Financial news on January 2nd, 2007
Business and Financial news
Regulators are growing concerned about banks that lease office space to hedge funds in hopes of gaining big clients. Read more..
The new year is being approached with worries that a slowdown in housing could hurt the overall economy. Read more..
After a better-than-average year in the stock market, and a much weaker one in housing, homeowners and investors appear neither exuberant nor glum about 2007. Read more..
Traveling a lot, you see some of the best acting. And the worst. Flight attendants are the best actors, hands down. Read more..
Some advertisers say the best way to persuade people to give up cigarettes is to tell the stories of other smokers. Read more..
FIRST VERY LIGHT JET DELIVERED In what some aviation industry officials believe is the dawn of a new era in aviation, the first so-called very light jet, an Eclipse 500, was delivered to a customer on Sunday by Eclipse Aviation, based in Albuquerq... Read more..
Business groups have started using “speed networking,” a corporate equivalent of speed dating, to explore business prospects. Read more..
The retailer is determined to push energy-saving light bulbs with the help of some unlikely partners. Read more..
As 2006 ended, the opinion of stock market investors could not have been clearer: there are blue skies ahead. Read more..
While sites like YouTube and Myspace crack down on nudity and violence, new sites are treading into the realm of unfiltered live broadcasts. Read more..
Exchange Rates of January 2nd, 2007
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 118.830 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.008 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.165 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.858 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.213 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.824 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 157.730 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.006 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.672 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.487 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.667 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.600 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.547 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.647 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.611 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.621 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.426 GBP | 1 GBP = 2.347 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.056 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.947 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 0.980 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.020 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.021 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.980 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.479 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.403 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.300 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.435 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 2.395 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.418 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.927 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.078 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.966 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.036 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 1.041 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.961 CAD |
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