Financial news on October 03, 2006
Business and Financial news
Private equity firms have found a new business where they can place their multibillion-dollar bets: gambling. Read more..
A federal judge in Brooklyn sentenced a former F.B.I. agent to six years in prison for racketeering and securities fraud related to the inside-trading prosecution of a former stock picker, Anthony Elgindy. Read more..
In a corporate jet flying 37,000 feet above the Amazon rainforest, I heard the three words I will never forget: “We’ve been hit.” Read more..
I’m always paying attention to design when I go places. I can’t help but look at each hotel, each aircraft interior, each terminal, with a critical eye. Read more..
When the board of General Motors meets Tuesday it must try to answer the question: Is the company’s turnaround real? Read more..
Wal-Mart has begun quietly testing a new look for its 1.3 million workers in the United States: khaki pants and a navy blue polo shirt. Read more..
Lawyers say a new regulation threatens to make advertising account shifts prohibitively expensive or simply counterproductive. Read more..
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Nasdaq Stock Market Inc. plans to raise the annual fees it charges the almost 3,200 companies that list their shares on the electronic marketplace. Read more..
Among the many measures of a successful foreign investment, helping to set off a coup d’état is definitely not one of them. Read more..
Stock Markets
Values are reported in US Dollars
Stock | Ticker symbol | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
Intel | INTC | 20.40 | 20.79 | 20.17 | 20.57 | 80.6M |
Oracle Corp. | ORCL | 17.57 | 18.05 | 17.52 | 17.90 | 53.4M |
Microsoft | MSFT | 27.37 | 27.48 | 27.21 | 27.37 | 39.4M |
McDonald's | MCD | 39.62 | 40.05 | 39.62 | 39.68 | 38.3M |
Cisco Systems | CSCO | 22.87 | 23.49 | 22.80 | 23.44 | 38.2M |
General Electric | GE | 35.51 | 35.88 | 35.46 | 35.71 | 33.1M |
Apple | AAPL | 74.45 | 74.95 | 73.19 | 74.07 | 28.2M |
ExxonMobil | XOM | 66.40 | 66.50 | 65.25 | 65.41 | 23M |
ConocoPhillips | COP | 57.30 | 57.75 | 55.67 | 56.03 | 22.7M |
Pfizer | PFE | 28.33 | 28.59 | 28.25 | 28.41 | 20.3M |
AT&T Inc. | T | 32.35 | 32.73 | 32.22 | 32.55 | 18.7M |
HP Inc. | HPQ | 37.20 | 37.50 | 36.85 | 37.42 | 16.9M |
Schlumberger | SLB | 59.75 | 60.03 | 57.84 | 58.34 | 15.5M |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 47.75 | 47.84 | 46.78 | 47.61 | 15M |
Wal-Mart Stores | WMT | 48.46 | 49.50 | 48.06 | 49.46 | 15M |
Verizon Communications | VZ | 37.23 | 37.56 | 37.13 | 37.47 | 13.1M |
Chevron | CVX | 64.00 | 64.01 | 62.92 | 62.94 | 12.8M |
JPMorgan Chase | JPM | 46.95 | 47.92 | 46.94 | 47.41 | 11.8M |
Gilead Sciences | GILD | 64.30 | 64.55 | 61.52 | 62.03 | 11.7M |
Altria | MO | 76.55 | 76.64 | 75.45 | 75.64 | 11.6M |
Alphabet | GOOGL | 401.29 | 406.46 | 398.19 | 404.04 | 10.9M |
Home Depot | HD | 36.39 | 37.04 | 36.25 | 36.83 | 10.1M |
Comcast | CMCSA | 36.49 | 37.23 | 36.36 | 37.07 | 9.91M |
Merck | MRK | 41.93 | 42.27 | 41.75 | 41.99 | 9.39M |
Procter & Gamble | PG | 61.89 | 62.50 | 61.89 | 62.30 | 8.82M |
Amgen | AMGN | 70.50 | 71.69 | 70.35 | 71.25 | 8.63M |
Amazon | AMZN | 30.90 | 32.00 | 30.58 | 31.86 | 8.03M |
Walt Disney & Co. | DIS | 30.48 | 31.05 | 30.48 | 31.00 | 8.02M |
Bristol-Myers Squibb | BMY | 24.75 | 24.93 | 24.65 | 24.82 | 7.72M |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 65.06 | 65.68 | 64.97 | 65.50 | 6.94M |
Wells Fargo & Co. | WFC | 36.05 | 36.56 | 36.05 | 36.49 | 6.9M |
Boeing | BA | 79.98 | 82.09 | 79.98 | 81.78 | 5.9M |
Coca-Cola | KO | 44.50 | 44.82 | 44.50 | 44.56 | 5.38M |
Pepsico | PEP | 64.25 | 65.04 | 64.05 | 64.66 | 5.28M |
International Business Machines | IBM | 81.88 | 82.26 | 81.56 | 81.65 | 4.84M |
UnitedHealth Group | UNH | 49.43 | 49.78 | 48.95 | 49.58 | 4.81M |
United Technologies | UTX | 63.66 | 65.00 | 63.52 | 64.80 | 3.4M |
3M | MMM | 73.26 | 74.12 | 73.00 | 74.03 | 2.97M |
Union Pacific | UNP | 87.16 | 88.70 | 86.27 | 87.63 | 2.22M |
Berkshire Hathaway | BRK.B | 3185.00 | 3240.00 | 3172.00 | 3239.50 | 20.6K |
Exchange Rates of October 03, 2006
Currencies | Exchange Rates | ||
US Dollar | Japanese Yen | 1 USD = 117.960 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.008 USD |
US Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 USD = 1.123 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.891 USD |
US Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 USD = 1.246 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.803 USD |
US Dollar | Chinese Yuan | 1 USD = 7.907 CNY | 1 CNY = 0.126 USD |
Euro | Japanese Yen | 1 EUR = 150.130 JPY | 1 JPY = 0.007 EUR |
Euro | Pound Sterling | 1 EUR = 0.674 GBP | 1 GBP = 1.483 EUR |
Euro | Australian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.712 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.584 EUR |
Euro | Canadian Dollar | 1 EUR = 1.428 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.700 EUR |
Euro | Swiss Franc | 1 EUR = 1.585 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.631 EUR |
Japanese Yen | Pound Sterling | 1 JPY = 0.449 GBP | 1 GBP = 2.228 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Australian Dollar | 1 JPY = 1.140 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.877 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Canadian Dollar | 1 JPY = 0.951 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.051 JPY |
Japanese Yen | Swiss Franc | 1 JPY = 1.056 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.947 JPY |
Pound Sterling | Australian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.540 AUD | 1 AUD = 0.394 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Canadian Dollar | 1 GBP = 2.119 CAD | 1 CAD = 0.472 GBP |
Pound Sterling | Swiss Franc | 1 GBP = 2.351 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.425 GBP |
Australian Dollar | Canadian Dollar | 1 AUD = 0.834 CAD | 1 CAD = 1.200 AUD |
Australian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 AUD = 0.925 CHF | 1 CHF = 1.081 AUD |
Canadian Dollar | Swiss Franc | 1 CAD = 1.109 CHF | 1 CHF = 0.901 CAD |
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