Financial news on January 25, 2010
Business and Financial news
Legal Sites Plan Revamps as Rivals Undercut Price
Westlaw and LexisNexis are trying to beat back low-cost competitors with more relevant and faster search results for lawyers and researchers. Read more..
People and Accounts of Note
American Family Insurance, Madison, Wis., selected the Chicago office of Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide, part of WPP, to handle its creative account. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
| Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
| General Electric | GE | 16.46 | 16.53 | 16.22 | 16.37 | 75.2M |
| Intel | INTC | 20.24 | 20.58 | 20.14 | 20.32 | 73.8M |
| Microsoft | MSFT | 29.24 | 29.66 | 29.10 | 29.32 | 63.4M |
| JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 39.76 | 39.89 | 38.84 | 39.21 | 56.6M |
| Cisco Systems | CSCO | 23.10 | 23.18 | 22.74 | 22.99 | 51.3M |
| Pfizer | PFE | 19.24 | 19.25 | 18.84 | 18.85 | 49.3M |
| Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 27.45 | 28.05 | 27.19 | 27.66 | 48.3M |
| Apple | AAPL | 202.51 | 204.70 | 200.19 | 203.08 | 38.1M |
| AT&T Inc. | T | 25.73 | 25.90 | 25.32 | 25.58 | 29.9M |
| ExxonMobil | XOM | 66.55 | 66.76 | 65.69 | 65.85 | 29.3M |
| Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 24.24 | 24.27 | 23.82 | 24.03 | 26.4M |
| Verizon Communications | VZ | 30.80 | 31.06 | 30.27 | 30.68 | 21.1M |
| Merck | MRK | 39.28 | 39.74 | 38.72 | 38.76 | 15.4M |
| Comcast | CMCSA | 15.87 | 16.17 | 15.76 | 16.01 | 15.2M |
| Altria | MO | 19.82 | 20.08 | 19.68 | 19.91 | 15.2M |
| HP Inc. | HPQ | 49.55 | 50.42 | 49.41 | 50.06 | 13.5M |
| Amazon | AMZN | 122.10 | 122.28 | 118.12 | 120.31 | 12M |
| Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 53.14 | 53.22 | 52.78 | 52.88 | 12M |
| Procter & Gamble | PG | 60.83 | 60.98 | 60.15 | 60.63 | 11.6M |
| ConocoPhillips | COP | 50.96 | 51.58 | 50.66 | 50.75 | 11.5M |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 24.74 | 24.81 | 24.30 | 24.33 | 11.3M |
| Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 30.22 | 30.23 | 29.55 | 29.92 | 11.2M |
| Home Depot | HD | 27.95 | 27.95 | 27.51 | 27.62 | 11.1M |
| UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 33.56 | 33.72 | 32.96 | 33.00 | 10.9M |
| Gilead Sciences | GILD | 46.36 | 46.41 | 45.68 | 45.71 | 10.3M |
| Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 54.76 | 55.51 | 54.53 | 54.70 | 10.1M |
| Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 63.67 | 63.70 | 63.05 | 63.22 | 10M |
| Schlumberger | SLB | 65.69 | 66.58 | 64.50 | 65.81 | 9.89M |
| Chevron | CVX | 75.15 | 75.27 | 74.09 | 74.55 | 9.13M |
| Alphabet | GOOGL | 546.59 | 549.88 | 535.51 | 540.00 | 8.83M |
| Coca-Cola | KO | 54.49 | 54.54 | 53.88 | 54.35 | 8.43M |
| Amgen | AMGN | 56.72 | 56.79 | 55.55 | 55.71 | 6.72M |
| Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 71.48 | 71.77 | 68.22 | 68.84 | 6.57M |
| McDonald's | MCD | 63.34 | 63.60 | 62.92 | 63.09 | 6.38M |
| International Business Machines | IBM | 126.33 | 126.90 | 125.71 | 126.12 | 5.74M |
| United Technologies | UTX | 69.51 | 69.51 | 68.56 | 68.59 | 5M |
| Pepsico | PEP | 60.70 | 60.70 | 60.08 | 60.23 | 4.9M |
| Visa | V | 83.40 | 83.81 | 81.41 | 82.03 | 4.04M |
| Union Pacific | UNP | 64.58 | 64.72 | 63.44 | 63.75 | 3.6M |
| Boeing | BA | 58.35 | 58.75 | 57.50 | 57.78 | 3.49M |
| 3M | MMM | 82.33 | 82.89 | 81.48 | 81.83 | 3.39M |
Exchange Rates of January 25, 2010
| Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
| US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 90.250 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.011 USD |
| US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.058 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.946 USD |
| US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.040 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.962 USD |
| US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6.828 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.146 USD |
| Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 127.710 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.008 EUR |
| Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.871 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.148 EUR |
| Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.565 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.639 EUR |
| Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.496 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.668 EUR |
| Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.471 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.680 EUR |
| Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.682 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.467 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.225 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.817 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.171 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.854 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.151 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.869 JPY |
| Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.796 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.557 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.717 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.582 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 1.688 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.592 GBP |
| Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.956 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.046 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.940 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.064 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 AUD = 6.174 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.162 AUD |
| Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 0.983 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.018 CAD |
| Canadian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 CAD = 6.456 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.155 CAD |
| Swiss Franc | Chinese Yuan | 1 CHF = 6.568 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.152 CHF |
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