Financial news on February 22, 2010
Business and Financial news
An advertising campaign featuring Alice Cooper that both satirizes and promotes modern technology has helped rescue sales at Saturn, a chain of electronics outlets that belongs to Metro Group. Read more..
The region still faces significant economic challenges, ranging from deflation in anemic Japan to an over-reliance on exports in places like Taiwan. Read more..
The country is weighing legislation offering reporters and publishers aggressive protections for free speech and investigative journalism. Read more..
Several hedge funds named last week in the Greek press have denied shorting the country’s debt, while others declined to comment. Read more..
Two papers suggest that the fund is re-examining some ideas on keeping inflation low and allowing money to flow freely across international boundaries. Read more..
Apple wants to ignite TV show sales, especially as it prepares to introduce the iPad. But its proposals to lower prices are being met with skepticism from networks. Read more..
While much of the world enjoys plentiful harvests, malnutrition remains epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa. Read more..
Macmillan is introducing software that will allow college instructors to edit digital editions of textbooks without consulting the original authors or publisher. Read more..
Total promised the French government it would not shut any more refineries in France as employees continued a strike. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
Schlumberger | SLB | 60.09 | 61.94 | 59.75 | 61.57 | 87.1M |
Pfizer | PFE | 17.98 | 18.15 | 17.78 | 17.95 | 58M |
General Electric | GE | 16.23 | 16.34 | 16.16 | 16.25 | 45M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 40.40 | 41.30 | 40.25 | 40.85 | 43.9M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 27.48 | 28.15 | 27.38 | 28.01 | 41.9M |
Intel | INTC | 20.95 | 20.96 | 20.65 | 20.87 | 38.7M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 24.59 | 24.98 | 24.44 | 24.81 | 37.1M |
Microsoft | MSFT | 28.84 | 28.94 | 28.65 | 28.73 | 36.7M |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 24.39 | 24.46 | 24.15 | 24.30 | 31.4M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 25.13 | 25.16 | 24.97 | 25.02 | 31.1M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 66.10 | 66.12 | 65.25 | 65.40 | 20.5M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 16.10 | 16.29 | 16.01 | 16.19 | 19.8M |
Merck | MRK | 37.86 | 37.86 | 36.60 | 37.12 | 17.6M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 79.28 | 80.09 | 78.32 | 79.56 | 17M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 32.11 | 33.12 | 31.88 | 33.08 | 16.3M |
Home Depot | HD | 30.40 | 30.55 | 30.20 | 30.32 | 16.1M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 29.06 | 29.13 | 28.90 | 29.00 | 14.6M |
Apple | AAPL | 202.34 | 202.50 | 199.19 | 200.42 | 13.9M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 48.55 | 48.80 | 47.62 | 47.88 | 13.9M |
Altria | MO | 20.13 | 20.33 | 20.08 | 20.27 | 12.8M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 50.71 | 50.89 | 50.26 | 50.56 | 12.4M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 53.52 | 53.92 | 53.34 | 53.83 | 12.1M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 54.49 | 54.52 | 53.96 | 54.40 | 12M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 49.29 | 49.29 | 48.53 | 48.70 | 11M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 63.81 | 64.10 | 63.39 | 63.49 | 9.84M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 63.69 | 63.88 | 63.30 | 63.42 | 9.68M |
Chevron | CVX | 74.17 | 74.22 | 72.79 | 72.96 | 8.68M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 24.95 | 24.98 | 24.44 | 24.68 | 8.66M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 31.35 | 31.47 | 31.06 | 31.12 | 7.87M |
Amgen | AMGN | 57.36 | 57.44 | 56.80 | 57.10 | 7.18M |
Amazon | AMZN | 117.37 | 118.97 | 116.18 | 118.01 | 6.81M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 55.80 | 55.86 | 55.27 | 55.38 | 6.74M |
Boeing | BA | 63.58 | 64.47 | 63.19 | 63.97 | 6.03M |
Pepsico | PEP | 62.69 | 62.87 | 62.10 | 62.41 | 4.71M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 66.60 | 67.09 | 66.44 | 66.85 | 4.31M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 547.35 | 547.50 | 541.00 | 542.80 | 4.28M |
McDonald's | MCD | 64.93 | 64.93 | 64.63 | 64.77 | 4.27M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 127.30 | 127.43 | 126.31 | 126.85 | 3.81M |
United Technologies | UTX | 68.84 | 68.92 | 68.13 | 68.40 | 3.31M |
3M | MMM | 81.71 | 81.76 | 80.55 | 80.68 | 3.03M |
Visa | V | 87.05 | 87.76 | 86.81 | 86.91 | 2.89M |
Exchange Rates of February 22, 2010
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 91.110 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.011 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.043 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.959 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.076 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.929 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6.827 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.146 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 123.890 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.008 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.878 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.139 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.510 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.662 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.418 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.705 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.463 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.684 EUR |
Euro | Chinese Yuan | 1 EUR = 9.281 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.108 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.709 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.411 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.218 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.821 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.144 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.874 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.181 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.847 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.719 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.582 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.614 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.620 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 1.666 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.600 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.939 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.065 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.968 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.033 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 AUD = 6.145 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.163 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 1.032 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.969 CAD |
Canadian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 CAD = 6.546 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.153 CAD |
Swiss Franc | Chinese Yuan | 1 CHF = 6.343 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.158 CHF |
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