Financial news on May 28th, 2009
Business and Financial news
It is becoming easier to break free of paper and pen and instead rely on computers to take notes that can be archived, cataloged and searched. Read more..
New Chinese fuel economy rules would be even more stringent than the United States standards that President Obama is seeking to impose. Read more..
The companies said that free text-messaging services offered to fans of the eventual winner did not influence the outcome. Read more..
Investors have been far more willing to buy short-term Treasury bonds, widening the yield gap between two-year and 10-year notes. Read more..
My netbook came with SUSE Linux, but I want to use Ubuntu Linux. What’s the easiest way to change? Read more..
The F.D.I.C. says that it has placed 305 banks, many small or midsize, on its list of “problem” institutions, the most since 1994. Read more..
German officials narrowed the field of potential buyers of Opel and the rest of G.M.’s European operations to two companies, but failed to agree on a crucial bridge loan to keep Opel afloat. Read more..
Last Saturday, Improv Everywhere staged its sixth annual MP3 Experiment, and it was open to anyone who wanted to play along. My son and I did. Read more..
I used the drawing feature in Google Docs to put a graphic in a document, but how do I export the thing as a Word file to get it out of the cloud? Read more..
Susan Stanford has asked for permission to intervene in the regulatory case accusing her estranged husband of running an $8 billion pyramid scheme. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 24.17 | 24.77 | 23.22 | 24.77 | 129M |
General Electric | GE | 13.23 | 13.28 | 12.81 | 13.19 | 82.5M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 35.14 | 36.67 | 34.60 | 36.65 | 66.1M |
Intel | INTC | 15.56 | 15.72 | 15.15 | 15.72 | 59.1M |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 18.35 | 18.66 | 18.06 | 18.51 | 53.1M |
Microsoft | MSFT | 20.32 | 20.63 | 20.05 | 20.45 | 45.5M |
Pfizer | PFE | 14.76 | 14.86 | 14.57 | 14.69 | 42.6M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 68.54 | 69.80 | 68.13 | 69.23 | 27.8M |
Merck | MRK | 26.41 | 27.00 | 26.35 | 26.77 | 27.7M |
Home Depot | HD | 23.63 | 23.63 | 22.33 | 22.70 | 27.2M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 24.22 | 24.83 | 24.01 | 24.63 | 26.4M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 19.01 | 19.37 | 18.83 | 19.21 | 25.6M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 44.85 | 45.88 | 44.83 | 45.61 | 19.9M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 14.34 | 14.83 | 13.98 | 14.19 | 18.6M |
Apple | AAPL | 133.45 | 135.39 | 132.03 | 135.07 | 17.4M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 52.26 | 52.67 | 51.11 | 52.59 | 16.6M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 34.35 | 35.08 | 34.20 | 34.70 | 16.6M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 29.12 | 29.46 | 28.90 | 29.27 | 15.6M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 49.51 | 49.79 | 48.92 | 49.55 | 15.4M |
Altria | MO | 16.66 | 17.06 | 16.66 | 17.00 | 15.3M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 54.05 | 56.88 | 53.22 | 56.35 | 13.4M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 44.22 | 44.89 | 44.17 | 44.60 | 12.4M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 24.07 | 24.40 | 23.49 | 23.99 | 12.3M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 19.70 | 19.80 | 19.50 | 19.57 | 12.1M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 54.25 | 54.92 | 53.86 | 54.53 | 10.9M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 27.46 | 28.37 | 27.07 | 27.19 | 9.96M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 46.65 | 47.20 | 46.36 | 46.90 | 9.47M |
McDonald's | MCD | 57.89 | 58.60 | 57.40 | 58.13 | 8.4M |
Pepsico | PEP | 50.25 | 51.30 | 50.16 | 51.02 | 7.96M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 41.54 | 42.47 | 41.33 | 42.02 | 7.34M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 103.34 | 105.14 | 102.68 | 104.69 | 6.13M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 408.68 | 411.62 | 404.61 | 410.40 | 5.33M |
Visa | V | 66.29 | 66.99 | 65.75 | 66.50 | 5.05M |
United Technologies | UTX | 51.86 | 52.57 | 50.95 | 52.38 | 5.01M |
Amazon | AMZN | 77.70 | 79.10 | 75.88 | 77.65 | 4.94M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 45.75 | 45.84 | 44.00 | 45.56 | 4.93M |
Amgen | AMGN | 49.75 | 50.46 | 49.44 | 50.08 | 4.79M |
Boeing | BA | 43.99 | 44.45 | 43.19 | 44.32 | 4.56M |
3M | MMM | 56.24 | 56.88 | 55.23 | 56.55 | 3.93M |
Chevron | CVX | 65.00 | 66.35 | 64.27 | 65.81 | 3.34M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 2930.00 | 2963.00 | 2890.00 | 2900.00 | 32.1K |
Exchange Rates of May 28th, 2009
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 96.970 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.010 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.115 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.897 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.085 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.922 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6.829 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.146 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 135.090 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.007 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.874 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.144 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.776 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.563 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.553 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.644 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.512 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.661 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.647 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.545 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.314 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.761 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.149 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.870 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.119 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.894 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.031 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.492 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.776 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.563 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 1.729 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.579 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Chinese Yuan | 1 GBP = 10.867 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.092 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.874 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.145 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.851 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.176 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 0.973 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.028 CAD |
Canadian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 CAD = 6.126 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.163 CAD |
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