Financial news on January 27, 2011
Business and Financial news
Deutsche Bank foreclosed on the home of Sgt. James B. Hurley and his wife in violation of a law intended to protect service members from such actions while they are overseas. Read more..
Mikhail B. Khodorkovsky, once head of a Russian oil company, responded to written questions from four European newspapers. Read more..
Republicans on the government panel investigating the financial crisis said the inquiry had too domestic a focus. Read more..
An indictment announced Wednesday accused a client of an unidentified bank of keeping hidden accounts overseas. Read more..
An unscientific study of Internet calling apps — all available for Android phones and iPhones — discovers strengths and weaknesses in the likes of Google Voice and Fring. Read more..
The change, which had been ardently resisted by some, may turn the tide in favor of more disclosure in the industry. Read more..
Highlights from the DealBook newsletter. Read more..
The company said adding half a million subscribers helped it earn $47 million in the quarter. Read more..
The TV ratings firm had a successful stock sale, but not all the proposed offerings were expected to do as well. Read more..
Sales for were 321,000, 14.4 percent less than in 2009, for the fifth consecutive year of declines. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
Microsoft | MSFT | 28,75 | 29,46 | 28,49 | 28,87 | 147M |
General Electric | GE | 19,96 | 20,33 | 19,90 | 20,28 | 67.8M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 28,08 | 28,25 | 27,81 | 28,13 | 58.4M |
Intel | INTC | 21,76 | 21,94 | 21,65 | 21,75 | 58.1M |
Pfizer | PFE | 18,37 | 18,51 | 18,27 | 18,48 | 42.8M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 46,67 | 46,79 | 46,10 | 46,38 | 37M |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 21,37 | 21,49 | 21,26 | 21,44 | 36.8M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 44,98 | 45,38 | 44,69 | 45,10 | 26.7M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 32,62 | 33,09 | 32,16 | 32,92 | 25.6M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 64,36 | 64,50 | 63,14 | 64,18 | 24M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 32,21 | 32,55 | 32,07 | 32,50 | 23.1M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 36,40 | 36,52 | 36,21 | 36,49 | 19.7M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 79,84 | 79,98 | 79,34 | 79,88 | 17M |
Merck | MRK | 33,35 | 33,43 | 33,24 | 33,25 | 15.5M |
Altria | MO | 24,30 | 24,35 | 23,87 | 23,92 | 14.9M |
Amazon | AMZN | 177,48 | 185,00 | 177,31 | 184,45 | 14.6M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 23,32 | 23,79 | 23,27 | 23,31 | 14.5M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 46,98 | 46,98 | 46,58 | 46,74 | 14.4M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 39,55 | 39,63 | 38,81 | 38,94 | 14.1M |
General Motors | GM | 38,20 | 38,95 | 38,03 | 38,67 | 14M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 26,06 | 26,60 | 25,92 | 26,35 | 13.7M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 40,94 | 42,42 | 40,44 | 42,29 | 13.6M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 69,41 | 69,72 | 68,82 | 69,39 | 13.3M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 60,64 | 61,04 | 60,60 | 60,68 | 11.2M |
Home Depot | HD | 37,51 | 38,12 | 37,41 | 37,98 | 10.7M |
Apple | AAPL | 343,78 | 344,69 | 342,83 | 343,21 | 10.2M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 57,46 | 57,79 | 57,02 | 57,57 | 10.2M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 87,35 | 87,87 | 85,51 | 85,98 | 9.22M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 39,54 | 39,69 | 39,25 | 39,46 | 8.23M |
McDonald's | MCD | 75,43 | 75,45 | 74,34 | 74,35 | 7.61M |
Pepsico | PEP | 65,73 | 65,95 | 65,45 | 65,56 | 6.82M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 63,19 | 63,21 | 62,64 | 62,70 | 6.76M |
Chevron | CVX | 94,56 | 94,96 | 94,30 | 94,75 | 6.3M |
Boeing | BA | 70,01 | 71,00 | 70,00 | 70,56 | 5.74M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 161,43 | 162,18 | 160,86 | 161,07 | 4.88M |
Visa | V | 71,06 | 71,22 | 70,51 | 70,60 | 4.85M |
Amgen | AMGN | 56,46 | 56,87 | 56,06 | 56,48 | 4.69M |
United Technologies | UTX | 81,94 | 82,99 | 81,80 | 82,59 | 4.45M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 617,89 | 619,70 | 613,25 | 616,79 | 4.03M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 94,65 | 95,59 | 94,64 | 95,34 | 3.65M |
3M | MMM | 89,20 | 90,29 | 89,02 | 89,19 | 3.28M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 82,74 | 83,24 | 82,65 | 83,03 | 2.82M |
Exchange Rates of January 27, 2011
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 82,900 JPY | 1 JPY = 0,012 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 0,993 CAD | 1 CAD = 1,007 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 0,945 CHF | 1 CHF = 1,058 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6,582 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,152 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 113,840 JPY | 1 JPY = 0,009 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0,862 GBP | 1 GBP = 1,160 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1,384 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,723 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1,364 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,733 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1,298 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,770 EUR |
Euro | Chinese Yuan | 1 EUR = 9,040 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,111 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0,757 GBP | 1 GBP = 1,321 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1,215 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,823 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1,198 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,835 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1,140 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,877 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1,606 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,623 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1,582 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,632 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 1,506 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,664 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Chinese Yuan | 1 GBP = 10,484 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,095 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0,985 CAD | 1 CAD = 1,015 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0,937 CHF | 1 CHF = 1,067 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 AUD = 6,535 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,153 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 0,951 CHF | 1 CHF = 1,051 CAD |
Canadian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 CAD = 6,628 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,151 CAD |
Swiss Franc | Chinese Yuan | 1 CHF = 6,962 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,144 CHF |
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