | 13.3M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 50,33 | 50,40 | 43,78 | 47,50 | 13.2M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 2680,00 | 2920,00 | 2605,00 | 2914,00 | 93K |
Exchange Rates of November 21st, 2008
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 95,900 JPY | 1 JPY = 0,010 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1,270 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,787 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1,223 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,818 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6,831 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,146 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 120,670 JPY | 1 JPY = 0,008 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0,844 GBP | 1 GBP = 1,186 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1,992 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,502 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1,596 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,627 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1,539 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,650 EUR |
Euro | Chinese Yuan | 1 EUR = 8,599 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,116 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0,699 GBP | 1 GBP = 1,431 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1,649 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,607 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1,322 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,756 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1,275 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,784 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2,360 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,424 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1,892 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,529 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 1,825 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,548 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Chinese Yuan | 1 GBP = 10,172 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,098 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0,801 CAD | 1 CAD = 1,248 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0,773 CHF | 1 CHF = 1,294 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 AUD = 4,309 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,232 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 0,964 CHF | 1 CHF = 1,038 CAD |
Canadian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 CAD = 5,376 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,186 CAD |
Swiss Franc | Chinese Yuan | 1 CHF = 5,587 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,179 CHF |
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