Financial news on December 01, 2006
Business and Financial news
The official who drafted guidelines used after the Enron collapse to combat corporate wrongdoing said prosecutors should only rarely ask companies to disclose legal communications. Read more..
For the second time in about a week the investor sold shares, this time at a loss, cutting his stake in half. Read more..
Hong Kong developers sold a London architectural landmark, the Battersea Power Station, on Thursday, ending a 13-year struggle to develop the site. Read more..
Some fear that doctors will steer patients to a radiation therapy known as I.M.R.T. because it has higher profit potential. Read more..
I.B.M., NCR and Hitachi of Japan were named in a court verdict this month in the case of a bank chief convicted of accepting more than $500,000 in bribes. Read more..
For the company that helps urologists set up radiation technology called I.M.R.T., making money is a highly desired side effect of prostate cancer treatment. Read more..
Ken Kutaragi, the father of the PlayStation game console, will no longer run the day-to-day affairs of Sony’s video game unit. Read more..
Big Asian companies are increasingly interested in investing in China, India and Vietnam while their appetite for investments in the U.S. is starting to fade. Read more..
Management and unionized newsroom workers at Philadelphia’s two daily newspapers agreed to resume their talks Friday morning. Read more..
Businesses are hoping that at least some post-Enron regulations can be rolled back in the name of making the U.S. more competitive. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
Microsoft | MSFT | 29.23 | 29.30 | 28.90 | 29.12 | 72.3M |
Intel | INTC | 21.32 | 21.40 | 20.60 | 20.93 | 65.1M |
Home Depot | HD | 39.65 | 39.96 | 38.64 | 38.97 | 47.3M |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 26.95 | 27.08 | 26.45 | 26.69 | 47M |
Pfizer | PFE | 27.58 | 27.86 | 27.50 | 27.86 | 40.2M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 19.11 | 19.11 | 18.63 | 18.81 | 35.2M |
Apple | AAPL | 91.80 | 92.33 | 90.10 | 91.32 | 28.4M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 46.10 | 46.10 | 45.42 | 45.87 | 25M |
General Electric | GE | 35.09 | 35.40 | 34.96 | 35.28 | 24M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 76.78 | 77.50 | 75.81 | 77.20 | 21.3M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 33.95 | 34.10 | 33.74 | 34.00 | 18M |
Amgen | AMGN | 70.81 | 71.00 | 68.88 | 69.38 | 16.2M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 46.50 | 46.51 | 45.51 | 46.01 | 14.7M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 39.46 | 39.80 | 39.21 | 39.44 | 13.6M |
Merck | MRK | 44.65 | 45.08 | 44.45 | 45.06 | 13.6M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 66.90 | 67.48 | 66.05 | 67.37 | 12.7M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 35.13 | 35.13 | 34.48 | 34.64 | 11.3M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 485.98 | 488.39 | 478.50 | 480.80 | 11.3M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 68.46 | 69.18 | 67.73 | 68.21 | 10.7M |
Chevron | CVX | 72.33 | 73.26 | 71.83 | 73.11 | 10.4M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 40.50 | 40.77 | 40.25 | 40.61 | 10.4M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 46.90 | 46.95 | 46.25 | 46.57 | 10.3M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 65.91 | 66.06 | 65.33 | 65.97 | 8.95M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 35.43 | 35.49 | 35.01 | 35.23 | 8.86M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 33.05 | 33.13 | 32.76 | 33.09 | 8.49M |
Amazon | AMZN | 40.26 | 40.54 | 39.09 | 39.41 | 8.31M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 46.65 | 46.72 | 46.23 | 46.57 | 7.73M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 49.44 | 49.84 | 48.49 | 48.83 | 7.67M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 63.01 | 63.10 | 62.21 | 62.69 | 6.6M |
Altria | MO | 84.21 | 84.21 | 83.43 | 84.00 | 6.4M |
McDonald's | MCD | 42.18 | 42.26 | 41.70 | 42.08 | 6.33M |
3M | MMM | 81.55 | 81.55 | 78.92 | 79.98 | 5.48M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 91.90 | 91.91 | 90.55 | 91.25 | 5.45M |
Pepsico | PEP | 62.00 | 62.11 | 61.46 | 61.96 | 5.29M |
Boeing | BA | 89.70 | 90.05 | 88.65 | 89.55 | 5.15M |
United Technologies | UTX | 64.38 | 64.73 | 63.44 | 63.86 | 4.81M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 66.28 | 66.50 | 64.11 | 65.22 | 4.79M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 24.87 | 24.87 | 24.60 | 24.84 | 4.58M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 90.52 | 91.23 | 89.89 | 90.48 | 1.53M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 3555.00 | 3567.00 | 3520.00 | 3560.00 | 14.4K |
Exchange Rates of December 01, 2006
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 115.430 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.009 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.145 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.874 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.193 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.838 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 7.831 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.128 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 153.950 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.006 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.673 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.486 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.690 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.592 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.527 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.655 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.591 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.628 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.437 GBP | 1 GBP = 2.288 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.097 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.911 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 0.991 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.009 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.033 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.968 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.511 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.398 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.268 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.441 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 2.363 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.423 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.903 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.108 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.941 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.063 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 1.042 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.960 CAD |
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