Financial news on May 22, 2009
Business and Financial news
At upfront week, networks pulled out all the stops to pitch their fall schedules to advertisers. Read more..
Just as companies put their names on sports stadiums, a line of grooming products intends to brand a dating arena. Read more..
Madison Nipp, 22, a newly minted financial planner, offers some ideas to other recent college graduates. Read more..
GMAC, the troubled former finance arm of General Motors, confirmed Thursday that it would receive $7.5 billion from the Treasury Department to help fill holes in its balance sheet. Read more..
An agreement with the U.A.W. was a crucial obstacle for G.M. to clear before a June 1 deadline to restructure debt. Read more..
If a particular rule is adopted, shareholders will get something they have never seen before: ballots with more candidates than jobs to be filled. Read more..
BankUnited was seized by regulators and sold to a consortium of private equity firms on Thursday, in the largest bank failure this year. Read more..
Chinalco is under pressure to reorganize its deal with the heavily indebted Australian mining company Rio Tinto. A revision of the terms is almost inevitable, and Rio has everything to play for. Read more..
Organized labor has risen up against Wells Fargo, hoping that a buyer, like Emerisque, can keep Hartmarx alive and its workers employed. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 25.08 | 25.20 | 24.31 | 24.31 | 59.4M |
General Electric | GE | 13.36 | 13.40 | 13.02 | 13.10 | 54M |
Intel | INTC | 15.23 | 15.26 | 15.01 | 15.05 | 44.3M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 35.26 | 35.30 | 34.41 | 34.41 | 39.2M |
Microsoft | MSFT | 19.93 | 20.17 | 19.47 | 19.75 | 37.3M |
Pfizer | PFE | 14.84 | 15.09 | 14.67 | 14.96 | 33.8M |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 18.09 | 18.15 | 17.66 | 17.90 | 33.2M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 18.58 | 19.09 | 18.44 | 18.65 | 24.4M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 23.59 | 23.93 | 23.38 | 23.68 | 23.5M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 68.62 | 69.68 | 68.39 | 68.83 | 18.6M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 43.54 | 44.55 | 43.32 | 43.94 | 15.5M |
Home Depot | HD | 23.20 | 23.24 | 22.60 | 22.86 | 15.1M |
Merck | MRK | 26.15 | 26.35 | 25.97 | 26.17 | 14.6M |
Altria | MO | 16.60 | 16.81 | 16.52 | 16.64 | 12.4M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 46.67 | 47.71 | 46.64 | 47.30 | 12.3M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 34.32 | 34.66 | 33.85 | 34.14 | 12M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 49.37 | 49.77 | 49.11 | 49.25 | 11.3M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 23.25 | 24.00 | 23.05 | 23.70 | 11.1M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 14.42 | 14.49 | 14.11 | 14.22 | 11.1M |
McDonald's | MCD | 55.92 | 57.69 | 55.69 | 57.08 | 10.7M |
Apple | AAPL | 124.05 | 124.18 | 121.75 | 122.50 | 10.6M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 29.19 | 29.20 | 28.75 | 28.81 | 10.4M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 44.93 | 45.17 | 44.27 | 44.38 | 9.89M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 20.42 | 20.60 | 20.02 | 20.02 | 8.89M |
Chevron | CVX | 64.75 | 65.77 | 64.36 | 64.44 | 8.78M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 52.84 | 53.33 | 51.65 | 51.75 | 8.62M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 55.10 | 55.44 | 54.63 | 54.77 | 7.43M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 53.07 | 53.74 | 52.96 | 53.03 | 6.76M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 26.95 | 27.34 | 26.13 | 26.30 | 6.59M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 102.67 | 103.31 | 101.75 | 101.89 | 5.6M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 42.53 | 42.95 | 42.18 | 42.33 | 5.45M |
Visa | V | 66.91 | 67.50 | 65.23 | 65.75 | 5.43M |
Pepsico | PEP | 51.58 | 51.95 | 51.20 | 51.57 | 4.57M |
United Technologies | UTX | 50.78 | 51.76 | 50.52 | 51.04 | 4.3M |
3M | MMM | 56.82 | 56.99 | 55.99 | 56.07 | 3.77M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 46.02 | 47.07 | 46.00 | 46.16 | 3.53M |
Amazon | AMZN | 76.10 | 77.04 | 75.02 | 75.64 | 3.48M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 396.66 | 398.65 | 392.00 | 393.50 | 3.43M |
Amgen | AMGN | 49.70 | 49.89 | 49.01 | 49.30 | 3.07M |
Boeing | BA | 43.47 | 43.61 | 42.86 | 42.94 | 2.95M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 2926.00 | 2932.00 | 2882.00 | 2908.00 | 18.6K |
Exchange Rates of May 22, 2009
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 94.760 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.011 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.119 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.894 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.086 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.921 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6.823 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.147 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 132.640 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.008 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.879 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.137 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.788 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.559 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.567 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.638 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.519 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.658 EUR |
Euro | Chinese Yuan | 1 EUR = 9.560 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.105 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.662 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.510 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.347 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.742 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.181 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.847 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.145 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.873 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.033 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.492 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.782 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.561 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 1.728 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.579 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Chinese Yuan | 1 GBP = 10.857 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.092 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.875 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.143 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.849 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.178 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 AUD = 5.356 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.187 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 0.969 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.032 CAD |
Canadian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 CAD = 6.092 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.164 CAD |
Swiss Franc | Chinese Yuan | 1 CHF = 6.295 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.159 CHF |
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