Financial news on November 26, 2008
Business and Financial news
The global downturn is reaching deep into the heart of the country’s once-rapid industrial transformation. Read more..
Some of the nation’s universities are trying to sell chunks of their portfolios privately as their endowments swoon with the markets. Read more..
Car dealers, parts makers, union leaders and others intend to tell lawmakers that the auto industry is vital to the economy. Read more..
Atlantic is the first major label to report getting a majority of its revenue from digital sales, not CDs. Read more..
The former investment bank, now a bank holding company, plots its future. Read more..
The first audit of the $700 billion financial rescue plan is expected to be critical of the Treasury Department’s failure to set up ways to track how its bailout money is being used. Read more..
A lawyer for the billionaire Kirk Kerkorian was sentenced for hiring a private investigator to wiretap the phone of Mr. Kerkorian’s ex-wife. Read more..
As banks slam the brakes on lending, companies and consumers are slamming on the brakes, too. Read more..
Parkcentral Capital Management, an investment firm that manages money for the family of Ross Perot, is liquidating a fixed-income hedge fund because it is “no longer viable.” Read more..
Parents, especially mothers, are putting off personal spending to buy their children the latest toys. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
General Electric | GE | 15.44 | 16.25 | 15.20 | 16.19 | 82.8M |
Microsoft | MSFT | 19.73 | 20.68 | 19.73 | 20.49 | 79.7M |
Intel | INTC | 13.04 | 13.99 | 13.01 | 13.97 | 71.5M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 26.35 | 28.80 | 25.83 | 28.65 | 56.6M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 28.76 | 30.75 | 28.17 | 30.62 | 55.6M |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 15.20 | 16.49 | 15.17 | 16.39 | 54.9M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 15.65 | 16.25 | 15.64 | 16.14 | 53M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 77.38 | 81.03 | 76.58 | 80.89 | 46.7M |
Pfizer | PFE | 15.63 | 16.10 | 15.50 | 16.07 | 44.5M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 26.64 | 28.67 | 26.39 | 28.39 | 39.5M |
Apple | AAPL | 89.92 | 95.25 | 89.85 | 95.00 | 32.1M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 29.82 | 32.89 | 29.70 | 32.54 | 26.6M |
Home Depot | HD | 21.55 | 23.78 | 21.55 | 23.55 | 25.4M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 53.81 | 56.75 | 53.70 | 56.69 | 23.7M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 33.37 | 35.25 | 33.02 | 35.21 | 22.1M |
Altria | MO | 15.69 | 15.93 | 15.50 | 15.87 | 21.1M |
Chevron | CVX | 75.86 | 80.00 | 75.27 | 79.93 | 19.7M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 15.45 | 16.65 | 15.42 | 16.65 | 19.5M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 57.62 | 58.50 | 56.52 | 58.27 | 18.5M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 50.48 | 54.93 | 49.73 | 54.66 | 17.7M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 50.43 | 51.49 | 49.60 | 51.37 | 17M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 61.77 | 63.19 | 61.40 | 63.16 | 15.2M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 21.30 | 22.77 | 20.94 | 22.50 | 13.9M |
Amazon | AMZN | 40.87 | 44.00 | 40.29 | 43.96 | 13.4M |
Merck | MRK | 25.40 | 26.39 | 25.00 | 26.31 | 12.8M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 280.28 | 295.46 | 276.20 | 292.09 | 12.7M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 20.25 | 20.67 | 19.91 | 20.57 | 11.9M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 44.26 | 45.45 | 43.75 | 45.38 | 10.7M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 44.00 | 45.25 | 43.46 | 45.05 | 10.2M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 46.32 | 50.28 | 45.67 | 50.14 | 10.1M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 19.93 | 21.16 | 19.72 | 20.98 | 9.61M |
McDonald's | MCD | 55.66 | 58.05 | 55.30 | 57.90 | 9.38M |
United Technologies | UTX | 46.19 | 47.77 | 45.70 | 47.73 | 8.62M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 79.52 | 81.79 | 78.61 | 81.67 | 8.24M |
Pepsico | PEP | 53.88 | 55.03 | 52.53 | 54.93 | 8.12M |
Visa | V | 48.81 | 52.00 | 48.20 | 52.00 | 6.92M |
Amgen | AMGN | 54.13 | 55.90 | 54.12 | 55.90 | 6.79M |
3M | MMM | 62.45 | 66.00 | 62.40 | 65.91 | 6.4M |
Boeing | BA | 39.35 | 41.34 | 39.02 | 41.28 | 6.26M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 49.03 | 51.62 | 48.12 | 50.74 | 5.79M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 3110.00 | 3383.00 | 3100.00 | 3360.00 | 50K |
Exchange Rates of November 26, 2008
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 95.640 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.010 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.233 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.811 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.204 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.831 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6.829 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.146 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 123.140 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.008 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.840 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.190 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.974 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.507 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.588 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.630 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.550 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.645 EUR |
Euro | Chinese Yuan | 1 EUR = 8.793 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.114 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.682 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.467 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.602 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.624 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.289 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.776 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.258 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.795 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.349 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.426 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.890 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.529 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 1.845 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.542 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Chinese Yuan | 1 GBP = 10.451 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.096 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.804 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.244 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.785 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.274 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 AUD = 4.453 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.225 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 0.975 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.025 CAD |
Canadian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 CAD = 5.546 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.180 CAD |
Swiss Franc | Chinese Yuan | 1 CHF = 5.667 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.176 CHF |
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