Financial news on November 01, 2006
Business and Financial news
It’s hard to window shop without the windows. But in malls across the country, chains forgo window displays for town house look and shack chic. Read more..
CVS is said to be in talks to buy Caremark, the biggest pharmacy benefits manager, for more than $21 billion. Read more..
The United States Chamber of Commerce violated tax laws by failing to report tens of millions of dollars spent to sway state and federal elections from 2000 through 2004. Read more..
The Eastman Kodak Company said that it lost $37 million, the company’s eighth consecutive quarterly loss, and it was accompanied by a sales drop. Read more..
Moscow’s second annual Millionaire Fair had vendors peddling high-priced products, from jets and yachts to private islands. Read more..
Following the speech by Hugo Chávez at the United Nations, Citgo Petroleum Corporation, a subsidiary of Petróleos de Venezuela, is trying to save its image. Read more..
R. R. Donnelley & Sons, the printer of Sports Illustrated magazine, agreed to acquire the Banta Corporation for about $1.3 billion. Read more..
Archer Daniels Midland, the agricultural products company, said yesterday that its fiscal first-quarter profit more than doubled on higher prices for ethanol and improved earnings from soybean processing. Read more..
Sony said it had received a subpoena from the Justice Department regarding its memory-chip business. Read more..
John Huey, editor in chief of Time Inc., a unit of Time Warner, gave no reason for the removal of Eric Pooley as managing editor. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
Microsoft | MSFT | 28.78 | 28.99 | 28.70 | 28.81 | 75.9M |
Intel | INTC | 21.37 | 21.42 | 20.96 | 21.02 | 57.9M |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 24.34 | 24.45 | 23.95 | 24.10 | 50.2M |
Pfizer | PFE | 26.88 | 26.88 | 26.52 | 26.54 | 39.5M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 18.56 | 18.65 | 18.34 | 18.47 | 31.8M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 34.49 | 34.50 | 33.72 | 33.76 | 26M |
General Electric | GE | 35.20 | 35.20 | 34.85 | 34.90 | 24.3M |
Apple | AAPL | 81.10 | 81.38 | 78.36 | 79.16 | 21.8M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 71.20 | 71.75 | 70.27 | 71.06 | 18.3M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 49.38 | 49.70 | 48.65 | 48.85 | 16.8M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 60.30 | 60.74 | 59.08 | 59.70 | 16.4M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 40.81 | 41.00 | 39.78 | 39.85 | 14.8M |
Home Depot | HD | 37.50 | 37.64 | 37.22 | 37.35 | 14.4M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 37.25 | 37.29 | 36.89 | 36.97 | 13.1M |
Merck | MRK | 45.99 | 46.14 | 45.56 | 45.67 | 12.1M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 47.75 | 47.82 | 46.71 | 46.93 | 11.5M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 67.38 | 67.57 | 66.85 | 67.18 | 11.1M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 478.76 | 479.13 | 465.26 | 467.50 | 10.8M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 39.01 | 39.13 | 38.49 | 38.55 | 10.1M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 62.96 | 63.48 | 61.64 | 62.57 | 9.01M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 63.20 | 63.63 | 62.55 | 63.04 | 8.88M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 31.55 | 31.86 | 31.46 | 31.73 | 8.55M |
Altria | MO | 81.98 | 81.98 | 80.90 | 81.45 | 8.43M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 47.20 | 47.55 | 47.15 | 47.42 | 8.37M |
Chevron | CVX | 67.20 | 67.56 | 66.51 | 66.98 | 7.87M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 24.89 | 24.95 | 24.56 | 24.62 | 7.8M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 36.30 | 36.30 | 35.77 | 35.99 | 7.28M |
Amgen | AMGN | 76.00 | 76.09 | 74.57 | 75.28 | 6.94M |
McDonald's | MCD | 42.15 | 42.15 | 41.76 | 41.86 | 6.75M |
Amazon | AMZN | 38.13 | 38.20 | 37.46 | 37.56 | 6.67M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 92.50 | 92.68 | 91.50 | 91.80 | 5.85M |
United Technologies | UTX | 65.70 | 65.87 | 63.71 | 64.25 | 5.55M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 49.34 | 49.54 | 47.86 | 48.30 | 5.52M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 46.74 | 46.90 | 46.50 | 46.64 | 5.23M |
Pepsico | PEP | 63.37 | 63.65 | 63.28 | 63.35 | 3.57M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 69.10 | 69.46 | 67.02 | 67.58 | 3.56M |
Boeing | BA | 80.01 | 80.75 | 79.72 | 80.06 | 3.18M |
3M | MMM | 78.83 | 79.11 | 78.28 | 78.84 | 2.91M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 91.25 | 91.83 | 90.17 | 90.76 | 2.21M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 3510.00 | 3521.00 | 3478.00 | 3493.00 | 20.1K |
Exchange Rates of November 01, 2006
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 117.040 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.009 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.132 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.883 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.245 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.803 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 7.872 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.127 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 149.300 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.007 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.668 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.497 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.646 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.608 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.444 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.693 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.589 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.629 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.447 GBP | 1 GBP = 2.236 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.102 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.908 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 0.967 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.034 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.064 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.940 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.463 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.406 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.161 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.463 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 2.377 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.421 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.877 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.141 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.965 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.037 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 1.100 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.909 CAD |
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