Financial news on September 21st, 2009
Business and Financial news
James Press, deputy chief executive of Chrysler, is being sued by his credit union for unpaid loans, and faces tax liens from the I.R.S. Read more..
A proposed tax on expensive insurance policies to help raise money for the nation’s health care overhaul could also affect modest plans. Read more..
Recent statements by the British government indicate it has begun paying attention to entreaties for relief from digital piracy and an economic downturn that has decimated advertising. Read more..
Bank of America is being told by a House Democrat that it cannot use attorney-client privilege to withhold legal conversations about acquiring Merrill Lynch. Read more..
The legal notices expressed an intent by Jack Kirby’s heirs to regain copyrights to some of the superhero characters he created for Marvel. Read more..
With her contract expiring in 2011, Katie Couric is again fielding questions about what’s next, but now without suggestions of an early exit. Read more..
A TV cooking program will be able to offer Internet links to merchandisers that sell ingredients for the featured recipe. Read more..
Trafigura said that it had agreed to pay as many as 30,000 residents of Abidjan, Ivory Coast, who said they were injured by toxic dumping. Read more..
Instead of spending millions in protracted legal battles, some inventors are turning to firms that will auction their rights to the highest bidders. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
General Electric | GE | 16.43 | 16.89 | 16.24 | 16.76 | 109M |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 23.20 | 23.85 | 23.18 | 23.63 | 51.1M |
Intel | INTC | 19.47 | 19.76 | 19.42 | 19.54 | 36.2M |
Pfizer | PFE | 16.54 | 16.71 | 16.47 | 16.64 | 36M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 28.39 | 28.69 | 28.15 | 28.29 | 34.4M |
Microsoft | MSFT | 25.11 | 25.37 | 25.10 | 25.30 | 28.9M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 21.56 | 21.82 | 21.50 | 21.57 | 25.5M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 44.54 | 44.80 | 44.22 | 44.55 | 24.1M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 26.88 | 26.95 | 26.66 | 26.87 | 23.4M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 29.64 | 29.82 | 29.32 | 29.49 | 21.5M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 69.15 | 69.68 | 69.00 | 69.57 | 18M |
Altria | MO | 17.86 | 18.04 | 17.75 | 18.04 | 16.5M |
Apple | AAPL | 184.29 | 185.16 | 181.62 | 184.02 | 15.6M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 50.03 | 50.97 | 50.02 | 50.91 | 15.3M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 45.81 | 46.65 | 45.80 | 46.52 | 14.9M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 17.23 | 17.32 | 17.09 | 17.26 | 14.4M |
Merck | MRK | 31.79 | 32.08 | 31.60 | 31.82 | 13.6M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 46.14 | 46.34 | 45.79 | 46.15 | 12.5M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 53.48 | 53.76 | 52.78 | 53.00 | 12.4M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 57.35 | 57.46 | 56.75 | 57.10 | 11.7M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 45.63 | 46.48 | 45.51 | 46.35 | 11.5M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 28.12 | 28.18 | 27.66 | 28.00 | 10.9M |
McDonald's | MCD | 56.54 | 56.75 | 55.83 | 56.14 | 9.82M |
Chevron | CVX | 71.59 | 72.39 | 71.47 | 72.05 | 9.38M |
Home Depot | HD | 27.96 | 28.40 | 27.84 | 28.14 | 8.92M |
Amgen | AMGN | 62.22 | 62.37 | 61.17 | 62.31 | 8.26M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 28.45 | 28.94 | 28.22 | 28.59 | 8.26M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 22.49 | 22.72 | 22.32 | 22.57 | 8M |
Pepsico | PEP | 59.52 | 59.66 | 58.81 | 59.02 | 7.79M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 60.45 | 60.89 | 60.42 | 60.67 | 7.24M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 60.46 | 61.01 | 59.80 | 60.79 | 5.69M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 45.86 | 46.75 | 45.83 | 46.63 | 5.28M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 121.03 | 122.08 | 120.88 | 121.57 | 4.52M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 487.74 | 498.90 | 486.22 | 497.00 | 4.23M |
Amazon | AMZN | 89.69 | 90.76 | 88.48 | 90.56 | 4.21M |
United Technologies | UTX | 62.47 | 63.02 | 62.30 | 62.67 | 3.69M |
Visa | V | 73.07 | 74.30 | 73.01 | 73.39 | 3.24M |
Boeing | BA | 52.60 | 53.36 | 52.42 | 52.86 | 3.08M |
3M | MMM | 73.91 | 74.68 | 73.91 | 74.54 | 2.56M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 61.91 | 62.24 | 61.25 | 61.55 | 2.3M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 3355.00 | 3359.00 | 3318.00 | 3321.00 | 25.5K |
Exchange Rates of September 21st, 2009
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 91.920 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.011 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.078 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.927 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.032 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.969 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6.829 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.146 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 135.000 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.007 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.905 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.104 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.701 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.588 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.582 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.632 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.515 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.660 EUR |
Euro | Chinese Yuan | 1 EUR = 10.022 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.100 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.670 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.492 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.260 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.794 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.172 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.853 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.122 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.891 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.878 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.532 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.747 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.572 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 1.673 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.598 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Chinese Yuan | 1 GBP = 11.058 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.090 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.930 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.075 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.891 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.123 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 AUD = 5.892 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.170 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 0.957 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.045 CAD |
Canadian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 CAD = 6.333 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.158 CAD |
Swiss Franc | Chinese Yuan | 1 CHF = 6.613 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.151 CHF |
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