Financial news on February 25th, 2010
Business and Financial news
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The move by Coca-Cola Company reverses a 24-year-old strategy of keeping its bottling operations separate from its main soft-drink business. Read more..
The Obama administration is prepared to agree that an existing agency, rather than a new agency, could take responsibility for consumer protections Read more..
Hyundai announced it was issuing a global recall of its Sonata, including 1,300 cars in the United States. Read more..
Bernanke’s upbeat comments seemed to offset a surprising drop in home sales. Read more..
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir V. Putin said the executives had undertaken to invest in power plants but were now trying to renege on the obligations. Read more..
The new restrictions would apply to any stock whose price has fallen at least 10 percent during a day’s session. Read more..
The agency, in a divided vote, would bar short sales in a stock that fell at least 10 percent in the trading day. Read more..
Even with the collapses of Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers, the finance industry laid off fewer people than it did after the dot-com crash. Read more..
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Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
| Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
| General Electric | GE | 15.76 | 15.95 | 15.71 | 15.92 | 63.4M |
| Pfizer | PFE | 17.57 | 17.73 | 17.43 | 17.69 | 53.5M |
| Intel | INTC | 20.37 | 20.66 | 20.22 | 20.63 | 48.8M |
| Microsoft | MSFT | 28.27 | 28.65 | 28.02 | 28.60 | 48.7M |
| JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 40.16 | 40.69 | 39.70 | 40.64 | 46.7M |
| Cisco Systems | CSCO | 24.00 | 24.39 | 23.87 | 24.33 | 37.1M |
| Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 27.17 | 27.48 | 27.04 | 27.44 | 34.2M |
| Coca-Cola | KO | 53.14 | 53.58 | 52.61 | 53.12 | 31.8M |
| AT&T Inc. | T | 24.76 | 24.86 | 24.61 | 24.77 | 29.6M |
| Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 24.45 | 24.90 | 24.21 | 24.87 | 29.1M |
| ExxonMobil | XOM | 64.61 | 65.17 | 64.37 | 65.14 | 25.7M |
| Apple | AAPL | 197.38 | 202.86 | 196.89 | 202.00 | 23.8M |
| Comcast | CMCSA | 16.16 | 16.26 | 15.95 | 16.14 | 23.1M |
| Altria | MO | 20.14 | 20.46 | 20.01 | 20.41 | 21.3M |
| Schlumberger | SLB | 60.09 | 60.94 | 59.42 | 60.81 | 17.6M |
| Merck | MRK | 36.44 | 36.66 | 36.05 | 36.57 | 17M |
| Verizon Communications | VZ | 28.77 | 28.97 | 28.60 | 28.88 | 16.9M |
| UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 33.32 | 33.98 | 32.84 | 33.45 | 14.8M |
| Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 53.46 | 54.28 | 53.25 | 54.15 | 13.5M |
| HP Inc. | HPQ | 50.20 | 50.96 | 49.93 | 50.92 | 12.8M |
| Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 53.97 | 54.19 | 53.61 | 54.12 | 12.3M |
| ConocoPhillips | COP | 47.60 | 48.36 | 47.15 | 48.30 | 12M |
| Gilead Sciences | GILD | 47.00 | 47.48 | 46.60 | 47.41 | 11.9M |
| Chevron | CVX | 71.19 | 72.19 | 70.78 | 72.11 | 11.8M |
| Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 30.88 | 31.41 | 30.85 | 31.36 | 10.6M |
| Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 62.79 | 63.35 | 62.52 | 63.28 | 10.5M |
| Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 79.02 | 79.40 | 78.63 | 79.40 | 10.2M |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 24.52 | 24.55 | 24.20 | 24.48 | 10.2M |
| Procter & Gamble | PG | 63.23 | 63.86 | 63.01 | 63.70 | 10.1M |
| Amazon | AMZN | 118.17 | 118.34 | 115.85 | 118.20 | 9.53M |
| McDonald's | MCD | 64.29 | 64.64 | 63.76 | 64.38 | 8.5M |
| Pepsico | PEP | 61.51 | 62.34 | 61.02 | 62.30 | 8.07M |
| Alphabet | GOOGL | 527.12 | 528.49 | 520.00 | 526.43 | 6.61M |
| Amgen | AMGN | 56.30 | 56.48 | 55.78 | 56.25 | 6.59M |
| United Technologies | UTX | 67.57 | 68.70 | 67.05 | 68.67 | 5.92M |
| Union Pacific | UNP | 65.96 | 68.52 | 65.47 | 68.46 | 5.75M |
| International Business Machines | IBM | 126.05 | 127.24 | 125.57 | 127.07 | 5.66M |
| Boeing | BA | 62.72 | 62.97 | 62.00 | 62.87 | 5.04M |
| 3M | MMM | 79.16 | 79.77 | 78.64 | 79.74 | 4.11M |
| Visa | V | 84.75 | 85.44 | 83.74 | 85.23 | 3.54M |
| Home Depot | HD | 31.05 | 31.45 | 30.99 | 31.36 | 3.27M |
Exchange Rates of February 25th, 2010
| Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
| US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 89.130 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.011 USD |
| US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.061 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.943 USD |
| US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.080 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.926 USD |
| US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6.828 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.146 USD |
| Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 120.760 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.008 EUR |
| Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.888 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.127 EUR |
| Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.525 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.656 EUR |
| Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.437 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.696 EUR |
| Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.463 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.683 EUR |
| Euro | Chinese Yuan | 1 EUR = 9.250 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.108 EUR |
| Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.735 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.361 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.262 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.792 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.190 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.841 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.211 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.825 JPY |
| Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.718 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.582 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.619 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.618 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 1.648 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.607 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Chinese Yuan | 1 GBP = 10.410 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.096 GBP |
| Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.942 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.061 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.959 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.043 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 AUD = 6.065 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.165 AUD |
| Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 1.018 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.983 CAD |
| Canadian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 CAD = 6.439 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.155 CAD |
| Swiss Franc | Chinese Yuan | 1 CHF = 6.320 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.158 CHF |
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