Financial news on August 26, 2008
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Stanford to Limit Drug Maker Financing
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Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
| Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
| Microsoft | MSFT | 27,58 | 27,72 | 27,17 | 27,27 | 44.8M |
| General Electric | GE | 28,49 | 28,49 | 27,98 | 28,27 | 40.3M |
| Intel | INTC | 22,93 | 23,18 | 22,65 | 23,15 | 39.5M |
| Pfizer | PFE | 19,56 | 19,60 | 19,20 | 19,28 | 36.7M |
| Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 28,69 | 29,26 | 28,09 | 28,69 | 33M |
| Cisco Systems | CSCO | 24,29 | 24,34 | 23,88 | 24,11 | 31.4M |
| JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 36,17 | 37,12 | 35,90 | 36,61 | 28.8M |
| AT&T Inc. | T | 30,50 | 30,71 | 30,25 | 30,62 | 19.2M |
| ExxonMobil | XOM | 78,82 | 80,00 | 78,82 | 79,95 | 18.8M |
| Home Depot | HD | 26,53 | 27,08 | 26,15 | 27,02 | 16.8M |
| Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 22,16 | 22,38 | 22,01 | 22,15 | 16.3M |
| Apple | AAPL | 172,76 | 174,88 | 172,61 | 173,64 | 15.9M |
| Merck | MRK | 34,98 | 35,87 | 34,85 | 35,42 | 12.9M |
| Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 58,55 | 59,18 | 58,04 | 59,00 | 11M |
| Comcast | CMCSA | 20,80 | 21,23 | 20,69 | 21,09 | 10.9M |
| ConocoPhillips | COP | 82,13 | 83,69 | 81,79 | 82,38 | 10.2M |
| HP Inc. | HPQ | 46,70 | 47,00 | 46,56 | 46,86 | 10.1M |
| Verizon Communications | VZ | 34,50 | 34,50 | 34,00 | 34,24 | 9.4M |
| Chevron | CVX | 85,80 | 86,16 | 84,85 | 85,79 | 9.35M |
| Procter & Gamble | PG | 70,03 | 70,36 | 69,58 | 69,84 | 8.43M |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 21,90 | 22,07 | 21,77 | 21,98 | 7.45M |
| Altria | MO | 20,83 | 20,90 | 20,65 | 20,78 | 7.27M |
| Amgen | AMGN | 63,88 | 64,50 | 63,55 | 63,93 | 6.95M |
| Alphabet | GOOGL | 483,46 | 483,46 | 470,59 | 474,16 | 6.61M |
| Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 31,52 | 31,87 | 31,44 | 31,71 | 6.51M |
| Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 70,72 | 71,02 | 70,25 | 70,71 | 6.44M |
| Gilead Sciences | GILD | 53,05 | 54,37 | 53,05 | 53,89 | 6.26M |
| International Business Machines | IBM | 122,58 | 122,85 | 121,50 | 122,50 | 6.22M |
| UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 29,30 | 30,36 | 29,01 | 29,46 | 6.1M |
| McDonald's | MCD | 62,07 | 62,27 | 61,21 | 62,13 | 5.55M |
| Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 57,84 | 57,98 | 57,10 | 57,57 | 5.44M |
| Schlumberger | SLB | 97,22 | 98,81 | 96,85 | 98,00 | 5.32M |
| Union Pacific | UNP | 79,62 | 81,27 | 79,06 | 81,12 | 4.84M |
| Coca-Cola | KO | 53,57 | 53,89 | 53,15 | 53,52 | 4.73M |
| Visa | V | 73,67 | 74,30 | 72,87 | 73,34 | 4.67M |
| Boeing | BA | 64,09 | 64,39 | 62,87 | 63,46 | 4.49M |
| Pepsico | PEP | 69,15 | 69,31 | 68,46 | 68,70 | 4.39M |
| Amazon | AMZN | 82,74 | 83,12 | 81,25 | 81,76 | 4.37M |
| United Technologies | UTX | 64,65 | 65,13 | 64,36 | 64,89 | 3.12M |
| 3M | MMM | 70,47 | 71,30 | 70,24 | 70,72 | 2.76M |
| Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 3850,00 | 3864,00 | 3825,50 | 3852,00 | 15.4K |
Exchange Rates of August 26, 2008
| Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
| US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 109,650 JPY | 1 JPY = 0,009 USD |
| US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1,048 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,954 USD |
| US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1,100 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,909 USD |
| US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6,848 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,146 USD |
| Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 160,560 JPY | 1 JPY = 0,006 EUR |
| Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0,797 GBP | 1 GBP = 1,255 EUR |
| Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1,714 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,584 EUR |
| Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1,535 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,652 EUR |
| Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1,611 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,621 EUR |
| Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0,496 GBP | 1 GBP = 2,017 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1,067 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,937 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 0,956 CAD | 1 CAD = 1,047 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1,003 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,997 JPY |
| Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2,151 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,465 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1,927 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,519 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 2,022 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,495 GBP |
| Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0,895 CAD | 1 CAD = 1,117 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0,939 CHF | 1 CHF = 1,065 AUD |
| Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 1,049 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,953 CAD |
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