Financial news on January 25th, 2011
Business and Financial news
While Westerners often take shortcuts to get to the results assigned to them, the Chinese often expect a long, complicated negotiation process. Experts offer advice on bridging these cultural differences. Read more..
Representative Eric Cantor said states already had the tools needed to ease deep budget deficits, so they did not need the authority to declare bankruptcy. Read more..
Germans will be better able to block Facebook's ability to contact their friends, including non-Facebook users in their e-mail address books. Read more..
The carmaker will call back workers from a pool of about 3,000 nationwide and add a shift to build versions of the GMC Sierra and Chevrolet Silverado. Read more..
Eric E. Schmidt is giving up the post as chief executive and is being succeeded by a founder of Google, Larry Page. Read more..
The Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, which is wrapping up its work, has made authorities aware of potential misconduct. Read more..
The company said it was past a “short and shallow downturn” that hit in the second half of 2010. Read more..
As growth picks up, employment steadies and financing to add new rooms remains tight, hotels may begin to raise their rates. Read more..
As President Obama prepares to tackle the economy in his State of the Union address Tuesday, economists and industry executives are sifting through the data. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
General Electric | GE | 19,98 | 20,28 | 19,80 | 19,98 | 101M |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 21,16 | 21,57 | 21,08 | 21,54 | 72.7M |
Intel | INTC | 21,28 | 21,57 | 21,17 | 21,55 | 72.3M |
Pfizer | PFE | 18,61 | 18,76 | 18,41 | 18,47 | 70.4M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 35,13 | 36,59 | 34,88 | 35,79 | 43.4M |
Microsoft | MSFT | 28,14 | 28,45 | 28,12 | 28,45 | 42.4M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 44,82 | 45,43 | 44,26 | 44,87 | 36M |
Merck | MRK | 33,77 | 33,85 | 33,29 | 33,36 | 32.6M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 32,52 | 32,71 | 31,99 | 32,70 | 28.2M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 60,89 | 61,63 | 60,71 | 61,08 | 28.1M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 28,48 | 28,76 | 28,40 | 28,76 | 27.6M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 32,39 | 32,44 | 31,94 | 32,29 | 25.9M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 78,22 | 78,99 | 77,93 | 78,68 | 21.6M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 56,12 | 57,29 | 55,80 | 57,26 | 20.5M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 48,16 | 48,20 | 47,79 | 47,96 | 20M |
Apple | AAPL | 336,33 | 341,44 | 334,57 | 341,40 | 19.5M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 47,76 | 47,83 | 46,88 | 47,08 | 17.7M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 23,49 | 23,60 | 23,08 | 23,34 | 14.8M |
Home Depot | HD | 36,51 | 37,18 | 36,38 | 37,16 | 14.2M |
General Motors | GM | 37,85 | 38,49 | 37,71 | 38,40 | 12.3M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 67,97 | 68,10 | 66,67 | 67,48 | 11.1M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 66,57 | 66,95 | 66,47 | 66,70 | 11.1M |
Altria | MO | 24,35 | 24,46 | 24,19 | 24,29 | 10.8M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 38,14 | 38,37 | 37,77 | 38,16 | 10.4M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 39,69 | 41,00 | 39,65 | 40,62 | 10M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 84,26 | 84,54 | 82,23 | 83,25 | 9.16M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 63,22 | 63,31 | 62,55 | 62,96 | 9.1M |
Amgen | AMGN | 56,91 | 58,19 | 56,74 | 57,16 | 8.94M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 159,21 | 164,35 | 159,00 | 161,44 | 8.26M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 39,79 | 39,92 | 39,47 | 39,86 | 7.92M |
Visa | V | 71,17 | 72,38 | 70,31 | 71,58 | 7.57M |
3M | MMM | 89,40 | 89,50 | 87,20 | 88,50 | 7.48M |
Chevron | CVX | 93,78 | 94,44 | 93,35 | 94,08 | 7.42M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 608,20 | 620,69 | 606,52 | 619,91 | 7.29M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 25,97 | 26,05 | 25,85 | 26,03 | 7.22M |
McDonald's | MCD | 75,54 | 75,68 | 75,00 | 75,48 | 6.96M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 94,13 | 95,00 | 92,45 | 93,02 | 6.14M |
Boeing | BA | 72,49 | 72,73 | 71,31 | 72,24 | 5.19M |
Pepsico | PEP | 66,01 | 66,25 | 65,75 | 65,77 | 4.99M |
Amazon | AMZN | 175,50 | 176,75 | 174,28 | 176,70 | 4.65M |
United Technologies | UTX | 81,46 | 81,73 | 80,88 | 81,73 | 4.5M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 82,84 | 83,27 | 82,17 | 83,25 | 3.86M |
Exchange Rates of January 25th, 2011
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 82,240 JPY | 1 JPY = 0,012 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 0,996 CAD | 1 CAD = 1,004 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 0,942 CHF | 1 CHF = 1,061 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6,583 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,152 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 112,520 JPY | 1 JPY = 0,009 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0,865 GBP | 1 GBP = 1,156 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1,373 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,729 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1,363 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,734 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1,289 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,776 EUR |
Euro | Chinese Yuan | 1 EUR = 9,015 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,111 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0,768 GBP | 1 GBP = 1,302 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1,219 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,820 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1,211 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,826 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1,145 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,873 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1,587 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,630 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1,576 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,634 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 1,490 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,671 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Chinese Yuan | 1 GBP = 10,419 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,096 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0,993 CAD | 1 CAD = 1,007 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0,939 CHF | 1 CHF = 1,065 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 AUD = 6,563 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,152 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 0,945 CHF | 1 CHF = 1,058 CAD |
Canadian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 CAD = 6,604 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,151 CAD |
Swiss Franc | Chinese Yuan | 1 CHF = 6,990 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,143 CHF |
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