Financial news on August 02, 2007
Business and Financial news
Mr. Pottasch led the team at BBDO that created iconic Pepsi commercials in the 1960s and ’70s and became known as the “father of the Pepsi Generation.” Read more..
The new TiVo HD recorder offers 20 hours of HD storage (or 180 hours of standard TV), an easy-to-use interface and the ability to record two channels at once. Read more..
Bankruptcy papers were filed in U.S. and Canadian courts while a judge blocked Conrad Black’s request to travel to Canada while he awaiting sentencing on his fraud conviction. Read more..
The iTunes program has an option to back up the library to CD or DVD. How can I back it up to a U.S.B. flash drive? Read more..
Major League Baseball has struck a revenue-sharing deal with StubHub to allow fans to resell or buy tickets online. Read more..
Female drug sales workers claim the company discriminated against them in pay, promotions and personnel evaluations. Read more..
MasterCard saw its second-quarter profit nearly double, but shares slid after the company fell short of the most optimistic analyst estimates. Read more..
Five people were named to a committee intended to protect the editorial independence of the Wall Street Journal when it becomes part of News Corporation. Read more..
The Senate Banking Committee approved legislation that seeks to force China to raise the value of its currency against the dollar. Read more..
An at Bear Stearns suggests that Yahoo is also being left behind by sites such as MySpace, Facebook and LinkedIn, and said that an acquisition could be a good way to catch up. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
Intel | INTC | 23,77 | 24,43 | 23,59 | 24,30 | 74.9M |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 29,72 | 30,21 | 29,67 | 30,13 | 57.7M |
Microsoft | MSFT | 29,19 | 29,79 | 29,02 | 29,52 | 47.9M |
Pfizer | PFE | 23,70 | 23,95 | 23,55 | 23,85 | 39.8M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 85,75 | 86,04 | 83,51 | 85,18 | 37M |
General Electric | GE | 39,00 | 39,18 | 38,64 | 39,03 | 37M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 19,76 | 20,21 | 19,67 | 20,09 | 31.4M |
Apple | AAPL | 136,65 | 136,96 | 134,15 | 136,49 | 30.5M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 44,41 | 44,76 | 44,00 | 44,59 | 28.3M |
Home Depot | HD | 37,75 | 38,15 | 37,61 | 37,82 | 26.5M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 26,16 | 26,29 | 25,45 | 25,81 | 25.9M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 40,07 | 40,88 | 39,90 | 40,60 | 20.7M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 33,69 | 34,82 | 33,69 | 34,42 | 19.7M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 47,05 | 48,42 | 47,05 | 48,23 | 18.5M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 81,10 | 81,50 | 78,86 | 80,26 | 18.1M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 60,80 | 61,48 | 60,75 | 61,03 | 17.1M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 46,20 | 47,11 | 46,08 | 46,73 | 16.7M |
Chevron | CVX | 84,51 | 86,00 | 82,59 | 83,89 | 15.8M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 94,71 | 95,50 | 91,42 | 92,00 | 14M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 51,18 | 51,55 | 50,83 | 51,21 | 13.7M |
Merck | MRK | 51,43 | 52,13 | 50,82 | 51,64 | 12.6M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 28,70 | 28,85 | 28,22 | 28,62 | 12.3M |
McDonald's | MCD | 48,08 | 49,28 | 48,07 | 48,99 | 12.2M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 63,05 | 63,59 | 62,64 | 63,30 | 11.9M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 43,07 | 43,48 | 42,77 | 43,13 | 11.6M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 33,98 | 34,53 | 33,69 | 34,36 | 11.5M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 112,10 | 114,05 | 111,50 | 113,23 | 11.3M |
Amgen | AMGN | 52,09 | 52,53 | 51,28 | 51,44 | 11.1M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 47,50 | 48,80 | 47,50 | 48,36 | 10.4M |
Amazon | AMZN | 77,86 | 79,76 | 76,12 | 79,71 | 10.4M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 53,16 | 53,80 | 53,16 | 53,66 | 9.8M |
Altria | MO | 67,12 | 67,75 | 66,80 | 67,14 | 9.4M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 37,12 | 37,86 | 36,55 | 37,71 | 7.99M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 513,72 | 514,99 | 509,00 | 511,01 | 6.3M |
Pepsico | PEP | 66,99 | 67,22 | 66,25 | 66,81 | 5.26M |
United Technologies | UTX | 74,37 | 74,97 | 73,83 | 74,76 | 4.87M |
Boeing | BA | 105,02 | 106,00 | 104,51 | 105,93 | 4.76M |
3M | MMM | 89,06 | 89,46 | 88,40 | 89,12 | 3.85M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 119,50 | 120,70 | 118,38 | 119,99 | 2.89M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 3599,00 | 3605,00 | 3587,00 | 3588,00 | 7.7K |
Exchange Rates of August 02, 2007
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 119,200 JPY | 1 JPY = 0,008 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1,052 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,950 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1,205 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,830 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 7,572 CNY | 1 CNY = 0,132 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 163,350 JPY | 1 JPY = 0,006 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0,672 GBP | 1 GBP = 1,487 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1,595 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,627 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1,441 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,694 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1,650 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,606 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0,411 GBP | 1 GBP = 2,431 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 0,976 AUD | 1 AUD = 1,024 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 0,882 CAD | 1 CAD = 1,134 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1,010 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,990 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2,373 AUD | 1 AUD = 0,421 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2,144 CAD | 1 CAD = 0,467 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 2,454 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,408 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0,903 CAD | 1 CAD = 1,108 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 1,034 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,967 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 1,145 CHF | 1 CHF = 0,874 CAD |
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