Financial news on January 30, 2008
Business and Financial news
Amazon’s Profit More Than Doubles
The fourth quarter, which includes the critical holiday shopping season, is reliably the company’s strongest period, and this year proved no different. Read more..
Bernanke’s Midterm Tests
Sometime before Feb. 1, 2010, the next president will have to decide whether Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke should get a second term. Read more..
Thomas Barr, Top Lawyer in I.B.M. Case, Dies at 77
Mr. Barr was best known for representing the International Business Machines Corporation in a 13-year antitrust battle with the federal government. Read more..
UBS Takes a $14 Billion Write-Off
The Swiss bank said that it would post a net loss for 2007 after write-offs related to investments in U.S. housing. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
| Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
| Microsoft | MSFT | 32.56 | 32.80 | 32.05 | 32.20 | 106M |
| Intel | INTC | 20.36 | 21.22 | 20.29 | 20.69 | 96.1M |
| JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 46.93 | 49.29 | 46.32 | 47.35 | 68.3M |
| Cisco Systems | CSCO | 23.99 | 24.93 | 23.81 | 24.36 | 62.1M |
| Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 32.40 | 34.00 | 32.19 | 32.76 | 62.1M |
| General Electric | GE | 34.65 | 35.72 | 34.57 | 34.94 | 51.4M |
| Apple | AAPL | 131.37 | 135.45 | 130.00 | 132.18 | 44.4M |
| Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 20.02 | 20.60 | 19.81 | 20.27 | 42.4M |
| Pfizer | PFE | 23.11 | 23.48 | 22.96 | 23.10 | 41M |
| Merck | MRK | 45.79 | 46.91 | 45.32 | 46.69 | 33.4M |
| AT&T Inc. | T | 37.57 | 38.15 | 37.10 | 37.35 | 26.2M |
| Amazon | AMZN | 73.54 | 77.42 | 73.25 | 74.21 | 25.3M |
| Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 48.72 | 50.00 | 48.50 | 49.16 | 24.5M |
| ExxonMobil | XOM | 84.49 | 87.47 | 84.35 | 85.28 | 24.1M |
| Comcast | CMCSA | 17.91 | 18.05 | 17.56 | 17.65 | 21.9M |
| Home Depot | HD | 29.71 | 30.20 | 29.05 | 29.38 | 21.2M |
| Altria | MO | 75.86 | 77.89 | 75.63 | 76.50 | 20.8M |
| ConocoPhillips | COP | 77.84 | 80.75 | 77.55 | 79.13 | 19.8M |
| HP Inc. | HPQ | 43.46 | 44.29 | 42.85 | 43.54 | 19.7M |
| Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 56.20 | 57.00 | 55.05 | 55.95 | 19.5M |
| Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 29.40 | 29.98 | 29.06 | 29.41 | 16.6M |
| Alphabet | GOOGL | 549.19 | 560.43 | 543.51 | 548.27 | 15.9M |
| Gilead Sciences | GILD | 43.04 | 45.19 | 42.87 | 44.00 | 15.6M |
| Verizon Communications | VZ | 38.41 | 38.96 | 36.77 | 38.24 | 15.1M |
| Schlumberger | SLB | 77.85 | 79.12 | 75.55 | 75.75 | 14.1M |
| Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 62.76 | 63.00 | 62.00 | 62.18 | 13.7M |
| McDonald's | MCD | 51.16 | 51.78 | 50.80 | 51.01 | 13.6M |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 23.72 | 23.72 | 23.00 | 23.26 | 12.9M |
| Procter & Gamble | PG | 64.67 | 65.93 | 64.60 | 65.09 | 12.3M |
| Coca-Cola | KO | 58.65 | 58.84 | 57.56 | 57.77 | 11.5M |
| Boeing | BA | 80.00 | 84.87 | 79.69 | 82.87 | 11.3M |
| UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 50.48 | 51.30 | 50.13 | 50.16 | 9.82M |
| Chevron | CVX | 82.55 | 85.23 | 81.93 | 83.23 | 9.42M |
| Amgen | AMGN | 47.90 | 48.02 | 47.24 | 47.28 | 9.05M |
| Pepsico | PEP | 68.12 | 68.76 | 67.20 | 67.39 | 8.29M |
| International Business Machines | IBM | 105.42 | 107.65 | 104.86 | 105.65 | 7.43M |
| United Technologies | UTX | 72.52 | 74.41 | 72.34 | 72.75 | 6.56M |
| 3M | MMM | 78.01 | 79.49 | 77.49 | 78.22 | 4.58M |
| Union Pacific | UNP | 120.77 | 122.80 | 119.71 | 120.96 | 4.49M |
| Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 4700.00 | 4700.00 | 4581.00 | 4616.00 | 23.5K |
Exchange Rates of January 30, 2008
| Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
| US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 106.270 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.009 USD |
| US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 0.993 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.007 USD |
| US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.083 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.923 USD |
| US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 7.191 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.139 USD |
| Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 157.980 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.006 EUR |
| Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.748 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.338 EUR |
| Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.663 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.601 EUR |
| Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.476 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.678 EUR |
| Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.610 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.621 EUR |
| Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.473 GBP | 1 GBP = 2.114 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.052 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.951 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 0.934 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.071 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.019 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.981 JPY |
| Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.224 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.450 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.974 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.507 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 2.153 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.464 GBP |
| Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.887 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.127 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.968 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.033 AUD |
| Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 1.091 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.917 CAD |
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