Financial news on February 24, 2010
Business and Financial news
A Chinese machinery company has failed to win regulatory approval and to gain financing to operate the automaker. Read more..
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation said it had placed 702 lenders on its list of “problem” banks, the most since 1993. Read more..
Thursday’s meeting is mostly for show, but it could affect whether Congress passes a sweeping bill, a small bill or no bill. Read more..
Michel Camdessus said that the Union should consider merging its existing agencies into one bank able to spend more than €10 billion, or $13.5 billion, each year. Read more..
The InterContinental will be the largest hotel built from the ground up to open in the city since the Westin in 2002. Read more..
Once reflexively loyal, Toyota’s suppliers are now increasingly critical of the company, which has come to represent the rendering of Japan’s social contract. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
Pfizer | PFE | 17,74 | 18,02 | 17,60 | 17,81 | 67.7M |
General Electric | GE | 15,98 | 16,14 | 15,88 | 16,02 | 56.7M |
Intel | INTC | 20,52 | 20,81 | 20,50 | 20,70 | 51.1M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 40,05 | 40,97 | 40,00 | 40,85 | 44.6M |
Microsoft | MSFT | 28,52 | 28,79 | 28,38 | 28,63 | 43.2M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 27,45 | 27,77 | 27,18 | 27,66 | 35.8M |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 24,09 | 24,45 | 24,09 | 24,34 | 33.2M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 24,88 | 24,95 | 24,80 | 24,91 | 29M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 16,27 | 16,47 | 16,10 | 16,42 | 26.9M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 24,63 | 24,83 | 24,46 | 24,77 | 24.5M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 61,13 | 61,50 | 60,36 | 60,91 | 23M |
Home Depot | HD | 30,78 | 31,42 | 30,74 | 31,36 | 22.9M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 65,01 | 65,87 | 64,77 | 65,55 | 21.5M |
Altria | MO | 20,08 | 20,31 | 19,95 | 20,26 | 18.1M |
Merck | MRK | 36,70 | 37,04 | 36,27 | 36,93 | 17.1M |
Apple | AAPL | 198,23 | 201,44 | 197,84 | 200,66 | 16.4M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 50,04 | 51,00 | 50,02 | 50,79 | 15M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 54,19 | 54,54 | 53,91 | 54,33 | 14.1M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 28,77 | 29,00 | 28,71 | 28,96 | 13.3M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 63,22 | 63,96 | 63,13 | 63,89 | 12.8M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 31,05 | 31,50 | 31,01 | 31,39 | 12.1M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 79,54 | 80,00 | 78,81 | 79,68 | 12M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 32,88 | 33,66 | 32,36 | 33,62 | 11M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 53,74 | 53,95 | 53,48 | 53,92 | 10.6M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 47,86 | 48,52 | 47,63 | 48,35 | 10.2M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 47,62 | 47,98 | 47,30 | 47,56 | 9.47M |
Chevron | CVX | 72,12 | 72,45 | 71,61 | 72,34 | 8.92M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 24,54 | 24,74 | 24,38 | 24,71 | 8.54M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 63,55 | 63,85 | 63,25 | 63,45 | 8.52M |
McDonald's | MCD | 64,87 | 64,87 | 64,87 | 64,87 | 7.58M |
Amazon | AMZN | 117,96 | 119,80 | 117,15 | 119,72 | 7.39M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 55,00 | 55,18 | 54,69 | 55,16 | 7.24M |
Pepsico | PEP | 61,98 | 62,16 | 61,58 | 62,08 | 6.89M |
Amgen | AMGN | 56,66 | 56,98 | 56,35 | 56,74 | 4.89M |
United Technologies | UTX | 68,19 | 68,70 | 67,79 | 68,62 | 4.84M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 127,02 | 128,27 | 126,81 | 127,59 | 4.78M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 534,39 | 538,44 | 530,51 | 531,47 | 4.65M |
Visa | V | 86,22 | 86,61 | 84,75 | 85,63 | 4.05M |
3M | MMM | 80,00 | 80,60 | 79,50 | 80,07 | 3.53M |
Boeing | BA | 63,00 | 63,70 | 62,64 | 63,48 | 3.4M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 66,32 | 66,96 | 66,11 | 66,88 | 3.39M |
Exchange Rates of February 24, 2010
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 90,140 JPY | 1 JPY = 0,011 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1,054 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,949 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1,081 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,925 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6,828 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,146 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 122,020 JPY | 1 JPY = 0,008 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0,879 GBP | 1 GBP = 1,138 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1,515 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,660 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1,427 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,701 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1,463 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,683 EUR |
Euro | Chinese Yuan | 1 EUR = 9,245 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,108 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0,720 GBP | 1 GBP = 1,390 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1,241 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,806 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1,168 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,856 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1,199 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,834 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1,724 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,580 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1,623 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,616 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 1,665 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,601 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Chinese Yuan | 1 GBP = 10,510 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,095 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0,941 CAD | 1 CAD = 1,062 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0,966 CHF | 1 CHF = 1,036 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 AUD = 6,098 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,164 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 1,026 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,975 CAD |
Canadian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 CAD = 6,479 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,154 CAD |
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