Financial news on March 31, 2008
Business and Financial news
Brake Problems Led to United Jet Skids
Two United Airlines A320 jetliners skidded off runways in recent months because of crossed wires in their antilock brakes, the airline said. Read more..
Is the Ad a Success? The Brain Waves Tell All
Agencies and advertisers are growing more interested in neuroscience in their never-ending efforts to improve effectiveness. Read more..
Online Chat, as Inspired by Real Chat
A new wave of Silicon Valley companies is bringing live socializing into online social networking Web sites. Read more..
Six Degrees (at Least) of Contenders for President
Since news of blood ties between presidential candidates and unlikely famous people spread last week, many have rushed to genealogy resources to see if they, too, could have important relations. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
| Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
| Merck | MRK | 38.75 | 39.50 | 36.82 | 37.95 | 81.8M |
| Pfizer | PFE | 20.67 | 20.97 | 20.48 | 20.93 | 52.8M |
| Cisco Systems | CSCO | 24.08 | 24.41 | 23.96 | 24.09 | 51.5M |
| Intel | INTC | 20.71 | 21.33 | 20.67 | 21.18 | 48.1M |
| Microsoft | MSFT | 27.88 | 28.59 | 27.84 | 28.38 | 46.8M |
| General Electric | GE | 36.63 | 37.28 | 36.54 | 37.01 | 41M |
| ExxonMobil | XOM | 85.69 | 86.38 | 84.58 | 84.58 | 36.8M |
| Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 29.39 | 29.75 | 28.91 | 29.10 | 35M |
| Altria | MO | 23.11 | 23.72 | 21.95 | 22.20 | 33.4M |
| Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 19.48 | 19.63 | 19.39 | 19.56 | 32.1M |
| AT&T Inc. | T | 37.71 | 38.74 | 37.69 | 38.30 | 29.3M |
| JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 42.72 | 44.25 | 42.61 | 42.95 | 28.9M |
| Apple | AAPL | 143.27 | 145.71 | 142.52 | 143.50 | 27.4M |
| Comcast | CMCSA | 19.08 | 19.43 | 18.94 | 19.34 | 26.4M |
| HP Inc. | HPQ | 46.00 | 46.60 | 45.66 | 45.66 | 22.4M |
| Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 53.81 | 55.40 | 53.62 | 55.15 | 20.1M |
| Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 52.20 | 53.11 | 51.63 | 52.68 | 19.6M |
| Home Depot | HD | 27.38 | 28.06 | 27.13 | 27.97 | 15.6M |
| UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 33.94 | 34.85 | 33.83 | 34.36 | 14.1M |
| Procter & Gamble | PG | 69.56 | 70.18 | 68.90 | 70.07 | 13.7M |
| Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 64.29 | 65.01 | 63.72 | 64.87 | 13.7M |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 21.51 | 21.68 | 21.04 | 21.30 | 13.2M |
| ConocoPhillips | COP | 75.85 | 76.68 | 75.39 | 76.21 | 12.9M |
| Verizon Communications | VZ | 36.06 | 36.74 | 35.93 | 36.45 | 12.8M |
| Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 31.04 | 31.48 | 30.99 | 31.38 | 11.4M |
| Chevron | CVX | 84.95 | 85.93 | 84.32 | 85.36 | 10.2M |
| Amgen | AMGN | 41.56 | 41.88 | 41.34 | 41.78 | 9.9M |
| International Business Machines | IBM | 113.95 | 115.87 | 113.34 | 115.14 | 9.71M |
| Coca-Cola | KO | 60.64 | 61.20 | 60.64 | 60.87 | 9.27M |
| Schlumberger | SLB | 85.60 | 88.67 | 85.48 | 87.00 | 9.23M |
| Gilead Sciences | GILD | 50.11 | 51.65 | 50.11 | 51.53 | 9.05M |
| Alphabet | GOOGL | 435.64 | 442.69 | 432.01 | 440.47 | 8.88M |
| Boeing | BA | 74.17 | 74.58 | 73.40 | 74.37 | 7.39M |
| Pepsico | PEP | 71.80 | 72.35 | 71.28 | 72.20 | 6.5M |
| McDonald's | MCD | 55.56 | 56.00 | 55.56 | 55.77 | 6.45M |
| Visa | V | 62.70 | 63.48 | 62.05 | 62.36 | 5.54M |
| Amazon | AMZN | 70.25 | 71.64 | 69.63 | 71.30 | 5.47M |
| United Technologies | UTX | 68.66 | 69.33 | 68.16 | 68.82 | 5.19M |
| 3M | MMM | 78.23 | 79.48 | 78.06 | 79.15 | 3.51M |
| Union Pacific | UNP | 124.34 | 126.00 | 123.59 | 125.38 | 1.88M |
| Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 4479.00 | 4507.50 | 4451.50 | 4473.00 | 22.7K |
Exchange Rates of March 31, 2008
| Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
| US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 99.910 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.010 USD |
| US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.026 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.975 USD |
| US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 0.995 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.005 USD |
| US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 7.012 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.143 USD |
| Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 157.500 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.006 EUR |
| Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.795 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.258 EUR |
| Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.725 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.580 EUR |
| Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.617 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.619 EUR |
| Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.568 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.638 EUR |
| Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.504 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.983 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.095 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.913 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.026 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.975 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 0.995 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.005 JPY |
| Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.171 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.461 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.034 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.492 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 1.973 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.507 GBP |
| Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.937 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.068 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.909 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.101 AUD |
| Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 0.970 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.031 CAD |
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