Financial news on July 23, 2010
Business and Financial news
The U.S. Department of Energy announced today that it has awarded $122 million to a team of scientists in California to establish an Energy Innovation Hub focused on converting sunlight into different types of liquid fuel. Read more..
The decline was smaller than analysts had expected, and median prices rose fractionally. Read more..
General Motors plans to file its registration for an initial public offering during the week of August 16, just after the expected date for its second quarter results, according to two people with direct knowledge of the preparations. Read more..
In Greece, five of the six banks surveyed are expected to pass the Europe wide stress tests, the results of which will be released Friday at midday eastern time, The Wall Street Journal reports. Read more..
Keeping the securities could cost the central bank money and make it harder to fight inflation, while selling them could drain money from the economy. Read more..
Keeping the securities could cost the central bank money and make it harder to fight inflation, while selling them could drain money from the economy. Read more..
RPI, a company that prints custom photo products, today announced it secured a $5 million round of funding from Huntington Capital. Read more..
Edward Jones ranked highest for investor satisfaction among full-service brokerage firms, according to a new study from J.D. Power & Associates. Read more..
The delivery company posted a strong second quarter and said its international business was particularly promising. Read more..
Random House has issued a forceful response to Andrew Wylie’s announcement that he has started his publishing venture to produce e-books: it will stop doing business with the literary agent. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
General Electric | GE | 15.21 | 15.85 | 15.03 | 15.71 | 113M |
Microsoft | MSFT | 25.84 | 26.02 | 25.25 | 25.81 | 109M |
Intel | INTC | 21.64 | 21.72 | 21.33 | 21.69 | 62.1M |
Pfizer | PFE | 14.75 | 14.80 | 14.39 | 14.58 | 53.2M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 27.82 | 28.18 | 27.49 | 28.02 | 47.1M |
Amazon | AMZN | 105.93 | 119.28 | 105.80 | 118.87 | 42.4M |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 23.16 | 23.41 | 23.01 | 23.35 | 39.3M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 25.84 | 25.92 | 25.45 | 25.54 | 32.7M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 24.20 | 24.58 | 24.15 | 24.50 | 29.8M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 39.17 | 39.96 | 38.97 | 39.83 | 28.2M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 27.33 | 27.55 | 27.00 | 27.42 | 25.7M |
Altria | MO | 21.77 | 22.23 | 21.77 | 22.12 | 21M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 18.84 | 19.41 | 18.76 | 19.32 | 19.7M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 59.26 | 59.81 | 58.80 | 59.72 | 19.3M |
Apple | AAPL | 257.09 | 260.38 | 256.28 | 259.94 | 19M |
Home Depot | HD | 28.14 | 28.36 | 27.90 | 28.25 | 19M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 45.98 | 46.44 | 45.72 | 46.15 | 18.9M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 59.08 | 60.00 | 58.20 | 59.35 | 18.9M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 48.98 | 49.16 | 48.58 | 48.93 | 18.2M |
Merck | MRK | 35.17 | 35.17 | 34.41 | 34.87 | 15.7M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 57.28 | 57.64 | 57.00 | 57.63 | 15.1M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 50.91 | 51.81 | 50.90 | 51.67 | 13M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 24.94 | 24.95 | 24.26 | 24.65 | 13M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 33.73 | 33.82 | 32.84 | 33.43 | 12.6M |
McDonald's | MCD | 70.76 | 71.17 | 68.94 | 69.90 | 12.2M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 33.52 | 34.21 | 33.45 | 34.13 | 10.8M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 53.23 | 53.86 | 52.76 | 53.79 | 10.5M |
Amgen | AMGN | 53.02 | 53.18 | 51.61 | 52.75 | 8.76M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 61.40 | 61.96 | 61.21 | 61.91 | 8.46M |
Chevron | CVX | 73.28 | 73.55 | 72.67 | 73.52 | 8.43M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 54.20 | 54.83 | 53.96 | 54.75 | 8.09M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 31.00 | 31.25 | 30.74 | 30.92 | 5.75M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 78.21 | 78.93 | 77.82 | 78.71 | 5.41M |
Pepsico | PEP | 64.05 | 64.75 | 64.05 | 64.45 | 5.19M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 127.30 | 128.80 | 127.00 | 128.38 | 5.08M |
Boeing | BA | 66.49 | 68.17 | 66.36 | 67.93 | 5.02M |
United Technologies | UTX | 69.48 | 71.14 | 69.16 | 70.90 | 4.66M |
3M | MMM | 84.70 | 86.27 | 84.35 | 86.17 | 4.56M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 480.77 | 490.59 | 480.01 | 490.06 | 4.52M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 72.66 | 74.33 | 72.55 | 73.90 | 4.4M |
Visa | V | 74.47 | 75.97 | 74.05 | 75.59 | 3.17M |
Exchange Rates of July 23, 2010
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 87.410 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.011 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.036 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.966 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.055 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.948 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6.781 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.147 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 112.760 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.009 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.837 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.195 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.441 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.694 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.336 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.748 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.361 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.735 EUR |
Euro | Chinese Yuan | 1 EUR = 8.750 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.114 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.741 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.350 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.275 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.784 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.184 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.845 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.206 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.830 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.722 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.581 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.597 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.626 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 1.626 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.615 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Chinese Yuan | 1 GBP = 10.445 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.096 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.927 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.079 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.942 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.062 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 AUD = 6.072 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.165 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 1.015 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.985 CAD |
Canadian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 CAD = 6.545 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.153 CAD |
Swiss Franc | Chinese Yuan | 1 CHF = 6.429 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.156 CHF |
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