Financial news on August 01, 2007
Business and Financial news
In Murdoch’s Past, Clues to The Journal’s Future
Rupert Murdoch is likely to accept losses on The Wall Street Journal at first in order to win the long-term war. Read more..
Manhattan Media Buys a Weekly
The New York Press, the city’s second-largest free weekly newspaper, is expected to be sold to Manhattan Media, a publisher of weekly newspapers. Read more..
Quick Bits: AOL Shrinks, Dell Gains Support
What’s hot today, with reports on Apple’s latest products and iPhone software updates, hacking RFID passports, and updates on the fate of the online Wall Street Journal, and the F.C.C.’s wireless spectrum auction. Read more..
Subscriber Gain Helps Sirius Narrow Loss
Sirius, which broadcasts the talk-show host Howard Stern, added 561,500 net subscribers during the period, about 80,000 more than analysts estimated. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
| Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
| Intel | INTC | 23.56 | 23.96 | 23.22 | 23.80 | 92.8M |
| Microsoft | MSFT | 28.97 | 29.55 | 28.82 | 29.30 | 80M |
| Apple | AAPL | 133.64 | 135.38 | 127.77 | 135.00 | 62.5M |
| Cisco Systems | CSCO | 28.77 | 29.82 | 28.75 | 29.77 | 60.4M |
| Pfizer | PFE | 23.51 | 23.71 | 23.37 | 23.63 | 57.4M |
| Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 18.94 | 19.82 | 18.83 | 19.79 | 54.8M |
| General Electric | GE | 38.60 | 39.29 | 38.45 | 38.95 | 53.6M |
| JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 43.70 | 44.44 | 43.20 | 44.38 | 44.5M |
| Comcast | CMCSA | 25.99 | 26.17 | 25.52 | 26.09 | 40.1M |
| ExxonMobil | XOM | 84.99 | 87.30 | 83.61 | 85.84 | 38.9M |
| AT&T Inc. | T | 39.14 | 40.32 | 38.90 | 40.23 | 35.6M |
| Home Depot | HD | 36.94 | 37.89 | 36.55 | 37.77 | 30.8M |
| Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 33.76 | 34.56 | 33.53 | 34.48 | 29.2M |
| Amgen | AMGN | 52.46 | 52.67 | 50.30 | 52.09 | 27.7M |
| Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 46.05 | 46.25 | 45.48 | 46.22 | 22M |
| ConocoPhillips | COP | 80.14 | 82.58 | 78.36 | 80.75 | 22M |
| Chevron | CVX | 85.26 | 89.50 | 82.55 | 85.17 | 21.5M |
| Verizon Communications | VZ | 42.50 | 43.43 | 42.14 | 43.24 | 18.9M |
| Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 60.51 | 61.40 | 60.45 | 60.96 | 17.6M |
| Amazon | AMZN | 78.10 | 78.15 | 75.06 | 77.31 | 16.9M |
| Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 50.47 | 51.37 | 50.08 | 50.95 | 16.8M |
| Altria | MO | 66.21 | 67.50 | 65.72 | 66.58 | 16.6M |
| Merck | MRK | 49.62 | 51.27 | 49.57 | 51.02 | 16.5M |
| HP Inc. | HPQ | 46.04 | 46.92 | 45.60 | 46.73 | 15.3M |
| Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 32.88 | 33.94 | 32.75 | 33.83 | 15M |
| Procter & Gamble | PG | 61.52 | 63.49 | 61.50 | 63.16 | 14.8M |
| Schlumberger | SLB | 94.34 | 99.40 | 91.82 | 94.62 | 12.7M |
| McDonald's | MCD | 47.68 | 48.37 | 47.50 | 48.27 | 12.5M |
| International Business Machines | IBM | 110.39 | 112.73 | 110.06 | 112.04 | 12.4M |
| Coca-Cola | KO | 52.36 | 53.48 | 52.18 | 53.27 | 12.4M |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 28.01 | 28.78 | 28.01 | 28.67 | 12.2M |
| UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 48.24 | 48.87 | 47.36 | 47.99 | 11.6M |
| Alphabet | GOOGL | 510.50 | 516.51 | 508.14 | 512.94 | 8.85M |
| Gilead Sciences | GILD | 37.01 | 37.90 | 36.46 | 37.10 | 8.14M |
| United Technologies | UTX | 73.05 | 74.74 | 72.45 | 74.65 | 7.02M |
| Boeing | BA | 103.03 | 104.84 | 103.00 | 104.53 | 6.94M |
| Pepsico | PEP | 65.11 | 66.74 | 65.10 | 66.43 | 6.56M |
| 3M | MMM | 88.94 | 89.47 | 87.75 | 89.07 | 5.68M |
| Union Pacific | UNP | 118.00 | 120.00 | 117.49 | 119.34 | 2.97M |
| Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 3598.00 | 3614.00 | 3590.00 | 3599.50 | 7.1K |
Exchange Rates of August 01, 2007
| Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
| US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 118.930 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.008 USD |
| US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.056 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.947 USD |
| US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.204 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.830 USD |
| US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 7.570 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.132 USD |
| Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 162.560 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.006 EUR |
| Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.672 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.487 EUR |
| Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.597 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.626 EUR |
| Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.443 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.693 EUR |
| Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.646 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.608 EUR |
| Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.413 GBP | 1 GBP = 2.420 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 0.982 AUD | 1 AUD = 1.019 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 0.887 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.127 JPY |
| Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.012 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.988 JPY |
| Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.375 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.421 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.146 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.466 GBP |
| Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 2.447 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.409 GBP |
| Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.903 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.107 AUD |
| Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 1.030 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.971 AUD |
| Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 1.140 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.877 CAD |
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