Financial news on September 22, 2009
Business and Financial news
Guy Hands, perhaps best known for his unfortunate $4.73 billion purchase of EMI in 2007, offered an unvarnished appraisal of the private equity business. Read more..
The bank, under investigation by several agencies for its conduct while acquiring Merrill Lynch, is trying to smooth relations with regulators. Read more..
Bankers fear the alternative to the plan to have healthy banks lend billions to help the fund would be worse. Read more..
The Spanish bank is seeking to raise as much as $7.3 billion in the share sale, which would be the largest ever in Brazil. Read more..
A seasoned traveler tried to strike a balance between putting up with rudeness and taking a stand against it. Read more..
The South Korean automaker benefited from the clunkers program and “went from the perception of cheap to an excellent value,” says one analyst. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
| Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
| General Electric | GE | 17.06 | 17.19 | 16.91 | 17.01 | 95.9M |
| Microsoft | MSFT | 25.40 | 25.82 | 25.29 | 25.77 | 61.4M |
| Pfizer | PFE | 16.85 | 16.93 | 16.60 | 16.80 | 60M |
| Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 28.63 | 29.54 | 28.32 | 29.39 | 45.2M |
| JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 44.81 | 46.49 | 44.48 | 46.47 | 41.1M |
| Intel | INTC | 19.63 | 19.73 | 19.45 | 19.53 | 38.2M |
| Cisco Systems | CSCO | 23.71 | 23.72 | 23.30 | 23.41 | 34.9M |
| Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 21.59 | 21.71 | 21.35 | 21.41 | 34.2M |
| AT&T Inc. | T | 26.95 | 27.00 | 26.49 | 26.50 | 27.7M |
| Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 46.67 | 46.93 | 46.40 | 46.73 | 17.1M |
| Verizon Communications | VZ | 29.61 | 29.62 | 29.31 | 29.51 | 17M |
| Comcast | CMCSA | 17.27 | 17.44 | 17.14 | 17.21 | 16.7M |
| Altria | MO | 18.05 | 18.06 | 17.81 | 17.89 | 16.5M |
| ExxonMobil | XOM | 70.03 | 70.14 | 69.70 | 69.83 | 14.6M |
| Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 51.03 | 51.30 | 50.92 | 50.99 | 14.5M |
| HP Inc. | HPQ | 46.95 | 47.17 | 46.80 | 47.01 | 14.3M |
| Home Depot | HD | 28.24 | 28.31 | 27.48 | 27.62 | 14.3M |
| Merck | MRK | 31.83 | 31.83 | 31.29 | 31.33 | 13.8M |
| UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 28.72 | 28.78 | 27.51 | 27.58 | 12.9M |
| Apple | AAPL | 185.19 | 185.38 | 182.85 | 184.48 | 12.7M |
| Procter & Gamble | PG | 57.30 | 57.51 | 56.96 | 57.24 | 11.5M |
| ConocoPhillips | COP | 46.66 | 46.85 | 46.36 | 46.64 | 10.4M |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 22.70 | 22.70 | 22.27 | 22.27 | 10.2M |
| Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 60.87 | 61.17 | 60.35 | 61.08 | 10M |
| Coca-Cola | KO | 53.31 | 53.31 | 52.73 | 52.85 | 9.71M |
| Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 28.13 | 28.40 | 28.01 | 28.38 | 9.58M |
| Amgen | AMGN | 62.41 | 62.52 | 60.58 | 60.83 | 9.15M |
| Amazon | AMZN | 91.46 | 94.19 | 91.10 | 93.75 | 8.26M |
| McDonald's | MCD | 56.50 | 56.50 | 55.58 | 55.81 | 8.01M |
| Chevron | CVX | 72.72 | 72.97 | 72.15 | 72.63 | 7.08M |
| Gilead Sciences | GILD | 46.38 | 46.68 | 45.99 | 46.13 | 6.8M |
| Pepsico | PEP | 59.10 | 59.20 | 58.30 | 58.58 | 6.8M |
| Schlumberger | SLB | 61.74 | 61.85 | 61.00 | 61.57 | 6.35M |
| Alphabet | GOOGL | 500.92 | 501.99 | 497.81 | 499.06 | 6.08M |
| International Business Machines | IBM | 122.09 | 122.11 | 120.98 | 121.61 | 5.56M |
| United Technologies | UTX | 63.21 | 63.30 | 62.80 | 63.23 | 4.58M |
| Boeing | BA | 52.96 | 53.31 | 52.13 | 53.14 | 3.9M |
| Visa | V | 73.60 | 74.73 | 73.32 | 74.41 | 3.81M |
| Union Pacific | UNP | 61.85 | 62.62 | 61.66 | 62.00 | 2.74M |
| 3M | MMM | 74.82 | 75.15 | 74.09 | 74.97 | 2.21M |
| Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 3349.00 | 3360.00 | 3308.00 | 3360.00 | 33.1K |
Exchange Rates of September 22, 2009
| Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
| US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 91.170 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.011 USD |
| US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.069 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.936 USD |
| US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.024 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.977 USD |
| US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6.828 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.146 USD |
| Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 134.830 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.007 EUR |
| Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.904 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.106 EUR |
| Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.692 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.591 EUR |
| Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.581 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.633 EUR |
| Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.514 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.660 EUR |
| Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.670 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.492 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.255 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.797 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.172 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.853 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.123 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.891 JPY |
| Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.871 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.534 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.748 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.572 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 1.674 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.597 GBP |
| Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.933 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.072 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.894 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.119 AUD |
| Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 0.958 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.044 CAD |
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