Financial news on January 30, 2009
Business and Financial news
A Former MTV Executive Will Lead Oprah Network
Christina Norman, a 17-year veteran of MTV Networks, will be chief executive of OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network. Read more..
Disney’s TV Unit Will Cut 400 Jobs
The move is part of a cost-cutting effort to deal with what it called “a weakening economy.” Read more..
Shares in Nintendo and Toshiba Plunge After Industry Losses Posted
Sony and Toshiba reported losses for the last quarter and Nintendo lowered its profit forecast as the earnings season revealed the extent of the erosion in demand. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
| Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
| General Electric | GE | 12.72 | 12.80 | 12.01 | 12.13 | 111M |
| Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 19.35 | 19.75 | 18.37 | 18.90 | 97.6M |
| Cisco Systems | CSCO | 15.91 | 16.09 | 14.91 | 14.97 | 75.3M |
| JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 25.81 | 26.98 | 24.60 | 25.51 | 74.9M |
| Pfizer | PFE | 15.09 | 15.12 | 14.50 | 14.58 | 68.7M |
| Microsoft | MSFT | 17.74 | 17.79 | 17.10 | 17.10 | 62.4M |
| ExxonMobil | XOM | 78.25 | 78.89 | 76.00 | 76.48 | 51.9M |
| Intel | INTC | 13.45 | 13.50 | 12.90 | 12.90 | 47M |
| Amazon | AMZN | 57.43 | 59.74 | 57.24 | 58.82 | 39.8M |
| AT&T Inc. | T | 24.77 | 24.95 | 24.25 | 24.62 | 38.1M |
| Procter & Gamble | PG | 56.50 | 56.84 | 54.24 | 54.50 | 35.1M |
| Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 17.62 | 17.77 | 16.79 | 16.83 | 33.5M |
| Altria | MO | 16.90 | 16.99 | 16.51 | 16.54 | 27.8M |
| Home Depot | HD | 22.22 | 22.35 | 21.35 | 21.53 | 27M |
| Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 55.02 | 55.83 | 54.72 | 55.44 | 25.7M |
| ConocoPhillips | COP | 47.91 | 48.29 | 47.21 | 47.53 | 24.9M |
| Apple | AAPL | 92.62 | 93.62 | 90.01 | 90.13 | 23.3M |
| Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 48.00 | 48.30 | 46.92 | 47.12 | 20.6M |
| Comcast | CMCSA | 15.35 | 15.63 | 14.57 | 14.65 | 20.5M |
| Chevron | CVX | 72.30 | 72.70 | 70.18 | 70.52 | 17.9M |
| Verizon Communications | VZ | 30.45 | 30.65 | 29.67 | 29.87 | 17.7M |
| HP Inc. | HPQ | 36.13 | 36.33 | 34.50 | 34.75 | 17.4M |
| Merck | MRK | 28.91 | 29.00 | 28.34 | 28.55 | 16.4M |
| Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 21.31 | 21.65 | 20.51 | 20.68 | 15.5M |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 21.78 | 21.95 | 21.25 | 21.41 | 14.6M |
| Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 58.18 | 58.39 | 57.25 | 57.69 | 13.9M |
| Coca-Cola | KO | 43.44 | 43.68 | 42.53 | 42.72 | 11.3M |
| Schlumberger | SLB | 42.99 | 43.00 | 40.44 | 40.81 | 10.1M |
| McDonald's | MCD | 58.50 | 58.73 | 57.37 | 58.02 | 9.66M |
| International Business Machines | IBM | 92.23 | 93.48 | 91.25 | 91.65 | 9.62M |
| Alphabet | GOOGL | 344.69 | 348.80 | 336.00 | 338.53 | 9.33M |
| UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 28.76 | 28.90 | 27.66 | 28.33 | 9.33M |
| Boeing | BA | 40.76 | 42.49 | 40.63 | 42.31 | 9.1M |
| Gilead Sciences | GILD | 51.00 | 51.81 | 50.62 | 50.77 | 8.81M |
| Amgen | AMGN | 54.60 | 55.81 | 54.51 | 54.85 | 8.04M |
| 3M | MMM | 56.59 | 56.81 | 53.29 | 53.79 | 7.62M |
| Pepsico | PEP | 51.50 | 51.88 | 49.98 | 50.23 | 7.58M |
| Visa | V | 47.05 | 49.35 | 46.86 | 49.35 | 7.58M |
| United Technologies | UTX | 48.74 | 49.85 | 47.35 | 47.99 | 6.78M |
| Union Pacific | UNP | 44.75 | 45.08 | 43.26 | 43.79 | 4.95M |
| Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 2915.00 | 3006.00 | 2837.00 | 2989.00 | 33.3K |
Exchange Rates of January 30, 2009
| Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
| US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 89.940 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.011 USD |
| US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.229 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.814 USD |
| US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.160 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.862 USD |
| US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6.836 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.146 USD |
| Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 115.220 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.009 EUR |
| Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.881 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.135 EUR |
| Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 2.009 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.498 EUR |
| Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.574 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.635 EUR |
| Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.486 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.673 EUR |
| Euro | Chinese Yuan | 1 EUR = 8.753 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.114 EUR |
| Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.764 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.308 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.743 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.574 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.366 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.732 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.290 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.775 JPY |
| Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.278 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.439 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.787 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.560 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 1.686 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.593 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Chinese Yuan | 1 GBP = 9.911 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.101 GBP |
| Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.784 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.276 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.739 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.353 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 AUD = 4.345 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.230 AUD |
| Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 0.943 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.061 CAD |
| Canadian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 CAD = 5.569 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.180 CAD |
| Swiss Franc | Chinese Yuan | 1 CHF = 5.889 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.170 CHF |
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