Financial news on August 31, 2009
Business and Financial news
As the community of nations prepares to negotiate a climate treaty, the drumbeat for sharpening the details and a framework for helping poor nations implement it is quickening. Read more..
Fwix, a local news site, will release an iPhone application to let users file news updates, photos and videos from the field. Read more..
The DVD for “Thrilla in Manila” cut five minutes from a fight scene, and some people are questioning the intent. Read more..
The phone company bought full-page ads several times a month for its Internet and TV service until the paper stopped accepting them a few months ago. Read more..
Art Cashin, the director of floor operations at UBS, said, “The people who know are getting out early.” The ratio of insider selling to insider buying soared to 30 to 1 in August. Read more..
At an awkward moment, Wikipedia has hired consultants to tell it how to diversify its contributors and its offerings. Read more..
Employees at The Journal News in Westchester County were told to reapply for their jobs, but in the end there would be 70 fewer positions. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
| Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
| General Electric | GE | 13.94 | 13.98 | 13.75 | 13.90 | 67.1M |
| Intel | INTC | 20.09 | 20.38 | 19.97 | 20.32 | 53.5M |
| Microsoft | MSFT | 24.57 | 24.85 | 24.29 | 24.65 | 49.6M |
| Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 26.97 | 27.60 | 26.77 | 27.52 | 35.6M |
| Pfizer | PFE | 16.63 | 16.83 | 16.51 | 16.70 | 35.5M |
| JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 42.44 | 43.60 | 42.06 | 43.46 | 32.3M |
| Cisco Systems | CSCO | 21.74 | 21.84 | 21.51 | 21.60 | 31.4M |
| Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 26.49 | 26.97 | 25.75 | 26.04 | 29.5M |
| Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 22.00 | 22.19 | 21.73 | 21.88 | 26.4M |
| AT&T Inc. | T | 25.99 | 26.25 | 25.89 | 26.05 | 24.8M |
| ExxonMobil | XOM | 69.45 | 69.85 | 68.95 | 69.15 | 24.3M |
| Comcast | CMCSA | 15.56 | 15.74 | 15.23 | 15.32 | 21.2M |
| Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 45.77 | 46.27 | 45.02 | 45.23 | 20.5M |
| Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 51.02 | 51.47 | 50.73 | 50.87 | 17.2M |
| Procter & Gamble | PG | 53.00 | 54.12 | 52.81 | 54.11 | 15.4M |
| Altria | MO | 18.27 | 18.37 | 18.15 | 18.28 | 13.5M |
| ConocoPhillips | COP | 45.20 | 45.34 | 44.67 | 45.03 | 13.5M |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 21.95 | 22.16 | 21.67 | 22.13 | 13.3M |
| Verizon Communications | VZ | 30.90 | 31.06 | 30.71 | 31.04 | 13.3M |
| Home Depot | HD | 27.69 | 27.69 | 27.69 | 27.69 | 13.1M |
| Merck | MRK | 32.27 | 32.69 | 32.16 | 32.43 | 12.9M |
| HP Inc. | HPQ | 44.11 | 44.95 | 43.92 | 44.89 | 12.9M |
| Apple | AAPL | 168.16 | 168.85 | 166.50 | 168.21 | 11.1M |
| Coca-Cola | KO | 48.84 | 49.37 | 48.50 | 48.77 | 10.7M |
| Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 60.04 | 60.59 | 59.96 | 60.44 | 10.2M |
| Boeing | BA | 50.17 | 50.25 | 49.02 | 49.67 | 9.3M |
| Schlumberger | SLB | 56.41 | 56.56 | 55.53 | 56.20 | 8.51M |
| Chevron | CVX | 69.99 | 70.38 | 69.43 | 69.94 | 8.05M |
| McDonald's | MCD | 55.75 | 56.24 | 55.65 | 56.24 | 7.89M |
| UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 27.97 | 28.79 | 27.70 | 28.00 | 7.6M |
| Amgen | AMGN | 59.15 | 60.16 | 59.15 | 59.78 | 6.98M |
| Gilead Sciences | GILD | 44.99 | 45.40 | 44.71 | 45.06 | 6.43M |
| Pepsico | PEP | 56.56 | 56.98 | 56.38 | 56.67 | 5.52M |
| International Business Machines | IBM | 117.10 | 118.06 | 116.92 | 118.05 | 5.44M |
| Visa | V | 69.70 | 71.32 | 69.60 | 71.10 | 5.38M |
| Amazon | AMZN | 81.93 | 81.95 | 80.35 | 81.19 | 5.26M |
| Alphabet | GOOGL | 459.79 | 461.86 | 458.00 | 461.67 | 3.91M |
| United Technologies | UTX | 59.28 | 59.36 | 58.83 | 59.36 | 3.76M |
| 3M | MMM | 71.45 | 72.10 | 71.20 | 72.10 | 3.35M |
| Union Pacific | UNP | 60.09 | 60.35 | 59.20 | 59.81 | 2.48M |
| Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 3266.00 | 3289.50 | 3237.50 | 3286.00 | 23.6K |
Exchange Rates of August 31, 2009
| Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
| US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 92.970 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.011 USD |
| US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.094 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.914 USD |
| US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.059 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.944 USD |
| US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 6.831 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.146 USD |
| Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 133.250 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.008 EUR |
| Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.880 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.136 EUR |
| Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.698 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.589 EUR |
| Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.568 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.638 EUR |
| Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.518 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.659 EUR |
| Euro | Chinese Yuan | 1 EUR = 9.788 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.102 EUR |
| Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.660 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.515 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.274 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.785 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.176 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.850 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.139 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.878 JPY |
| Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.930 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.518 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 1.781 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.561 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 1.725 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.580 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Chinese Yuan | 1 GBP = 11.108 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.090 GBP |
| Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.922 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.085 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.893 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.119 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 AUD = 5.763 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.174 AUD |
| Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 0.968 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.033 CAD |
| Canadian Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 CAD = 6.242 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.160 CAD |
| Swiss Franc | Chinese Yuan | 1 CHF = 6.447 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.155 CHF |
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