Financial news on March 25, 2010
Business and Financial news
Tips are given on preparing federal tax return in regard to beneficial personal financial planning; photos (M) Read more..
Government outlays eat up half the nation’s economic output, but voters are having second thoughts about the Tories’ call to shrink the budget. Read more..
Do you really need a branch nearby? Would stopping and restarting your automatic payments with a new bank be that inconvenient? Aren’t more interest and lower fees worth it over time? Ron Lieber, the Your Money columnist, explains. Read more..
There are some simple, free tips to experiment with if you are lacking the network bars needed to make a call. Read more..
The government also moved to address the country’s postal banking system, a significant player in the economy. Read more..
Look up the rules for your rewards card up online. Is there a fee for redeeming them? Are you getting real frequent flier miles that you can combine with those you earn on the plane? Ron Lieber, the Your Money columnist, explains. Read more..
People are typically reluctant to move their banking accounts, so some branchless or online banks are offering enticements to win them over. Read more..
Keeping a financial to-do list and tackling it once a year can put significant money back in your wallet. Read more..
Tips are given on personal insurance checkup, as needs and options change; photo (M) Read more..
The New York Times Company has settled a claim by leaders of Singapore’s government that they were smeared by an Op-Ed piece in The International Herald Tribune. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
General Electric | GE | 18.71 | 18.76 | 18.26 | 18.30 | 97.7M |
Microsoft | MSFT | 29.86 | 30.57 | 29.80 | 30.01 | 73.2M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 25.92 | 26.25 | 25.72 | 26.04 | 54.4M |
Intel | INTC | 22.67 | 22.73 | 22.31 | 22.35 | 52.4M |
Pfizer | PFE | 17.74 | 17.78 | 17.35 | 17.39 | 48.2M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 31.03 | 31.99 | 30.90 | 31.06 | 47.4M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 44.98 | 46.05 | 44.89 | 44.94 | 45M |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 26.65 | 26.85 | 26.42 | 26.43 | 35.1M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 34.49 | 35.50 | 34.42 | 35.09 | 32.7M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 18.25 | 18.67 | 18.16 | 18.44 | 25.4M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 26.43 | 26.44 | 26.11 | 26.15 | 24.1M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 66.81 | 66.92 | 66.24 | 66.30 | 21.1M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 47.20 | 47.50 | 45.76 | 45.95 | 20.1M |
Apple | AAPL | 230.46 | 230.97 | 226.25 | 226.65 | 19.4M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 54.28 | 54.31 | 53.50 | 53.52 | 17.7M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 53.34 | 53.79 | 53.17 | 53.50 | 16.8M |
Amazon | AMZN | 129.61 | 136.91 | 128.04 | 134.73 | 16.2M |
Altria | MO | 20.49 | 20.60 | 20.47 | 20.52 | 14.8M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 32.76 | 33.26 | 32.60 | 33.12 | 14.8M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 30.67 | 30.68 | 30.27 | 30.31 | 14.4M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 52.80 | 52.84 | 51.49 | 51.53 | 13.8M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 26.87 | 26.93 | 26.70 | 26.78 | 13.5M |
Merck | MRK | 38.33 | 38.34 | 37.76 | 37.78 | 13.2M |
Home Depot | HD | 32.50 | 32.92 | 32.46 | 32.62 | 13M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 62.85 | 63.25 | 60.67 | 60.76 | 12.4M |
Chevron | CVX | 74.40 | 74.62 | 73.69 | 73.80 | 10.5M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 65.04 | 65.25 | 64.53 | 64.57 | 10.5M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 55.63 | 55.99 | 55.60 | 55.61 | 9.79M |
Amgen | AMGN | 59.17 | 59.79 | 59.00 | 59.26 | 8.86M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 54.91 | 55.18 | 54.65 | 54.80 | 8.32M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 63.94 | 64.12 | 63.58 | 63.62 | 8.2M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 560.48 | 572.00 | 558.66 | 562.88 | 7.85M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 129.36 | 130.73 | 129.13 | 129.24 | 7.6M |
Pepsico | PEP | 66.37 | 67.00 | 66.35 | 66.55 | 6.25M |
McDonald's | MCD | 67.13 | 67.44 | 66.84 | 66.90 | 5.71M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 81.67 | 82.28 | 81.36 | 81.70 | 5.46M |
Boeing | BA | 72.95 | 73.43 | 72.00 | 72.49 | 5.43M |
Visa | V | 89.68 | 91.78 | 89.49 | 90.41 | 5.09M |
3M | MMM | 82.01 | 82.25 | 80.84 | 80.93 | 4.94M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 73.55 | 74.27 | 72.55 | 72.67 | 3.98M |
United Technologies | UTX | 73.41 | 73.82 | 73.18 | 73.27 | 3.94M |
Exchange Rates of March 25, 2010
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 92.670 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.011 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.024 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.977 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.073 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.932 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6.828 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.146 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 123.100 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.008 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.896 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.116 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.462 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.684 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.360 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.735 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.426 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.701 EUR |
Euro | Chinese Yuan | 1 EUR = 9.067 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.110 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.728 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.374 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.187 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.842 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.105 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.905 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.158 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.864 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.631 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.613 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.518 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.659 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 1.591 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.629 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Chinese Yuan | 1 GBP = 10.104 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.099 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.930 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.075 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.975 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.026 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 AUD = 6.199 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.161 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 1.048 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.954 CAD |
Canadian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 CAD = 6.665 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.150 CAD |
Swiss Franc | Chinese Yuan | 1 CHF = 6.358 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.157 CHF |
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