Financial news on July 28th, 2010
Business and Financial news
The Deal Professor examines the legal action that Carl C. Icahn filed against Lions Gate Entertainment in British Columbia. Read more..
The company’s latest moves show how it hopes to continue to compete on an equal footing with the world’s top producers. Read more..
UCI International, a supplier of replacement parts for light and heavy-duty vehicles, is looking to raise as much as $200 million in an initial public offering, Renaissance Capital reported. Read more..
The bond market is saying that the threat of a European banking crisis is ending, Bloomberg News reports. Read more..
ConocoPhillips said Wednesday that it would sell its entire holdings in the Russian oil company Lukoil by the end of next year. Read more..
Deutsche Bank said its net profit rose 9 percent in the second quarter, compared to the same period last year. But it was down 34 percent from the start of 2010. Read more..
Warren E. Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway is the darling of United States millionaires, or at least those in Tiger 21, a peer investment group, Bloomberg News reports. Read more..
The developer of the new apartment complex hopes it attracts Yale graduate students and the medical community. Read more..
RAB Capital, the London-based hedge fund, reported a pretax loss which widened from last year as clients continued to pull out cash after a volatile summer for equity markets, and warned that asset gathering remains tough. Read more..
If fully developed, the Keystone system would allow Canada to export as much as 1.1 million barrels of oil a day. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
Microsoft | MSFT | 26.07 | 26.19 | 25.83 | 25.95 | 69.7M |
General Electric | GE | 16.10 | 16.18 | 15.95 | 16.05 | 52.5M |
Intel | INTC | 21.64 | 21.69 | 21.29 | 21.33 | 51.7M |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 23.29 | 23.62 | 23.25 | 23.39 | 41.8M |
Pfizer | PFE | 15.28 | 15.44 | 14.95 | 15.00 | 40.4M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 26.24 | 26.35 | 26.02 | 26.20 | 33.6M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 28.57 | 29.16 | 28.55 | 28.91 | 32M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 19.12 | 19.72 | 18.84 | 19.56 | 29.9M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 40.44 | 40.90 | 40.15 | 40.32 | 23.9M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 28.25 | 28.54 | 27.92 | 28.07 | 23.9M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 60.73 | 61.27 | 60.73 | 60.91 | 23.5M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 24.55 | 24.59 | 24.17 | 24.28 | 21.2M |
Apple | AAPL | 263.67 | 265.99 | 260.25 | 260.96 | 18.6M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 33.50 | 33.97 | 33.16 | 33.42 | 15M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 55.02 | 55.20 | 53.81 | 54.44 | 14.9M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 49.31 | 49.48 | 48.85 | 49.22 | 14.3M |
Home Depot | HD | 28.58 | 28.95 | 28.00 | 28.08 | 13.9M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 58.14 | 58.25 | 57.65 | 57.83 | 13.5M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 47.33 | 47.70 | 46.93 | 47.13 | 11.2M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 58.92 | 60.07 | 58.61 | 59.73 | 10.5M |
Merck | MRK | 35.14 | 35.41 | 34.62 | 34.74 | 9.71M |
Altria | MO | 22.00 | 22.14 | 21.98 | 22.07 | 9.61M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 50.80 | 51.39 | 50.80 | 51.13 | 9.33M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 25.13 | 25.36 | 25.02 | 25.12 | 8.07M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 30.79 | 30.92 | 30.15 | 30.33 | 7.98M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 62.88 | 63.13 | 62.56 | 62.70 | 7.84M |
Chevron | CVX | 75.13 | 75.66 | 75.01 | 75.56 | 7.39M |
McDonald's | MCD | 70.21 | 70.38 | 69.37 | 69.77 | 6.71M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 55.05 | 55.20 | 54.77 | 54.88 | 6.48M |
Visa | V | 76.15 | 76.84 | 75.10 | 75.18 | 6.3M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 34.19 | 34.21 | 33.80 | 34.04 | 6.09M |
Boeing | BA | 67.62 | 68.00 | 66.90 | 67.32 | 5.54M |
Amazon | AMZN | 117.00 | 118.20 | 116.40 | 117.13 | 5.47M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 494.94 | 495.25 | 482.67 | 484.35 | 4.99M |
Amgen | AMGN | 54.60 | 54.68 | 52.76 | 53.76 | 4.95M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 74.12 | 74.92 | 73.49 | 74.71 | 4.84M |
Pepsico | PEP | 65.51 | 65.69 | 65.00 | 65.20 | 4.32M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 128.67 | 129.35 | 127.88 | 128.43 | 4.25M |
United Technologies | UTX | 71.07 | 71.47 | 70.78 | 71.11 | 3.66M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 78.32 | 78.74 | 77.55 | 77.82 | 3.45M |
3M | MMM | 86.44 | 87.00 | 86.22 | 86.69 | 2.82M |
Exchange Rates of July 28th, 2010
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 87.370 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.011 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.038 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.963 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.057 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.946 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6.779 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.148 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 113.460 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.009 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.833 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.201 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.457 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.686 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.348 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.742 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.373 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.729 EUR |
Euro | Chinese Yuan | 1 EUR = 8.804 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.114 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.734 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.363 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.284 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.779 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.188 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.842 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.209 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.827 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.749 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.572 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.619 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.618 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 1.647 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.607 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Chinese Yuan | 1 GBP = 10.555 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.095 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.925 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.081 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.941 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.062 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 AUD = 6.039 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.166 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 1.018 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.983 CAD |
Canadian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 CAD = 6.527 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.153 CAD |
Swiss Franc | Chinese Yuan | 1 CHF = 6.413 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.156 CHF |
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