Lesson 14

Dear Yuka,
Thank you for your fifteenth message. My comments follow.
Sincerely,
Prof. Sue Garreis

Dear Professor Garreis,

Thank you for your reply and corrections of my English.

I will answer your last question.

<< Homework >>

1. A. Find a stock price quotation of Applied Materials from Yahoo! Finance.

To find a stock price quote on Yahoo Finance,

(1) go to the main page

(2) enter the stock symbol, AMAT, at the top of the page in the space that looks like this:

Symbol Lookup Finance Search

Do NOT enter the stock symbol on this lesson page.

(3) Click the "Get Quotes" button.

1. B. Tell me: (1) the date of the quote, (2) the time of the quote and (3) the stock price.

　 → (1) the date of the quote; October 26, 2007

(2) the time of the quote and ; 15:00

(3) the stock price ; $19.36

The stock price is $20.52 on October 24th(18:30), 2007.

Therefore, the stock price was $0.76 (3.78%) lower.
1. C. Find any other source on the web for an Applied Materials stock price quotes.

List the URL for your source.

2. A. Tell me the stock price quote that you found.

→The stock price quote is $19.36.

2. B. Is it the same as the one listed on the company's web site at

→Yes, it is.

2. C. If the quotes have different prices, why do you think they are different?

　 →It is the same.

3. How easy was this lesson for you?

　→ The accounting was about right.

The English was somewhat hard.

Getting to and using the linked web pages was about right.

I'm waiting for your reply.

Sincerely, yours

Yuka

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