Downloading quote data from yahoo finance

Hi R users,

Thanks in advance.

I am using R 2.12.0 on Windows XP.

May I request you to assist me in the following please.

1. I am getting error while downloading quote data from yahoo finance.

The example code is below (taken from tseries help):

library(tseries)

con <- url("http://quote.yahoo.com")
if(!inherits(try(open(con), silent = TRUE), "try-error")) {
? close(con)
? x <- get.hist.quote(instrument = "^gspc", start = "1998-01-01",
????????????????????? quote = "Close")
? plot(x)
? x <- get.hist.quote(instrument = "ibm", quote = c("Cl", "Vol"))
? plot(x, main = "International Business Machines Corp")
? spc <- get.hist.quote(instrument = "^gspc", start = "1998-01-01",
???????? quote = "Close")
? ibm <- get.hist.quote(instrument = "ibm",? start = "1998-01-01",
???????? quote = "AdjClose")
? x <- merge(spc, ibm)
? plot(x, main = "IBM vs S&P 500")
? x <- get.hist.quote(instrument = "EUR/USD", provider = "oanda",
????????????????????? start = Sys.Date() - 500)
? plot(x, main = "EUR/USD")
}

Error message:

Warning message:
In open.connection(con) :
? unable to connect to 'quote.yahoo.com' on port 80.

2. How can I download Key Statistics Data from Yahoo Finance

A. http://finance.yahoo.com/

B. ASH.AX (Using GET QUOTES)

C. Key Statistics

How can I download Key Statistics dynamically (Using R code)

Thank you very much for the time you have given.

Regards,

Deb