Financial news on February 26, 2008
Business and Financial news
A Comedian Goes Green but Won’t Go Off Color
But between my techie toys and all of my airline travel, I have become concerned about my carbon footprint. Read more..
Ford Is Pushing Buyouts to Workers
The buyout packages are among the richest ever offered to factory workers, including one-time cash payments of $140,000. Read more..
Now Boarding Business Class
Discount airlines are courting a more lucrative travel market. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
Microsoft | MSFT | 27,74 | 28,86 | 27,67 | 28,38 | 109M |
Intel | INTC | 19,80 | 20,87 | 19,77 | 20,69 | 81.1M |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 23,80 | 24,23 | 23,69 | 24,07 | 60.9M |
Apple | AAPL | 117,64 | 121,09 | 115,44 | 119,15 | 53.7M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 18,90 | 19,35 | 18,87 | 19,21 | 48.4M |
Pfizer | PFE | 22,68 | 22,92 | 22,63 | 22,83 | 47.1M |
General Electric | GE | 34,05 | 34,15 | 33,77 | 33,94 | 46.6M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 461,20 | 466,47 | 446,85 | 464,19 | 46.5M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 50,41 | 51,48 | 50,19 | 51,40 | 31M |
Home Depot | HD | 28,35 | 29,49 | 28,22 | 28,83 | 30.6M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 31,59 | 31,98 | 31,01 | 31,40 | 30.4M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 35,26 | 35,69 | 34,97 | 35,57 | 25.6M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 43,73 | 44,54 | 43,41 | 43,72 | 25M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 88,65 | 90,00 | 88,40 | 89,89 | 21.3M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 47,76 | 49,69 | 47,64 | 49,20 | 20.4M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 82,00 | 84,84 | 81,75 | 84,60 | 19.8M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 20,17 | 20,39 | 20,05 | 20,17 | 19.1M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 109,42 | 114,99 | 109,05 | 114,38 | 18.7M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 36,21 | 37,00 | 36,01 | 36,81 | 15.7M |
Chevron | CVX | 86,75 | 88,40 | 86,29 | 88,12 | 12.7M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 23,03 | 23,49 | 22,97 | 23,37 | 11.8M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 66,40 | 67,92 | 66,35 | 67,68 | 11.3M |
Altria | MO | 73,86 | 74,77 | 73,67 | 74,27 | 10.4M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 32,76 | 33,21 | 32,72 | 32,89 | 10.3M |
Amazon | AMZN | 71,91 | 73,50 | 70,28 | 71,69 | 9.89M |
Merck | MRK | 46,59 | 46,89 | 46,17 | 46,39 | 9.76M |
McDonald's | MCD | 55,68 | 56,82 | 55,68 | 56,45 | 9.35M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 63,68 | 64,07 | 63,40 | 63,72 | 9.22M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 55,31 | 56,01 | 54,99 | 55,57 | 8.63M |
Amgen | AMGN | 46,88 | 48,20 | 46,53 | 47,82 | 8.5M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 58,60 | 59,59 | 58,32 | 59,52 | 8.4M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 87,06 | 89,38 | 86,00 | 89,10 | 7.71M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 43,50 | 44,74 | 43,40 | 44,06 | 7.55M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 47,84 | 48,96 | 47,50 | 48,93 | 7.15M |
United Technologies | UTX | 72,92 | 73,75 | 72,69 | 73,29 | 5.18M |
Boeing | BA | 85,12 | 85,12 | 83,90 | 84,57 | 5.17M |
Pepsico | PEP | 71,11 | 71,56 | 70,91 | 71,33 | 4.67M |
3M | MMM | 80,77 | 81,59 | 80,46 | 81,29 | 3.18M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 125,95 | 129,50 | 125,64 | 129,11 | 2.94M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 4623,00 | 4660,00 | 4620,00 | 4626,00 | 14.2K |
Exchange Rates of February 26, 2008
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 107,300 JPY | 1 JPY = 0,009 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 0,982 CAD | 1 CAD = 1,018 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1,076 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,930 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 7,157 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,140 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 160,650 JPY | 1 JPY = 0,006 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0,753 GBP | 1 GBP = 1,327 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1,603 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,624 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1,469 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,681 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1,611 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,621 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0,469 GBP | 1 GBP = 2,133 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 0,998 AUD | 1 AUD = 1,003 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 0,914 CAD | 1 CAD = 1,094 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1,002 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,998 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2,128 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,470 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1,950 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,513 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 2,137 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,468 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0,916 CAD | 1 CAD = 1,092 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 1,004 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,996 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 1,096 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,912 CAD |
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