Financial news on March 29, 2010
Business and Financial news
Notes about people and accounts in the advertising industry. Read more..
No wonder banks like being too big to fail: Measured by the interest rates that banks of different sizes pay on deposits, America’s 10 biggest banks benefit from this subsidy to the tune of some $30 billion annually, Reuters Breakingviews calculates. Read more..
Another View: Professors Jonathan Zinman and Victor Stango argue that the debate over the proposed Consumer Financial Protection Agency should be over what the agency does, not where it is located in the government’s bureaucracy. Read more..
France-Soir is trying to prove that, even in a shrinking market, there is room for a tabloid with populist sensibilities and a mass-market reach. Read more..
Later this year, consumers will begin to find computers, TVs and gaming systems that they can control through hand and body gestures, enabled with chips from Canesta. Read more..
The environmental spotlight is not just on parliaments and presidents, but on boardrooms and executive suites. Read more..
The proportion of online retailers requiring three or more clicks to unsubscribe from their e-mail lists has grown more than fivefold since 2008. Read more..
Once considered the innovator in the electronics business, the company has found itself playing catch-up for years, an embarrassment it hopes to end. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
General Electric | GE | 18.52 | 18.56 | 18.25 | 18.40 | 83.9M |
Pfizer | PFE | 17.20 | 17.34 | 17.14 | 17.28 | 48.7M |
Intel | INTC | 22.42 | 22.49 | 22.26 | 22.33 | 34.5M |
Microsoft | MSFT | 29.71 | 29.82 | 29.55 | 29.59 | 33.3M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 45.25 | 45.38 | 44.46 | 44.86 | 30.6M |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 26.61 | 26.69 | 26.45 | 26.51 | 30.4M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 25.65 | 25.85 | 25.41 | 25.57 | 29M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 66.66 | 67.48 | 66.59 | 67.30 | 26.1M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 31.35 | 31.45 | 30.90 | 31.10 | 25.3M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 53.08 | 53.15 | 52.73 | 53.12 | 22M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 26.35 | 26.57 | 26.30 | 26.51 | 20.3M |
Apple | AAPL | 233.00 | 233.87 | 231.62 | 232.39 | 19.3M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 51.41 | 51.54 | 50.86 | 51.15 | 16.9M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 30.58 | 30.60 | 30.36 | 30.45 | 15M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 18.27 | 18.58 | 18.25 | 18.50 | 14.7M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 26.78 | 27.07 | 26.70 | 27.00 | 12.6M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 35.28 | 35.42 | 34.97 | 35.16 | 12.6M |
Altria | MO | 20.50 | 20.69 | 20.46 | 20.65 | 12.4M |
Merck | MRK | 37.58 | 38.01 | 37.58 | 37.89 | 11.2M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 62.32 | 63.40 | 62.18 | 63.07 | 11M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 53.42 | 53.63 | 52.90 | 52.97 | 10.2M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 55.50 | 55.75 | 55.43 | 55.74 | 9.78M |
Boeing | BA | 73.08 | 74.53 | 73.00 | 74.11 | 9.06M |
Home Depot | HD | 32.78 | 32.89 | 32.50 | 32.60 | 8.93M |
Chevron | CVX | 74.61 | 75.44 | 74.49 | 75.23 | 8.82M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 63.73 | 64.04 | 63.59 | 63.73 | 8.18M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 32.66 | 33.02 | 32.52 | 32.84 | 7.97M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 64.46 | 64.94 | 64.40 | 64.82 | 7.81M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 45.34 | 46.23 | 45.33 | 45.88 | 7.32M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 54.80 | 54.96 | 54.67 | 54.77 | 6.93M |
Pepsico | PEP | 66.61 | 66.87 | 66.30 | 66.55 | 6.83M |
McDonald's | MCD | 67.46 | 67.48 | 66.59 | 67.07 | 6.52M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 563.00 | 564.72 | 560.57 | 562.45 | 6.2M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 129.30 | 129.95 | 128.26 | 128.59 | 4.64M |
Amazon | AMZN | 135.37 | 136.63 | 134.33 | 135.12 | 4.63M |
Amgen | AMGN | 59.70 | 60.15 | 59.61 | 59.91 | 4.27M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 81.54 | 81.96 | 81.54 | 81.75 | 3.58M |
3M | MMM | 81.24 | 81.69 | 81.03 | 81.36 | 3.1M |
United Technologies | UTX | 73.79 | 74.32 | 73.63 | 74.00 | 3.03M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 72.99 | 73.92 | 72.77 | 73.58 | 2.93M |
Visa | V | 90.57 | 91.16 | 90.14 | 90.24 | 2.78M |
Exchange Rates of March 29, 2010
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 92.530 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.011 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.021 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.979 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.063 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.941 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6.827 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.146 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 124.701 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.008 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.900 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.112 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.469 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.681 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.376 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.727 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.432 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.698 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.721 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.387 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.178 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.849 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.103 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.907 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.148 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.871 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.633 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.612 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.529 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.654 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 1.591 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.628 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.936 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.069 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.974 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.026 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 1.040 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.961 CAD |
Swiss Franc | Chinese Yuan | 1 CHF = 6.423 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.156 CHF |
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